Salome Tanuvasa (b. 1987 Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau) is of Tongan and Sāmoan heritage. Tanuvasa holds a BFA (Honours) and an MFA from Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland. She has been exhibiting since 2012 with recent exhibitions including A Study, Tim Melville Gallery, Auckland; Golden Daughters of the Sun, Southern Stars, London; Choose Happiness, Murray Art Museum, Albury NSW; Stars Start Falling, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery New Plymouth; From Our Beautiful Square, Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland; This is a Library, Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington; Here is your horizon, Cement Fondu, Sydney. Tanuvasa’s works are held in public and private collections and in 2018 she won the Creative Award from the China Academy of Art, Huangzhou, China.