EDUCATION
2005 - Master of Fine Arts, Honours, Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, New Zealand
2002 - Design for Performance, Stage 1, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
2001 - Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, New Zealand
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 - TBA, Serbia
2023 - ‘Monumento', Rubicon ARI, Melbourne, Australia
2020 - 2021 'The Gathering (Contained)', Assembly Point, Melbourne, Australia
2019 - ‘Unfold’, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2018 - ‘Blueming II’, Biennale of Australian Art, Ballarat, Australia
2017 - ‘Bound’, Center for Visual Arts, Gallery Reflektor, Uzice, Serbia
2016 - ‘Blossoming Diversions’, Bridge 38, Melbourne, Australia
2016 - ‘Break Off’ performance, BLINDSIDE Festival - On the Verge, Melbourne, Australia
2016 - ‘Blooms of Hesperides’, Rubicon ARI, Melbourne, Australia
2015 - 'Impressions of Eris’, Ranfurlie Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2014 - ‘Apple of Discord Project’, Hanging Space, River Studios, Melbourne, Australia
2011 - 'Peel' installation & performance, Café Urgency - An event by David Lakein and The Little Con, The SUBSTATION, Melbourne, Australia
2006 - 'The Story Teller - Time Machines', Whitespace Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2005 - 'Time Machines’, MFA exhibition, Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland University, New Zealand
2003 - ‘Prologue’, Wellington Girls College Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2003 - ‘Bounce’, Civic Square, Capital E, Wellington, New Zealand
2001 - ‘Tula’, George Frazer Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2021 - Finalist, Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Gymea, NSW, Australia
2020 - City of Melbourne Arts Grant
2019 - Finalist, Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Gymea, NSW, Australia
2018 - Winner, BOAA Blue Award, Biennale of Australian Art, Ballarat, Australia
2017 - Artist in residence, Centre for Visual Arts, Uzice, Serbia
2015 - Finalist, M Collection Art Award, Melbourne, Australia
2011 - 2022 - Artist in Residence, River Studios, City of Melbourne Creative spaces program, Melbourne, Australia
2003 - Artist in residence, Wellington Girls College, Wellington, New Zealand
2000 - Finalist, international contemporary art award ’Eremi, Silenzi E Voci’, Chieti, Italy
BIBLIOGRAPHY / PRESS
2024 - MONUMENTO - Art, Protest and Memory in the time of the Great Cancellation, Exhibition catalogue essay by K. E. Roussos, Independent Art Curator
2022 -The Tension of The Soul, 2021, Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Exhibition catalogue, page 63
2019 - UNFOLD, exhibition essay by Kim Anderson, artist and curator
2019 - UNFOLD, Counihan Gallery exhibition program
2019 - Bound - Anima Inverted, Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Exhibition publication, page 70-73
2018 - BLUEIMNG II, Featured on BOAA 2018 Biennale of Australian Art - The installation, video, Sept 19
2018 - ABS News, BLUEMING II featured on Ballarat recasts itself as the 'Venice of Australian Art', video, Sept 23
2018 - BLUEMING II, BOAA Art catalogue, page 146 - 147
2017 - GLASNIK - Dnevnik zapadne Srbije, 28 August
2017 - DANAS Newspaper, Bound exhibition review by N. Kovačević, 29 August
2017 - BOUND - A New Exhibition by Tatjana Este at Gallery Reflektor in Uzice, Serbia, August, 2017
2017 - PASAZ Magazine/portal for culture and society featuring BOUND exhibition, review by M. Nikolić, 28 August 2017
2016 - Blindside Festival Guide, Break Off - Page 26
2015 - Apple of Discord, exhibition article by P. M. Jenkins, Stance Media
2006 - The Story Teller - Time Machines, Exhibition essay, Whitespace Gallery, July 2006
2006 - Time Machines featured on Nightline News, TV3, report by David Farrier, July 2006, NZ
2006 - Time Out Magazine , Auckland, 13 to19 July 2006, Page 21
2003 - Dominion Post, Wellington, Wednesday, 5th of March Page A5 – ‘On the Ball’
2003 - Capital Times, Volume 28, No 24, February 26, 2003 Page 11 – ‘Bouncy Bouncy’
2001 - North Shore Times, Auckland, - Exhibition “Who Is the Next” February 22, 2001
2000 - Catalog, ’Eremi, Silenzi E Voci’, Copresso Archeologico La Civitella, ITALY, Page 93
COLLECTIONS
UVUU - Center for Visual Arts, Uzice, Serbia
ARTEmisia - Associazione Culturalle per la promozione delle arti visivi, Provincia di Chieti, Italy
Private collections - Australia, New Zealand, Serbia, Switzerland
CURRICULUM VITAE
TATJANA ESTE
Born in Uzice, Yugoslavia. Lives and works in Melbourne, Australia.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 - Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Gymea, NSW, Australia
2019 - Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Gymea, NSW, Australia
2019 - The Artbox, Sydney Contemporary art fair, Sydney, Australia
2018 - ‘Doba Obnove 2’, UVUU - Center for Visual Arts, Gallery Reflektor, Serbia
2017 - The Artbox Biennial Exhibition, Sagra Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2016 - Artists For Kids Culture, Brightspace Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2015 - ‘The Mad Minute’, Rubicon ARI, Melbourne, Australia
2015 - Creative Spaces Studio Exhibition, The Dirty Dozen, Melbourne, Australia
2015 - M Collection Art Award, Gallerysmith, Melbourne, Australia
2010 - 'MS Ellis Regrets She is Unable to Lunch today '
North Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2006 - End Of Year, Whitespace Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2006 - 'Crossing the line', EA Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2005 - Masters exhibition, Stanbeth House Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2003 - ‘Nouveau’ - CBD, Wellington, New Zealand
2002 - 'Summer Hanging' Grantham Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand
2001 - 'Small one' George Frazer Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2001 - Studio Arte, Viewing Place, Zurich, Switzerland
2001 - 'Untitled', Gallery 2021, Auckland, New Zealand
2001 - ‘Who Is the Next‘, North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand
2000 - 'Portrait', ASA Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2000 - International Contemporary Art Award, It 'Il Guerriero di Capestrano - Eremi, Silenzi E Voci’, Chieti, Italy
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS AND PROJECTS
2017 - Present - Freelance art educator, children and adult art classes
2016 - Teacher, Drawn to Abstraction - adult art classes, The Assembly Rooms, Melbourne, Australia
2016 - Teacher, children art classes, The Assembly Rooms, Melbourne, Australia
2015 - Guest artist and educator, Korowa Anglican Girls School, Melbourne, Australia
2015 - Commission art work, ArtBox Artclub, Melbourne, Australia
2011 - 2014 - Teacher, Drawing And Painting for Beginners - adult art classes, Melbourne Studio of Art, Melbourne, Australia
2011 - 2014 - Teacher and program coordinator - children art classes, Art Encounters, Melbourne, Australia
2007 - 2011 - Tutor, Private art mentoring, New Zealand and Australia
2007 - Image design consultancy and art commission, Locker Group, Auckland, New Zealand
2005 - Painting commission, Auckland Maritime Museum, New Zealand
2005 - Stage designer, ‘Scentless Apprentice’- SILO Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand
2004 - Interior design consultancy, Capital E Foyer, Capital E, Wellington, New Zealand
2003 - Tutor, Wellington Girls College, Wellington, New Zealand
2003 - Guest artist, ‘Bounce Festival’ Capital E, Wellington, New Zealand
2002 - Assistant stage designer, ‘Salto’- Under Lilly’s Balcony, Massey University, New Zealand
2002 - Stage designer and tutor - ‘MASSIVE DMV’, Capital E, Wellington, New Zealand
2002 - Stage design and costumes, ‘House with Two Doors is Difficult to Guard’, Studio 77, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand
2001 - Window installation, Gallery 2021, Auckland, New Zealand
