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Tamara Kirby - Queensland Community Artist


'as a provocateur of the dark, i bring the medium of puppetry into the adult realm ...'


Tamara Kirby - Strutharts

Tamara Kirby

Community Artist
Bachelor of Arts in Fine/Visual Arts
Griffith University, Brisbane.
Certificate IV Assessment & Workplace Training, Maroochydore
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Tamara's work confronts and examines social and political issues. She encourages exploration of of these issues by creating a forum for community voice.

Story
Mundubbera children and lanterns

Specifically, Tamara focuses on empowering minority and disadvantaged groups who are marginalised within rural and remote communities.

Recent Shadow Theatre Performances

Shadow Puppets
Football Shadow Puppet

2007

'Shadow Play' - Shadow Theatre in Short Film, Noosa, Qld

2004

'Girl with a Past' - Alice Springs Festival, Alice Springs, NT

2003

'The Debutante' - International Street Performers Festival, Noosa, Qld

2002

Creative Development with 10 Finger Theatre Company - Reykjavik, Iceland
'The Debutante' - Angry Mime, Powerhouse Brisbane, Qld
'The Debutante' - In conjunction with Linsey Pollak, Kin Kin

2001

'Mary Poppins' - Maryborough
'Small Poppies' - Theatrette Optus Playhouse QPAC, Brisbane
'Loose Lips' - 10 days on the Island Festival, Tasmania

2000

'Fleabag' - Banyo Festival, Brisbane
'Fleabag' - Qld Art Gallery, Brisbane
'The Owl & the Pussycat' - West End, Brisbane


Videos

Download excerpts from "The Debutante"

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Recent Workshops, Festivals and Theatre

Mary River Festival
Numinous Pelican
Southside Festival
Bull Sculpture
Street Puppets

2008

Artist in Residence - Mary River Festival, Gympie, Qld

2007

'Shadow Play' - Shadow Theatre in Short Film, Noosa, Qld
Artist in Residence - Xmas Lantern Parade, Noosa Junction, Qld
Artist in Residence - Gold Rush Festival, Gympie, Qld
Artist in Residence - Cerebral Palsy Art Camp, Brisbane, Qld
Artist in Residence - Kite Festival, Coolum, Qld
Artist in Residence - Bethlands Festival, Gympie, Qld
Concept Artist - Sunshine Coast Environmental Council, Nambour, Qld
Artist in Residence - Noosa Long Weekend Festival, Noosa, Qld
Flying Arts Workshops - Western Qld
Assistant Artist to Elizabeth Woods - Public Art Project, Hobart, Tas

2006

Artist in Residence - 3 Indigenous Communities, NT
Artist in Residence - Harbour Festival, Gladstone, Qld
Artist in Residence - Splash Festival, Maroochydore, Qld
Artist in Residence - ETA Flying Arts Camp, Brisbane, Qld
Artist in Residence - School of Long Distance Education Art Camp, Longreach, Qld
Artist in Residence - Cerebral Palsy Art Camp, Brisbane, Qld

2005

Flying Arts Outback Tour
Sculpture Workshops - Floating Land, Noosa, Qld
Flying Arts Winter Outback Tour
Artist in Residence - Southside Festival, Woolloongong, NSW
Artist in Residence - RADF Arts Queensland Conference

2004

Artist in Residence - Youth Week Festival, Deception Bay, Qld
Artist in Residence - Centenary Festival, Toowoomba, Qld
Artist in Residence - Splash Festival, Sunshine Coast, Qld
Artist in Residence - Alice Springs Festival, NT
Artist in Residence - Nordic Festival, Iceland

2003

'The Bunyip of Berkley's Creek' (Shadow Puppetry Workshop) - Trinity College, Gladstone
Printmaking Workshop - Barcaldine, Qld
Rockhampton Beef Festival - Rockhampton

2002

Sculpture Workshop - Noosa Regional Gallery Qld
Woodford Folk Festival Old - Visual Arts Team
Underbelly Performance Venue - Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland
Ombre & Lumiere (Sculpture/Fire Festival) Fecamp, France

2001

Federation - Children's Ship Building Project - Noosa Qld
Year of the Volunteers - Gympie Qld
Gympie Gold Rush - Gympie Qld
AMP Federation Celebrations - Noosa Qld
Cooran-Guran Festival - Cooran Qld
Federation Celebrations - Gympie Qld

2000

Mundubbera Festival - Mundubbera Qld
'Out of the Box' Children's Festival - Brisbane Qld
Fire & Water Festival - Mitchell Qld
Cooran-Guran Festival - Cooran Qld
La Boite Theatre 'Skin Deep' - Brisbane Qld
Ipswich Festival - Ipswich Qld

Recent Exhibitions

Witch story

2003

Co-ordinator and Curator of a National Touring Exhibition - '3Space - 21st Century Indigenous Explorers' - Cooroy Butter Factory Qld

2001

'Dialogue' Brine Gallery, Butter Factory, Cooroy, Qld
Peoplescape Project - Parliament House, Canberra, ACT

Public Art

2003

Eumundi Historical Society 'Streetscape' in Memorial Avenue, Eumundi, Qld
National Heritage Trust 'Art & Text' Sculpture for wildlife corridor on Sunshine Coast Qld


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