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It seems that these days news happens in the moment on social media, which none of us can control. The news here has been neglected but much happens and this space is here to stay! After being involved in, sometimes curating, and installing group exhibitions such as - Festival of the Owl, Kank Wolverang Records, Ballarat, ALTOLOGY, Gallery 10, Ballarat, Tool, Kank, the annual One Star curated exhibitions, Naarm, Bootleg & Thigh, CASPA, Castlemaine with Petra Rodgers/Lowly Painter, and annual 100 faces, Talbot in 2024 and 2025 - myself and three artist friends held a great fun and successful exhibition at One Star Gallery in August 2025, Ate Hours + 32 Years. We hope the four us us will collaborate further after living and working around each other since our university years. Working with friends is the best. Also with artist friend Belinda Michael I was fortunate to be included in the Infuse Art prize at Ross Creek in late 2024! Next an inclusion in One Star Gallery's annual group exhibition curated by Katy Beale and Mariella Del Conte. 'As Above, So Below' Quote from Katy and Mariella: "We are pleased to announce our 7th group exhibition as co-curators centred around the profound phrase: As within so without, as above so below, as the universe so the soul… from the ancient hermetic document known as the Emerald Tablet. The phrase encapsulates a perceived interconnectedness of microcosm and macrocosm, the celestial and the terrestrial, cosmic and material. Another translation reads ..….that which is above is like to that which is below and that which is below is like to that which is above…. In the words of Alan Watts “..that different things can be inseparable, that what is explicitly two, at the same time can be implicitly one..” This is a rare moment when one of my works will be on display in the same gallery with my sister, the painter, Heidi Yardley! Exhibition dates November 6th -23rd 2025 at One Star Gallery, 301-303 Victoria St. West Melbourne. Open hours: Thur-Fri 3-7,pm Sat 1-7pm, Sun 1-5pm. Exhibition Opening: Friday 7th November 6 - 8:30 pm Exhibition Closing: 23rd November 3-5 pm Curated by Katy Beale and Mariella Del Conte @onestarlounge @salonhang Also coming up is Cover Versions at Kank Wolverang Records, Ballarat. Kank Wolverang Records present Cover Versions 2025. 15 Nov - 13 Dec. Reinterpretations of iconic & obscure record covers with works by: Christine Crawshaw, Dillon Naylor, Frances Guerin, Georgie Green, Jarrod Hall, Kat Pengelly, Lowly Painter, Maggie Dannatt, Mel Hartigan, Melinda Muscat, Peter Sparkman, Sam Dekok/Jarvis Dekok, Tamara Wighton, Tashi Hill & Tiffany Titshall. Opening Saturday Nov 15, 2pm. 30 Main Rd, Ballarat! AND stay tuned for Festival of the Owl at Kank Wolverang records in January 2026, and a big collaborative project of seven artists to be held during the month of March at Kank, Ballarat! LOVE The Artist TT Featured image: Gunfighter Ballads - reinterpreted with the ever-present Caleb Cluff - who relates strongly to song titles like 'They're Hanging Me Tonight', and 'The Master's Call' - a favourite cover in his collection.
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Echo in the Hollow, an exhibition of drawings inspired by the biyal*
2 November 2023 – 4 February 2024 “The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way.” William Blake, 1799. The local river red gum is called biyal* in Dja Dja Wurrung language. It lives, reproduces and dies along creek lines, intermittent watercourses, swamps, billabongs, flood plains and inundated man-made water catchments. They rarely grow far from a watercourse, so if you take the time to observe, an old tree tells much about the history of country beneath its roots, from initial animal pathways to water flows and the activity of life. They live 500 to 1000 years, grow to 14 metres circumference and can be up to 40 metres high. First Nations people say they think of them as members of the family, providing food, medicine, vessels, shields and shelter, living many human generations. Thus they share stories marked in their limbs and trunks over centuries. In the 18th Century the colonial invasion of Australia began. We killed many of the trees by clearing and cutting them for furniture and firewood rather than harvesting their living bounty. In the 20th Century water catchments were created which drowned great tracts of Bial along creeklines and rivers. But even the long-dead Bial provide shelter and habitat for fish, birds, reptiles, mammals, bees and many other invertebrates. In some parts of Australia there are projects underway to record carved trees before they tumble. ‘Plant blindness’ is a term used for our inability to see or notice the plants in our own environment, as if they were just wallpaper to our lives. It is particularly common in developed countries and affects the way we care for the world around us. Trees cool the climate around them and aid biodiversity as well as providing oxygen. Telling stories about trees helps evoke empathy for them and in doing so it helps us. Many of my works are tree portraits as distinguished from landscapes. In this series I have been interested in the biomorphic patterns created by long-dead trees. Mirroring some images creates potentially reversible scenes - but what acts are reversible in our environment? I am also interested in reflections and duality in the world of the psyche and in anthropomorphising the gestures of trees. These trees, some mirrored, some morphing into creature-like forms through nature’s intervention - scars, carvings and patterns - spread tendrils which intertwine and puncture the intense hues in the water and sky like the viscera of our bodies. I draw attention to the tree, its significance and symbolism via myth in cultures throughout history, and begin to make a record of those closest to me on Dja Dja Wurrung Country. From ancient stories of the tree of life to the local tales of men who became trees along our creek lines - there are many ways of seeing a tree. ~ Tiffany Titshall, 2023 *biyal in Dja Dja Wurrung language is the name for the local River Red Gum. Pictured: This Tree Lives, 2023. acrylic, ink, pencil and charcoal on paper. 181 x 153 cm (unframed) THE CHOSEN VESSEL BELINDA MICHAEL & TIFFANY TITSHALL OPEN FRI 27th JAN, WED 1st FEB, THUR 2nd, FRI 3rd FEB 12-5pm. Closing gathering 4pm Friday Feb 3. Showcasing the collaborative work of Belinda Michael and Tiffany Titshall, these two important central Victorian artists present a powerful new series of drawings and ceramic vessels of immense beauty and intrigue. Set within the colonial Australian gold rush era, the artists challenge stereotypical narratives, recreating traditional scenes with a powerful female protagonist avenging the murder of her mother by performing wild and powerful acts on her harem of enslaved men. Here, accepted histories are upended replaced by a potent gothic mythological tale of feminine power, lust and revenge! NB: This exhibition contains adult themes. Music by @decoloniserdecoloniser album 'Music to Decolonise by' available on iTunes. Out of the fire. |
Majorca StudioIn the studio and other places. Tiffany Titshall from her studio in central Victoria, Dja Dja Wurrung Country. From landscapes and follies to darker, more overt images of animals and devils, her work always simmers with hints of her inner world.
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