THE ARTIST...... 

     Moana Ponder expresses her artistic vision in classic fine art bronze with  emphasis  on the female figure.  Raised in a family of artists she learned the language  of  visual  art from childhood.  Her love of dance and the environment have  frequently  influenced  her choice of subject matter.  She often personifies elements  of nature such as the  sea and butterflies into graceful  forms that are both elegant  and alive.  Other work  springs from an inner landscape, one of the mind.  Some  pieces are  introspective  while others reach out  to the infinite.  Whatever the  subject, there is  an attention to  lyrical line and rhythmic movement that delights  the eye.
     Born in Hawaii she was educated at Punahou School and then the University of  California at Berkeley. Specific study was under Edy Burke, Tyler Norman,  Fritz White and others as well as  study at the Honolulu Academy of Arts.  Time spent in Italy and France also greatly influenced her work.
     Originally a painter,  she took up sculpture in 1995 and enjoyed a rapid rise to national attention.  In just the first few years  of work as a sculptor her work was exhibited at Chamizal National Memorial in El Paso, Texas  and the National Sculpture Society Awards Exhibit at Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina and at Park Avenue in New York. Her work has since been exhibited in fine galleries from coast to coast and is collected both nationally and internationally.

CORPORATE COLLECTORS INCLUDE 
Texas Protective Life Insurance Company
Mousa Enterprises
Ramada
Saint Mary's Hall School of Dance
Saint Regis Jesuit Girls School
Best Western
​Healthy Skin

NOTABLE PRIVATE COLLECTIONS INCLUDE
Haselden Collection, Colorado
Gasparian Collection, Colorado
Wiesman Collection, Colorado
Roark Collection, California
Strain Collection, California
Camarda Collection, California
Fickle Collection, Texas

ASSOCIATED WITH ...
American Women Artists
National Sculpture Society
​Women Artists of the West