Samuel Tupou - Somewhere in time
Cairns based artist Samuel Tupou was recently selected for inclusion in the exhibition, News From Islands at Campbelltown Arts Centre in Sydney. The exhibition featured 20 artists of Pacific Islander heritage, with 10 Australian and 10 international artists. This exhibition was a visual forerunner to our new found national engagement with all things Pacific.
Born in New Zealand in 1976 and University educated in northern New South Wales, Tupou’s use of high-key colour and almost industrial materials - underlain with the patterns...
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