Fatu feu u biography of mahatma
Fatu Feu'u
New Zealand artist
Fatu Feu'u ONZM | |
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Feu'u in 2022 | |
| Born | Fatu Akelei Feu'u 1946 (age 78–79) Poutasi, Western Samoa |
| Known for | painting, sculpture |
Fatu Akelei Feu'uONZM (born 1946) is a noted Samoan painter from the village of Poutasi in the district of Falealili in Samoa. He has established a reputation as the elder statesman of Pacific art in New Zealand.[1]
Biography
Feu'u emigrated to New Zealand in 1966 after growing up in the village of Poutasi, Western Samoa.[2] He always wanted to be an artist and noted the difference of how art was viewed between Samoa and New Zealand, with 'beautifully made, functional canoes and houses' being art in Samoa and in New Zealand art was 'something extra special not to be touched'.[3]
Feu'u has been an exhibiting artist since the early 1980s and became a full-time artist in 1988, prior to that he worked as a designer and colour advisor for textile an Biography of mahatma gandhi.