Fatu Feu'u
Works
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Fatu Feu'uAbundance, 2022Mixed media on canvas150 x 169 cm -
Fatu Feu'uAke Ake, 2025Acrylic on canvas167 x 210 cm
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Fatu Feu'uAlofa Moni, 2022Acrylic on canvas76 x 101.5 cm
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Fatu Feu'uAo Aulelei, 2023Mixed media on canvas172.5 x 200 cm
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Fatu Feu'uFa’alogo Mai II, 2021Acrylic on paper99 x 71 cm
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Fatu Feu'uFirst Ritual, 2024Acrylic on stretched canvas101 x 152 cm
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Fatu Feu'uGood Fortune, 2022Acrylic & oils on canvas140 x 183 cm
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Fatu Feu'uIka Fiafia, 2023Acrylic on canvas - wall hanging146 x 181 cm
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Fatu Feu'uLa LeleiBronze37 x 10 cm
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Fatu Feu'uLast Ritual, 2024Acrylic on stretched canvas101 x 152 cm
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Fatu Feu'uMoe Oe Pepe, 2023Acrylic & oil on canvas102 x 76 cm
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Fatu Feu'uOlo Sega, 2021Acrylic & oil pencil on canvas134 x 148 cm
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Fatu Feu'uPacific Conference, 2024Acrylic on stretched canvas101 x 152 cm
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Fatu Feu'uPacific Conference II, 2024Acrylic on stretched canvas150 x 180 cm
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Fatu Feu'uPaleina, 2018Woodcut print75 x 55 cmNZ$2,200.00
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Fatu Feu'uPiliuli, 2023Acrylic, oil stick & mixed media on canvas159 x 181 cm
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Fatu Feu'uSongs of the Southern Ocean, 2023Mixed media on stretched canvas133 x 172 cm
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Fatu Feu'uTagaloa’s Dream, 2021Acrylic on canvas122 x 122 cm
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Fatu Feu'uUkulele Sway, 2013Wood & iron273 x 70 x 30 cm
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Fatu Feu'uUntitled 1, 2023Acrylic on paper98.5 x 68.5 cm
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Fatu Feu'uVai Manino, 2024Acrylic on stretched canvas150 x 180 cm
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Fatu Feu'uWhite Star, 2022Acrylic on canvas - wall hanging160 x 184 cm
Biography
Fatu Feu'u in ARTIS Gallery
ONZM
Fatu Feu’u is an internationally recognised Samoan–New Zealand artist who has played a pivotal role in shaping global interest in contemporary Pacific art. His influence extends beyond his own work, as he has mentored and nurtured a generation of Pacific artists in New Zealand. This contribution has earned him the reputation as the “Father of Contemporary Pacific Art.”
Born and raised in the village of Poutasi in the district of Falealili on the island of Upolu, Samoa, Feu’u emigrated to New Zealand in 1966 with the specific intention of studying art. Since 1983, he has exhibited regularly both nationally and internationally, establishing a strong presence in the contemporary art scene.
Feu’u’s recent accolades reflect his outstanding contributions to the arts and his leadership within the Pacific arts community. In March 2023, he received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Auckland. In 2022, he was honoured with the ICON Award by the New Zealand Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi, as well as the Senior Pacific Artist Award by Creative New Zealand.
His works are held in numerous prominent public collections, including the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane, the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato, and Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū. Additional collections include the University of Canterbury, the University of Auckland, Auckland Council, the Fletcher Trust, the Chartwell Trust, and the Arts House Trust in Auckland.
Since becoming a full-time artist in 1988, Feu’u has created a diverse body of work encompassing paintings, prints, bronzes, wooden sculptures, and ceramics. These works are now held in public and private collections around the world. He was the first artist of Pacific heritage to be awarded the James Wallace Art Award in 1995 and received the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2001 for his achievements in art.
Feu’u’s art draws on Pacific motifs, particularly from his Samoan heritage, which he reinterprets through a modernist lens. His admiration for Picasso and early 20th-century modernists is clearly reflected in his distinctive style, helping to establish him as one of New Zealand’s leading Pacific artists.
Exhibitions
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AOTEAROA ART FAIR
30 April - 6 May 2025Read more -
FATU FEU'U
Vai Manino 28 May - 9 June 2024ARTIS Gallery presents Fatu Feu's Vai Manino - a body of work encompassing the conservation and the impacts of climate change on the Pacific Region. Feu'u is an internationally recognised...Read more -
Aotearoa Art Fair 2024
17 - 22 April 2024Read more -
Aotearoa Art Fair 2022
STAND A5 16 - 20 November 2022ARTIS Gallery presented three exhibitions over the course of five days at the Aotearoa Art Fair. New Zealand’s premier showcase for contemporary art, held on Wed 16 – Sun 20 Nov 2022 at The Cloud on Auckland’s Queens Wharf. For the Opening Night, Wednesday 16 November, and the first public day on Thursday, 17 November, the Gallery presented works from the estates of John Edgar & Llew Summers. Pivotal works owned by both artists have been made available by the their families to be exhibited on the ARTIS Gallery stand (A5).Read more
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Fatu Feu'u
Abundance 18 October - 10 November 2022For forty years Fatu Feu’u has been the central figure of the contemporary Pacific art movement in Aotearoa New Zealand. Feu’u’s influence has been outstanding at both the national and...Read more -
MANZ - Medal Art New Zealand
A Place to Stand 30 March - 18 April 2021This 2021 biennial exhibition has thirty-one artists presenting medals and /or small sculptures. A diversity is demonstrated in the works that make up this exhibition and is also reflective of...Read more -
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OLA 20 October - 8 November 2020If artists and writers are, as Fatu Feu‘u says, keepers of history and custodians of old stories yearning to be told anew, then he is uniquely qualified for this responsibility....Read more -
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Reconciliation 23 July - 11 August 2019Reconciliation – a new body of work by renowned Samoan artist Fatu Feu’u ONZM, opened on Tuesday 23 July at ARTIS Gallery. Fatu Feu’u ONZM explores motifs of Pacific and...Read more -
Fatu Feu'u
Ole Malaga 24 July - 12 August 2018Fatu Feu’u is a noted New Zealand-based Samoan artist, acknowledged as both a leader and mentor within the Pacific arts community. He is best known as a multi-media artist and...Read more
