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A Wellington based multi-media visual artist; whose primary mediums are painting, animation and printmaking. His perhaps best known for the dynamic style of his prints and mixed media work. Tuffery describes himself as a paper architect who uses his work to create and represent his own cultural context and sense of belonging.
His prints and paintings often envisage Polynesia as a futuristic urban utopia; with the Samoa fale as the symbolic archetype for skyscrapers, apartment housing and rocketships (vaka). These works reflect Tuffery’s research into his Samoan heritage and symbolism, his travel wanderlust and his taste for big overseas cities.
They also reveal ongoing influences, the world of fantasy, comics and cartoons, which add a sense of immediacy and humour to his subject matter.
Academic History
2000 M.F.A (hons) Elam School of Fine Art, University of Auckland,
1995 B.V.A Auckland University of Technology, Auckland,
Solo Exhibition History
2011 The Ancent Mariners, Papkura Art Gallery, Papakura, Auckland
2010 The Garden of Earthly Delights, Waiheke Art gallery, Auckland.
2008 Sonar Interferance, Salamander Gallery, Christchurch
2006 Misplaced Effigies, Flagstaff Gallery, Devonport
Marziart Internationale Galerie. Hamburg, Germany
Penguins and Buicks, Salamander Gallery, Christchurch
2005 The Gondwana Waka, Lane Gallery,Auckland
2005 The Gondwana Waka, Catchment Gallery, Nelson,
2003 Sifi Taavale Fale, Lane Gallery, Auckland,
2002 Salamander Gallery, Christchurch,
2001 Car Paopao. The Lane Gallery, Auckland,
2000 Expressway to Taou, St Agathas Gallery, Mt Eden
1999 Solo99, Camera Lucida Gallery, Oaxaca, Mexico
Porto-Indo, The Ilsington Gallery, London, United Kingdom
1998 Atlantic/Pacific, The Ericeira Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
1997 Monument to Motion, Archill Gallery, Auckland,
1996 Cacophony, The Lane Gallery, Auckland,
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 Freak of nature, Switchback Gallery, Monash University, Victoria
Out of the Box, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, New South Wales,
2009 Another New Zealand, Another United States, COCA, Christchurch
2006 Pasifika Styles, Camdridge University Museum, U.K
Re-Interpreting the Middle East , Khalil Sakikini Center, Ramallah, Palestine,
Re-Interpreting the Middle East , Christel DeHaan Fine Art Center,University of Indianapolis
Re-Interpreting the Middle East ,Bethlehem International Center, Palestine
Mainly Contemporary, Williams Gallery, Wellington
Re-Interpreting the Middle EastThe Paltel Virtual Gallery at Birzeit University, Palestine
2005 Homelands, Cybertribe online Exhibition, Newcastle, Australia
Lima-Pacific Arts, (5th Pacific Festival of CHCH), Christchurch
Face Value: Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Face Value, Museum of Brisbane, Australia
Re-Interpreting the Middle East, 2005 SGC Conference, Washington DC,
Re-Interpreting the Middle East, Orfali Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan
Re-Interpreting - Sisson Gallery, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, Michigan
Re-interpreting - Gallery 2, Hemingway Center, Boise State University,
2004 Printmakers, Catchment Gallery, Nelson,
Wallace Award Finalist Exhibition, Wallace gallery, Auckland
Sumei National Print Exhibit, Newark, N.J, U.S.A
2003 Sydney Art on Paper Fair 2003, Sydney, Australia
20/20, City Art Gallery, Christchurch,
2002 Start Up, Te Papa Museum, Wellington,
Pacifika Ways of Knowing Conference, Columbia University, New York
1999 Brothers, Gallery 482, Brisbane, Australia
1996 Bottled Ocean, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland
Achievements, Residencies and Awards
2006 Macmillan Brown Centre, Artist in Residence, Canterbury University
Artist in residence Samuel Masden College
Artist in residence Howick College, Auckland
Artist in residence Dilworth College, Auckland
2005 Creative New Zealand Grant- Workshop in San Francisco, USA
Artbeatz Activate Award, Auckland
2004 Finalist –James Wallace Awards, Auckland
Finalist - Sumei National Print Awards, Newark, N.J, USA
2003 Wesley Community Centre Commission, Auckland
2002 Martin Hughes Contemporary Pacific Art Award
2001 Resident Artist for Pacific Pathways, Auckland Museum
Collections
Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, Michigan
The International Center of Bethlehem, Bethlehem
Manunkau City Council, Auckland
Macmillan Brown collection, Christchurch
Wallace Arts Trust Collection, Auckland
Lincoln University Library , Canterbury
Publications
Pasifika Styles: Artists Inside the Museum -Raymond, Rosanna and Salmond, Amiria, 2008
The Frangipani is Dead: Contemporary Pacific Art in New Zealand- Dr Karen Stevenson, 2008
Taeao tou i mea sina : the first Pacific Festival Contemporary Arts Exhibition, 1996
Articles
Eastern Courier 2009
Art Monthly Australia 2008
New Zealand Herald 2006
New Zealand Herald 2002
New Zealand Herald 2002
