CASE STUDY

Tiarnie Edwards

Tiarnie Edwards is a Ngarrindjeri artist based on Kaurna Country in Tarntanya and a graduate of University of South Australia. They have a multidisciplinary practice which spans a diverse mode of mediums such as ceramics, printmaking, illustration, and painting.

Their practice focuses on themes of identity, culture, history, politics, activism, and the intersectional way these fields overlap within complex and diverse identities within contemporary Australian life. Tiarnie utilises the universal language of visual knowledge to connect audiences to their narrative works, using humour and history to tell the stories of community and individuals. Their work explores the preservation of history and identities within their works.

TIARNIE EDWARDS | MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST. PHOTO: ROSINA POSSINGHAM
TIARNIE EDWARDS | MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST. PHOTO: ROSINA POSSINGHAM

Helpmann Academy has allowed me to explore the different ways my art can exist within a public space and opened up my practice to a new set of possibilities for future projects. I’m grateful to have connected with Helpmann who introduced and encouraged me to do the project and made the process extremely easy and enjoyable.

Tiarnie Edwards, Stobie Pole Project 2024 artist.
CAREER PROGRESSION & HELPMANN SUPPORT
  1. Exhibits as part of PICA’s annual Hatched: National Graduate Show

    2024

    Exhibits as part of the Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition

  2. 2024

    Receives the JamFactory Award in collaboration with The Australian Ceramics Association at the Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition Value: $3,500

  3. 2024

    Receives the Helpmann Academy fab Studio Residency, a twelve-month rent-free studio space in Kent Town that includes mentoring and connection with a studio environment Value: $4,240

  4. 2024

    Selected for the Helpmann Academy Stobie Pole Project, a unique commissioning opportunity with SA Power Networks Value: $3,000

  5. 2024

    Undertakes studio residency at JamFactory Value: $3,000

  6. Good Trouble, solo exhibition, JamFactory, Adelaide

    2025
  7. Kumarangk, group exhibition, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental, Adelaide

    2026
  8. $14K +

    value in support and
    opportunities from
    Helpmann Academy

  1. 2024

    Exhibits as part of PICA’s annual Hatched: National Graduate Show

  2. 2024

    Receives the JamFactory Award in collaboration with The Australian Ceramics Association at the Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition Value: $3,500

  3. 2024

    Receives the Helpmann Academy fab Studio Residency, a twelve-month rent-free studio space in Kent Town that includes mentoring and connection with a studio environment Value: $4,240

  4. 2024

    Selected for the Helpmann Academy Stobie Pole Project, a unique commissioning opportunity with SA Power Networks Value: $3,000

  5. 2024

    Undertakes studio residency at JamFactory Value: $3,000

  6. 2025

    Good Trouble, solo exhibition, JamFactory, Adelaide

  7. 2026

    Kumarangk, group exhibition, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental, Adelaide

  8. Exhibits as part of the Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition

  9. $14K +

    value in support and
    opportunities from
    Helpmann Academy