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Tia Ansell
Wellington-born artist Tia Ansell started her Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting) at Massey University, Wellington in 2014 and completed an Honours degree at the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, in 2018.
Employing the loom to explore intricate weaving techniques, Tia threads together narratives of observational patterns that exist within her urban surroundings. The patterns collected, function as a decorative motif, yet they represent the commonality between one another as materials, images and ideas are reduced to their most basic forms. Geometries demonstrating ideas of grids, repetition and familiarity are the link between the weaving pattern and painted image.
Based in Melbourne, her oeuvre has garnered international acclaim; Ansell won the National Gallery of Victoria prize in 2014 as well as the National Gallery of Victoria Women’s Association Award in 2017 and was the recipient of the Majlis travelling scholarship (2017) and Valerie Albiston scholarship (2015-2017), all before she had completed her BFA Honours degree.
In 2023, Tia was awarded a two-month residency at the Lottozero in Prato, Italy, a textile hub and design studio just outside of Florence where she was able to further her knowledge and experience working with textiles.
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