Tia Ansell
‘All of the components of Tia's work are handmade. Her integration of weaving and painting challenges the traditional divisions between craft and fine art, and elevates the use of handspun material to new heights.’
Wellington-born artist Tia Ansell started her Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting) at Massey University, Wellington in 2014 and completed an Honours degree at the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, in 2018.
Employing the loom to explore intricate weaving techniques, Tia threads together narratives of observational patterns that exist within her urban surroundings. The patterns collected, function as a decorative motif, yet they represent the commonality between one another as materials, images and ideas are reduced to their most basic forms. Geometries demonstrating ideas of grids, repetition and familiarity are the link between the weaving pattern and painted image.
Tia draws upon details from her everyday life, specifically the migration between the city and home during the last hour of summer daylight. Windows reflect the fading of blue skies, red light in the horizon as the sun begins to set and the city becomes neon like a beacon drawing you in.
Based in Melbourne, her oeuvre has garnered international acclaim; Ansell won the National Gallery of Victoria prize in 2014 as well as the National Gallery of Victoria Women's Association Award in 2017, and was the recipient of the Majlis travelling scholarship (2017) and Valerie Albiston scholarship (2015-17), all before she had completed her BFA Honours degree.
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Jaimee Peters | Tia Ansell
{Suite} Ponsonby 28 Nov - 22 Dec 2023A selection of recent work by {Suite} artists Jaimee Peters and Tia Ansell will be on show at the Ponsonby gallery until Christmas. Jaimee Peters (Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kuri, Ngāti...Read more -
Tia Ansell | Ingresso
{Suite} Wellington 12 Jul - 5 Aug 2023{Suite} is pleased to present Ingresso, a new series of work by Melbourne-based, New Zealand- born artist Tia Ansell. On show now, this is her third solo exhibition at {Suite}...Read more -
{Suite} Aotearoa Art Fair 2022 | Stand C9
The Cloud, Auckland 16 - 20 Nov 2022{Suite} is pleased to present a selection of work by artists Wayne Youle, Richard Lewer, Tia Ansell, Georgia Spain, Daniel Unverricht, Angela Singer and Bruce Connew at the 2022 Aotearoa Art Fair. Stand C9: 16 Nov - 20 Nov, The Cloud, Auckland.Read more -
Tia Ansell | Red Light Horizon
{Suite} Ponsonby 6 - 30 Apr 2022Red Light Horizon is Tia Ansell's third solo exhibition at {Suite} Gallery. Employing the loom to explore intricate weaving techniques, Tia threads together narratives of observational patterns that exist within...Read more -
Tia Ansell | Long Distance
{Suite} Wellington 7 - 31 Jul 2021Tia Ansell's second exhibition at {Suite} Wellington presents an oeuvre of intricately patterned weaving paintings. The art of weaving is by nature algorithmic, involving a set of rules and processes...Read more -
Douglas Stichbury & Tia Ansell | Auckland Art Fair 2021
Tāmaki Makaurau 24 - 28 Feb 2021In these paintings made for the Auckland Art Fair, New York based artist Douglas Stichbury continues to explore his interest in speculative 20th century science fiction. Using industrial software Stichbury’s...Read more -
Angela Singer & Tia Ansell
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Tia Ansell | Fate Fabrics
{Suite} Wellington 10 - 27 Apr 2019
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Highlights of the Aotearoa Art Fair
by John Daly-Peoples November 14, 2022{Suite} artists Richard Lewer and Tia Ansell as well as Melbourne-based artist Georgia Spain featured in John Daly-Peoples article 'Highlights of the Aotearoa Art Fair'....Read more -
Tia Ansell | Red Light Horizon
Art Collector Magazine April 26, 2022Tia Ansell in Art Collector magazine: 'Tia Ansell likes to know a city - its suburbs, buildings, colours and moods - intimately. This is why...Read more -
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Viva March 2, 2021Tia Ansell featuring in VIVA | The Painter Mapping Handwoven Canvases With Luminous Patterns Inspired By City Lights Tia Ansell has been enthralled by weaving...Read more -
Auckland Art Fair 2021
Tia Ansell & Douglas Stichbury March 1, 2021{Suite} Gallery stand at the 2021 Auckland Art Fair. On show are works by {Suite} artists Tia Ansell & Douglas Stichbury, alongside a sculpture by...Read more -
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Feb/Mar 2021 issue of the home style magazine February 2, 2021Tia Ansell featuring in the Feb/Mar 2021 issue of the home style magazine – “Get art smart with our round-up of emerging talents to keep...Read more -
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Art Collector Issue #88 April 17, 2019Tia Ansell is featured in issue #88 (April- June 2019) of Art Collector magazineRead more -
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NZ House & Garden Magazine December 23, 2018Tia Ansell is featured in the April edition of NZ House & GardenRead more