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'as a provocateur of the dark, i bring the medium of puppetry
into the adult realm ...'
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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. |
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Specifically, Tamara focuses on empowering minority and disadvantaged groups who are marginalised within rural and remote communities.
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Recent Shadow Theatre Performances


2007 |
'Shadow Play' - Shadow Theatre in Short Film, Noosa, Qld
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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
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Recent Workshops, Festivals and Theatre





2008 |
Artist in Residence - Mary River Festival, Gympie, Qld
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Recent Exhibitions
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2003 |
Co-ordinator and Curator of a National Touring
Exhibition - '3Space - 21st Century Indigenous Explorers' - Cooroy Butter Factory Qld
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2001 |
'Dialogue' Brine Gallery, Butter Factory, Cooroy, Qld
Peoplescape Project - Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
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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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