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Sheyne Tuffery

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Sheyne Tuffery is 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.

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EDUCATION

2000
  1. M.F.A (hons) Elam School of Fine Art, University of Auckland
1995
  1. M.F.A (hons) Elam School of Fine Art, University of Auckland

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION

2024
  1. Subliminal Archipelago, Boyd-Dunlop Gallery, Napier
2022
  1. ZooPlankton, Waiheke Art gallery, Waiheke Island , Auckland
2019
  1. Lunar Module, Thomas King Observatory, Wellington
2014
  1. Siapo Satellite, Massey University, Wellington

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION

2022
  1. Trouble in Paradise: Climate change in the Pacific, National Library Wellington
  2. Thinking of place II, Arthaus Contemporary, Auckland
  3. Thinking of place III, Thompson Rivers University Art Gallery, Kamloops, Canada.
2020
  1. Whenua Ūkaipō Connectedness Exhibition, Wellington
  2. Thinking Of Place II, Northside Gallery, Cairns, Australia
  3. International Contemporary Woodblock-Prints Triennale, Japan
  4. Toi o Manukau – City Treasures, Te Tuhi Art Gallery, Auckland
2018
  1. Art from Down Under: Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
2016
  1. Ink masters Exhibition , Cairns, Australia
2015
  1. Line Out, Northern Print Studio, Newcastle, U.K
  2. Wansolwara, Franklin Arts Centre, Pukekoe

COLLECTIONS & AWARDS

Collections
  1. Print Council of Australia
  2. Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
  3. Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, Michigan
  4. The International Center of Bethlehem, Bethlehem
  5. Manukau City Council, Auckland
  6. Macmillan Brown collection, Christchurch
  7. Wallace Arts Trust Collection, Auckland
Awards
  1. 2022 Selection for Relief Online Exhibition, Megalo Print Studio Canberra
  2. 2020 Print Edition for the Print Council of Australia
  3. 2020 Finalist -Hida Takayama
  4. 2020 International Contemporary Woodblock-Prints Triennale, Japan
  5. 2015 Finalist New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award, Hamilton
  6. 2004 Finalist –James Wallace Awards, Auckland
  7. 2004 Finalist - Sumei National Print Awards, Newark, N.J, USA

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