Punky Aloha Studio is the illustration studio of Shar Tuiasoa, a freelance illustrator based in Kailua, Oahu. After studying Fine Art at her local community college for 6 years, Shar moved to California to earn her BFA in Illustration. She moved back to Hawaii shortly after and started Punky Aloha Studio in the summer of 2018.
Punky Aloha Studio houses various branches of illustration work, ranging from Murals, Freelance and Client work, Product Sales, Fine Art, and Licensing.
Shar has worked as a freelance illustrator with multiple editorial clients on Oahu including Honolulu Magazine, Hawaii Magazine, and Hawaii Business Magazine. She has also created work for local organizations and businesses like Liliuokalani Trust, Honolulu Museum of Art, and Foodland.
She has also created artwork for big companies like Apple, Facebook, Disney, Pixar, AT&T, Sephora, Benefit Cosmetics, and The New York Times and is currently working on her first of two picture books as an author and illustrator for Harper Kids, an imprint of Harper Collins.
When she is not creating illustrations for books, magazines, and product packaging, Shar also sells a wide range of art prints and products in her online shop, in retailers throughout Hawai’i, Japan, and in the Mainland of the US.
You can find these prints and various Punky Aloha products at the following retailers.
Honolulu Museum of Modern Art
The Polu Gallery (Waikiki Sheraton and Haleiwa)
Hawaiian Aroma Caffe in the Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel
Nalu Hawaiian Spirit (Waikiki)
Bikini Bird (Kailua, Oahu)
Coco’s Trading Post ( Kailua, Oahu and Haleiwa, Oahu)
Rocky Point Collective (Haleiwa, Oahu)
Magnolia (Kahala Mall, Oahu)
The Locavore Store (Hilo, HI)
Pilikana Boutique (Kona, HI)
Tasty Kona (Kona, HI)
Aestheic Gallery (Waikoloa, HI & Outrigger Hotel Waikiki)
Halelea Gallery (Poipu, Kaua’i)
Hele On Kaua’i Bike Shop (Kapa’a Kaua’i)
Jungle Girl Boutique (Kaua’i)
Salt + Sea (Kaua’i)
Hanako (Lawai, Kaua’i)
Shoyu and Sugar (Maui)
Ho’olawa (Lahaina, Maui)
Going Left (Maui)
The Lanai at MANA PUA (Carmel by the sea, California)
Native Sol (Long Beach, California)
Sterling Place (Brooklyn, New York)