Ratoos Haoapa Gary, a descendant of the Aroaro people in the Gulf Province of PNG, is a respected veteran artist and teacher. He has traveled extensively in PNG and Australia, where he spent years working with Australian Aboriginal artists and theater groups. As a traditional storyteller, he employs a rich iconography of line, pattern, color and dots in his canvas works to portray the animist cosmology that connects him to ancestral culture and land.
Ratoos Haoapa Gary presents his contribution to the art project DEUTSCH 1914 / PAPUA NIUGINI 2014.
