Artist /Photographer
After graduating from Central Saint Martins in 2002 from a degree in sustainable art & design, Tara worked in design, film & editorial. Having experienced various creative paths, she has built up a photographic style which imbues all her creative experience. Using both digital and analogue processes, she seeks to break down narratives and transgress formal portraiture. Her mix media work develops symbiotically with her photographic practise. It comes from a more playful intuitive side - Hazy boundaries, aberrations of fantasies, esoteric themes and flexible memory creep into the work.
Her work was recently shown at Betts project, London, May 22-27th 2019 at an exhibition hosted by the Sailmakers Collective. (www.sailmakerscollective.com)
CURRENTLY: Tara is part of a two person show at 'Pages of Hackney' which closes on the 30th Sept 2019. Pulled landscape explores landscape through a series of abstractions. The photographic process is one which is quite instantaneous, and both artists use photography in a different way which is process driven.
When you arrive at a new landscape you have a certain perspective - the moment you start to move, the landscape starts to move too. The constant shifts in landscape is mirrored in us and as Rebecca Solnit points out in Wanderlust, “Walking is how the body measures itself against the earth.”
For each piece of work that sells in this show, 30% will be donated to Tree Council Charity (www.treecouncil.org.uk) which is enough to plant and care for a tree until it’s big enough to survive on its own.
She is currently working on several series;
I am a rock - A collection stones and rocks that she has been collecting (worldwide) for the last 40 years. These all come with their own story - some fact, some fiction. They have all been photographed, and a selection of them are represented though oil paintings.
Ode from a Nemophilist - Photo etchings and paintings of tree abstractions and the energy they exude. An energy loop is created between the camera, the body and the tree, once and equilibrium is found, a slow exposure photograph is taken - the main body of this work is taken at the location of the Earth's 7 Planetary Chakras, as well as, Ley Lines in between.
Our brain is so presumptuous - The idea that ones brain fills in the gaps. A series of paintings and sculptures - she has started exploring new mediums such as, concrete, silicon and bronze.
Tara is also working on a new campaign for a start up jewellery designer - Smith & Sun. An exciting collaboration, which will launch 1st Nov. Smith & Sun will utilise the work on various platforms world wide. Watch this space!
Clients & Collaborators
* Jam Design & Communication Brand agency
* London Remade Sustainable Consultants
* Clear Ideas Creative agency
* Wand Advertising agency
* Golly Slater Advertising agency
* Joanna Heygate Publisher
* Portico Books/ Anova Books Publisher
* Omnibus Press Publisher
* People Band Musicians
* Deborah Carew Musician
* Rosey Chan Musician
* Hannah Holland Musican/DJ
* Carnet de Voyage Musicians
* Arlen Figgis Composer/Producer
* Andrew Aitchison Photographer
* Roger Hutchings Photographer
* State of Bliss - UK Suspension team
* The Flower Laboratory Botanical agency
* Mike Figgis Film Maker
* Vito Di Rosa Producer
* Science Photo Library Picture library
* Proud Galleries Photo Gallery
* The Impression Magazine.
* Harpers Bazaar Magazine
* Francesca Laranga Fashion
* Kate Orr model
* Dom Holmes Tattooist
* Syn Ariad
* David Shillinglaw Artist
* Kirsten Everberg Artist
* Hilde Madame Artist
* Lydia Darling Performer
* Sumi Sumatra Performer