About

Kia ora. Ko Tiki O’Brien ahau. Māori artist. Designer. Writer. Rider. One of the founding members of Tribal Nations MC. Most of my life has moved between creativity, culture, community, and the open road. Not separated things. Different pathways connected to the same source.

My work is shaped through whakapapa, lived experience, symbolism, memory, and wānanga Māori. I have always been drawn toward the deeper meaning carried beneath surface appearances. The patterns behind the pattern. The unseen current moving beneath visible form.

Over the years my hikoi, journey has crossed paths through visual arts, design, digital media, publishing, storytelling, and supporting community kaupapa. Alongside that has been a strong pull toward philosophy, cosmology, technology, consciousness, and the meeting place between emerging systems and ancient ways of knowing. Outside the creative world, much of my road has also been connected to kaupapa around mental health awareness, suicide prevention, remembrance, and standing against domestic violence and abuse.

Many of those conversations were carried across Aotearoa from the seat of a motorcycle. This space is simply an extension of that journey. A place for creativity. Reflection. Story. Symbolism. Wānanga. If something here resonates with you, nau mai haere mai.

Sending much aroha love. Tiki O’Brien