Tiarna Herczeg
Tiarna Herczeg (she/her) is a proud First Nations and Hungarian woman, born and raised on Dharug Country and currently practising on Gadigal land (Sydney). She identifies as Yalanji/Kuku Nyungkul, with family ties extending to Hopevale, Cherbourg, and Laura, QLD. Weaving inspiration from these diverse landscapes, her artistic practice is deeply personal and intuitive — a way of staying grounded and spiritually connected amidst a life shaped by movement and relocation.
For Herczeg, art is a ritual of listening and learning. She paints without preconceived notions, guided instead by feeling and ancestral memory. Her understanding of intuition is shaped by the belief that gesture is inherited — carried through generations, land, and lived experience. Her work becomes a conversation between memory and place, body and land, silence and sound.
Herczeg moves through the world carrying both the deep sense of belonging that comes from living on the Country she’s connected to, and the layered experience of being a third-generation immigrant through her Hungarian lineage. Her practice lives in the in-between — shaped by both presence and displacement, memory and movement. This complexity allows her to create work that speaks from multiple cultural and emotional positions at once — not as contradiction, but as a form of wholeness.
Themes of home, identity, and belonging are central to her practice. These emerge through loose, gestural brushstrokes and vivid colours that channel the emotional resonance of Country.
This exploration extends beyond painting into sculpture, sound, and installation. These mediums allow her to investigate her cultural narrative through immersive, sensory experiences that reflect her connection to place, energy, and spirit.
Herczeg’s approach is process-led and guided by embodied and intuitive knowledge. Rather than seeking control or resolution, she creates from a place of listening — where each mark or sound is a response to what is felt, not forced. Drawing from inherited gesture and relational ways of knowing, her work reflects a dialogue between artist, material, and memory. This is not spontaneity for its own sake, but a way of staying connected — to Country, to spirit, and to the quiet intelligence of the body.
For Herczeg, art is a ritual of listening and learning. She paints without preconceived notions, guided instead by feeling and ancestral memory. Her understanding of intuition is shaped by the belief that gesture is inherited — carried through generations, land, and lived experience. Her work becomes a conversation between memory and place, body and land, silence and sound.
Herczeg moves through the world carrying both the deep sense of belonging that comes from living on the Country she’s connected to, and the layered experience of being a third-generation immigrant through her Hungarian lineage. Her practice lives in the in-between — shaped by both presence and displacement, memory and movement. This complexity allows her to create work that speaks from multiple cultural and emotional positions at once — not as contradiction, but as a form of wholeness.
Themes of home, identity, and belonging are central to her practice. These emerge through loose, gestural brushstrokes and vivid colours that channel the emotional resonance of Country.
“The colours I use don’t just look like a place, they feel like one. I think colour can speak in ways words can’t. It holds grief, breath, rest, memory. For me, colour isn’t decoration or theory — it’s a way of communicating what can’t be named. It’s ancestral and emotional. It’s the body remembering.”
This exploration extends beyond painting into sculpture, sound, and installation. These mediums allow her to investigate her cultural narrative through immersive, sensory experiences that reflect her connection to place, energy, and spirit.
Herczeg’s approach is process-led and guided by embodied and intuitive knowledge. Rather than seeking control or resolution, she creates from a place of listening — where each mark or sound is a response to what is felt, not forced. Drawing from inherited gesture and relational ways of knowing, her work reflects a dialogue between artist, material, and memory. This is not spontaneity for its own sake, but a way of staying connected — to Country, to spirit, and to the quiet intelligence of the body.
Solo exhibitions
2025 Girl In The Clouds - Apollo Gallery, Budapest
2024 I Came Through The Sky - Laundry Gallery
2024 Through Coloured Glass - Curatorial+Co.
2024 R M Williams
2023 Wungariji- Curatorial and Co
2022 Kadabal Bangkarr - Cement Fondu
2022 Ngadiku- Koskela
2022 JUWA-Hake House of Art
2021 Jana bayan buku dungan nagyu bawajin- Airspace projects
Group Exhibitions
2024 DARING - Curatorial+Co.
2023 Friends Faves-The Design Files.
2023 Sydney Contemporary - Curatorial and Co.
2022 Into the everywhen-Craft Victoria.
2022 Don't be a stranger-Brunswick Street Gallery.
2022 While you were sleeping-aMBUSH Gallery.
2025 Girl In The Clouds - Apollo Gallery, Budapest
2024 I Came Through The Sky - Laundry Gallery
2024 Through Coloured Glass - Curatorial+Co.
2024 R M Williams
2023 Wungariji- Curatorial and Co
2022 Kadabal Bangkarr - Cement Fondu
2022 Ngadiku- Koskela
2022 JUWA-Hake House of Art
2021 Jana bayan buku dungan nagyu bawajin- Airspace projects
Group Exhibitions
2024 DARING - Curatorial+Co.
2023 Friends Faves-The Design Files.
2023 Sydney Contemporary - Curatorial and Co.
2022 Into the everywhen-Craft Victoria.
2022 Don't be a stranger-Brunswick Street Gallery.
2022 While you were sleeping-aMBUSH Gallery.
2022 Colour story-Ginger Finch ACT.
2022 Trio-Michael Reid Northern Beaches.
2021 The Other Art fair.
2020 Urns of 2020-Gaffa Gallery.
2022 Trio-Michael Reid Northern Beaches.
2021 The Other Art fair.
2020 Urns of 2020-Gaffa Gallery.
Commissions + Public Art
2024 The Sundays, Hamilton Island QLD , Collection of artworks and murals.
2024 The Harbord Hotel NSW, Mural.
2024 Lendlease Hicksons Park Barangaroo, Artwork commission for public space furniture.
2024 Sofitel NSW, Mural
2024 ArtsMatter, Rowan Sallvage x Tiarna Herczeg . Digital performance
2023 Urban Logistics co , Mural 200sqm.
2023 Double rug , Tiarna Herczeg rug collection.
2023 Soy clay, Nail polish collaboration.
2023 koskela x Charter Hall project “ Maku Wunkun”.
2022 Mode festival , Bizzarro, Artistic director.
2022 Soft Stir magazine, First Nations curator.
2022 Reach Out Australia (NFP), Digital artwork commission.
2022 UNSW Commission for Joyce Wu/ Ending domestic violence.
Selected Publications
2025 Vogue Australia , Print, Artist profile
2024 Women's weekly March issue , Print, Artist profile
2024 The design files ( featuring 4 articles) ,Online, Artist profile and artwork feature.
2024 Russh Magazine, Print, Artist profile
2024 The Local project, Online, Artwork feature
2023 Hunter and Folk Magazine, Online, Artist feature
2023 The Urban List, Online, Cultural
Represented by Curatorial and Co, Woolloomooloo, Sydney.
2024 The Sundays, Hamilton Island QLD , Collection of artworks and murals.
2024 The Harbord Hotel NSW, Mural.
2024 Lendlease Hicksons Park Barangaroo, Artwork commission for public space furniture.
2024 Sofitel NSW, Mural
2024 ArtsMatter, Rowan Sallvage x Tiarna Herczeg . Digital performance
2023 Urban Logistics co , Mural 200sqm.
2023 Double rug , Tiarna Herczeg rug collection.
2023 Soy clay, Nail polish collaboration.
2023 koskela x Charter Hall project “ Maku Wunkun”.
2022 Mode festival , Bizzarro, Artistic director.
2022 Soft Stir magazine, First Nations curator.
2022 Reach Out Australia (NFP), Digital artwork commission.
2022 UNSW Commission for Joyce Wu/ Ending domestic violence.
Selected Publications
2025 Vogue Australia , Print, Artist profile
2024 Women's weekly March issue , Print, Artist profile
2024 The design files ( featuring 4 articles) ,Online, Artist profile and artwork feature.
2024 Russh Magazine, Print, Artist profile
2024 The Local project, Online, Artwork feature
2023 Hunter and Folk Magazine, Online, Artist feature
2023 The Urban List, Online, Cultural
Represented by Curatorial and Co, Woolloomooloo, Sydney.
Recent
works
For all commissions, Exhibitions and collaboration inquiries please contact :
Hello@curatorialandco.com
For anything else:
Tiarnaherczeg@gmail.com
Hello@curatorialandco.com
For anything else:
Tiarnaherczeg@gmail.com