BIO

My artwork is inspired by traditional Tongan and Pacific Island Tapa cloth design. I create work that incorporate design elements such as layers of pattern and repetition of symbols and motifs to create new narratives, which portray both personal and shared histories.

Recently I have drawn inspiration from mathematical geometry, 80’s video game imagery, tapa and fine mat weaving. Colour photographs from family photo albums are used as a starting point to evoke a strong sense of time and place. Colour segments act as oversized pixels that combine to form a recurring pattern and an overall image which is shrouded by pixilation. The photograph’s original details and subtleties are removed leaving the viewer with a series of colour structures which when pieced together allude to the original image. The works use proximity and distance to alter the viewers perception. Up close, the works appear to be an abstract assemblage of geometric shapes and colours, whilst at a distance an 8-bit halftone image takes shape.

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The Studio

15 Annerley Arcade,
478 Ipswich Rd,
Annerley QLD 4103

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