Artist Interview: Ian Kuali'i

Fleur had the pleasure of speaking with Ian Kuali'i, a multi-disciplinary self-taught artist of Hawaiian/Apache ancestry working in the forms of murals, large-scale hand cut paper and site-specific installations. From a single sheet of paper using only an xacto blade as his tool, Ian's portraits, journal entries and scenes are masterfully rendered in hand cut paper with a blend of loose urban contemporary techniques and collaged found materials. Ian describes his creative process as "The meditative process of destroying to create." Fleur: Can you please introduce yourself? My name is Ian Joseph Kekoa Hardwick-Kuali'i or just simply Ian Kuali'i.