Su'a Alaiva'a Tikeli Loli
Tufuga tātatau (Art of Pain — Samoan Traditional Tattoo) · Sāmoa (works internationally)
- Style
- Customary Samoan tatau — pe'a and malu
- Regions served
- Sāmoa
- Tradition
- Sāmoa tradition →
About Loli’s work
Samoa News (2023) describes him as a master tattooist who tattoos le tatau and le malu in Europe and the Pacific, marketing his work under his own name and as "Art of Pain — Samoan Traditional Tattoo"; it reported him tattooing at Tisa's Tattoo Festival in American Samoa. In the interview he said he began following his late father to tattoo events in 2011, learned the art by 2013 and became a soga'imiti in February 2014.
Motifs documented in Sāmoa work
These symbols are recorded in the Sāmoa design vocabulary in our sourced motif library. They are not a claim about Loli’s personal repertoire — each entry links to its own cited meaning.
Frequently asked about Su'a Alaiva'a Tikeli Loli
Where is Su'a Alaiva'a Tikeli Loli based?+
Su'a Alaiva'a Tikeli Loli is recorded as working from Sāmoa (works internationally) (Sāmoa).
What style of Polynesian tattooing does Su'a Alaiva'a Tikeli Loli practise?+
Su'a Alaiva'a Tikeli Loli is listed as a tufuga tātatau (art of pain — samoan traditional tattoo) working in customary samoan tatau — pe'a and malu, within the Sāmoa tradition.
Is Su'a Alaiva'a Tikeli Loli a traditional or contemporary practitioner?+
Su'a Alaiva'a Tikeli Loli is documented within a traditional lineage, meaning the practice is tied to hand-tap tools and customary transmission of the craft.
What sources support this profile?+
This profile cites 1 public reference: Samoa News — One on one with Tufuga Su'a Alaivaa Tikeli Loli (2023).
Sources & citations
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