“I need to minimise myself to maximise the work”
Tallulah Nunez
Artist Statement
I’m a self-taught artist and I’ve been making art for more than 30 years.
Beauty - I would describe my working style as expressionist maximalism/surrealism. I create work that is extravagantly detailed, inclusive, eclectic and often unashamedly Beautiful.
Time - The first thing I’m often asked about the paintings is “How long do they take to do”? This awareness of time taken points to the depth of multiple layers in the work. Time defines the value of the work, its relevance and its appreciation.
The time spent making art is also important for me as the maker. The longer the work takes to create and the more energy
I put into the process the more the work reflects its value back to me. I need to create intently, slowly and methodically.
But also randomly, unplanned and irrationally. It’s as though several parts of me take turns creating, each part taking control when needed. To be loose and free, rigid and meticulous, considered and analysing or playful and experimental.
Mark-making - I’m interested in movement and rhythm. I want to create works that vibrate. I set about doing this by juxtaposing unlikely colours, and the repetitive use of patterns and marks. I embrace the pleasure of process for its own sake, inviting the viewer to engage with the mark-making and to follow the myriad paths into the work to discover their own interpretation of how and what they see.
The sun as muse - I have been concentrating on the Sun and the Moon as subjects, often populating the surface with numerous phases of each. These geometric circles and half circles often buried deeply within the painting become the only structurally solid images in the swirling cacophony of dots, dashes and biomorphic shapes that sweep around them, much like our solar system. The sun is my muse, (a constant and reliable source of energy and life) she is the light that gives us colour and I cannot resist the urge to paint her in all her guises
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Solo Exhibition
Ice Bombs & Sand Blasts
February 24 to March , 2024
Art by the Sea Gallery, Takapuna, Auckland
Standing on the Sun
February 25 to March 14, 2023
Art by the Sea Gallery, Takapuna, Auckland
http://artbythesea.co.nz/Tallulahnunezexhibition2023.htm
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Sounds of the Sun
September 3 to 19, 2022
Art by the Sea Gallery, Takapuna, Auckland
http://artbythesea.co.nz/Tallulahnunezexhibition2022.htm
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Unearthly Blooms
February 5 to 22, 2022
Art by the Sea Gallery, Takapuna, Auckland
http://artbythesea.co.nz/Tallulahnunezexhibition.htm
Looking in, Looking out
July 17 to August 5 2021
Art by the Sea Gallery, Takapuna, Auckland
http://artbythesea.co.nz/Tallulahnuneznzartist.htm
REMNANTS OF UTOPIA
October 31 to November 30
https://www.museart.nz/remnants-of-utopia
REPRESENTED BY
Art by the Sea Gallery, Takapuna, Auckland
Antoinette Godkin Gallery, Parnell, Auckland
AWARDS
2023 Finalist Craigs Aspiring Art Award
2022 Finalist Miles Art Award
2020 Finalist Miles Art Award
2019 Finalist Parkin Drawing Award
2019 Finalist Arts Gold Award
2019 Finalist Tasman National Art Award - Ariel
2019 Finalist Tasman National Art Award - After Paradise After Cecily
2019 Finalist Cleveland Art Award
PUBLICATIONS
ArtZone Magazine article November Issue 82
Love in the time of Covid March 2022
Love in the time of Covid 2020
Publication - Love in the time of COVID
https://loveinthetimeofcovidchronicle.com/2020/10/23/there-but-not-there-tallulah-nunez/
Exhibition history
2024 Solo Exhibition - Ice Bombs & Sand Blasts - Art by the Sea Gallery, Auckland
2023 Solo Exhibition - A Special Collectors Edition - Art by the Sea Gallery, Auckland
2023 solo exhibition - Standing on the Sun - Art by the Sea Gallery, Auckland
2022 solo exhibition - Sounds of the Sun - Art by the Sea Gallery, Auckland
2022 Solo Exhibition - Unearthly Blooms - Art by the Sea Gallery, Auckland
2021 Solo Exhibition - Art by the Sea Gallery, Auckland
2020 Group show - Muse Art Gallery, Havelock North
2019 Solo exhibition - Antoinette Godkin Galley, Parnell, Auckland
2019 Solo Exhibition - Muse Art Gallery, Havelock North
2018 Solo Exhibition - Zimmerman Gallery, Palmerston North
2017 Solo Exhibition - New Plymouth
2018 Group Show - Waipu, Nelson
2018 Chambers Gallery, Christchurch
2017 Group Show - DeNovo Gallery, Dunedin
2016 Group Show - Queenstown
ART COLLECTION
Tauranga City Council, Bay Park Arena, Tauranga, New Zealand