Iwalani Kaluhiokalani (she/her) is a painter and interdisciplinary artist based in Boston, MA and Marseille, France. Her work is rooted in the exploration of movement, dance histories, sensory ethnography, diaspora, and trans-oceanic exploration. She creates work which invokes ephemeral ecstasies and dialogues around the body, memory, and time. Kaluhiokalani holds a BFA in Painting with Distinction and Departmental Honors from Massachusetts College of Art and Design 2003 and a certification from the Laban Institute of Movement Studies. She is the founder and teacher of teachers at SmartBody Movement in Brookline, Massachusetts, a center for Classical Pilates and GYROTONIC training. Kaluhiokalani is an active member of Kingston Gallery in Boston and the Feminist/Futurist Collective. She was the recipient of Boston Center for the Arts’ ACTivate residency in 2021, Vermont Studio Center residency in 2023, a Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant 2023, and recently showed at La Traverse/Catherine Bastide Projects in Marseille, France. Kaluhiokalani’s artwork is included in individual and corporate private collections.

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