Tammy Whitworth Australian, b. 1976
Brisbane-based painter Tammy Whitworth communicates anxieties and pressures that surround her daily experience as a mother. By creating paintings that are intentionally small and controlled, the artist transforms sensory overwhelm, noise, commotion, and mess into something both beautiful and strange. Delicate fine detail created with the use of single hair sable brushes may be viewed with the aid of a magnifying glass in these surrealist miniatures.
Tammy has exhibited widely across Australia and has taught at the Ipswich Art Society in Queensland, aiding in both training and exhibiting the practices of developing artists. Her work has been featured in The Weekend Australian Review, DB Magazine, and Artdate, widely popularized for its intricacy and illusionary subject matter.
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Tammy WhitworthAlone, 2023Oil on board30.5 x 30.5 cm -
Tammy WhitworthAttach, 2023Oil on board33 x 43 cmSold -
Tammy WhitworthBalance, 2023Oil on board15 x 20 cm -
Tammy WhitworthGrounded, 2023Oil on board43 x 33.5 cmSold
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Tammy WhitworthHelicopter, 2023Oil on board15 x 20 cmSold -
Tammy WhitworthLinger, 2023Oil on board30.5 x 30.5 cm -
Tammy WhitworthOfferings, 2023Oil on board31 x 23 cmSold -
Tammy WhitworthSecure, 2023Oil on board20 x 20 cm
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Tammy WhitworthSnug, 2023Oil on board20cm diameterSold -
Tammy WhitworthSprout, 2023Oil on board30.5 x 30.5 cm -
Tammy WhitworthSwarm, 2023Oil on board15 x 20 cm -
Tammy WhitworthTeeter, 2023Oil on board15 x 20 cmSold
Education
2008 Bachelor of Visual Art (Honours), Adelaide Central School of Art, South Australia
2007 Advanced Diploma of Visual Art, Adelaide Central School of Art, South Australia
2006 Associate Degree of Visual Art, Adelaide Central School of Art, South Australia
2005 Certificate IV of Visual Art, Adelaide Central School of Art, South Australia
Solo Exhibitions
2023, Linger, Peek Gallery, Byron Bay, New South Wales
2009 In This Together, Gallery 139, Stepney, South Australia
2008 He Was The Best One I Saw, A Room Of Her Own, Croydon, South Australia
Group Exhibitions
2022 Christmas Stockroom Show, Brenda Colahan Fine Art, Putney, NSW
2022 Naturally Embedded, Land Street Gallery, Toowong, Queensland
2022 Redland Art Awards, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, Queensland
2022 Concrete Candy, Peek Gallery, Byron Bay, New South Wales
2021 Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, Queensland
2021 Lethbridge Landscape Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, Queensland
2014 Wish You Were Here, Adelaide Central Gallery, Glenside, South Australia
2014 Group Exhibition, Ipswich Art Society, Ipswich, Queensland
2009 Hatched 09: National Graduate Show, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth, WA
2008 Survey 13 Bachelor of Visual Art Graduate Exhibition, Adelaide Central Gallery, Norwood, SA
2008 Roomies, A Room Of Her Own, Croydon, South Australia
2008 Cliftons Art Prize, short list top 5, Cliftons, Adelaide, South Australia
2008 Maestros and Apprentice Auction, Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, South Australia
2007 Obsession, Studio Gallery Adelaide Central School of Art, Norwood, South Australia
2007 Central @25, Norwood Town Hall, Adelaide, South Australia
2007 Reverie, Tin Cat Café Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
2006 Remnants: Surviving Traces, Tin Cat Café Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
2005 Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder, Cherry Bomb Down, Adelaide, South Australia
AWARDS AND PRIZES
2022 Highly Commended, Redland Art Award, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, Queensland
2021 Finalist, Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, Queensland
2021 Finalist, Lethbridge Landscape Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, Queensland
2009 Finalist, Kenilworth Art Prize, Kenilworth Public Hall, Queensland
2008 Awarded ACSA scholarship
2007 Awarded ACSA scholarship
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014 Painting Teacher, Ipswich Art Society, Ipswich, Queensland
