Lives & Works Tarndanya/Adelaide, South Australia
tamara.baillie [at] gmail.com
Education
2016 Master of Visual Arts (Sculpture), University of South Australia
2016 Doctor of Medicine, Flinders University
2006 Bachelor of Visual Arts (Sculpture), Adelaide Centre for the Arts
Solo Exhibitions
2021 The Ceaseless Tide, (with Sue Kneebone) Adelaide Central School of Art Gallery, curated by Andrew Purvis
2020 Ribwreck, Firstdraft, Sydney
2019 Breath Lab, Women’s & Children’s Hospital, Adelaide
2018 Lighthouse, FELTspace, Adelaide
2017 Flow, Art Pod, Adelaide
2016 The Driest State, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide
2016 Awash, Ideas Platform, ArtSpace, Sydney
2015 Odradek, Australian Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide
Group Exhibitions
2022 Neoteric, Adelaide Railway Station for 2022 Adelaide Festival
2021 Breathing Space, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne, curated by Jessica Clark
2021 Water Rites, ACE Open, Adelaide, curated by Danni Zuvela
2021 We Wish to Communicate HOPE: SA Artists for Climate Action, Noticeboard United, Uffington, Lincolnshire UK
2020 Fluidity, Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne, curated by Jake Holmes
2020 Open Studios, ACE Open, Adelaide
2019 Nessun Posto, Trocadero Artspace, Melbourne, curated by Andrée Ruggeri
2019 FELTfood, Arthur Artspace, Adelaide & Hobiennale, Hobart, special project for FELTspace ARI
2019 Kaleidoscope, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide
2018 Measured Response, National Art School, Sydney, curated by Emily McDaniel
2017 Grain, Hart's Mill, Adelaide
2017 Walan Tinaagirbang/Strong Women, Firstdraft, Sydney, curated by Emily McDaniel
2015 Shimmer, JamFactory & South Australian Museum, Adelaide, curated by Coby Edgar and Margaret Hancock
2015 Odradek, Australian Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, curated by Serena Wong
2015 Ghostly Nature I, Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide, curated by Polly Dance
2015 ARI Co-Lab, Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide
2014 Our Mob: Behind the Glass, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, curated by Coby Edgar
2014 FELTmaps, FELTspace, Adelaide curated by Meg Wilson
2013 Past Illusions and Present Realities, Nexus Gallery, Adelaide, curated by Coby Edgar
Awards
2021 South Australian Digital Commission, ACE Open, SA
2021 66th Blake Prize Finalist, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, NSW
2021 20th Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize Finalist, Sydney NSW
2020 ArtsSA Professional Development Grant
2019 Tatiara Art Prize Finalist, Bordertown, SA
2019 ACE Open City of Adelaide Studio Resident
2018 British School at Rome Residency, Helpmann Academy
2018 ArtsSA Professional Development Grant
2017 City of Whyalla Art Prize Finalist
2016 ArtsSA Emerging Mentorship
2014 Klein Family Foundation Studio at Fontanelle
Bibliography
2022 Behind the art of Neoteric, CityMag, 2 March
2021 Stephen Richardson Exhibition review: Water Rites, ACE Open Gallery, ArtsHub, 30 Sep
2020 Firstdraft: Tamara Baillie on how to keep breathing, text interview
2020 Jasmin Stephens: Tamara Baillie’s Ribwreck and the Disaffections of Making, catalogue essay
2020 Olivia De Zilva: ACE Open presents: Open Studio, Art Almanac, 27 January
2019 Max Koetsier: Nessun Posto, Trocadero Art Space, Memo Review, 17 August
2018 Emma-Kate Wilson: Review Measured Response, Running Dog, 20 July
2018 Gina Fairley: Review: Measured Response, ArtsHub 10 July
2017 Emily McDaniel: Walan Tinaagirbang/Strong Women, catalogue essay
2016 Sue Kneebone: The Driest State, catalogue essay
2016 Jane Llewellyn: Profile: Tamara Baillie, The Adelaide Review, December
2015 Catherine Clifton: Masking emotion, Adelaide Matters, November
2015 Jane Llewellyn: Ghost stories, The Adelaide Review, July
2014 Coby Edgar: Arts Breakfast, Radio Adelaide, 25th October
Residencies
2019 Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide
2018 FAVELab, Athens, Greece
2018 British School at Rome, Italy
2016 Artspace, Sydney