Va’eomatoka “Toka” Valu

tvalu@tokavalu.com

 

ART SHOWS & INSTALLATIONS

  • “HaiKU-MAter SaFEKEeping” Permanent Mural Installation – Department of Community Development | City of Auburn, WA

  • “Luki e Tenifa” Temporary Public Installation – Art Interruptions | Seattle Office of Arts & Culture – Seattle, WA

  • “Ngaahi ‘Otua ‘o e Vahanoa” Utility Box Wrap Installation – Arts | City of Kent – Kent, WA

  • City of Kent Summer 2022 Exhibit – Group Exhibit, Kent Centennial Center Gallery – Kent, WA

  • We Are Changing the Tide: Community Power for Environmental Justice – Group exhibit, Wing Luke Museum – Seattle, WA

  • “Kumi Hala” Public Installation, FLOW art along the Ship Canal 2022 | Ballard Locks – Seattle, WA

  • “Manongi” Mural Installation - Seattle Central College, Student Support & Services Suite - Seattle, WA

  • Please Stay Home: An online Exhibit - “Vāha’api” | The Seattle Residency Project, May 2020

  • Mural Panels Installation - Sound Transit | STart Federal Way Link Extension Murals - Federal Way & Des Moines, WA | October, 2020

  • Pacific Islander Festival of the Arts Exhibit: University of Washington - Seattle WA, 2018 

  • Being Pacific Exhibition: San Francisco State University - San Francisco CA, 2016 

  • High Point MacArthur Lane Park Garden Mural - Seattle WA, 2009

AWARDS & SPECIAL INTEREST

  • 06/2021 - Present | Mural Artist Roster, City of Auburn - Auburn, WA

  • 03/2021 - 2021-2023 Public Art Artist Roster, Office of Arts & Culture - Seattle, WA

  • 02/2021 - FLOW 2021-2022 Commission Award | Ballard Locks - Seattle, WA

  • 12/2020 - Featured Artist Award “Resilience” | Anti-Stigma Digital Art Project, Seattle King County Public Health - Seattle, WA

  • 11/2020 - ARTS at King Street Station, Studio Residency Award (for FALL 2022) - Seattle, WA

  • 10/2020 - Arts , Culture, & Library Advisory Committee Member - City of Seatac, WA

  • 02/2020 - Residency Artist | The Seattle Residency Project - Seattle, WA 

  • 11/2019 - Artist Team Commission Award - Tommy & Toka | 4Culture 2D Art for Fence at King County International Airport - Seattle, WA

  • 11/2017 - 4Culture Arts Special Projects Grant Award - Seattle, WA

  • 06/2017 – ArtsFund Impacts Study Submission Selection - Seattle, WA

  • 10/2015 - Community Advisory Committee | “TATAU/TATTOO: Embodying Resistance" Exhibit, Wing Luke Asian American Museum - Seattle, WA

  • 2011-2021 - Graduate Gift Print Artist, Pasifik Graduation Celebration, UW - Seattle, WA


LECTURES & INSTRUCTION

  • 10/2021 - University of Washington, Guest Lecturer “Settler Colonialism & Militarism in Oceania” - Seattle, WA

  • 05/2021 - Portland State University PIAA Student Center “Tufunga Tatalanoa” - Portland, OR

  • 10/2020 - Intercultural Student Center, Kalamazoo College - Connecting Communities through Art (virtually facilitated session) - Seattle, WA

  • 07/2020 - Upward Bound Virtual Summer Art Elective Instructor | “Intro to Mixed Media” - Seatac, WA

  • 08/2019 – Otai & Paint, Our Future Matters, YES! Foundation of White Center - Burien, WA 

  • 10/2018 - UPRISE Pacific Islander Education Conference “Tufunga Tatalanoa” - Des Moines, WA

  • 02/2018 - Art as Storytelling, PISA Conference 2018, Portland State University - Portland, OR

PROJECT MANAGEMENT & CURATOR

  • 01/2022 – INS[PI]RED Artist Residency Short Documentary Producer | Pasifika Narratives, Ep 7

  • 09/2021 - INS[PI]RED Pasifika Artist Residency Program in partnership with the Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture: Curator & Coordinator, Pacific Islander Community Association of WA - Federal Way, WA

  • 05/2016 - (AA)RT INS(PI)RES | Highlighting (AA)&(PI) Womxn in the Arts: Curator & Coordinator, University of Washington - Seattle WA

  • 04/2016 - Talk Story with Kumu Hinaleimoana: Curator & Coordinator, University of Washington - Seattle, WA

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