Sheyne Tuffery

Sheyne Tuffery is a Wellington based Visual Artist who uses a range of art forms to facilitate his visions of Pacific urbanisation.  Sheyne received a Bachelor of Visual Arts from AUT in 1995 and his Masters of Fine Arts (honours) in 2000 from The University of Auckland. He is perhaps best known for the dynamic style of his themed woodblock prints of South Pacific Architecture and the Ornithology of Aotearoa .Tuffery describes himself as a paper architect who uses his work to create and represent his own cultural context and sense of belonging.

“My art started from the non-identity of my mixed heritage background (Palangi/ Samoan) to evolve into a surrealist vision of South Pacific Patterns, structures, symbols and paper architecture.”

His new work explores the fragility of Earth's ecosystems to investigate whether there is spirituality in science.

Academic History

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

2022 ZooPlankton, Waiheke Art gallery, Waiheke Island
2019 Lunar Module, Thomas King Observatory, Wellington
2016 Paper Architecture, Marlborough Public Art Gallery, Blenheim 2014 Siapo Satellite, Massey University, Wellington
2013 Ghost in the Machine, Deane Gallery, Wellington City Gallery USO and the Dragon Slayer, Solander Gallery, Wellington
2011 The Ancent Mariners, Papakura Public Art Gallery,, Auckland 2010 The Garden of Earthly Delights, Waiheke Art gallery, Auckland. 2008 Sonar Interferance, Salamander Gallery, Christchurch
2006 Misplaced Effigies, Flagstaff Gallery, Devonport
Marziart Internationale Galerie. Hamburg, Germany
Penguins and Buicks, Salamander Gallery, Christchurch 2005 The Gondwana Waka, Lane Gallery,Auckland
2005 The Gondwana Waka, Catchment Gallery, Nelson,
2003 Sifi Taavale Fale, Lane Gallery, Auckland,
2002 Salamander Gallery, Christchurch,
2001 Car Paopao. The Lane Gallery, Auckland,
2000 Expressway to Taou, St Agathas Gallery, Mt Eden
1999 Solo99, Camera Lucida Gallery, Oaxaca, Mexico
Porto-Indo, The Ilsington Gallery, London, United Kingdom 1998 Atlantic/Pacific, The Ericeira Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal 1997 Monument to Motion, Archill Gallery, Auckland,
1996 Cacophony, The Lane Gallery...