Tara Denny
2024 - 2026
Tara Denny (Naarm/Melbourne) is an artist working with objects to materialise the vocabulary of the body. Drawing on a long lineage of women’s resistance, Denny’s works briefly solidify what might otherwise be lost to amnesia. Collaborating with found materials and scrap metals, Denny’s works sparkle with living secrets. She is currently undertaking the Gertrude Contemporary Studio Residency Program, 2024-25.
Denny graduated in (2022) at the Victorian College of Fine Arts, Melbourne University (Honours). Recent solo shows include: Blindside Ari (2024), Maroondah Federation Estate (2024), AirSpace, Sydney, (2023), Felt Space, Adelaide (2023), Melbourne’s cultural event ‘Open House’, Melbourne (2022), Cathedral Cabinet, Melbourne (2022), Platform Arts (Geelong), (2022), George Paton Gallery, Melbourne (2022) Recent group shows include: Greenhouse Offsite, Melbourne, (2023). TheTurning is the exchange between Lilac City Studio (Gadigal) Sydney and BLINDSIDE, Melbourne (Naarm) hosted by Schmick Contemporary, Sydney (2023) and Blindside, ‘All World Are Flat’- (2021).