recap
2017
HONOLULU
BIENNIAL
Honolulu Biennial is a non profit arts festival and signature
event, which takes place every two years, spread acrossvarious sites within the city and has a focus on exhibiting
artists from the countries and continents linked by thePacific Ocean.

The Hub of Honolulu Biennial - Ward Village

Honolulu Biennial debuted in 2017, featuring 33 artists
from over a dozen countries and Hawai’i, which ran fromMarch 8 - May 8 and was presented by the Honolulu
Biennial Foundation and our founding, title sponsor, theHoward Hughes Corporation.

Honolulu Hale

HB2017 was curated by Fumio Nanjo, director of Mori Art
Museum, and Ngahiraka Mason, former Indigenous Curator
at Auckland Art Gallery | Toi o Tamaki. Over the courseof eight weeks, Honolulu Biennial welcomed 97,305 visits
across nine exhibition sites, which included:

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Honolulu Museum of Art
Ward Village - IBM Building

Foster Botanical Garden
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum

The Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki
Shangri La Center for Islamic Art & Cultures

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1. Alexander Lee, Te atua vahine mana ra o Pere (The Great Goddess Pere) L’Aube où les fauves viennent se désaltérer (installation view in Salon),2017 Image courtesy of Christopher Rohrer and Honolulu Biennial Foundation
2. “Wasl” (Arabic for “Union”) (still) from the series Silsila, 2017 Image courtesy of the Ayyam Gallery, Dubai and the artist
3. Yuki Kihara, Nose Width with Vernier Caliper, 2015 From the series A Study of a Samoan Savage Image courtesy of Milford Galleries,Dunedin, and the artist

Honolulu Museum of Art

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4. Artificial Rock No. 133 (installation view), 2007 Image courtesy of Shuzo Uemoto and Honolulu
Museum of Art

5. Choi Jeong Hwa, Breathing Flower (installation view), 2015 Image courtesy of Christopher Rohrerand Honolulu Biennial Foundation
6. Yayoi Kusama, I’m Here, but Nothing (installation view), 2000–2017 Image courtesy of Christopher
Rohrer and Honolulu Biennial Foundation

Foster Botanical Garden
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Attracting arts and culture tourists, 21%of attendees were from out-of-state
and the Honolulu Biennial
had an economic impact of$35,680,000 on ourlocal economy.
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7. Sean Connelly, Thatch Assembly with Rocks (2060s) (installation view), 2017 Image courtesyof Christopher Rohrer and Honolulu Biennial Foundation
8. Charlton Ku-pa‘a Hee, Po-hue: Storied Gourds (installation view at Foster Botanical Garden),2017 Image courtesy of Christopher Rohrer and Honolulu Biennial Foundation

Honolulu Biennial was covered around the world, including
being featured as a top art event to attend in 2017 Vanity
Fair, LA Times, Forbes Travel, Monocle, Conde Nast Traveler
and on The Today Show. Some press highlights from thefestival include:

9258+ unique hits
522,328,920+ impressions$4,131,009 in value
100% positive sentiment

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10800+ column inches(print and digital)
2+ hours in broadcast media(television and radio)
Complementing the multi-venue Honolulu Biennial exhibition,
Honolulu Biennial offered 65 different public programs, which
included keiki art making workshops, lectures, performances,
poetry readings, film screening, panel discussions and guided
public tours. In addition to public programs, serving ourcommunity and offering free access and education is intrinsic
to our mission, so all visitors to The Hub, the central biennial
site, were granted free admission if under 18 and over 1,000
keiki were served with free tours, transportation and art
activities made possible by the Taiji and Naoko Terasaki
Family Foundation.

Honolulu Hale

To make Honolulu Biennial possible, partners from theprivate and public sector locally and globally came together.
HBF raised $2.7 million (cash and in-kind) to produce theHonolulu Biennial 2017. As we look to 2019, we can’t wait tooffer an even more vibrant festival and to make this possible,
we need your support! To learn about how to donate and be
involved, please visit: honolulubiennial.org

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Kaili Chun, Hulali I Ka La-ā(installation view), 2017 Image courtesy of Christopher Rohrer and Honolulu
Biennial Foundation
10. Les Filter Feeders Sally Lundburg and Keith Tallett, NEVER TURN YOUR BACK TO THE OCEAN, 2017
NO BODY OWNS THE BEACH, 2017 from the series Local Knowledge, Image courtesy of the artists
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11. Mohammed Kazem, Directions (Honolulu) (installation view), 2017 Image courtesy of Christopher Rohrer andHonolulu Biennial Foundation
12. Eko Nugroho, Above the Wall Under the Rainbow, Free Air (installation closeup at The Hub) I luna o ka paia i lalo oke anuenue, ke ea ku oko a, 2017 Image courtesy of Christopher Rohrer and Honolulu Biennial Foundation