Tamara Baillie

Tamara Baillie works across sculpture, installation and moving image to explore and question accepted historical narratives. Her practice is located at the convergence of identity and memory where she often plays with concepts of presence and absence. Emerging from explorations of elusive familial and cultural histories, her works frequently deploy strategies for masking, concealment and control. She is known for her sugar-cured muslin ghostscapes and also experiments with salt water, sequins and stop motion animation.

Recent exhibition highlights include the South Australian Digital Commission for Water Rites curated by Danni Zuvela, for ACE Open, Adelaide, the solo exhibition Ribwreck at Firstdraft, Sydney and Breathing Space, curated by Jessica Clark for Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne. 

In 2020 she was a finalist in both the Blake Prize and the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, both in Sydney. Significant residencies include the 2019 City of Adelaide Studio at ACE Open, 2018 Helpmann Academy British School at Rome, and a 2016 residency at Artspace, Sydney. 

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Tamara Baillie, The End of All Our Exploring, 2022, Plywood, screws, paper, telescope, 250 x 350 x 250cm. Photo: Sam Roberts