Julia Mageʼau Gray (born 1973) is a dancer, choreographer and tattoo artist from Papua New Guinea, who is credited with revitalising women's tattoo traditions in communities from Papua New Guinea and Fiji.
Mageʼau Gray was born in 1973 in the Mekeo-speaking area of Central Province, Papua New Guinea.[1] Her mother was Papuan and her father Australian.[2] In 1997 in Adelaide she co-founded Sunameke, an arts performance company with Yolanda Gray, Katrina Sonter and Samantha Sonter.[1][3] Her work as a dancer and choreographer is inspired by her Papua New Guinean heritage.[2] She is known for her criticism of "western" attempts to use one word for all the cultures of the southern Pacific Ocean, citing the wide variety of languages spoken and diversity of lived experiences.[4]
In 2014 she retrained as a tattoo artist, building on the interest she had acquired in Melanesian tattooing in her work as a choreographer and film-maker.[5] She was encouraged to learn the art after a trip to Samoa in 2012, where she met the Samoan artist Suluʻape Saʻa Alaivaʻa Petelo.[6] She apprenticed for six months in New Zealand, where she learnt both hand-poke and hand-tap tattooing.[6] Often working with hand-poke techniques, she has described the process as "surprisingly gentle".[7] In 2017 she tattooed art dealer Lana Lopesi live, as a performance which was part of the exhibition Lain Blo Yu Mi – Our People Our Lines held at Vunilagi Vou gallery.[8] The exhibition was curated by Ema Tavola, and was staged as a tribute to the central role that Mageʼau Gray has played in the revitalisation of Melanesian women's tattoos.[5] In the same year Mageʼau Gray travelled to Spain, where her work was exhibited as part of the Traditional Tattoo and World Culture Festival.[9]
Mageʼau Gray is known for her work tattooing Fijian veiqia designs, for example on artists Dulcie Stewart and Luisa Tora, as well as other members of The Veiqia Project.[10][11][12] She also the first person in eighty years to tattoo traditional designs in the Mekeo area, that had been discouraged by the colonising activity of missionaries.[6] As a result of her work on reviving female tattooing in Melanesia, she was profiled in Crafting Aotearoa as an artist bringing traditional artistic practices to contemporary audiences.[13] Her audio-visual work Best Foot Forward has been acquired by Queensland Gallery of Modern Art.[14]
As of 2015, she lived in Australia with her Māori husband.[2]
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Julia Mageʼau Gray and Sunameke perform live
Nesian Dance Class with Julia Mageʼau Gray
January 01, 1970
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Julia Mageʼau Gray born 1973 is a dancer choreographer and tattoo artist from Papua New Guinea who is credited with revitalising women s tattoo traditions in communities from Papua New Guinea and Fiji Contents 1 Biography 2 Filmography 3 Exhibition and performance 4 Personal life 5 References 6 External linksBiography editMageʼau Gray was born in 1973 in the Mekeo speaking area of Central Province Papua New Guinea 1 Her mother was Papuan and her father Australian 2 In 1997 in Adelaide she co founded Sunameke an arts performance company with Yolanda Gray Katrina Sonter and Samantha Sonter 1 3 Her work as a dancer and choreographer is inspired by her Papua New Guinean heritage 2 She is known for her criticism of western attempts to use one word for all the cultures of the southern Pacific Ocean citing the wide variety of languages spoken and diversity of lived experiences 4 In 2014 she retrained as a tattoo artist building on the interest she had acquired in Melanesian tattooing in her work as a choreographer and film maker 5 She was encouraged to learn the art after a trip to Samoa in 2012 where she met the Samoan artist Suluʻape Saʻa Alaivaʻa Petelo 6 She apprenticed for six months in New Zealand where she learnt both hand poke and hand tap tattooing 6 Often working with hand poke techniques she has described the process as surprisingly gentle 7 In 2017 she tattooed art dealer Lana Lopesi live as a performance which was part of the exhibition Lain Blo Yu Mi Our People Our Lines held at Vunilagi Vou gallery 8 The exhibition was curated by Ema Tavola and was staged as a tribute to the central role that Mageʼau Gray has played in the revitalisation of Melanesian women s tattoos 5 In the same year Mageʼau Gray travelled to Spain where her work was exhibited as part of the Traditional Tattoo and World Culture Festival 9 Mageʼau Gray is known for her work tattooing Fijian veiqia designs for example on artists Dulcie Stewart and Luisa Tora as well as other members of The Veiqia Project 10 11 12 She also the first person in eighty years to tattoo traditional designs in the Mekeo area that had been discouraged by the colonising activity of missionaries 6 As a result of her work on reviving female tattooing in Melanesia she was profiled in Crafting Aotearoa as an artist bringing traditional artistic practices to contemporary audiences 13 Her audio visual work Best Foot Forward has been acquired by Queensland Gallery of Modern Art 14 Filmography editBest Foot Forward 2011 1 Tep Tok Reading Between Our Lines 2013 15 8 3 Exhibition and performance editLain Blo Yu Mi Our People Our Lines 2017 8 Wahine Toa 2017 15 Melanesian Marks IG 2019 8 Personal life editAs of 2015 she lived in Australia with her Maori husband 2 References edit a b c Julia Mageʼau GRAY QAGOMA 2021 10 09 Archived from the original on 2021 10 09 Retrieved 2021 10 09 a b c Highlight Julia Mageʼau Gray Best foot forward QAGOMA Blog 2021 10 09 Archived from the original on 2021 10 09 Retrieved 2021 10 09 a b Tep Tok Reading Between Our Lines NCCA Northern Centre for Contemporary Art 2021 10 09 Archived from the original on 2021 10 09 Retrieved 2021 10 09 Case Emalani 2021 02 28 Everything Ancient Was Once New Indigenous Persistence from Hawaiʻi to Kahiki University of Hawaii Press ISBN 978 0 8248 8680 6 a b LAIN BLO YU MI Our People Our Lines 2021 10 09 Archived from the original on 2021 10 09 Retrieved 2021 10 09 a b c Krutak Lars Deter Wolf Aaron 2017 11 28 Ancient Ink The Archaeology of Tattooing University of Washington Press ISBN 978 0 295 74284 7 Traditional Melanesian female tattoos being revitalised and created by hand needling Stuff co nz 2021 10 09 Archived from the original on 2021 10 09 Retrieved 2021 10 09 a b c d Drawing lines between us all Julia Mageʼau Gray s Melanesian mark making The Spinoff 2021 10 09 Archived from the original on 2021 10 09 Retrieved 2021 10 09 Te Waha Nui 2021 10 09 Archived from the original on 2021 10 09 Retrieved 2021 10 09 My tattoos helped me feel closer to my Fijian heritage SBS Voices 2021 10 09 Archived from the original on 2021 10 09 Retrieved 2021 10 09 Traditional Fijian female tattooing marked out in new exhibition University of Canterbury 2021 10 05 Archived from the original on 2021 10 05 Retrieved 2021 10 09 Driver Felix Nesbitt Mark Cornish Caroline 2021 04 19 Mobile Museums Collections in circulation UCL Press p 321 ISBN 978 1 78735 508 8 Eshraghi Leuli 2021 05 04 Crafting Aotearoa A Cultural History of Making in New Zealand and the Wider Moana Oceania The Journal of Modern Craft 14 2 203 206 doi 10 1080 17496772 2021 1961371 ISSN 1749 6772 S2CID 237609957 Search Results 2021 10 09 Archived from the original on 2021 10 09 Retrieved 2021 10 09 Pacific Female Choreographers Kick Off Pacific Dance Festival In New Zealand Pacific Islands Report 2021 10 09 Archived from the original on 2021 10 09 Retrieved 2021 10 09 External links editJulia Mageʼau Gray and Sunameke perform live Nesian Dance Class 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