Pacific Media Network: Tongan artists’ exhibition navigates the ‘Niu’ world on tapa

Written By Olivia Laita

Voyagers x PMN

Sulieti Fieme’a Burrows & Tui Emma Gillies, Fāmili 2020

Voyagers: The Niu World showcases a collection of tapa artworks by award-winning Tongan artists Sulieti Fieme’a Burrows and her daughter Tui Emma Gillies.

Their collection was created during and after lockdown and reflects on the idea of navigating a changed world in the midst of a pandemic.

“We’re all voyaging at the moment through rough waters because we don’t know what our destination is going to be at the end of it,”

Tui Emma Gillies

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Olivia Laita
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