Artist to Launch Tsunami Series on her Website

Samoa-based artist, Vanya Taule’alo, is to launch her upcoming Tsunami series via her new website www.vanyataulealo.com as a way of interpresting the impact of the Tsunami through visual art. Taule’alo whose most recent work before the September 30 tragedy was dedicated to Samoa’s environment says she was profoundly moved by what she saw during the aftermathof the Tsunami which killed over 180 people on Upolu Island and destroyed several villages. She is hoping that her website will help to connect her with a wider audience and to share her concerns about climate change and the destruction of Samoa’s natural environment. Over the last few years the artist’s work has moved into the semi-abstract, using texture, photography and mixed media. Her next exhibition will feature work from Fatu Feu’u and Isabelle Staron Tutugorois and is scheduled to open at the Salamander Gallery in Christchurch on 15 February, 2010. For more details, see www.vanyataulealo.com.