Join current Artist in Residence Tahlia Henderson for an Open Studio session offering an informal artist talk and Q&A. Visitors are invited into Tahlia’s working space to view her tools and materials, explore unfinished and completed works, and engage with a slideshow of reference images. This open and welcoming format provides a rare insight into her artistic process and practice.
Tahlia Henderson is a landscape painter working from bushland found on Gadigal Country and surrounding areas. She currently lives and works on Wangal Country in Sydney’s Inner West. Since completing her Visual Arts degree at Sydney College of Arts (2012-2014), Tahlia has developed a distinctive watercolour practice, capturing the diversity of ecosystems she encounters while walking through bushland. She works from photographs taken on site, later constructing scene-specific compositions in the studio.
Her detailed landscapes are set against stark black backgrounds, reflecting an awareness of place and belonging. As a descendant of Scottish immigrants, Tahlia acknowledges that connection to this land belongs to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, their Elders, and culture.
Tahlia has been a finalist in the Paddington Art Prize (2022) and the Blacktown Art Prize (2024), and recently presented her first solo exhibition, ‘Scenes from Gadigal and Surrounds’.
Image credit: Neighbourhood Night Owls, Image courtesy of Tahlia Henderson.
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