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
- "occupation studies: ngayanhurra bayarral Birrarung (they tried to tame Birrarung)" - solo exhibition - Koorie Heritage Trust, VIC
https://kht.org.au/whats-on/exhibitions/occupation-studies/
- audiovisual work "they tried to tame Birrarung [excerpt]" - group exhibition - Rivermouth - Kings Artist Run, VIC
https://www.kingsartistrun.org.au/program/rivermouth/
- audiovisual work "Feral Deer In So-Called- Australia" - group exhibition - Animal Gift - Arts Projects Australia, VIC
https://www.artsproject.org.au/exhibitions/animal-gift/

2025
- "Occupation Studies: Agriculture" - solo exhibition, Brimbank Community Centre, VIC
https://creativebrimbank.com.au/occupation-studies-agriculture-exhibition-by-tahlia-palmer

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

2024
- Inaugural Creative in Residence at Public Records Office Victoria
https://prov.vic.gov.au/whats/creative-residence-program
- "Occupation Studies" - solo exhibition - Archives Centre Gallery, VIC
https://artsandculture.google.com/story/-gXBef74DApzmg
- audiovisual work "Murnong" - group exhibition - Not Natural - Science Gallery, University of Melbourne, VIC
melbourne.sciencegallery.com/not-natural-exhibits/murnong-all-times

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

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

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

Commissions and Grants

2026
- hosted workshop Noise, for Listening Through x Race Matters x fbi radio
https://www.fbi.radio/articles/features/introducing-listening-through-an-experimental-sound-syllabus
- 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
- 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
- commission: audiovisual composition "Look Intruder", Sydney Opera House, Unwrapped: Shortwave, NSW
stream.sydneyoperahouse.com/shortwave-new-screen-commissions-2024/videos/shortwave-tahlia-palmer-look-intruder-2024
- commission:  soundscape composition "garrawang + biderap: black field cricket mating song", AGNSW/Longform Editions, Volume Festival, Art Gallery of New South Wales, NSW
volume.sydney/event/threshold/

2023
- commission: soundscape composition for VR animation, in collaboration with Penelope Trappes (AUS/UK), There Exists - Studio ANRK (UK/GERMANY)
studioanrk.com/work/thereexists/
- commission: video projection "Murnong (Digging for Yam Daisy)" Peel St Park, Collingwood, Gertrude Street Projection Festival,  VIC
- commission: soundscape composition for projections by Victorian Aboriginal Health Service, Gertrude Street Projection Festival,  VIC

2022
- commission: audiovisual composition "ngunmal" - in collaboration with Joel Spring (Wiradjuri), Room 2 / BLEED Festival, VIC
- commision: audiovisual composition "I Am Holding My Breath", Liquid Architexture x Light @ ACMI, VIC
acmi.net.au/whats-on/light-works-from-tates-collection-exhibition/liquid-architecture-light/
- commission: sound composition "Looming change / Building fabric", in collaboration with Steve Gunn (USA), Art Gallery of NSW / Kaldor Projects, NSW
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, 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
- WinterLive @ Abbotsford Convent, VIC
https://artsreview.com.au/winterlive-returns-to-abbotsford-convent/
- 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
- opened for Joe Rainey (USA), The Substation, VIC
https://thesubstation.org.au/program/room-40-joe-rainey
-film projections, live music performance, Volume Festival, Art Gallery of New South Wales, NSW

2022
- performance of collaborative composition with Steve Gunn (USA), Sol LeWitt:  Affinities and Resonances, Art Gallery of New South Wales, NSW
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/