Tanya Wales

Tanya Wales is an Australian abstract artist, based in South Australia. Following professional education in Design Arts and Graphic Design between 1994 and 1997, Tanya began to develop her creative thinking in more abstract forms of expression. This included a period of training at the National Art School in 2007 and private tutoring with the acclaimed Sydney artist, Marissa Purcell between 2008 and 2014. During this time, Tanya developed several bodies of work and exhibited at various group and solo shows in Sydney and Melbourne, including seven exhibitions at The Other Art Fairs. She continues to demonstrate the evolution of her work in exhibitions and galleries.


ARTIST STATEMENT

The scale and tranquillity of Tanya’s works form the basis of her biography and invite the audience to pause, to breathe, to feel. Spurning the use of familiar reference points to elicit an emotional response, the flowing forms and fields of colour provoke deeply personal and diverse interpretations.

A confluence of techniques including pouring, transparent layers, fine brushwork and painterly marks are used to create an otherworldly narrative balanced by a sense of ambiguity and the illusion of simplicity. The multi-layered tension between co...

2008 – 2012 – Artist mentor / private tutor (Marisa Purcell)
2007 – Painting with Fiona Greenhill National Art School
2001 – Certificate III in Printing & Graphic Arts
1997 – Advance Diploma in Graphic Design
1995 – Certificate III Introductory to Design Arts

2023 September
– 'Sydney Contemporary' – Jennings Kerr
2023 August
– 'In between' – Jennings Kerr
2023 May
– 'In volume' Group show – Jennings Kerr
2022 August
– ‘Wonderground’ Group exhibition – Wonderground
2022 July
– ‘False Machine’ Group exhibition – Jennings Kerr
2022 June
– ‘Season’ Solo exhibition – Jennings Kerr
2021 August
– SALA – Open Studio
2021 July
– Broadhurst Gallery, Hazelhurst Gallery { RE_SCHEDULED }
2021 March
– The Other Art Fair, Global Virtual Art Fair
2020 June – Broadhurst Gallery, Hazelhurst Gallery { POSTPONED DUE TO COVID }
2019 August – Friends of Hazelhurst, Hazelhurst Gallery, Gymea, Sydney
2019 May – Art Gallery one Darling, Balmain, Sydney
2019 April – Soho Galleries, Waterloo, Sydney
2019 March – The Other Art Fair, Australian Technology Park, Sydney
2018 Aug – The Other Art Fair, The Facility, Melbourne
2017 Oct – The Other Art Fair, Australian Technology Park, Sydney
2017 May – The Other Art Fair, The Facility, Melbourne
2016 Oct – The Other Art Fair, Commune, Sydney
2016 March – The Ambiance Store Project / Cultural Flanerie, Brisbane
2016 March – ‘MOST’ Marrickville Open S tudio Trail, Sydney
2015 Sept – The Other Art Fair, Chippendale, Sydney
2015 Aug – Art Pharmacy, Sydney
2015 March –...