Josua Toganivalu

Josua Toganivalu is a self-taught artist and graphic designer, currently working from Suva, Fiji. Toganivalu’s artwork considers both his Indigenous Fijian identity and his reflections on wider issues in society today.

He connects to his cultural traditions through earth colours and grid-compositions, while maintaining contemporary relevance through his illustrated motifs.

Toganivalu was a founding member of the Red Wave Collective, which pioneered Fiji’s contemporary painting movement in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Over the past two decades, Toganivalu’s works have been collected by institutions and private collectors around Fiji and increasingly worldwide.

He has exhibited across the Oceania region in group shows and represented Fiji through regional Arts Festivals.