About
Tūī Diprose (they/them) is a queer jewellery artist and multidisciplinary healer based in Aotearoa New Zealand, creating holistic spaces centred around nurture, self-care, embodiment and empowerment;
Tūī channels art through the dreamscape, listening to its intuitive, unpredictable rhythm,
finding inspiration in spirit, ritual, conversation, rhythms of water and environments.
Tūī received a Bachelor in Visual Art from Otago Polytechnic (2019-2020) after completing a Diploma in Jewellery from Hungry Creek School of Art and Craft (2014-2017). Tūī now creates talisman jewellery; a ritualised offering imbuing object with vibrational healing.
Tūī studied Massage Therapy, Aromatherapy and Yoga Therapy at Wellpark College of Natural Therapies between 2010-2012. In 2010 Tūī trained in Reiki Energy Healing, going on to study Rongoā Māori at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in 2019. Tūī is passionate about earth-based, nourishing holistic practices to remember our wholeness.
“In recent years my creative practice has been informed by ritual, dreams, akashic records, land-based spirituality and the earth.
I return again and again to the indigenous belief that all beings are part of a deeply interconnected ecosystem; not separate from each other, but are extensions of and kin to the earth itself.”
Exhibitions
Upcoming in 2025-
Nelson Jewellery Week
more info coming soon.
2024
BODIES OF WATER. Materialise: HANDSHAKE8. The Arts House Trust, Pah Homestead, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aoteaora New Zealand.
Allsorts: Radiant Pavilion International Contemporary Jewellery Biennale. Kindred Cameras Gallery. Land of Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong Boon Wurrung Peoples of the Eastern Kulin. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2023
Proof of Concept: HANDSHAKE8. Depot Artspace, Ngāti Whātua iwi land, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aoteaora New Zealand.
2021
Kauri and Tohorā: Indigenous Healing for Anthropocene Grief. Studio One Toi Tū, Ngāti Whātua-o-Ōrākei iwi land:
2020
Clink Project 7: Viral. Dowse Museum, Te Atiawa iwi land: Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington: Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aoteaora New Zealand.
Creating with Kauri. Kauri Museum, Te Uri o Hau of Ngāti Whātua land: Matakohe, Aoteaora New Zealand.
Anthropocene Grief: Indigenous Healing Methodologies. SITE Graduate Show, Otago Polytechnic Dunedin School of Art, Ngāi Tahu iwi land: Ōtepoti Dunedin, Aoteaora New Zealand.
2019
Clink Project 6 @ Radiant Pavilion International Contemporary Jewellery Biennale. Percy Grainger Museum. Land of Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong Boon Wurrung Peoples of the Eastern Kulin. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2018
Grandmother’s Healing Shrooms. Private Collection, Te Ātiawa and Ngāti Rārua iwi land: Motueka Valley, Te Wai o Pounamu, Aotearoa New Zealand.
2017
Situate. Hungry Creek Art and Craft School Graduate Show, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aoteaora New Zealand.
2017
Artweek. NorthArt, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aoteaora New Zealand.
2016
Hungry Creek Art and Craft School Graduate Show, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aoteaora New Zealand.
2015
Hungry Creek Art and Craft School Graduate Show
Red Queen. Private Collection. Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Solace and Shadow. Private Collection. Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aoteaora New Zealand.
Vision Statement
Creating collective transformation in Aotearoa by 2026, by empowering 1000 individuals to live a more passionate, loving and deeply connected existence through handcrafted jewellery talismans, readings and healing sessions, with integrity for sustainable futures.
Mission Statement
I create sustainable jewellery talismans that transform and empower people of Aotearoa, inspiring a passionate existence.
To make these sustainable for the earth, my works are handcrafted, one-offs, individualised or small batches of 11 or under. I respect that all things are precious in their own right, which is why I use a variety of organic materials across my creative practice, some available for purchase and some exclusively for exhibition and philosophical inquiry.
I focus on personal and collective empowerment as the greatest vessels of change, transformation and healing. To achieve this goal my works are created within healing rituals and charged with vibrational healing energy, aligned with the rhythms of nature.
Te Ao Māori perspective and many indigenous world views say there is an interconnectedness between all beings and the earth. With this intention it is my belief system that all works created with healing intentions will ripple out to the collective consciousness, creating change for the good of the all.