ABOUT

AHSIN is an artist based in Kirikiriroa (Hamilton), Aotearoa New Zealand - from Aitutaki and Aitu in The Cook Islands. He has exhibited extensively throughout Aotearoa, as well as Belgium, India, and Melbourne and has an impressive portfolio of commissioned works.

His vibrant and bold works are influenced by 1980s-90s sci-fi films, street art, and comic books, incorporating a range of artistic and pop culture references. His imagination brings to life fantastic creatures, sigils, graffiti marks and gestures, all suspended in hyperspace. Working in a neo-pop style, AHSIN creates across various surfaces, from street murals to contemporary gallery spaces.

✷ SOLO EXHIBITIONS ✷
Apri 2025 : Mango or Lemon : Upstairs Gallery — Titirangi , NZ
Feb 2024 : Turbo Croc 2.0 : City Gallery Wellington — Wellington, NZ
Aug 2023 : Turbo Croc : Moana Fresh — Auckland, NZ
Mar 2019 : Neon Utopia : Tauranga Art Gallery — Tauranga, NZ
May 2018 : Gucci by Ahsin Ahsin : Freight Contemporary — Hamilton, NZ
Jun 2017 : Let’s Get It : Skinroom Gallery — Hamilton, NZ
Jun 2017 : Limbo : Wallace Gallery Morrinsville — Morrinsville, NZ

✷ GROUP EXHIBITIONS ✷
Dec 2025 : 8 [Contemporary] Cook Islands Artists, Mangere Art centre — Auckland NZ
Sept 2022 : Windows Into Modern Pacific Art / Northart Gallery — Auckland, NZ
Sept 2022 : Whetūrangitia / Made As Stars : The Dowse Art Museum — Wellington, NZ
Sept 2022 : Moana Artist : Scott Lawrie Gallery — Auckland, NZ
July 2022 : Group Show : Resident Gallery — New Plymouth, NZ
Oct 2021 : Hop Hip : The Nomadic Art Gallery — Leuven, Belgium
Sept 2020 : The Drawing Show : The Mercury Plaza — Auckland, NZ
July 2020 : Moana Legacy : Tautai Gallery — Auckland, NZ
Feb 2020 : Ongoing Touring Show : Nomadic Art Gallery — Hamilton, NZ
Nov 2019 : The Space Between Us : Blak Dot Gallery — Melbourne, AUS
Oct 2019 : Te Whainga Culture Labs Curated by Smithsonian APA Centre — Auckland, NZ
Feb-Sep 2019 : Mega World : Tauranga Art Gallery — Tauranga, NZ
Mar 2018 : Robot Vs Taniwha - Ahsin Ahsin x Temaranui Hotene : Zeus Gallery — Tauranga, NZ
Dec 2018 : Urban Mauri Touring Show : Taneatua Gallery — Taneatua, NZ
May 2017 : True True : Calder And Lawson Gallery — Hamilton, NZ
Aug 2017 : The Cold Islander’s : Waikato Museum — Hamilton, NZ
Sep 2017 : Urban Mauri Touring Group Show : Skinroom Gallery — Hamilton, NZ
Nov 2016 : Black Hole : Skinroom Gallery — Hamilton, NZ

✷ PROJECTS & MEDIA ✷
Jul 2024 : Midtown Street Party : Auckland City Council
Feb 2024 : The Post : Wellington
Jan 2021 : Urbanaut Brewery
Aug 2020 : Tautai Artist Spotlight
Jul 2020 : PMN Cook Islands : Moana Legacy Interview
Jul 2020 : The Spin Off : From The Moana To K-Road
Jul 2020 : A New Auckland Home For Artists Of The Pacific
Mar 2020 : PUMA X RED RAT Collaboration
Aug 2019 : Garage Project
Mar 2017 : Te Karere Media : Taneatua Skate Project

✷ EDUCATION ✷
2019 : WINTEC School Of Media Arts : BMA 1st Class Honours
2017 : WINTEC School Of Media Arts : BMA Visual Arts