Bundanon

Lives / works: Wellington, Te Upoko o Te Ika a Māui

Rameka Tamaki (Tūhoe, Maniapoto, Samoan, Tongan, Ingarihi) is a Classically trained Guitarist from Aotearoa. With a vast repertoire he offers insight into this world while exploring contemporary performances in a modern context. Through mastery and dedication, sound and color come to life through the mini orchestra known as the classical guitar.

His recent projects include a collaboration with Activist and Artist Tame Iti at his exhibition ‘I Will Not Speak Maori’ in Te Upoko O te Ika a Māui, musical production alongside Laughton Kora as a part of the rock super group MAGMA for Mana Moana, and performed with the New Zealand Opera company in the Barber of Seville.

He has completed his Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours in Classical Guitar at Te Kōkī – The New Zealand School of Music, Victoria University of Wellington.

In residence at Bundanon

The SaVĀge LAB is a Performance Space initiative created for Liveworks led by Australian – and New Zealand-based Moana artists; Kilia Pahulu, Rameka Tamaki, Salvador Brown, Sela Vai. Facilitated by leading Tagata Moana artists Rosanna Raymond (New Zealand/Samoa) and Latai Taumoepeau (Australia/Tonga), this project explores collaborative cross-cultural exchange in an artist-led environment maintaining the mana of Moana-based practices and protocols. The SaVĀge LAB unfolds across several stages of development in 2022, with a view to an outcome across Australia and New Zealand in 2023.