Rosanna Raymond is a performance/installation/body adornment artist and writer. A New Zealand born Pacific Islander of Samoan descent, she is currently living and working in London, UK with her family. The driving force of the fashion spectacle Pasifika -The Fashion Show, she is also a founding member of the acclaimed Pacific Sisters performance art collective in New Zealand. A ‘Tusitala’ at heart, Raymond’s work takes a variety of forms ranging from installation works to spoken word to body adornment, with pieces held in gallery, museum and private collections around the world, including the Museum für Völkerkunde, Germany, the Auckland Art Gallery, an the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia.

Raymond has forged a role over the past 15 years as a producer and commentator on contemporary urban Pacific Island culture, fusing traditional practises with modern innovations and techniques. During 2005 she was the Distinguished Visiting Artist at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and is undertaking a residency in New York as well as a performance commissioned for the annual meeting of the Pacific Arts Association, in Salem, USA.