User:Cullen328/sandbox/Joe Nalo

In 2009, Nalo was one of the artists whose work was shown at the first comprehensive exhibition of Melanesian art in Auckland, New Zealand.

In 2007, Nalo was cited as an authority on the symbolism of traditional New Guinea carvings in a book published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

In 2008, his work was included as part of an exhibit called "Altogether: Contemporary Papua New Guinea Art" at the East–West Center in Honolulu.

Johnson Island, South-west Manus

He is a painter, printmaker, art teacher and curator.

He was the first curator for contemporary art at the National Museum and Art Gallery of Papua New Guinea.

He has been described in the journal Pacific Arts as "one of the best contemporary artists" in Papua New Guinea.