Opening Reception: Papahanaumoku

Papahanaumoku: A Panoply of New Island Cultures
Works by Solomon Robert Nui Enos

September 15 – December 16, 2023
Opening reception: September 14, 6 – 8 p.m.

Solomon Robert Nui Enos is a Native Hawaiian artist, illustrator, and visionary. Born and raised in Makaha Valley (O‘ahu, Hawai‘i), he hails from the well-known Enos ‘ohana and has been making art for more than 30 years. Papahanaumoku references one of the foundational mo‘olelo or stories, telling of the mother, Papa, who birthed the islands, from Hawai‘i island to Kaua‘i and beyond. Works created for this exhibition offer a conceptual continuation of the peopling of islands, as the effects of climate change reshape our planet’s land masses, ecologies, and societies.