Simon Lardelli

Simon Lardelli
Ngāti Konohi, Rongowhakaata, Taranaki

Simon Lardelli is a multi-disciplinary artist who practices traditional and contemporary carving, sculpture and painting. He is also involved with iwi projects such as marae restoration and youth mentoring.

Through his iconic figurative imagery, Simon explores the use of negative and positive spaces to depict the pou tokomanawa, the centre ridge post of the wharenui. His work is brought to life through lighting, which pulsates through the design and reflecting ancestral connections to the whenua.