Ruha Fifita

Ruha Fifita is an interdisciplinary artist and curator based in Australia, working across the Pacific region. Born and raised in the Kingdom of Tonga, her practice is grounded in collaboration, community engagement, and Indigenous methods and materials. Through both her artistic and curatorial work, she develops projects that centre reciprocity, cultural continuity, and social change.

Ruha is Curatorial Assistant for Pacific Art at the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, where she has contributed to multiple iterations of the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art. She also serves as Curator-at-Large, Pacific Art, for the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in Taranaki, Aotearoa, and has been involved in the co-design of the expansive Lalaga Project, which explores Pacific cultural frameworks for exhibition-making, collective practice, and public programming.

Her freelance curatorial work includes projects with Murray Art Museum Albury and the National Portrait Gallery, guided by a commitment to long-term relationship-building, local storytelling, and shared authorship.