TAMARA DEAN Endangered 25 July - 18 August 2019
© Martin Browne Contemporary © All images copyright Tamara Dean This catalogue is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. COMPILER: Ally Russell-Floyd COLOUR SEPARATIONS: Spitting Image, Sydney Cover Image: Endangered 10c, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 110 x 165 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP
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LIST OF WORKS
Endangered 9a, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 110 x 165 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Endangered 9b, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 110 x 165 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Endangered 7, 2018, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 165 x 115.5 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP
TAMARA DEAN Endangered Endangered is a reframing of the notion of ourselves as human beings — mammals in a sensitive ecosystem, as vulnerable to the same forces of climate change as every other living creature. Biologists predict that if we continue carrying on the way we are then by the end of this century 50% of species living today will face extinction. And humans are not immune. To see ourselves as different and separate to the ecology and ecosystem of our planet is leaving humanity unprepared for the world we are shaping. My intention with these works is to make the point that this is personal. To show the beauty of nature and humanity, in order to show how much we have to lose.
Endangered 6, 2018, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 110 x 165 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Endangered 4, 2018, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 110 x 165 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Endangered 11a, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 110 x 165 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Endangered 11b, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 110 x 165 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Endangered 15, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 40 x 60 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Endangered 10a, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 110 x 165 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Endangered 10b, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 110 x 165 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Endangered 10c, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 110 x 165 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Endangered 14, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 66 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Endangered 1, 2018, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 133 x 200 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP
This series is particularly important to me as it speaks directly to my most fundamental concerns and values...my love for the environment and my deep concern for our planet.
Endangered 13a, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 66 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Endangered 13b, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 66 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Endangered 13c, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 66 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Endangered 2, 2018, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 165 x 110 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Endangered 5, 2018, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 139.5 x 200 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Endangered 3, 2018, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 133 x 200 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Endangered 12a, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 80 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Endangered 12b, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 80 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP
Endangered 7, 2018, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 165 x 115.5 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Previous page: Endangered 9a, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 110 x 165 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Endangered 9b, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 110 x 165 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP
Endangered 6, 2018, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 110 x 165 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP
Endangered 4, 2018, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 110 x 165 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP
Endangered 15, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 40 x 60 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Previous page: Endangered 11a, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 110 x 165 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Endangered 11b, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 110 x 165 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP
Endangered 14, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 66 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Previous Page: Endangered 10a, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 110 x 165 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Endangered 10b, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 110 x 165 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Endangered 10c, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 110 x 165 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP
Endangered 1, 2018, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 133 x 200 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP
Endangered 2, 2018, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 165 x 110 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Previous Page: Endangered 13a, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 66 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Endangered 13b, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 66 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Endangered 13c, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 66 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP
Endangered 5, 2018, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 139.5 x 200 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP
Endangered 3, 2018, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 133 x 200 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Following page: Endangered 12a, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 80 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP Endangered 12b, 2019, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper, 80 x 100 cm, ed. 8 + 2 AP
TAMARA DEAN Born: 1976 Sydney Lives and works in Shoalhaven, New South Wales SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2019 Endangered, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney 2019 Outside In, Moving Image commission, 100 Mount St, North Sydney 2018 In Our Nature, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney 2017 Instinctual, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney 2017 Force of Nature, The Lost Ones Gallery, Ballarat 2016 About Face, Contemporaries, Sydney 2015 Here-and-Now, Immersive installation, Studio 1, Creative Practices Lab, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2014 The Edge, Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney 2012 Only Human, Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney 2011 Only Human, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne 2011 Only Human, John Paynter Gallery, Newcastle 2010 This too Shall Pass, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2019 Territory, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney 2019 Martin Browne Contemporary at Auckland Art Fair, Auckland, New Zealand 2018 Martin Browne Contemporary at Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Sydney 2018 Martin Browne Contemporary at Auckland Art Fair, Auckland, New Zealand 2018 Divided Worlds, Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia 2017 - 18 Wall Power: Contemporary Australian Photography, Cologne, Berlin, London 2017 North Head Project, Manly Gallery, Sydney 2017 Martin Browne Contemporary at Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Sydney 2016 Martin Browne Contemporary at Auckland Art Fair, Auckland, New Zealand 2016 Martin Browne Contemporary at 602 Art Fair, Melbourne 2016 Antipodean Inquiry, curated by Owen Craven. Yavuz Gallery, Gillman Barracks, Singapore 2013 Performance and installation collaboration with Bahar Behbahani, Art Omi, New York
SELECTED AWARDS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES 2019 Winner, Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize, Sydney 2019 Highly Commended, Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, Sydney 2019 Bundanon Trust Residency, Bundanon 2018 Winner, Josephine Ulrick & Win Shubert Photography Award 2018 Winner, Meroogal Women’s Art Prize, Nowra 2018 Finalist, Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, Sydney 2018 Recipient of Australia Council Grant 2018 Finalist, Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize, Sydney 2018 Finalist, National Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra 2018 Selected artist - 2018 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia 2017 Finalist, Martin Kantor Portrait Prize, Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Ballarat 2016 Finalist, MAMA Art Foundation, National Photography Prize, Albury 2016 Finalist, Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London 2016 Finalist, 64th Blake Prize, Sydney 2015 Highly Commended, Portia Geach Memorial Award, Sydney 2015 UNSW Media Residency, Sydney 2014 Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Award, Sydney 2014 Finalist, 63rd Blake Prize, Sydney 2014 Winner, The New York Photo Awards, Fine Art Series, Powerhouse Arena, New York 2014 Finalist, Aesthetica Art Prize, St Mary’s, York 2014 Finalist, National Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra 2013 Art OMI Australia, Art OMI International Artists Residency, Upstate New York, USA 2013 Highly Commended, Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize, Sydney 2013 Highly Commended, Olive Cotton Award for photographic portraiture, Tweed Regional Gallery, Muwillumbah, NSW SELECTED COLLECTIONS Artbank, Australia Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Art Omi Collection, New York Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Neil Balnaves Collection Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra The Mordant Family Collection, Sydney Tweed River Gallery, Muwillumbah, NSW