TAMARA DEAN | INSTINCTUAL | ONLINE CATALOGUE

TAMARA DEAN Instinctual

TAMARA DEAN Instinctual 2 - 26 February 2017

© Martin Browne Contemporary © All images copyright Tamara Dean This catalogue is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission.

COMPILER: Dean Andersen ARTIST PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER: Anna Kucera COLOUR SEPARATIONS: Spitting Image, Sydney PRINTING: Blue Star, Sydney Cover Image: Shoaling, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 151 x 193 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP

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LIST OF WORKS Primordial, 2016, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 150 x 165 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP (opposite) Tea Tree, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 120 x 160 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Guiding, 2016, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 40 x 60 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Encounter, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 75 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Under the Deep, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 75 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Cosmos, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 150 x 200 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP We’re Floating as One, 2016, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 66 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Listening to Stillness, 2016, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 40 x 60 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Riverbank, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 75 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Suspension, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 45 x 60 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP The Distance Between, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 150 x 285 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP The Place Within, 2016, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 66 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Illuminate, 2016, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 40 x 60 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP In the grace of the Moon, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 75 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Shoaling, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 151 x 193 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Lily, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 45 x 60 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP The Field, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 75 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Embrace, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 45 x 60 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Electric Feet, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 40 x 60 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Earth and Air, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 45 x 60 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Rushes, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 75 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP

Tea Tree, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 120 x 160 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP

Guiding, 2016, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 40 x 60 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP

Encounter, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 75 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP

Under the Deep, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 75 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP

Cosmos, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 150 x 200 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP

We’re Floating as One, 2016, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 66 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP

Listening to Stillness, 2016, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 40 x 60 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP

Riverbank, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 75 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP

Opposite: Suspension, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 45 x 60 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Following Page: The Distance Between, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 150 x 285 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP

The Place Within, 2016, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 66 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP

Illuminate, 2016, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 40 x 60 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP

In the grace of the Moon, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 75 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP

Shoaling, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 151 x 193 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP

Lily, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 45 x 60 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP

The Field, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 75 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP

Embrace, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 45 x 60 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP

Electric Feet, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 40 x 60 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP

Earth and Air, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 45 x 60 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP

Rushes, 2015, pure pigment print on cotton rag paper, 75 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP

TAMARA DEAN Born: 1976 Sydney Lives and works in Berry, New South Wales

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2017 Instinctual, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney 2016 About Face, Contemporaries, Sydney 2015 Here-and-Now immersive installation, Studio 1, Creative Practices Lab University of New South Wales, Sydney 2014 The Edge, Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney 2012 Only Human, Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney 2011 Only Human, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne 2011 Only Human, John Paynter Gallery, Newcastle 2010 This too Shall Pass, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney 2009 Ritualism, Charles Hewitt Gallery and Colin, Biggers and Paisley Art Space, Sydney 2009 Divine Rites, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney

SELECTED AWARDS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES 2018 Selected artist - 2018 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia 2016 Finalist, Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London 2016 Finalist, 64th Blake Prize, Sydney 2015 Highly Commended, Portia Geach Memorial Award 2015 UNSW Media Residency, Sydney 2014 Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Award 2014 Finalist, 63rd Blake Prize, Sydney 2014 Winner, The New York Photo Awards, Fine Art Series - Powerhouse Arena, New York 2014 Finalist, Aesthetica Art Prize, St Mary’s, York 2014 Finalist, National Photographic Portrait Prize – National Portrait Gallery, Canberra 2013 Art OMI Australia, Art OMI International Artists Residency, Upstate New York, USA 2013 Highly Commended, Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize, Sydney 2013 Highly Commended, Olive Cotton Award for photographic portraiture, Tweed Regional Gallery, Muwillumbah, NSW 2013 Finalist, 62nd Blake Prize, Sydney 2011 Winner, Olive Cotton Award for photographic portraiture, Tweed Regional Gallery, Muwillumbah, NSW 2010 Taronga Zoo AIR Residency, Sydney 2010 Montsalvat Artist’s Residency, Victoria 2009 Winner Art & About, Sydney Life, Hyde Park, Sydney 2009 Highly Commended Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize, Sydney 2005, 2008, 2010,2011,2012 Hill End Artist’s Residency, Hill End, NSW

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

2016 Martin Browne Contemporary at Auckland Art Fair, Auckland, New Zealand 2016 Martin Browne Contemporary at 602 Art Fair, Melbourne 2016 Antipodean Inquiry, curated by Owen Craven. Yavuz Gallery, Gillman Barracks, Singapore 2015 Olsen Irwin Gallery at Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Sydney 2013 Performance and installation collaboration with Bahar Behbahani, Art Omi, New York 2013 Dangerous Beauty, Graffit Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria 2011 Pagan Pop, Canberra Contemporary Art Gallery, Canberra 2011 100 Portraits, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney

Artbank, Australia Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Art Omi Collection, New York Neil Balnaves Collection, Sydney Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast Francis J. Greenburger Collection, New York The Mordant Family Collection, Sydney Tweed River Gallery, Muwillumbah, NSW Private collections in Australia and overseas