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, Stobie Pole Project 2024 artist.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.
- 2024
Exhibits as part of PICA’s annual Hatched: National Graduate Show
Exhibits as part of the Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition
- 2024
Receives the JamFactory Award in collaboration with The Australian Ceramics Association at the Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition Value: $3,500
- 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
- 2024
Selected for the Helpmann Academy Stobie Pole Project, a unique commissioning opportunity with SA Power Networks Value: $3,000
- 2024
Undertakes studio residency at JamFactory Value: $3,000
- 2025
Good Trouble, solo exhibition, JamFactory, Adelaide
- 2026
Kumarangk, group exhibition, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental, Adelaide
$14K +
value in support and
opportunities from
Helpmann Academy
- 2024
Exhibits as part of PICA’s annual Hatched: National Graduate Show
- 2024
Receives the JamFactory Award in collaboration with The Australian Ceramics Association at the Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition Value: $3,500
- 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
- 2024
Selected for the Helpmann Academy Stobie Pole Project, a unique commissioning opportunity with SA Power Networks Value: $3,000
- 2024
Undertakes studio residency at JamFactory Value: $3,000
- 2025
Good Trouble, solo exhibition, JamFactory, Adelaide
- 2026
Kumarangk, group exhibition, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental, Adelaide
Exhibits as part of the Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition
$14K +
value in support and
opportunities from
Helpmann Academy