Tia Ansell — Miles 2022

Deconstructing fundamental elements of a painting, Tia Ansell practice calls attention to the origin of the woven substrate and its context within contemporary art. Tia Ansell utalises the loom to explore intricate weaving patterns generated using her idiosyncratic coding system based on urban landscapes. Her weaving-paintings form a structure of intertwining colours with bold compositions of geometries and hardlines, a language of architecture which frames the weaving medium. Tia threads these ideas within the context of Melbourne architecture extrapolating facade compositions into the construction of the woven plane, with architectural patterns and design symbols interrupting the image.

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Tia Ansell is a New Zealand born and Melbourne based artist. Tia has a BFA with Honours at the Victorian College of the Arts (2018). Tia has held solo exhibitions at Conners Conners, Melbourne; Lon Gallery, Melbourne; {Suite} Gallery, Wellington and Auckland; Bus Projects, Melbourne; Station Gallery, Melbourne; Caves Gallery, Melbourne; and group exhibitions with Sarah Scout Presents, Melbourne; Station Gallery, Melbourne; Conners Conners, Melbourne; Weasel Gallery, Hamilton, NZ; Block Projects, Melbourne; Stockroom, Kyneton; Home@735, Sydney; Lon Gallery, Melbourne; and Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide. Tia has exhibited at the Auckland Art Fair with {Suite} Gallery 2021, Quarantine Art Fair with Lon Gallery 2021, Spring Art Fair 2021 in Melbourne with Lon Gallery, 2019 in Sydney with {Suite} Gallery and 2018 in Melbourne with Caves Gallery. Tia was shortlisted for Bayside Acquisitive 2022, Melbourne City Council Grant 2020, the recipient of the McFarlane Fund Kyneton residency in 2019 and the recipient of the Majlis Traveling Scholarship 2017. Tia is represented by Lon Gallery and is currently a Conners Conners studio artist.

It's not just blue

November 24 - January 21

A gathering of works by Australian artists, crafts people and designers, in a maximalist exploration of the colour blue in all its hues.  

Anke Kindle / Anna Varendorff / Anne U / Ara Dolatian / Ash Allen / Bastard Ceramics / Camille Laddawan / Caro Pattle / Christopher Plumridge / Curio Practice / Dean Norton / Dean Toepfer / Ebony Russell / Ella Saddington / Georgina Proud / House Editions / Iluka Sax-Williams / Jess Sellinger / Jordan Fleming / Kristin Burgham / Louise Meuwissen / Lucy Tolan / Michael Gittings / Nicole Lawrence / Owen Rye / Real Non-Real / Sguscio / Shimara Carlow / Tara Shackell / Terunobu Hirata / Tia Ansell / Yen Qin

Material: Acrylic on cotton handmade weaving, aluminium frame.

Dimensions: approx. 84 x 63 x 6cm

Please note, works purchased as gifts will be made available for collection by December 20 for the gifting season, all others will remain on exhibition until January 21