Tulia Thompson

Guest writer

Tulia Thompson is of Fijian, Tongan and Pakeha descent. She is a sociologist becoming a journalist, who writes poetry and creation nonfiction.

Jack Trolove. Image: Rebecca Swan

Along the mangroves: The in-between space of Jack Trolove’s paintings

Tulia Thompson talks to Paparoa painter Jack Trolove and considers her new body of work, Mangrove.

By Tulia Thompson | 13th June, 2020

Zac Langdon-Pole, Cleave Study (ii), 2019, anatomical human tongue cross-section, Xenophora shell.

My God, It’s Full of Stars! Two Auckland art shows on bodies colliding with space

Visiting the Audio Foundation and the Michael Lett Gallery, both just off Auckland’s K' Road, Tulia Thompson finds herself considering the galaxy and what it means to be human.

By Tulia Thompson | 29th February, 2020

Mulame comprises nine hand-embroidered works and a video reel (Photo: Samuel Hartnett)

A meditation on exile: an embroidery project draws us nearer to the Congo

Artist Lema Shamamba highlights the threads that connect cellphone use to violence and exploitation in the Democratic Republic of Congo in her first solo exhibition at Auckland's Objectspace.

By Tulia Thompson | 13th November, 2019