Taumoepeau draws inspiration for her artwork from her Tongan heritage and seeks to address issues surrounding race, class and the female body politic. Taumoepeau presented at a symposium at Melbourne's Contemporary Pacific Arts Festival which "celebrate[s] the creative practices among the Pacific diaspora in Australia". Her artwork
Dark Continent, 2018, was presented as a part of the 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT9) at
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, in Brisbane.
Dark Continent was also performed for the program duration of the 48HR Incident, a performance art and live action event which occurred over 48 hours from 29 to 31 May 2016. In 2018, her performance piece
Repatriate was also exhibited alongside Museum of Water as a part of the 2018
Perth Festival at the
Fremantle Arts Centre.
Repatriate sought to draw attention to the impact of rising sea levels on Pacific Island nations, including her motherland of the Kingdom of Tonga. Taumoepeau was part of the
Sydney Biennale in 2020, presenting her work The Last Resort, a major installation on Cockatoo Island. In 2020 & 2021, Taumoepeau designed the programme for REFUGE at
Arts House, a programme of talks, live artworks and installations that prepares communities for the coming climate emergency, connecting contemporary politics, environmental scientists and indigenous knowledge holders to enable interconnected conversations for the survival of all beings. == Work ==