dan taulapapa mcmullin
tusitala{writings Manatu (2013)
Oil on canvas on panel
48 in x 48 in (122 cm x 122 cm)
Collection Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawai'i
Soa (2016)
photo-collage on aluminum
Léuli Touching the Earth (2020) and Portrait of a Faafafine (2020)
acrylic on panel, in installation at East Hawaii Gallery, Hilo December 2025 - February 2026
Portrait of Fa'afafine 'Alia (2020) Acrylic on panel
Collection Interior Museum, Washington DC
And Then Suddenly There Appeared a Siren (2023), a collage series, detail, AI text to image and photoshop collage, published by King Kong Magazine, Berlin in a special issue on Body Politics curated by Leon Kruijswijk
Excerpt from The Healer's Wound: A Queer Theirstory of Polynesia, 2nd Edition (2024)
(sold out)
3rd edition to be published in Fall 2026
publishers Tropic Editions Honolulu and Native Books at Arts & Letters Honolulu, and available thru Printed Matter New York City in Fall 2026
Fa'afafine 'Alia Muamua (2024) acrylic on panel
Seiana Triptych: (above) Panel3: Tahiti and Bikini photo collage and acrylic paint on canvas (2022). (click on image for Metropolitan Museum of Art interview)
'O le Vao 'o le Fanua (2025)
organic cotton and organza tapestry in installation at Queens Museum NYC October 2025 - February 2026, curated by Shane Weeks, Of the Earth exhibition of indigenous artists
Our Bodies Are Memories of Our Bodies (2025)
Siapo ma Solo: Abstractions
and Poems
installation at Pacific Islander Ethnic Museum, Long Beach, California
November 2025 - March 2026
NEW BOOK
and book launch
Excerpts from new book Our Bodies Are Memories of Our Bodies (2026) Tropic Editions Press
Left: Fa'afafine Mafui'e
Below: Excerpt from poem "Fa'a Fafine"
