Alex Monteith & Maree Sheehan 

Alex Monteith & Maree Sheehan 

Alex Monteith is a multi-disciplinary artist, filmmaker, and Associate Professor whose practice intersects environmental activism, oceanic geographies, and contemporary art. A former Irish National Women’s Surfing Champion (2001), her work engages colonial impacts on ocean ecologies in Aotearoa; she has exhibited at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, MMK Frankfurt, Centre Pompidou, and the Asia Pacific Triennales at QAGOMA. Maree Sheehan (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato, Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Raukawa, Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti Whaoa) is a Māori composer, sound artist, and performer honoured as Māori Researcher of the Year by the Royal Society of New Zealand (2024). A passionate advocate for Mātauranga Māori, her work spans sound ecology, music composition, and recent exhibitions at QAGOMA and Haus Der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin. For Sculpture on the Gulf 2027, Monteith and Sheehan present a new collaborative work.