How it all started

Tia Alysse is a full-time artist living in the Macedon Ranges with a gallery in Malmsbury. Sketching in her free time, Tia is rarely without a pencil or paintbrush in hand. She has always had a strong passion for drawing and a love for animals, leading her to incorporate the two in her current work. 

She studied at John Marsden’s arts-based secondary school, Alice Miller, aspiring to become a vet she also realised a future as an artist. She began studying veterinary science at university in 2019 working on her artwork in her free time. Tia has been selling her work commercially since late 2016, selling her work through commercial galleries and interior design stores and through her own studio.

Tia aims to make her work accessible to a wide audience, suited to modern and country decor. She chooses to explore a wide range of mediums to further develop her individual style. Her work aims to highlight the biodiversity at risk in an era of human-driven mass extinction her work aims to inspire reverence for the natural world and action to defend what we have left. Tia’s work draws upon research, and on-the-ground experience volunteering in local wildlife shelters. 

ARTISTS STATEMENT 

I am a visual artist and activist with a focus on the environment and how people engage with it. I am concerned about humankind’s impact on planet Earth. Through my art, I hope to instigate social change that benefits humanity and the environment. My wish is that my art will inspire hope despite the massive challenges we face.

I try to make art that gently facilitates thought, starts a conversation, and initiates change. Art can present new ideas in an engaging way and as the world is facing so many challenges right now.

Curriculum Vitae - CV

I am an artist, painter, sole trader. My art career began in my high school at Alice Miller’s annual art show, where all five pieces I had entered, sold. I then sought out placement in a local commercial gallery where I displayed work for over a year, followed by two solo exhibitions at another local gallery. 

I enjoy personally meeting clients and getting feedback from them, so from 2019 onwards I sold art directly from my home studio. I sought out further retail stores that would display my work as a way of reaching new people and joined the DROMOS Open Studios program. I rented a gallery in 2020 for around 8 months but due to COVID-19 lockdowns it was impossible to maintain, so I have had to scale down, I now work out of my home studio again. 

Recently I’ve displayed works in my local Macedon Ranges, and my partners neighbourhood of Hobsons Bay. By hosting one on one classes, asking to show work in cafes and being a featured artist at local music and arts festivals. However historically most of my sales come from my studio, where I have a chance to personally showcase work and connect with my clients

EDUCATION 

2016 - 2017 

Alice Miller Arts-based Secondary School (Macedon, Victoria)

2019

La Trobe University, Studying, Bachelor of Veterinary Science (Bundoora, Victoria)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS SHOWS AND PRIZES

2018 

Highly Commended, Trentham Easter Art show 

2018

Kyneton Daffodil Festival

2019

DMROS Members Exhibition Convent Gallery Daylesford

2022

“A little birdie told me…” Group exhibition - The Old Auction House Gallery Kyneton April - May

2023

Bacchus Marsh Rotary Art Show - June 10 - 12

2023

Fifty Squared Art Prize - Brunswick Street Gallery 24 June - July 7

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017

Works of Art gallery in Kyneton, Australia (176 Mollison St, Kyneton, Victoria, 3444)

2018 

Emerging Artist

‘Birds of a Feather’, Old Auction House gallery (52-56 Mollison St, Kyneton, Victoria, 3444) 

2019 

DMROS Open Studios Artist (59 Rogers Drive Kyneton, Victoria, 3444)

2020

Tia Alysse Art Gallery Malmsbury (69 Mollison St, Mlamsbury, Victoria, 3446)

PRESS - PRINT

Daylesford Macedon Life Spring/Summer 2022/2023 | Volume 5 Issue 3. Page 22

https://daylesfordmacedonlife.com.au/magazine/seasonal-magazine-spring-summer-2022-23/

Star Weekly - My Place: Tia Alysse
https://sunburymacedonranges.starweekly.com.au/news/my-place-tia-alysse/
16.01.2022

The Local Daylesford and Macedon Ranges l Issue 147 April 8, 2019  pg. 4

https://issuu.com/dhslocal/docs/the_local_easter_2019_complete

Macedon Ranges Naturally Cool commercial 2019

https://www.visitmacedonranges.com/see-do/arts-culture/galleries-artists/

WORKS DISPLAYED IN

Aesop's Attic (2019 - present, 70 High St, Kyneton, Victoria, 3444)

Gisborne Market (2019)

Alex Muir (2019, 30 Piper St, Kyneton, Victoria, 3444)

The Newmarket Hotel (2019, 98/100 Mollison St, Kyneton, Victoria, 3444)

Kodama Cafe (2021 during lockdown, 69-71 Stevedore St, Williamstown, Victoria, 3016)

Melbourne Boat Sales (2021 - Present, 61 Victoria Harbour Promenade, Docklands, Victoria, 3008)

Saba Wax and Beauty (64A Stevedore St, Williamstown, Victoria, 3016) 2021 to present day

Najé House Holiday stay (19 Jinker Way, Romsey, VIC, 3434) 2022

Malmsbury Barn House B&B (4 Wills St, Malmsbury, VIC, 3446) 2022