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Ian Kūali'i

Art
@iankualii
Kanaka Maoli/Native Hawaiian - Naa'dahéńdé/Mescalero Apache Contemporary Artist and Knight of the Royal Order of the Crown of Hawai‘i
  • Art & DIY
  • Following 4.7K
  • Followers 7.9K
  • Engagement 4.83%
  • Avg comments 18

About Ian Kūali'i

Ian Kūali'i (@iankualii) is an Art creator on Instagram, also filed under Art & DIY. The account has 7,851 followers and 154 published posts. Recent posts average 349 likes and 18 comments, an engagement rate of 4.83%.

Ian Kūali'i belongs to the nano tier, the band usually drawn between 1,000 and 10,000 followers. Ian Kūali'i follows 4,701 accounts, so the audience is roughly 1.7 times the size of the list followed. Ian Kūali'i is set up as an Instagram business account. Flinque files Ian Kūali'i under Art, with Art & DIY as a secondary category.

The Instagram bio for Ian Kūali'i runs to 22 words. The latest activity Flinque has on record for Ian Kūali'i dates from December 2024.

154 Posts

Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Ian Kūali'i, 5 are single images, 4 are carousels and 1 is a video. No single format accounts for most of them. 154 published posts give Ian Kūali'i a moderate archive on Instagram. Against the audience, that is roughly 51 followers for each post published. 9 of those 10 carry captions, averaging 144 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include exhibition, hawaiian, legacy, hand-cut and maoli. The captions tag #kanakamaoli, #nativehawaiian, #heenalu, #thekuleanaisreal and #kanakaoiwi.

The final Puali‘ahu Workshop of the year brought together both new and returning students, all joining in the shared practice of perpetuating the sacred art of the ‘ahu ‘ula. Guided by Kumu Hulu Nui, Rick San Nicolas, these workshops are more than lessons—they are a collective effort to honor and carry forward a rich cultural tradition.

Applications for the Spring 2025 workshops are now open. If you feel called to learn and be part of this legacy, visit the link in bio to apply.

#HawaiianFeathers #PualiahuWorkshops #HawaiianFeatherArt #PerpetuatingTradition #Ahuula
…New land art piece measuring roughly 33’ x 6’ honoring both the Avanyu and Mo‘o deities of the Southwest and Hawai‘i. Before composing in solitude I make ho‘okupu/offerings and pray for permission to be in space. This land and water prayer of sorts is composed using only natural elements from the immediate area of Bear Creek just before the “Primitive Trail” sign at the Randall Davey Audubon Center & Sanctuary and is part of the ‘Where There is No Name for Art, Ogha Po’oge (White Shell, Water Place)’ activation sponsored by the City of Santa Fe Department of Arts & Culture…
We have some amazing new works by Ian Kuali’i exquisitely framed and ready for “Slow Water,” the new show opening next week at Cara Romero Gallery. Ian’s large-scale hand-cut paper works speak to Kanaka Maoli homelands and culture.
The works shown in “Slow Water” share an incredible conversation of our connections to the Pacific and our journeys that have brought us together in the lands of Oga Po’Geh through art and story.
Come see his work in person during the opening reception Thursday, Aug 15 from 4-8pm.
Details at Come see this work in person during the opening reception Thursday, Aug 15 from 4-8pm.
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#KanakaMaoli #KanakaOiwi #nativehawaiian #TheKuleanalsReal #maui
🌊 Discover “𝐇𝐄ʻ𝐄 𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐔: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠”, at Hawaii Theatre 🏄‍♂️

Dive into 2,000 years of surfing history through the works of contemporary Kānaka Maoli artists. Originally showcased at the HEARD Museum, this multi-site exhibition delves into the cultural significance and modern legacy of Hawaiian surfing. Explore the intricate relationship between Indigenous surfing traditions and the contemporary surfing industry, and learn how surfing remains a vital part of Kānaka Maoli identity

Visit 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐢 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 to see portraits of Hawaiian surf legends and contemporary surfers, paired with beautifully crafted papa he’e nalu (surfboards). Deep dive into surfing’s past and present continuum through the works of 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙏𝙖𝙪𝙢, 𝙄𝙖𝙣 𝙆𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞’𝙞, 𝙃𝙖’𝙖 𝙆𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙖, 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙚𝙡 𝙄𝙩𝙤, 𝘿𝙧. 𝘾𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙆𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙤, 𝙏𝙤𝙢 𝙋ō𝙝𝙖𝙠𝙪 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙕𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖

Then, be sure to visit 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 & 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲 and 𝐀𝐮𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 to visit other narrative points such as ‘akua, mo’olelo, the wahine perspective, and more

🗓️ 𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬

𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙞 𝙂𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙩 𝙃𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙞 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙚 𝘾𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧: June 7 – August 5
𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙨 & 𝙇𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙂𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙮: June 6 – July 21
𝘼𝙪𝙥𝙪𝙣𝙞 𝙎𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚: June 6 - July 3

🎉 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬

June 7, 5-8pm: First Friday Opening at Manini Gallery at Hawaii Theatre Center

🌟 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐬

Gallery Walkthrough with Surf Journalist Daniel Ikaika Ito: Sat, June 8, 1-2 PM

Artist Talk with Tom Pohaku Stone and Daniel Ikaika Ito: Fri, July 5, 6-7 PM

Thank you to our sponsors: Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority, Atherton Family Foundation, The Creative City Advisory Fund, Core Group One, The James Simmons and Karen Rudolph Fund, and Puʻuhonua Society.

📍 Save the dates and join us in celebrating the legacy of Hawaiian surfing!

#HeeNalu #Surf #hawaiiart #hawaiiartist #ArtExhibition
…Unbelievably honored to announce my solo exhibition with
ʻAʻohe Hope E Hoʻi Aku Ai / And We Never Looked Back...

Nā Lā Hōʻikeʻike: Iulai 7 – ʻAukake 19, 2023

Hāmama nā puka: Pōʻalima, Iulai 7, 2023. Hola 5 o ke ahiahi a i ka hola 9 o ke ahiahi. (Hola: 5pm – 9pm.)

Running dates: July 7 to August 19, 2023

Opening: Friday, July 7, 2023. 5pm to 9pm

#IanKualii #HandCutPaper #LandArt #KanakaMaoli #NativeHawaiian
…11 hand-cut paper portraits with painted verso each measuring 30”x40”. This series of 11 is titled “Kai Heʻenalu Hoʻilina (The Ones Who Are the Legacy of Surfing)” and was named by. Installation view from the exhibition “Heʻe Nalu: The Art and Legacy of Hawaiian Surfing,” guest curated by at the, Phoenix, AZ. Photos courtesy of Craig Smith, Heard Museum. 2023…

#HeeNalu #Surfing #KanakaMaoli #KanakaOiwi #NativeHawaiian
…A‘ole Ke Ki‘i Holo‘oko‘a / Not the Whole Picture (1-3) hand-cut fermented and watermarked kapa with pia verso created for the exhibition Mai Ka Pouli curated by in conjunction with LACMA…

No.1 - Undocumented Haumea Ki‘i 20”x25.75”
No.2- Fragmented Patterns 8”x34”
No.3 -Undocumented Hale O Keawe Ki‘i 21”x33”

ʻAʻole Ke Kiʻi Holoʻokoʻa is a series of hand-cut kapa (barkcloth) pieces depicting various kiʻi held within collections outside of Hawaiʻi. Referencing photographs from the Blackburn Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, these pieces aim to highlight the overwhelming institutional absence of accurate descriptions and catalogue information tied to many of these historical images. Because of these omissions, these funerary or burial kiʻi ( Hale O Keawe Ki‘i )— which are culturally and spiritually significant beings to Kānaka Maoli — are misrepresented or erased almost entirely. Symbolized by the fully absent form of a kiʻi now in the collection of the in Chicago, this series asks institutions to accurately depict our cultural objects if they are to share our stories responsibly.

In the collection of Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts

#TheKuleanaIsReal
…It is hard to express how important it is to me having the honor of creating this hand-cut paper portrait of Duke Paoa Kahinu Makoe Hulikohoa Kahanamoku installed next to his iconic surfboard. Growing up back and forth between Southern California and Hawai‘i as a young Kanaka/Native Hawaiian, I dealt with a lot of othering, bigotry, outright racism, violence, and almost zero Native Hawaiian representation in SoCal. Because of how massive surf and skateboarding culture are in California, Duke Kahanamoku was the rare case of Native Hawaiian visibility — larger than life, a true globally influential titan, our peoples’ champ, one of us — so naturally I looked up to his strength and legend, aspiring to carve out space as a Kanaka for Kānaka as he did. This portrait of Duke and the other 10 pieces I created for “He‘e Nalu: The Art and Legacy of Hawaiian Surfing” at the is part of my continued commitment to represent our people, and share our stories across oceans far and wide. Mahalo to everyone at the Heard Museum, my sacred mother Carolyn Melenani Kuali‘i, fellow artists in this exhibition, and the Bishop Museum for bringing the true story of surfing to a larger audience…

📸 by:

#TheKuleanaIsReal #HeeNalu #HeardMuseum #BishopMuseum #DukeKahanamoku
…He Manulua Ma Ka Panoa Ki‘eki‘e (Two Seabirds In The High Desert) large scale site-specific land art installation measuring 40’x40’ (in the place James Turrell’s Blue Blood structure once stood) for Self-Determined at curated by and … #TheKuleanaIsReal #ForLove #ForTheDiaspora #ForTheLāhui

He Manulua Ma Ka Panoa Ki‘eki‘e (Two Seabirds In The High Desert) is a site-specific land art installation composed using one of the oldest Polynesian patterns, ‘manulua.’ This motif, used commonly in Polynesian bark cloth and tattooing, represents the symbolic weaving of two families or lineages, shown through the geometric intersection of two birds. This piece is dedicated to my partner, Lehuauakea, and our found union here in O’Gah Po’Geh, over 3,000 miles from our shared ancestral homelands in Hawai‘i. Beyond this, however, it also pays tribute to our Kanaka Maoli heritage as a seafaring and wayfinding society. The Hawaiian people were, are, and have always been navigators setting roots in distant lands, and He Manulua Ma Ka Panoa Ki‘eki‘e honors this ongoing history, as we continue forming new relationships with Indigenous communities here in Santa Fe and across oceans.

Ian Kūali'i's engagement

Ian Kūali'i's engagement rate on Instagram is 4.83%, between 3% and 6%, or 3 to 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 21 followers. An average post collects 349 likes and 18 comments, close to 19 likes for each comment.

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Ian Kūali'i (@iankualii) is an Art creator on Instagram, also filed under Art & DIY. Ian Kūali'i is set up as an Instagram business account. The Instagram bio for Ian Kūali'i runs to 22 words.

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Ian Kūali'i has 7,851 followers on Instagram (7.9K). Ian Kūali'i follows 4,701 accounts, so the audience is roughly 1.7 times the size of the list followed. 154 published posts give Ian Kūali'i a moderate archive on Instagram.

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Ian Kūali'i's engagement rate on Instagram is 4.83%, between 3% and 6%, or 3 to 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 21 followers. An average post collects 349 likes and 18 comments, close to 19 likes for each comment.

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