BIO
Kori is a genderfluid trickster of Māori, Anglo-Celtic and Italian ancestry, currently living and working between so-called Australia and Aotearoa. Kori is an interdisciplinary artist who predominantly uses performance, installation & sculpture as modes of expression. Kori’s artistic processes are experimental, playful and ritualistic. Their current practice confronts the ongoing violence of Western imperialism and explores transgression, transformation, resistance, self-determination and the collective psyche.
Kori is a genderfluid trickster of Māori, Anglo-Celtic and Italian ancestry, currently living and working between so-called Australia and Aotearoa. Kori is an interdisciplinary artist who predominantly uses performance, installation & sculpture as modes of expression. Kori’s artistic processes are experimental, playful and ritualistic. Their current practice confronts the ongoing violence of Western imperialism and explores transgression, transformation, resistance, self-determination and the collective psyche.
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Select Performances
2025, WHO CARES?! Iteration no. III. Performance Review, Melbourne
2024, Finding Pathways to Temahahoi, With Anchi Lin/Ciwas Tahos, Natalie Tso, Fetle Wondimu, Arts House, Melbourne
2024, WHO CARES?! Iteration no. II, Queer New Development Showcase, Performance Space, Sydney
2024, WHO CARES?! Iteration no. I, Kings ARI, Melbourne
2023, Poetics, Sun-Tide Arts Festival, Arts Mildura, Mildura, Victoria
2022, Out, in, out, in, out, in, out, in, out, in, Out, in, out, in, out, in, out, Out, out, out, out, Performance Review presents: CONTACT HIGH, Gertrude Glasshouse, Melbourne
2020, Raising Hell [Iteration no. 2], Kings ARI, Melbourne
2019, Raising Hell [Iteration no. 1], Moana Nui-a-Kiwa, Firstdraft, Sydney
2019, Tangaroa Moon, Hybrid Festival with Kotare + Ngati Kangaru, Melbourne
2019, Is My Body Out of Date? The Drag of Physicality in the Digital Age - Episode 3 + 4, with Elly Clarke, Bon Mott & Sergina, Body of Knowledge Conference, Deakin University, Melbourne + Cambridge University, UK
Select Exhibitions
2022, ko kori toku ingoa, Blak Dot Gallery, Melbourne
2021, Killing Time, Issue 44: Time, Runway Journal
2020, 226 [with Bon Mott], 226 Gertrude st, Melbourne
2019, Ahi Mahana [with Renee Cosgrave], Sutton Projects, Melbourne
2018, Sulfur Kiss, SEVENTH Gallery, Melbourne
Select Group Exhibitions
2025, Nillumbik Art Prize, Monsalvat Gallery, Melbourne
2022, After us, everything, RM Gallery, Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand
2022, Regen Autonomy, Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne
2022, WHOLE SELF, Midsumma Festival, Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne
2021, The Seventh Seal, SEVENTH Gallery, Melbourne
2020, Circular Art Prize, AWARDED SECOND PLACE, Blak Dot Gallery, Melbourne
2019, Playing with Matches, Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne
2019, Midsumma Post Art Prize, AWARDED SECOND PLACE, No Vacancy, Melbourne
Curatorial Projects
2025, SEVENTH CINEMA Season 2: Concerning Violence, SEVENTH Gallery, Melbourne
2024, SEVENTH CINEMA Season 1, SEVENTH Gallery, Melbourne
2021, Strange Uncertain Times, Grey Gardens Gallery
2020, Rain Dance ¬ A Bushfire Relief Fundraiser, Grey Gardens Gallery
Workshops & Residencies
2025, WHO CARES?! Performance Development - Basement Theatre, Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand
2024, WHO CARES?! Performance Development, Bundanon Estate, NSW
2024, Queer New Development Workshop, Performance Space, Sydney
2023, TAiR (Travelling Artist is Residence), WatchThisSpace ARI, Mparntwe/Alice Springs
2022, ADAM Artist’s Lab, Taipei Performing Arts Centre (TPAC), Taiwan
2020, [Re]Imagining Indigenous Futures: An Education Program Towards Revolution, Kei Te Pai Press, Online
2019, Time, After Time: A Reenactment Workshop with Camila Galaz, Facilitated by Free Association for Channels Festival, Schoolhouse Studios, Melbourne
2019, Makeshift: Writing & Dance Workshop with Nayuka Gorrie and Bhenji Rah, Artshouse, Melbourne
2019, Bundoora Homestead Arts Centre Studio Residency, Melbourne
2018, Neutron Star with La Pocha Nostra, 2SP Second Space Projects, Melbourne
Writing
2023, Incantation for Revolt, Tell me Like You Mean It, Cordite Poetry
2022, Birdsongs, No no no mag 2. published by No More Poetry
2021, THIS., Rising Festival, The Substation, Melbourne
2020, YOUVE_GOT_ME_:), NextWave’s ASSEMBLE!, Online
Education
2016, Bachelor of Art (Fine Art) (Honours), Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2014, Bachelor of Art (Fine Art), RMIT University, Melbourne
Arts Worker
2025 - Present, SEVENTH Gallery, Artistic Advisory Panel Member
2022 - Present, Performance Review
Artist Committee Member
2021-22, Emerging Creative Leaders Program, Footscray Community Arts Centre, Melbourne
2020 - 2022, The Substation, Front of House Coordinator, Melbourne
2019 - 2020, ACCA, Front of House Supervisor, Melbourne
2016 - 2020, ACCA, Gallery Attendant, Melbourne
Select Performances
2025, WHO CARES?! Iteration no. III. Performance Review, Melbourne
2024, Finding Pathways to Temahahoi, With Anchi Lin/Ciwas Tahos, Natalie Tso, Fetle Wondimu, Arts House, Melbourne
2024, WHO CARES?! Iteration no. II, Queer New Development Showcase, Performance Space, Sydney
2024, WHO CARES?! Iteration no. I, Kings ARI, Melbourne
2023, Poetics, Sun-Tide Arts Festival, Arts Mildura, Mildura, Victoria
2022, Out, in, out, in, out, in, out, in, out, in, Out, in, out, in, out, in, out, Out, out, out, out, Performance Review presents: CONTACT HIGH, Gertrude Glasshouse, Melbourne
2020, Raising Hell [Iteration no. 2], Kings ARI, Melbourne
2019, Raising Hell [Iteration no. 1], Moana Nui-a-Kiwa, Firstdraft, Sydney
2019, Tangaroa Moon, Hybrid Festival with Kotare + Ngati Kangaru, Melbourne
2019, Is My Body Out of Date? The Drag of Physicality in the Digital Age - Episode 3 + 4, with Elly Clarke, Bon Mott & Sergina, Body of Knowledge Conference, Deakin University, Melbourne + Cambridge University, UK
Select Exhibitions
2022, ko kori toku ingoa, Blak Dot Gallery, Melbourne
2021, Killing Time, Issue 44: Time, Runway Journal
2020, 226 [with Bon Mott], 226 Gertrude st, Melbourne
2019, Ahi Mahana [with Renee Cosgrave], Sutton Projects, Melbourne
2018, Sulfur Kiss, SEVENTH Gallery, Melbourne
Select Group Exhibitions
2025, Nillumbik Art Prize, Monsalvat Gallery, Melbourne
2022, After us, everything, RM Gallery, Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand
2022, Regen Autonomy, Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne
2022, WHOLE SELF, Midsumma Festival, Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne
2021, The Seventh Seal, SEVENTH Gallery, Melbourne
2020, Circular Art Prize, AWARDED SECOND PLACE, Blak Dot Gallery, Melbourne
2019, Playing with Matches, Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne
2019, Midsumma Post Art Prize, AWARDED SECOND PLACE, No Vacancy, Melbourne
Curatorial Projects
2025, SEVENTH CINEMA Season 2: Concerning Violence, SEVENTH Gallery, Melbourne
2024, SEVENTH CINEMA Season 1, SEVENTH Gallery, Melbourne
2021, Strange Uncertain Times, Grey Gardens Gallery
2020, Rain Dance ¬ A Bushfire Relief Fundraiser, Grey Gardens Gallery
Workshops & Residencies
2025, WHO CARES?! Performance Development - Basement Theatre, Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand
2024, WHO CARES?! Performance Development, Bundanon Estate, NSW
2024, Queer New Development Workshop, Performance Space, Sydney
2023, TAiR (Travelling Artist is Residence), WatchThisSpace ARI, Mparntwe/Alice Springs
2022, ADAM Artist’s Lab, Taipei Performing Arts Centre (TPAC), Taiwan
2020, [Re]Imagining Indigenous Futures: An Education Program Towards Revolution, Kei Te Pai Press, Online
2019, Time, After Time: A Reenactment Workshop with Camila Galaz, Facilitated by Free Association for Channels Festival, Schoolhouse Studios, Melbourne
2019, Makeshift: Writing & Dance Workshop with Nayuka Gorrie and Bhenji Rah, Artshouse, Melbourne
2019, Bundoora Homestead Arts Centre Studio Residency, Melbourne
2018, Neutron Star with La Pocha Nostra, 2SP Second Space Projects, Melbourne
Writing
2023, Incantation for Revolt, Tell me Like You Mean It, Cordite Poetry
2022, Birdsongs, No no no mag 2. published by No More Poetry
2021, THIS., Rising Festival, The Substation, Melbourne
2020, YOUVE_GOT_ME_:), NextWave’s ASSEMBLE!, Online
Education
2016, Bachelor of Art (Fine Art) (Honours), Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2014, Bachelor of Art (Fine Art), RMIT University, Melbourne
Arts Worker
2025 - Present, SEVENTH Gallery, Artistic Advisory Panel Member
2022 - Present, Performance Review
Artist Committee Member
2021-22, Emerging Creative Leaders Program, Footscray Community Arts Centre, Melbourne
2020 - 2022, The Substation, Front of House Coordinator, Melbourne
2019 - 2020, ACCA, Front of House Supervisor, Melbourne
2016 - 2020, ACCA, Gallery Attendant, Melbourne