[5] A photographic exhibition of Gago's called Avanoa o Tama (2012) had as the subject Polynesian men and explored notions of gender and sexuality.

FAFSWAG is a collective that pioneer Ballroom culture in New Zealand, and exhibit around the world including Centre Pompidou in Paris, France, Rotterdam International Film Festival[7] and ImagineNATIVE, Toronto, Canada.

In 2022, Gago and Jermaine Dean launched their sculptural AR project entitled ATUA at the Sundance International Film Festival, along with FAFSWAG represented Aotearoa at Documenta Fifteen with Apparatus (2018).

Gago's work challenges how Pacific women are represented in the media and advertising images, aiming to move away from cultural stereotypes.

[12] He hopes that his work will create a point of reference for future generations and reflection of the politics of identity, body and gender, all through disruption.

His artistic practice is:the intersections of film, digital arts, animation, and interactive technologies, with an interest in building restorative narratives of queer Indigenous Moana experiences.

(McCahon House Trust)In 2018 Gago was the artist in residence at the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies at the University of Canterbury.