CV - Tahlia Palmer / amby downs

Contents:
Music Releases
Exhibitions and Residencies
Commissions and Grants
Live Performance
Published Writing


Music Releases
ambydowns.bandcamp.com/
room40.bandcamp.com/album/ngunmal
room40.bandcamp.com/album/kinjarling-studies-soundtracks-five-years-on
longformeditions.bandcamp.com/track/garrawang-biderap-black-field-cricket-mating-song
newweirdaustralia.bandcamp.com/album/new-weird-australia-an-index-of-the-modern-era-2009-2024-nwa025

Exhibitions and Residencies

2026
- presentation of audiovisual work "Feral Deer In So-Called- Australia" in group exhibition - Animal Gift - Arts Projects Australia, VIC
https://www.artsproject.org.au/exhibitions/animal-gift/

2026
- solo exhibition - occupation studies: ngayanhurra bayarral Birrarung (they tried to tame Birrarung) - Koorie Heritage Trust, VIC
https://kht.org.au/whats-on/exhibitions/occupation-studies/

2026
-  artist residency - BodyPlaceProject CONFLUENCE at Coranderrk, VIC
https://www.bodyplaceproject.com/work/confluence

2024
- presentation of audiovisual work "Murnong" in group exhibition - Not Natural - Science Gallery, University of Melbourne, VIC
melbourne.sciencegallery.com/not-natural-exhibits/murnong-all-times

2024
- solo exhibition - Occupation Studies - Archives Centre Gallery, Public Records Office of Victoria, VIC
- Inaugural Creative in Residence at the State Archives
https://artsandculture.google.com/story/-gXBef74DApzmg

2023
- solo exhibition: Nuclear Waste Dump, outdoor billboard gallery, The Substation, VIC
thesubstation.org.au/program/nuclear-waste-dump

2023
- artist residency, placemakers* INCUBATE*, QLD

2022  - 2023
- artist residency, Centre for Projection Art, VIC
centreforprojectionart.com.au/residencies/tahlia-palmer

2019
- solo exhibition: "Kinjarling Studies” Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany, WA

Commissions and Grants

2026
- commissioned to make new audiovisual work "Feral Deer in So-Called-Australia" for performance at Borderlands: Dark Mofo, curated by Lawrence English (AUS) - Odeon Theatre, TAS

2026
- commissioned to make new audiovisual work "Minya Ginyi" for performance at Velocity of Language, curated by Liam Keenan (Gomeroi) - Tarrawarra Museum of Art, VIC
https://www.twma.com.au/events/the-velocity-of-language/

 
2025
- received City of Melbourne quick response grant for Occupation Studies: They Tried to Tame Birrarung project, VIC

2024
Sydney Opera House, Unwrapped: Shortwave, NSW
- commissioned to make new video work: "Look Intruder"
stream.sydneyoperahouse.com/shortwave-new-screen-commissions-2024/videos/shortwave-tahlia-palmer-look-intruder-2024

2024
Volume Festival, Art Gallery of New South Wales, NSW
- commissioned by AGNSW/Longform Editions to compose a sound work played in gallery walkway spaces: "garrawang + biderap: black field cricket mating song" July 6 - 21
volume.sydney/event/threshold/

2023
There Exists - Studio ANRK,  International
- musical composition for VR animation, in collaboration with Penelope Trappes (AUS/UK)
studioanrk.com/work/thereexists/

2023
Gertrude Street Projection Festival,  VIC
- video projection "Murnong (Digging for Yam Daisy)" Peel St Park, Collingwood
- soundscape composition for projections by Victorian Aboriginal Health Service

2022
Room 2 / BLEED Festival, VIC
- commissioned audiovisual work - "ngunmal" - in collaboration with Joel Spring (Wiradjuri)

2022
Liquid Architexture x Light @ ACMI, VIC
- commisioned audiovisual work - "I Am Holding My Breath"
acmi.net.au/whats-on/light-works-from-tates-collection-exhibition/liquid-architecture-light/

2022
Art Gallery of NSW / Kaldor Projects, NSW
- commissioned musical work - "Looming change / Building fabric" - in collaboration with Steve Gunn (USA)
artgallery.nsw.gov.au/art/watch-listen-read/read/sol-lewitt-resonances/

2021-2022
Art Gallery of NSW
- playlist curation for “The Family album”, a digital music extension to the exhibition Family:  Visions of a Shared Humanity
artgallery.nsw.gov.au/art/watch-listen-read/family-album/amby-downs/

2021
Creative Victoria Music Industry Recovery Program, VIC
- for “amby downs” album, liminal, to be self-released on vinyl

Live Performance

2026
-  opened for SUMAC (USA) on three dates of their Australian tour, VIC, QLD, SA
https://www.thenote.com.au/news/sumac-debut-australian-new-zealand-tour

2026
- WinterLive @ Abbotsford Convent, VIC
https://artsreview.com.au/winterlive-returns-to-abbotsford-convent/

2026
- Audible Edge Fest, Victoria Hall, WA. Seed Fund recipient.
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DXNleVrk--s/

2025
- APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards Ceremony, City Recital Hall, NSW - with group "grndwater"
https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about/supporting-the-industry/awards/2025-art-music-awards

2025
- "Music for Libraries 2" at Relit Festival, Sydney, curated by Lawrence English, NSW
https://events.humanitix.com/music-for-libraries-curated-by-lawrence-english-room40

2024 

- MONO 51: Amby Downs + Warren Burt, Institute of Modern Art, QLD
https://bneart.com/mono-51-amby-downs-warren-burt/

2023
Volume Festival, Art Gallery of New South Wales, NSW
- film projections
- live music performance

2022
Sol LeWitt:  Affinities and Resonances, Art Gallery of New South Wales, NSW
- performance of collaborative composition with Steve Gunn (USA)
https://artistprofile.com.au/sol-lewitt-affinities-and-resonances/

Published Writing

2026
- "Responsibility for the Brave", Debris Magazine (France/Australia) Issue 7
https://www.debrismag.com/shop-1/p/issue-06-no-nj75m

2025
- "Emerging from the Shadow of Unmarked Graves", Chutney Magazine (London, UK) Issue 4,
https://chutneymag.com/