The Mana Gallery is located at Petero Atamu s/n, in the arts district of Hanga Roa on the island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Chile. It is open daily and by appointment.
The Mana Gallery is an environmentally sustainable structure designed by Johannes Van Tilburg, FAIA, in 2002, with the collaboration of gallery co-owners archaeologist Jo Anne Van Tilburg and artist Cristián Arévalo Pakarati. Construction of the building was supervised and accomplished by Cristián Arévalo Pakarati.
The building is sited on the ancestral land of the Pakarati family, which has a long tradition of cultural preservation through collaboration with scientists and artists from many nations and in all fields. The gallery is anchored on a boat-shaped platform that echoes the traditional form of Rapa Nui secular and sacred architecture, and built of island stone with wood structural accents.
The Mana Gallery is also home to the field office of the Easter Island Statue Project. EISP is an archaeological survey that has produced the world’s largest research archive of detailed information describing nearly 1,000 moai. All moai are subjected to environmental damage. We cooperate and work closely with all Chilean national agencies and the Rapanui community in our shared goal of preserving and protecting the moai. Visitors and potential project volunteers are welcome, or if you would like to learn more, please visit www.eisp.org.
The Mana Gallery