Bio

Heleyni Pratley is an Aotearoa, New Zealand based conceptual artist working in video, drawing, painting, sculpture, and performance.

The core concepts of her work question the mechanics of capitalism and how it shapes and determines what we value as people, examining our relationships with products, the planet and power in the Pacific.

Alongside her art practice Heleyni campaigns for social change, having worked as a Union organiser for fast food and Zero Hour contract workers, she is currently active in local housing and climate change movements.

Heleyni and her sister Marika Pratley, were the recipients of the inaugural Pyramid Club and Museums Wellington Thomas King Observatory Sound Residency in 2021.

She is currently working on A Work About The Housing Crisis With An Indoor-Outdoor Flow to be presented later this year with support from Urban Dream Brokerage and Letting Space.

Social media handles:

Twitter: @heleyni
Instagram: @heleyni
Facebook: @heleyni