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Johnny Penisula was born on 1941 in Samoa, is a New Zealand artist. Discover Johnny Penisula's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 69 years old?
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Johnny Penisula Height, Weight & Measurements
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Johnny Penisula Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Johnny Penisula worth at the age of 69 years old? Johnny Penisula’s income source is mostly from being a successful artist. He is from Samoa. We have estimated Johnny Penisula's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Timeline
John Reuelu Penisula (1941 - 2023) was a contemporary Samoan stone sculptor and painter living in New Zealand.
Penisula was born in Samoa and began painting when he was 13 years old.
He moved to New Zealand in 1962 and set up home in Invercargill.
He studied art at night classes and began exhibiting as a painter in 1972.
As a sculptor, he experimented with a diverse range of sculptural materials including steel, aluminium, fibreglass, bone, argillite, greenstone and limestone before turning to his preferred medium of stone.
His sculptures incorporate both traditional Polynesian and contemporary patterns, symbols that are significant in Pacific Islands history and culture.
In 2002, Penisula received the Creative New Zealand Senior Pacific Arts award at the Arts Pasifika Awards in recognition of artistic excellence and contribution to the arts.
In 2005, he was awarded the Cook Islands Artist in Residence by Creative New Zealand.
In 2007, he was the recipient of the Macmillan Brown Pacific Artist in Residence at the University of Canterbury.
Le Folauga opened at the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts in Taiwan from 13 December 2008 to 5 April 2009.
Penisula was also part of the official New Zealand delegation of artists participating in the 10th Festival of Pacific Arts, held in Pago Pago, American Samoa in 2008.
Penisula said his creative inspiration comes from his Samoan heritage.
In the 2009 New Year Honours, Penisula was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to art, in particular sculpture.
Peninsula died in May 2023.
His work is held in public and private collections, both in New Zealand and internationally, including a civic work in Invercargill's Wachner Place, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Penisula's work was part of Le Folauga: the past coming forward – Contemporary Pacific Art from Aotearoa New Zealand, the first exhibition of contemporary Pacific art from New Zealand to be shown in a major fine arts museum in Asia.
