Salome Tanuvasa is a New Zealand artist of Tongan and Samoan descent.[1] Her work is part of the permanent collection of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.[2] She is a multi-disciplinary artist and uses moving image, drawing, photography and sculpture. Her work explores themes related to her immediate surroundings and her family life.[3][4]

Biography

Tanuvasa was born and raised in New Zealand; her parents had migrated to the country from Tonga and Samoa. She began her art studies at Manukau School of Visual Art in Auckland.[1] After one year's study she transferred to Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland, where she completed a Master of Fine Arts degree in 2014.[3][5] The title of her master's thesis was My appreciation.[6]

In 2012 and 2013, she was awarded the NICAI Summer Scholarship and worked with Fiona Jack on the Rosebank Art Walk and with Jim Speers on a project in Shanghai.[5] In 2014, Tanuvasa's film work Expensive Moments was exhibited at a solo show at Gaffa in Sydney.[5]

She had her first solo dealer show in 2018 with Tim Melville Gallery, titled In a Midnight Hour.[1] Tanuvasa also works as an educator at Te Tuhi Gallery in Auckland.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Feature Autumn 2019 | Art News New Zealand". Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Salome Tanuvasa". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  3. 1 2 "What Next?: Salome Tanuvasa". Art Collector Magazine. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Salome Tanuvasa". AAAH2018. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 "SALOME TANUVASA". TAUTAI – GUIDING PACIFIC ARTS. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  6. ↑ Tanuvasa, Salome (2014). My appreciation (Masters thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/24330.
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