Michael "Michel" Cliff TufferyMNZM[1] (born 27 May 1966) is a New Zealand artist of Samoan, Tahitian and Cook Islands descent. 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.[2]
2014 Master of Fine Arts (Honorary), School of Fine Arts, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, | 1990 Mānoa School of Fine Arts, University of Hawaiʻi, United States 1986–89 Bachelor of Fine Arts Printmaking (Hons), School of Fine Arts, Otago Polytechnic
His mother is Samoan Bula Tuffery (nee Paotonu) and his biological father was Cook Island Tahitian. His step father was Denis Tuffery, of European descent.[3]
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. Many of his works explore colonialism and people's treatment of the environment. Renowned as a printmaker, painter and sculptor, Tuffery has gained national and international recognition, and has made a major contribution to New Zealand art.[citation needed]
Tuffery has exhibited extensively in New Zealand and internationally.[10]
2022 Te Atuitanga - Between our Cloak of Stars, Bergman Gallery, Auckland
2015 World War I Remembered: A Light and Sound Show, multi-media installation with Ngataiharuru Taepa, Pukeahu National War Memorial Park, Wellington[11]
2013 Made in Oceania: Tapa – Art and Social Landscapes, Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, Germany[12]
1990 Three Polynesian Artists, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
1989 Tautai Artists, Gallery 33 1/3 and Louise Beale Gallery, Wellington
Referencesedit
^"Queens Birthday Honours List 2008". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
^"Michel Tuffery - Arthouse". New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
^"Michel Tuffery — News & Blogs". Te aka kumara. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^"Newlands' big-name artist gets to work". Scoop. 13 November 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
^"TeTuhi". tetuhi.art. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^Stevenson, Karen. "Paringa Ou publication" (PDF). Te Tuhi. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^"Queen's Birthday honours list 2008". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^"Arts Pasifika Awards". Creative New Zealand. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
^Chumko, Andre (18 December 2020). "Michel Tuffery on Pacific art and fulfilling his ancestors' dreams". Stuff. Archived from the original on 20 December 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
^Chiu, Melissa; Mason, Ngahiraka; Stevenson, Karen; Vercoe, Caroline (2004). Paradise Now? Contemporary Art from the Pacific. David Bateman Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 1-86953-584-7.
^Cardy, Tom. "The pick of Anzac cultural events". www.stuff.co.nz. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
^"Made in Oceania". Australia National University. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
^"VOLTA NY 2012 - Announcements - e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
^"First Contact". New Zealand International Art Festival. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
^Brian, Roche (2012). 50 Years of Friendship: New Zealand & Samoa. Certificate of authenticity. New Zealand Post and Reserve Bank of New Zealand.
^Mallon, Sean; Pereira, Pandora Fulimalo (2002). Pacific Art Niu Sila. Te Papa Press. ISBN 0-909010-83-8.
^"Bottled Ocean". Wellington City Gallery. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
^Mallon, Sean; Pereira, Pandora Fulimalo (2002). Pacific Art Niu Sila. Te Papa Press. ISBN 0-909010-83-8.
External linksedit
Artist's website
Works from the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Interview with Michael Tuffery about his project commemorating the anniversary of World War One Standing Room Only, Radio New Zealand National, 2015