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]
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]
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]
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]