Glenda Vilisoni

	My Broken Niuean (triptych) 2000 Oil stick, acrylic, collage on board, nails, shell necklaces 150 x 400 cm "The thoughts behind this work are my parents' journey to New Zealand, leaving behind 'poverty' in search for the 'better life'. It's a story also about how I think my mother felt about being brought here. The text is my translation - i.e. 'broken Niuean' on their story. It is my last painting and homage to my mother, a series of works begun in 1990."

	Glenda Vilisoni Born 1965 Niuean	Glenda Vilisoni was born in Alofi, Niue in 1965. She is a multi - media artist: painter, printmaker and ceramic sculptor. Since the late 1980s she has exhibited regulalry in exhibitions of contmeporary Pacific art. "My art is also based on personal things, a starting point for myself ... my culture is important to me, to keep it alive in any way possible, in my case through art. Influences come from parents, family, personal crises, - I don't necessarily plan it - sometimes I just approach the canvas with a single thought and go from there. I'm interested in things spiritual - quite a few women in my family are spiritual." 1) My Broken Niuean (triptych) 2000 Oil stick, acrylic, collage on board, nails, shell necklaces Panel 1: 100 x 130 cm Panel 2: 150 x 300 cm Panel 3: 100 x 130 cm 2) Motu Kehe 1995 / 2000 Oil stick, acrylic, nails, collage on canvas 190 x 275 cm