About:
Tiarna Herczeg (she/her) is a proud First Nations & Hungarian woman and artist living on Gadigal lands. She identifies as Kuku Yalanji/Kuku Nyungkul Warra with family ties from Hopevale, Cherbourg and Laura, QLD.
Herczeg was born on Dharug Country in Western Sydney and spent a majority of her life in between there, Rockhampton and the Blue Mountains.
She has developed her own artistic style using her practice as a way of telling her own stories and sharing significant places related to her identity. Herczeg’s practice is intuitive and instinctive as she often paints without a direct idea, but rather uses her practice as a ritual for listening and learning.
Her approach to painting also comes from a sense of urgency regarding her spiritual and cultural identity. Living off Country and frequently moving around, the act of painting, for Herczeg, becomes a vehicle for groundedness.
She works to disconnect from the idea of ‘painting’ and instead tap into spirituality, relinquishing the fear of painting a perfect artwork. This fearlessness manifests in loose, large, gestural brush strokes with vibrant colours and organic compositions highlighting the familiarity, richness and vitality of Country. There is a spiritual exchange of energy between Herczeg and her work; listening and opening up to be guided by intuition… remembering places of which she has lived, visited and dreamt.
There is a big theme of home and belonging in Tiarna’s work that acknowledges her dual identity as someone who is First Nations and also who is the daughter of a second gen Immigrant.
Represented by: Curatorial and Co, Woolloomooloo, Sydney.
Exhibitions:
Coming up:
- curatorial and co- Solo show June 2024.
- Laundry Gallery- solo show September 2024.
- Apollo Gallery Budapest- solo show 2025.
previous:
- Curatorial and Co- Darlings Exhibition, December 2023
- RM Williams- November 2023
- The Design Files, October 2023
- Sydney Contemporary , September 2023
- Curatorial and Co, “Wungariji” Solo show Feb 2023.
- Cement Fondu, “ Kadabal Bangkarr” solo show, Oct- Dec 2022
- Koskela, “ Ngadiku” solo show, September 2022.
- Craft Victoria, “ Into the everywhen” group show July 2022.
- Hake house of Art, “ JUWA” solo show, June 2022.
- Brunswick Street Gallery, “ Don't be a stranger” group exhibition, June 2022.
- aMBUSH Gallery, “ While you were sleeping”, group show, May 2022
- Ginger Finch ACT, “ Colour story” group show , April 2022.
- Michael Reid Northern Beaches, “ Trio” group show March 2022.
- The Other Art fair, Dec 2021.
- Airspace projects, “ Jana bayan buku dungan nagyu bawajin”solo show , April 2021.
- Gaffa Gallery, “ Urns of 2020” December 2020.
Commissions and collaborations:
Coming up:
- Hamilton Island Project 2025.
- Mural July
Previous:
- Double rug collaboration 2024.
- PSEUSHI X TIARNA HERCZEG- Invasion day T-Shirt ( fundraising) 2024.
- The Darling Hotel, Sydney 2023.
- Urban Logistics x Curatorial and co x Tiarna Herczeg 200sqm Mural, Rockdale. December 2023
- Soy clay collaboration, June 2023.
- koskela x Charter Hall project Sydney “ Maku Wunkun” March 2023.
- Mode festival , Bizzarro, Artistic director June 2022.
- Soft Stir, First Nations curator , Feb 2022.
- Reach out Australia, design commissions, Jan-July 2022.
- UNSW design, commission, Jan 2022.
CV
Education:
2023-DEC2024: Certificate IV Marketing and Communications. TAFE NSW.
2021-2022: Bachelor of Fine arts The National Art School.
2018-2020: Bachelor of Laws and Arts, Majoring social justice. Macquarie University.
Professional experience:
- November 2022- Feb 2024:
- December 2021- March 2022:
- March 2022- June 2022:
- December 2021- February 2022:
- June 2018- June 2021: