Rebecca Kulimoetoke | |
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Nationality | French |
Known for | Stamp design |
Rebecca Kulimoetoke is an artist and teacher from Wallis, in the French overseas territory of Wallis and Futuna.[1][2] An expert in tapa cloth, she is also a visual artist, with her painting featured in exhibitions and on stamps.[2] She donated several of her works to the Musée du Vivant-AgroParisTech, where they are displayed with objects loaned by Uvea Museum Association.[3] In 2015 her work was displayed as part of Dordogne's Histoire de passages festival.[4] She studied at Jean Monnet University before returning to Wallis.[3]
Kulimoetoke's paintings have been used on several stamps issued by Wallis and Futuna, including: 'Seaside' (200 Fr - 2006),[5] commemorating World Youth Day (350 Fr - 2018),[6] to mark the centenary of the birth of Lavelua Tomasi Kulimoetoke (600 Fr - 2018),[7] for Bastille Day (500 Fr - 2018).[8]