Each year we invite a First Nations artist to Garramilla / Darwin to make and exhibit new work that responds to their time on Larrakia Country. Following Shaun Allen (Shal) in 2023, Tiarna Herczeg joins us in the gallery as our second residency artist!

Tiarna is a proud First Nations and Hungarian woman living on Gadigal lands. She identifies as Kuku Yalanji/Kuku Nyungkul Warra with family ties from Hopevale, Cherbourg and Laura, in Far North Queensland. Herczeg was born on Dharug Country in Western Sydney and spent a majority of her life in between there, Rockhampton and the Blue Mountains.

Tiarna's works are defined by 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 Tiarna and her work; listening and opening up to be guided by cultural intuition, remembering places of which she has lived, visited and dreamt. 

I CAME YANYU THROUGH THE JIRI (I came here through the sky) comprises ten new works on canvas that have been created right here in the gallery. The titles speak to Tiarna's experiences in Garramilla / Darwin and the overall energy of the place she's felt and observed during her visit. 

OPENING: Friday 30 August, 5.30pm