Lana Lopesi

Her recent book Bloody Women is a series of essays which describes her experiences as a Samoan woman living in New Zealand.

[3] In 2018, Lopesi worked with Sarah Biscarra Dilley (yak tityu tityu yak tiłhini Northern Chumash, Chicana), Freja Carmichael (Quandamooka), Léuli Lunaʻi Eshraghi (Samoa) and Tarah Hogue (Métis, Dutch Canadian) to develop The Commute, a series of exhibitions and programs at the Institute of Modern Art in Brisbane, Australia.

[2] In 2019, tattooist Julia Mage’au Gray created some 'tatu' on Lopesi live in front of an audience at a gallery in Auckland – there was a DJ (King Kapisi).

[7] In her book Bloody Women Lopesi writes about the 'more than multiple worlds that you need to navigate' as a Samoan woman in New Zealand.

[1] In 2021, Lopesi obtained a PhD at the Auckland University of Technology, supervised by Albert Refiti, Layne Waerea and Tina Engels-Schwarzpaul.