YONEL WATENE
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2019

staff party, SAVOY GERACOPOL, Pristina, Kosovo (project), November 2019
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​Softly Spoken, Hastings City Art Gallery, 
Heretaunga Hastings, Aotearoa New Zealand (group), August 2019
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Two Oceans at Once, ST PAUL St Gallery, 
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand (group), ​February 14 - May 17 2019
chido chico, SAVOY GERACOPOL, supported by Wallace Arts Trust, Mexico City & Pluma Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Mexico (project), January 2019

staff party, SAVOY GERACOPOL, Pristina, Kosovo (project), November 2019

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​Softly Spoken, Hastings City Art Gallery, Heretaunga Hastings, Aotearoa New Zealand (group), August 2019
Mata Aho Collective, Mark Braunias, Emma Fitts, Quishile Charan, Emerita Baik, Yonel Watene, Areez Katki and Clare Plug

Five Years Painting #1, oil stick and silkscreen print on treated and dyed denim, 160x100cm, 2019.
Five Years Painting #2, oil stick and silkscreen print on treated and dyed denim, 160x100cm, 2019.
Five Years Painting #3, oil stick and silkscreen print on treated and dyed denim, 160x100cm, 2019.
Five Years Painting #4, oil stick and silkscreen print on treated and dyed denim, 160x100cm, 2019.
Five Years Painting #5, oil stick and silkscreen print on treated and dyed denim, 160x100cm, 2019.

Two Oceans at Once, ST PAUL St Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand (group), 
​February 14 - May 17 2019
​Ayesha Green, Ruth Ige, Rozana Lee, Nicole Lim, Jane Chang Mi, Talia Smith, Vaimaila Urale, Layne Waerea and Yonel Watene. 
Co-curated by Charlotte Huddleston and Cameron Ah Loo-Matamua.

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Window installation, February 14 - April 19 2019.
Window installation, April 19 - May 17 2019.
Untitled wild style painting (lágrimas y lluvia), treated denim, 4 panels, 100x180cm each, 2018-2019.
Untitled Margo Glantz Painting, Silkscreen prints, dye, acrylic, spray paint and oil on treated denim, 5 panels, 100x200cm each, 2018-2019.
Untitled flower (pink), 35mm photograph, silver halide print on metallic paper, approximately 152.4x76.2cm (60x30”) unframed, 170x95cm framed, photographed and printed 2018.
Zug Island and Fighting Island, and various sculpture, 12 parts, 2016-2019.
Invasion Z, found railway model, various coins, mussel shells, chopstick and resin, 2019.
​First iteration, February 14 - April 19 2019
Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Artwork by Ayesha Green. Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Artwork by Ayesha Green. Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Artwork by Nicole Lim. Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Artwork by Ruth Ige. Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Left: Ruth Ige. Centre: Yonel Watene. Projection and Right: Jane Chang Mi.
Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Foreground: Ruth Ige. Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Foreground: Ruth Ige. Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Jane Chang Mi. Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Artwork by Jane Chang Mi. Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Left: Jane Chang Mi. Projection: Rozana Lee. Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Artwork by Ruth Ige. Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Left: Layne Waerea. Fabric work: Rozana Lee. Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Artwork by Layne Waerea. Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Video by Talia Smith. Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Second iteration, April 19 - May 17 2019
Hongi (second series), 7 parts, 2019. Evening view. Photo by Sait Akkirman.
Untitled wild style painting (lágrimas y lluvia), treated denim, 4 panels, 100x180cm each, 2018-2019.
Invasion Z, found railway model, various coins, mussel shells, chopstick and resin, 2019.
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REVIEW BY By Talei Si’ilata
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On an island in the middle of the ocean that is the New World / without legs (walk), Old World magic invasion, power move and quest (2018-19)
E-publication focusing on the central ideas concerning  Zug Island and Fighting Island, a 3-dimensional artwork, on the occasion of Two Oceans at Once (group), ST PAUL St Gallery. Features an email discussion with artist Layne Waerea.
​Text, design and artwork by Yonel Watene. Edited by Charlotte Huddleston.
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chido chico, SAVOY GERACOPOL, supported by Wallace Arts Trust, Mexico City & Pluma Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Mexico (project), December 2018 - January 2019
chido chico I:  https://www.airbnb.co.nz/rooms/12131823 (last-minute travel deal), ft. BENT and Kane Laing, Air BnB exhibition, Calle Campeche, Roma Sur, Mexico City, 14 - 18 December 2018

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chido chico II, ft. BENT,  Pluma Hidalgo, Oaxaca, 30 December 2018 - 13 January 2019

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​Immortal Dance, 2018–19
​HD video 14 minutes 4 seconds edition of 3 + 2 AP. Featuring recorded audio of a Mexican marching band from Pluma Hidalgo. Filmed in between María Huatulco and Pluma Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Mexico during chido chico (including footage from Western Springs Park, Auckland). 

​A conversation about painting, 2018–19
​HD video 5 minutes 18 seconds edition of 3 + 2 AP. Featuring audio from interviews with artists Brice Marden and Chris Martin. Filmed in Pluma Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Mexico during chido chico.
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