Hawai‘i Triennial 2025: Aloha Nō

Bringing together the work of 49 artists and artist collectives across multiple sites on three islands, Hawai‘i Triennial 2025 (HT25) is the state’s largest thematic exhibition of contemporary art from Hawai‘i, the Pacific, and beyond. HoMA has proudly been a venue partner since the Triennial launched in 2017 as a biennial. HT25: Aloha Nō invites visitors to (re)consider their notions and preconceptions of aloha. It is a call to know Hawai‘i as a place of rebirth, resistance and resilience.

For HT25: Aloha Nō, the museum will exhibit the work of eight artists whose practices emerge variously from Indigenous heritages and strong matrilineal connections. Seven new artworks and a recently produced film explore the notion of womanhood as a journey of vulnerability and resiliency, tenderness and strength. Understanding the female body as a site of violence and colonization as well as a source of creation and healing, Aloha Nō at HoMA  underscores the aspects of aloha that persevere through adversity.

On view will be work by Edith Amituanai, Teresita Fernández, Hayv Kahraman, Al Lagunero, Gisela McDaniel, Citra Sasmita, Rose B. Simpson, and Kanitha Tith. Learn more about the artists.

HT25: Aloha Nō is organized by Hawai‘i Contemporary and curated by Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Binna Choi, and Noelle M.K.Y. Kahanu. Every three years, Hawai‘i Contemporary presents the Hawaiʻi Triennial across museums, galleries, and outdoor and unconventional art spaces, as well as offering an engaging slate of related programs.

HoMA is honored to join other institutions such as Bishop Museum, Capitol Modern, Foster Botanical Garden, Donkey Mill Art Center, and East Hawai‘i Cultural Center to present the Triennial’s local-global dialogues centering Hawai‘i and the Pacific. This collaborative effort strengthens Hawai‘i’s arts ecosystem. 
 
Support provided by

 
The Judy Pyle and Wayne Pitluck Fund for Contemporary Art 
 
 
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Edith Amituanai. Vaimoe, 2024 (detail). Digital video with sound, 16 mins. Courtesy of the artist.