Tui Johnson

Creative professional in illustration, design and clay.

Kia ora

I’m Tui, a Kāi Tahu creative originally from Southland, working across illustration, design, and clay.

Inspired by Te Waipounamu, I help others around the motu to visualise their stories, and especially enjoy projects that promote relief, for both people and place.

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Featured Projects

Cultural Identity Design

A visual identity and illustration system developed for Te Au Roa o Te Rakihouia, a Kāi Tahu and DOC partnership protecting the southeast coast of Te Waipounamu.

Custom 20 piece pottery set

Private commission as a wedding gift for Rachel & Tiki Taane

Book illustration

'Ko Waikouaiti te Awa', Illustration project in collaboration with Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki

Educational resources

Assortment of visuals crafted for Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō to support their educational content

Custom hand painted mural

A mural project in collaboration with Renwick Museum.

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We commissioned a painting from Tui, and couldn’t be happier with it. Tui is such a talented artist, and it was a pleasure to deal with her, with clear and regular communication throughout the process. I would highly recommend Tui.

Lisa

Painting Commission

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Tui was an absolute pleasure to work with - incredibly efficient and her designs were just beautiful. She really captured our ideas and made it all very meaningful. Highly recommend!

Olivia

Logo design

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Tui is an exceptional individual who goes above an beyond requirements. Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki contracted her to illustrate one of our whānau teaching resources and she has been amazing as an artist and as a designer. In addition she delivers on time and her artwork is absolutely stunning. She come highly recommended.

Rua

Illustration & Design

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Tui is a talented wahine with a beautiful ahua. She is super bubbly, attentive and totally professional. I engaged her services to assist with social media artwork and promotion. Meeting with her face to face was an awesome first move so she could get a feel for what we were wanting to achieve. After the initial meeting she was quick to get back to us and always at the end of the phone for any last minute work we would throw at her. Tui simply made our life much easier and totally helped us to present the best version of the business. I totally recommend her! She is the tahi!

Tineka

Graphic design

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When selecting an artist to create a mural depicting the history of Renwick for the museum, we interviewed three possible candidates and Tui was the only one who truely understood what we were trying to achieve. The resulting mural along two full walls of the museum has not only transformed the museum exterior but many say the town centre itself - it can only be described as a monumental and beautiful work of art carried out in the midst of the pandemic. I would not hesitate to recommend Tui to anyone who is looking to create art that makes a difference. P.S. we also were moved to purchase several of her art works as well.

Ray & Sandra

Mural

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Tui was enjoyable and easy to work with. She understood the look and feel of what we were trying to achieve and communicated very well throughout the process so it was a collaborative effort. We continue to work with Tui over and over as we always get quality results.

Rowena

Educational Resources