A MIGRANT’S PATH
May 2021, The Tuesday Club | August 2021, Depot Artspace
29 April - 17 June 2023, The New Zealand Steel Gallery | Franklin Arts Centre
June 3 - July 3 2023, Nathan Homestead, Manurewa | 23 May - June 13, 2024, Precinct Properties, Auckland CBD
12 September - 8 December 2024, The New Zealand Portrait Gallery
A Migrant’s Path explores the complexities within the migration journeys of migrant, immigrant, and refugee groups settling in Aotearoa. Blending fine art, documentary photography, cultural motifs, and textual narratives, Abhi Chinniah places the individuals she photographs at the centre of this series. Their stories are told in their own words, and they stand in their cultural heritage, defining it on their own terms. The photo essay examines how these migration journeys shape identity, studying what is carried forward, lost, or adapted across generations.
In its most recent evolution, what began as a collection of portraits documenting individual migrant stories has grown into No. 13, a fictional series personal to Abhi’s story that extends and deepens the narrative of A Migrant’s Path.
