Welcome to Here
Kainoa Gruspe
Moho Lanakila no ka MH 2024
Noiʻi ʻo Kainoa i nā ʻāina lehulehu ʻole i wehewehe ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻoluʻolu ʻole, he hao wale, a he hoʻokolonaio, e laʻa nā kahua pāʻani kolepa, nā hōkele nui, a me nā kūkulu pūʻali koa ma Oʻahu. Ma o ke kipa ʻana i kēia mau wahi (me ke kū ʻana i ke kānāwai), e ʻohi ana kēia mea hana noʻeau i nā pōhaku i waiho ʻia, ke koena o nā mea kūkulu, a me nā mea kino lāʻau. E hoʻohana ʻia kēia mau mea no nā papahana like ʻole, e laʻa ke kālai, ke kūkulu, me nā hālāwai hana no nā kaiaulu. E kālele ana ka hana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke ʻano e hoʻohana ʻia ai nā koena i ʻohi ʻia a me ko lākou hopena, a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka moemoeā no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻāina a me nā kumu waiwai ma Oʻahu. Pili ʻo Welcome to Here i ka noiʻi a me ka wehewehe ʻana i ka moʻolelo o ka ʻāina e noho ʻino ʻia.
ʻO ka mole o kā Kainoa Gruspe hana, ʻo ia nō ka pena kiʻi ʻana, akā, ua mohala aku kāna a lilo i mau hana like ʻole, e laʻa ke kālai lāʻau, ka humuhumu me ka lihilihi lole, a me ka hana pāpale. ʻO kāna e ʻimi nei ma kāna hana, ʻo ia nō ka ʻike leʻa ʻana i ke ola ʻoiaʻiʻo, a me ke ʻano e maopopo leʻa ai kēia ʻike. No Mānoa, Hawaiʻi mai ʻo Gruspe. Ua loaʻa mai iā ia ke kēkelē he BFA mai ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi i ka MH 2017 a me kahi kēkelē MFA mai ka Slade School of Fine Art i Lādana i ka MH 2022.