Richard Orjis

Richard Orjis was born on the banks of the Whanganui River in Aotearoa New Zealand, a body of water known for having legal personhood. He is an interdisciplinary artist and lecturer at AUT University in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland. His work seeks to challenge dominant and singular narratives of sex, gender, colonisation and ecology through visual arts and curatorial practices that engage with queering representation.