Tamara Elkins

Email: tamaraanneelkins@gmail.com

Website: http://www.tamaraelkins.com/

Education/ Training:

Diploma of Fine Arts, West Wollongong TAFE, 2007 majoring in Printmaking and Painting,

Bachelor of Fine arts, College of Fine Arts, 2012 majoring in Printmaking.

Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours, UNSW Art and design, 2023

Awards

2023 Highly Commended, Ross Steel AM Fine Arts Prize

2023 Shortlisted, TWT Excellence Prize for Art and Design UNSW

Published Articles:

Geczy, Adam and Kelly, Mimi. What is Performance Art? Australian Perspectives. Sydney: Power Publications, 2018. Print

Still Fraught, Still Relevant: Performing Through Popular Culture

by Mimi Kelly

Solo Exhibitions:

2020 The Mountain, Airspace

2019 The Mountain, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop

2015 Luna Garden, Archive_

Festivals:

2016 Same Difference: Equinox to Equinox, Bbeyond, Sydney Site

2015 Walking without Sound, Beams Festival Chippendale

2014 Un Cancion por Cinco Pesos, Beams Festival Chippendale

Group Exhibitions:

2024 One Hand Cannot Clap Alone, Kudos Gallery, Sydney

2023 The A&D Annual, UNSW Galleries, Sydney

2023 Desirelines, Flow studios, Sydney

2018 Citric Acid, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh

2016 Intercessions Open, Scratch Art Space, Sydney

2016 Phosphene, Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong

2014 Art Now, NG Art Gallery, Sydney

2014 Co-Lab, Chasm, Sydney

2014 And I Loved you more than Ever, Oxford Art Factory, Sydney

2013 Adaptation, Janet Clayton Gallery, Sydney

2013 And I loved you more than ever, Lependu Teatro, Buenos Aires

2013 Launch Sequence, Kudos Gallery, Sydney

2012 Superheroes & Villains, Tate Gallery, Sydney

2012 Arc Emerging Artist and Designer Award, Kudos Gallery, Sydney

2011/12 Local Current, Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong

2011 Pop Up Exhibition, Globe Ln, Wollongong

2011 Art ATM, 5 Crown Lane Gallery, Wollongong

2010 Paper Trail, Plump Gallery, Sydney

2010 Choose your own Adventure, Serpentine Gallery, Lismore

2009 Electric Dreaming, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong

2009 Arc Emerging Artist and Designer Award, Kudos Gallery, Sydney

2009 The Black Rabbit, Clifton School of the Arts, Clifton

2008/09 Summer Session, Long Gallery Wollongong University, Wollongong

2008 Draft, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong

2008 Two Perspectives, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong

2008 The Seventeen Summers of Heidiko Jones, Blankspace Gallery, Sydney

2008 The Beehive, The Old Court House, Wollongong

2007 Two Perspectives, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong

2007 Get Seduced, The Old Court House, Wollongong

2007 Painting, Karroona Gallery, Wollongong

2006 Ten Tempers, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong

2006 Figures, Karroona Gallery, Wollongong

Residencies and Studios:

2020 Merrigong Digital Residency, Digital Residency Program

2017-2019 Edinburgh Printmakers, Studio Member

2017 Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Studio Resident

2014 Archive Space, Artists in Residence

2013 Proyecto ACE Buenos Aires, Micro Residency

2011 The Red Room Company Clubhouse, Artist in Residence

Grants and Funding:

2019 Visual Arts and Craft Award, Creative Scotland and Edinburgh City Council

2009 Small Cultural Grants, Wollongong City Council