Salome Tanuvasa, 'Absorb', 2024, acrylic on canvas, 500mm x 400mm
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This suite of vibrant paintings exemplifies Salome Tanuvasa’s lightness of touch and ability to arrest a sense of immediacy, capturing familiar feelings and spaces. In a process akin to automatic writing – where words are produced subconsciously – the artist’s mark-making is intuitive, informed by her immediate surroundings and observations in nature. When speaking about these works, Tanuvasa makes reference to Brazilian modernist artist Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato (1900-1995) whose shapes, colours, and line work have particularly influenced her recent paintings.
Salome Tanuvasa (b. 1987 Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau) is of Tongan and Sāmoan heritage and holds an MFA from Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland. Her practice encompasses several disciplines including textiles, something of an ode to her seamstress mother and a reflection on the often-invisible labour undertaken by women. Her works are held in public and private collections and in 2018 she won the Creative Award from the China Academy of Art, Huangzhou, China. Recent exhibitions include Mum & Dad’s Garden at Night, The Central Art Gallery, Christchurch Ōtautahi; Joyous, Tim Melville Gallery, Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau; To be at home, Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings Heretaunga; Here Together, Fresh Gallery Ōtara, Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau; Choose Happiness, Murray Art Museum Albury, Melbourne; From Our Beautiful Square, Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau; Stars Start Falling, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth Ngāmotu; Golden Daughters of the Sun, Southern Stars, London; Choose Happiness, Murray Art Museum, NSW.
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This suite of vibrant paintings exemplifies Salome Tanuvasa’s lightness of touch and ability to arrest a sense of immediacy, capturing familiar feelings and spaces. In a process akin to automatic writing – where words are produced subconsciously – the artist’s mark-making is intuitive, informed by her immediate surroundings and observations in nature. When speaking about these works, Tanuvasa makes reference to Brazilian modernist artist Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato (1900-1995) whose shapes, colours, and line work have particularly influenced her recent paintings.
Salome Tanuvasa (b. 1987 Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau) is of Tongan and Sāmoan heritage and holds an MFA from Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland. Her practice encompasses several disciplines including textiles, something of an ode to her seamstress mother and a reflection on the often-invisible labour undertaken by women. Her works are held in public and private collections and in 2018 she won the Creative Award from the China Academy of Art, Huangzhou, China. Recent exhibitions include Mum & Dad’s Garden at Night, The Central Art Gallery, Christchurch Ōtautahi; Joyous, Tim Melville Gallery, Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau; To be at home, Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings Heretaunga; Here Together, Fresh Gallery Ōtara, Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau; Choose Happiness, Murray Art Museum Albury, Melbourne; From Our Beautiful Square, Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau; Stars Start Falling, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth Ngāmotu; Golden Daughters of the Sun, Southern Stars, London; Choose Happiness, Murray Art Museum, NSW.
