Sean Hill

Sean Hill

Sean Hill is a multidisciplinary artist of Kiwi/Samoan descent based in Ngamotu, Taranaki. He completed an Honours degree in Visual Arts at Auckland University in 2016. Sean’s practice focuses on conceptual exploration using movement, frequency, colour, texture, nature, and materials to express energy in a physical form, creating a visual language often through abstract representations.

Sean has exhibited overseas with Scott Lawrie Gallery (Scotland) and Alcaston Art Gallery (Naarm/Melbourne). His exhibitions include Synchrotopia in 2024 (solo) and 2026 (solo) at Govett-Brewster window space, and Energtopia in 2024 (solo). He received a CNZ emerging artist funding in 2024 and a Govett-Brewster artist residency in Tonga funded by CNZ in 2024. He exhibited at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery with Lalaga in 2022 and 2024, was a finalist for NZPPA Awards and Molly Morpeth Canaday Awards in 2025, and created a commissioned sculptural artwork for Te Tuhi Art Gallery, Flowergy, in 2025.