Aline Amaru
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Aline Amaru (born 1941) is a textile artist from Tahiti, French Polynesia.[1][2] She is self-taught.[2] She specializes in creating a traditional Tahitian appliqué quilt known as tifaifai,[1][3] and is especially known for her paumotu stitch, which she learned from her mother.[2]
Her work is in the permanent collection of the Queensland Art Gallery,[4] and has previously been shown at the Festival of Pacific Arts and displayed in Belau National Museum.[2] She has also exhibited her work in Papeete,[1] where she is a part of the Papeete Arts and Crafts Village.[2]
She has collaborated with Urahuimarama Esau.[2]
Amaru was born in 1941 in Tahiti.[2] Her husband descends from the Pōmare dynasty.[2]
