約翰・維亞（John Vea）為居住於紐西蘭基督城（Ōtautahi / Christchurch）的藝術家，創作媒材涵蓋雕塑、錄像與行為表演。其創作探討勞動、遷移與仕紳化（gentrification）的敘事，關注這些議題如何在太平洋地區被實際呈現於生活之中。維亞經常從日常互動中蒐集故事，並透過重新演繹這些際遇，凸顯主流西方框架之外的聲音與觀點。

透過幽默感、身體性與批判性反思，維亞的作品對西方宏大敘事提出有力的對照，將焦點置於太平洋族群及其離散族群的真實生活經驗之上。他的創作根植於合作、觀察與敘事之中，運用行為表演與物質性的姿態，使形塑當代太平洋生活的社會、經濟與文化力量得以被看見。

維亞的作品曾於紐西蘭及國際間廣泛展出。近期展覽包括：基督城美術館、釜山雙年展（2024）以及古斯・費雪畫廊。他的作品亦曾於4A 當代亞洲藝術中心（2019）、奧克蘭美術館（2018）、但尼丁公共美術館（2018）及檀香山雙年展（2017）展出。維亞於 2021 年取得奧克蘭理工大學博士學位，目前任教於坎特伯雷大學，擔任講師職位。

John Vea is an Ōtautahi Christchurch–based artist working across sculpture, video, and performance. His practice examines narratives of labour, migration, and gentrification as they are lived and experienced across the Pacific. Drawing from stories gathered through everyday interactions, Vea often re-enacts these encounters to foreground voices and perspectives that sit outside dominant Western frameworks. Through humour, physicality, and critical reflection, Vea’s work offers a powerful counterpoint to Western meta-narratives, centring the lived realities of Pacific communities and diasporas. His practice is grounded in collaboration, observation, and storytelling, using performance and material gestures to make visible the social, economic, and cultural forces shaping contemporary life in the Pacific. Vea has exhibited widely in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally. Recent exhibitions include Christchurch Art Gallery (2025), the Busan Biennale (2024), and Gus Fisher Gallery (2023). His work has also been shown at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art (2019), Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki (2018), Dunedin Public Art Gallery (2018), and the Honolulu Biennale (2017). He completed his PhD at Auckland University of Technology in 2021 and is currently a Lecturer at the University of Canterbury.