People

Staff
  • Tendai Mutambu
    Kaihautū Director

    Tendai is a Zimbabwean-New Zealander curator and writer most recently based in Spain and the United Kingdom. Over the last few years his work has centred on contemporary artists’ moving image, often with a focus on Black, Indigenous, and diasporic practices. 

    Tendai has held programming and editing positions/fellowships at European Media Arts Festival, Doc’s Kingdom, Columbia University’s INCITE Institute, Fridericianum, Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary, CIRCUIT Artist Moving Image, Spike Island, LUX Moving Image, Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival, London Film Festival, the Govett-Brewster/Len Lye Centre, Artspace Aotearoa, and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. 

    Tendai has (co-)curated numerous exhibitions and film programmes including solo presentations by Marwa Arsanios, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, David Clegg, Fiona Connor, Ufuoma Essi, Tanoa Sasraku, Sriwhana Spong, and George Watson. He has guest lectured across fine art, film, criticism and theory at University of Leiden, Hospitalfield, Outburst Queer Arts Festival, Flying Fetu Festival, Same Same but Different, and Elam School of Fine Art, among others. 

    His writing has appeared in Ocula Magazine, where he is a contributing editor, Art Monthly UK, Frieze, Elephant, MoMA Magazine, ArtReview and several exhibition catalogues including Peggy Ahwesh: Vision Machines (Mousse, 2022) and Zac Langdon-Pole’s Art Journey (Hatje Cantz, 2019). He is the editor of Oscar Mardell’s Delirious New Lynn (5ever Press, 2025). In 2024 he served as juror for the Walters Prize.

  • Brooke Pou
    Kairauhī Curator

    Brooke Pou (Ngāpuhi, Ngāi Te Rangi) is a curator from Te Whanganui-a-Tara. She has experience working a range of roles in various art galleries and aims to utilise this at Enjoy by taking a holistic approach when developing and delivering exhibitions. 

     

    Photo by Robert Cross. 

  • Sophie Mephan
    Kaiāwhina Wharetoi Gallery Assistant

    Sophie Mephan is an emerging writer and art historian based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. She recently completed studies at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, considering time and temporality within the art and art histories of Aotearoa.

  • Past Staff

    Jess Clifford
    Interim Director, 2025–2026

    DJCS
    Director, 2022–2025

    Claire Harris
    Editor & Archivist, 2021–2023

    Tom Denize
    Assistant curator, 2022

    Etanah Falagā Talapā
    Curator (exhibitions & public programmes), 2021–22

    Liang Cui
    Publications, archives and writing assistant, 2022

    Maya Athineou-Nunn
    Gallery assistant, 2022

    Vanessa Mei 
    Director, 2020–22

    Hugo Robinson
    Gallery administrator, 2021

    Nina Dyer
    Gallery administrator, 2020–21

    Simon Gennard
    Assistant curator, 2018–21

    Sophie Davis
    Director, 2016–2020

    Louise Rutledge
    Communications and publications manager, 2015–18

    Emma Ng
    Gallery manager and curator, 2014–16

    Meredith Crowe
    Communications and publications manager, 2013–15

    Julia Lomas
    Communications and publications manager, 2012–13

    Claudia Arozqueta
    Gallery manager and curator, 2011–13

    Bopha Chhay
    Communications and publications manager, 2010–12

    Erica van Zon
    Gallery manager and curator, 2010–11

    Jeremy Booth
    Communications and publications manager, 2009–10

    Siv B. Fjærestad
    Gallery manager and curator, 2007–10

    Paula Booker
    Publications manager, 2006–09

    Marnie Slater
    Gallery manager and curator, 2007

    Melanie Oliver
    Gallery manager and curator, 2004–07

    Melanie Hogg
    Gallery manager and curator, 2004–06

    Jessica Reid
    Writer and publicist, 2004–06

    Louise Menzies
    Writer and publicist, 2003–04

    Louise Tulett
    Writer and publicist, 2003–05

    Kate Kelly
    Gallery manager, 2002–03

    Charlotte Huddleston
    Trustee and gallery manager, 2000–04

Trust
  • Israel Randell
    Tia Tuarua | Co-Chair

    Is Randell (Tainui, Ngāti Kahungunu, Mangaia) is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, and educator whose practice is grounded in Indigenous futurisms, spatial storytelling, and whakapapa. Her work often takes the form of installation, writing, exploring the relationships between time, place, and identity through a distinctly Māori lens.

    Israel teaches within the Mātauranga Toi Māori major, encouraging students to think critically and expansively about creative practice. She brings a bold, future-focused energy to her teaching, challenging conventional narratives and fostering Indigenous innovation.

  • Tehani Buchanan
    Trustee

    Tehani Buchanan (Ngāti Rupe Makea, Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Mitiaro, Kōtirana) is a Parirua-based creative and educator. Her creative practice and interests span interior design, creative direction, traditional quilt making (tīvaivai) and writing. She also possesses extensive experience in the education sector as a previous Head of Faculty secondary teacher and more recently, as a Senior Advisor in Māori health policy. 

    Tehani has previously worked with Enjoy as a guest curator for the exhibition, Tīpurepure au Va’ine at Begonia House and is co-curating a follow up exhibition of the same name with Ioana Gordon-Smith at Pātaka Art + Museum, where she will also show new work. Additionally, Tehani has a vested interest in indigenous reclamation and constitutional transformation from a Te Tiriti-based perspective, and the relationship that mahi toi has in resistance movements.  

    Tehani lives in Parirua on Ngāti Toa Rangatira land with her fiancé Julia and their three tamariki

  • Sebastian Clarke
    Trustee

    Sebastian Clarke (Ngāti Awa, Pākehā) is a public servant with significant experience in cultural policy. His writing on Aotearoa New Zealand architecture, art, and craft has been featured in many publications and online platforms. Alongside his involvement with Enjoy, Sebastian is the Chair of the Rita Angus Cottage Trust and a Trustee of Wharepaia Hapū Trust.

  • Peggy Robinson
    Trustee

    Peggy Robinson is a gallerist based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. She is the founder and director of PEG, established in 2025, a contemporary art gallery committed to meaningfully supporting and advocating for artists working across Aotearoa and abroad. She treats exhibition-making as a spatial and relational practice, with a focus on materially driven work and ambitious installation. Through PEG’s programme, Robinson is dedicated to fostering sustainable artist relationships, championing emerging and mid-career practices, and building platforms that respond to the contemporary cultural landscape.

    She has a decade of experience working across commercial gallery operations, artist development, and strategic programme building, alongside a commitment to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi in the contemporary art contexts.

  • Prakashan Sritharan
    Trustee

    Prak Sritharan is an arts facilitator, with experience spanning the public sector, creative industry and independent retail. He founded Precinct 35 and co-founded KAUKAU, spaces that acted as critical platforms for emergent artists and designers in Te Whanganui-a-tara.

  • Past

    Jess Clifford (Chair) 2024–26

    Su Ballard (Secretary) 2024–26

    Sam Kirk (Treasurer) 2023–25

    Ioana Gordon-Smith 2020-25

    Turumeke Harrington 2021–25

    Hanahiva Rose (Co-Secretary) 2021–24

    Natalie Jones (Co-Chair) 2020–23

    Elisabeth Pointon (Co-Chair) 2023

    Nick Spratt (Secretary) 2021–23

    Kat Ricketts (Treasurer) 2017–23

    Kerry Ann Lee (Tia Tuarua | Co-Chair) 2020–22

    Brook Konia 2021–22

    Herbee Bartley 2018–21

    Miriama Grace-Smith (Mana Whenua Trustee) 2020–21

    Chevron Hassett (Youth Advisor) 2020–21

    Sascha Perfect (Secretary) 2020–21

    Bridget Reweti (Tia Tuarua Co-Chair) 2018–20

    Melanie Oliver (Tia Tuarua Co-Chair) 2018–20

    Sonya Lacey 2016–20

    Bruce E. Phillips 2018–19

    Ann Shelton (Chair) 2008–18

    Jordana Bragg 2015–18

    Jessica Hubbard 2013–18

    Shannon Te Ao 2017–18

    Gary Peters 2013–16

    Bryna O'Brien–Kiddey 2013–16

    Alice Tappenden 2012–16

    Kate Adolph 2010–15

    Sarah Caylor 2012–15

    Alice Baxter 2012–14

    Megan Dunn 2011–13

    Ben Buchanan 2012–13

    Molly Samsell 2009–12

    Jhana Millers 2012

    Frances Speer 2011–12

    Andrew Beck 2011–12

    Bronwyn Holloway–Smith 2008–11

    Mark Bolland 2010–11

    Amit Charan 2006–11

    Kate Woods 2009–10

    Rachel O'Neill 2006–09

    Jenny Gillam 2006–08

    Anton Berndt 2007–08

    Marnie Slater 2006–07

    Jayne Joyce 2004–07

    Louise Menzies 2003–07

    Sandy Gibbs 2005–06

    Kim Paton 2004–06

    Ross Kettle 2003–05

    Louise Tulett 2003–05

    Clem Devine 2002–04

    Tao Wells 2001–04

    Daniel du Bern 2003

    Bek Coogan 2002–03

    Stuart Shepherd 2002–03   

    Ros Cameron 2000–02

    Ciaran Begley 2000–02

    Rachel Smithies 2000–02

Interns
  • Past interns

    Sophie Mephan
    Victoria University of Wellington—Te Herenga Waka Intern, 2025

    Elvis Booth-Claveria
    Massey School of Art—Whiti o Rehua Intern, 2024

    Sophia Coghini
    Tautai Oceania Intern, 2021

    Tom Denize
    Massey Arts Intern, 2021

    Connie Brown
    Archive and Library Intern, 2019

    Hōhua Thompson
    Toi Māori Education and Audience Intern, 2019

    Xander Dixon
    Photography Intern, 2018

    Melina Payne
    Partnerships and Environmental Sustainability Intern, 2018

    Imogen Simmonds
    Archive and library Intern, 2018

    Dilohana Lekamge 
    Writing and Publications Intern, 2017

    Hugo Robinson
    Writing and Publications Intern, 2017

    Ellyse Randrup
    Design Intern, 2016

    Andrew Matautia
    Photography Intern, 2015

    Clémence Vole
    Gallery Administration Systems Intern, 2015

    Elisabeth Pointon
    Gallery Administration Systems Intern, 2015