Background
His mother is Samoan and his father was Cook Island Tahitian.
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Michel Tuffery
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He attended Newlands College in Wellington, and has a Diploma in Fine Arts (Honours) from the School of Fine Arts at Otago Polytechnic (1989).
Career
He is one of New Zealand"s most well known artists and his work is held in many art collections in New Zealand and around the world. He lives and works in Wellington, New Zealand. Renowned as a printmaker, painter and sculptor, Tuffery has gained national and international recognition, and has made a major contribution to New Zealand art
One of his distinctive sculptures from 1994 is the life-sized work, entitled Pisupo lua afe (Corned beef 2000), which was constructed from flattened and riveted re-cycled corned beef tins.
His work is shaped by his research into, and encounters with his Polynesian heritage while making use of Māori design. Tuffery has exhibited extensively in New Zealand and internationally.
1989 Tautai Artists, Gallery 33 1/3 and Louise Beale Gallery, Wellington
1990 Te Moemoea no Iotefa, Sarjeant Art Gallery, Whanganui
1990 Three Polynesian Artists, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
1990 Anti Drift Net Series, American Statistical Association Gallery, Auckland
1994 Bottled Ocean City Gallery Wellington and touring
1994 Woodcuts on Tapa, Claybrook Gallery, Auckland
1994 Pisupo Lua Afe, Wellington
1994 Povi Tau Vaga - The Challenge, Wellington
1996 7th Festival of Pacific Arts group exhibition, Samoa
1997 Pacific Diaries, Hogarth Gallery, Sydney
1997 Common Ground, Page 90 Art Gallery, Taranaki
1998 Recent Works, Portfolio Gallery, Auckland
1998 Paringa Ou, Fiji Museum, Fiji
1998 Testing Traditions, Aotea Centre, Auckland
1999 O le Vasa Loloto ma le Laloa, Christchurch
1999 Povi Lua Noumea, and Faga Ofe East"a, in collaboration with artist Patrice Kaikilekofe, New Caledonia
2001 Asiasi, Jane Land Gallery, Wellington
2001 Out of the Blue, Hawkes Bay Exhibitions Centre, Hastings
2002 Mata Mata, Toi o Tamaki, Auckland City Art Gallery
2002 Diaspora - Art of the Asia Pacific, Portfolio Gallery, Auckland
2002 Pasifika,The Lane Gallery, Auckland
2003 Voyages, The Lane Gallery, Auckland
2003 Animated Effigy, MacKay Art Gallery, North Queensland
2012 First Contact, multi-media work for the opening of the 2012 New Zealand International Arts Festival
2012 Siamani Samoa, Pataka Museum and Gallery, Porirua
2013 Made in Oceania: Tapa – Art and Social Landscapes, Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, Germany
2015 World War I Remembered: A Light and Sound Show, multi-media installation with Ngataiharuru Taepa, Pukeahu National War Memorial Park, Wellington.
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