Neon Parc | Teelah George

Teelah George was born in 1984 in Boorloo/Perth, Australia. Lives and works between Boorloo/Perth and Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.

Teelah George’s practice employs paint, textile, bronze and found objects, responding to glitches and slippages in the documentation and recounting of history and memory. Drawing on historical records and visual art, she has an ongoing interest in material culture, as well as collections and archives as a point of departure in her practice.

Teelah unpacks historical understandings of material relationships and the stories that they tell. Engaging with specific ideas, objects or works, she aims to subvert material and contextual hierarchies in an effort to create new potentialities.

Teelah George, 'Sky Piece, falling (Melbourne, Perth)', 2020-2021. Linen, thread, bronze, 276 x 309 cm, 58 cm, bronze element 234 x 178 x 7.5 cm.

Selected works (28)

Exhibitions (2)

‘Theory of pearl’
Brunswick
11 Apr.–17 May.
2025

‘The Weight’
City
10 Jul.–3 Aug.
2019

Curriculum vitae (PDF)

Recent Solo exhibitions

2025: ‘Theory of Pearl’, Neon Parc, Melbourne
2022: ‘The Rose has Teeth in the Mouth of the Beast’, Laree Payne Gallery, Hamilton, New Zealand
2019: ‘The Weight’, Neon Parc, Melbourne
2018: ‘A soft gap’, Gallery 9, Sydney
2017: ‘Lovers’ Ponytails’, Orexart, Auckland, NZ
2016: ‘Yellowing’, Feltspace, Adelaide; ‘The Changing of the Valves’, Schoolhouse Studios, Melbourne; ‘Sleazy Vignette’, Rubicon ARI, Melbourne
2015: ‘Face Vase and Rag Painting’, Bus Projects, Melbourne; ‘Between the objects to be fastened’, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne
2014: ‘Daily exercise’, PICA studio 1, Perth; ‘Use to stop doors from rattling in frames’, Venn Gallery, Perth
2013: ‘Meatworks Men’s Qrtrs’, OK Gallery, Northbridge, Perth

Selected group exhibitions

2024: ‘Radical Textiles’, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; ‘Future Remains: The 2024 Macfarlane Commissions’, Australian Centre of Contemporary Art, Melbourne; ‘Inner Sanctum: 18th Adelaide Biennial’, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
2023: ‘Frozen Blood’, Neon Parc, Melbourne; ‘Melbourne Now’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; ‘Sydney Contemporary’, Neon Parc, Sydney
2022: ‘Pliable Planes’, University of New South Wales Gallery, Sydney and touring venues
2021: ‘Love in Bright Landscapes’, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth
2020: ‘House Arrest’, Neon Parc, Melbourne
2019: ‘Here and Now: Material Culture’, LWAG, Perth; ‘Ritual’, There is, Perth
2018: ‘No Second Thoughts’, Lawrence Wilson Gallery, Perth; ‘Sydney Contemporary’, Gallery 9, Sydney; ‘Melbourne Art Fair’, Neon Parc, Melbourne
2017: ‘Groupie’, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney; ‘Paint17’, Artereal Gallery, Sydney; ‘Spring 1883’, Neon Parc, The Establishment Hotel, NSW; ‘Primavera 2017: Young Australian Artists’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; ‘Ramsay Art Prize exhibition’, AGSA, SA; ‘Artist Profile: Australasian Painters 2007 – 2017’, NSW; ‘Our Studio Selves’, Artspace, Sydney; ‘Anna Calder-Teelah Geroge-Fiona Schoer’, CAVES, Melbourne; ‘Project 17: Radical Immanence’, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne
2016: ‘Methods for making eye contact’, First Draft, Sydney; ‘New Strokes’, Gallery 9, Sydney; ‘All-Seeing Eyes by the Beige Garden Bed’, Pet Projects, Perth
2015: ‘Epic Narratives’, PICA, Perth; ‘Getting Things Done’, Fontanelle Gallery, Adelaide
2014: ‘Horizon: Exploring the west coast with The Clipperton Project’, Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth; ‘Summer Show’, Venn Gallery, Perth; ‘WIN/WIN’, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide; ‘Will to Keep’, 107 projects / Archive Space, Sydney; ‘Painting is dead; long live painting’, Melody Smith Gallery, Perth; ‘Thematic Mapping’, MOANA Project Space, Perth

Awards

2017: Finalist, The Ramsay Art Prize AGSA, SA
2016: Finalist, John Stringer Prize, WA
2015: Finalist, Bankwest Invitation Art Prize, WA; Winner non-acquisitive prize, FAC Print Award, WA; Finalist, Biennial Guirguis New Art Prize, Post Office Gallery, Ballarat, VIC
2014: Overall winner, City of Joondalup Invitation Art Award, WA; Finalist, Town of Victoria Park Art Awards, WA; Finalist, Rick Amor Drawing Prize, VIC
2013: Semi Finalist, Doug Moran Portrait Prize, NSW; Finalist, Fremantle Print Awards, WA

Residencies

2015: Artsource Artspace Residency, Sydney
2014: PICA AIR Program, Perth
2013: AIR Program, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle

Collections

Artbank, Australia
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
University of Western Australia, Perth
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Cruthers Collection of Womens Art, Perth
City of Joondalup Collection, Perth
Macquarie Bank Collection, Australia
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania
Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne

Selected Bibliography

Gemma Weston ‘Teelah George’, Primavera Catalogue, 2017.
Kylie Maslen, ‘Hang me up on a wall –invisible illness reflections and the Ramsay Art Prize’, Fineprint Issue #12, 2017.
Briony Dawes, ‘What next’, Art Collector, Jul-Sep Issue, 2017.
Ted Snell, Artist Profile Feature, Issue 35 IMPRINT magazine, Feature cover artist, March 2016.
Ted Snell, ‘Artist to Watch’, SCOOP Homes and Art, Summer 2015.
Lauren Rogers, ‘Progressive Printmaking’, IMPRINT Vol 50 #4 2015.
Sarah McNeil, ‘Banner’s final flutter’, Post Newspaper, Sep 26th 2015.
Gemma Weston ‘Getting Things Done’ Broadsheet,015.
Maura Edmond, ‘Interview, Face Vase and Rag Painting,’ PRIMER, 7, 2015.
Glenn Barkley ‘Teelah George Shannon Lyons Clare Peake’ Win Win catalogue, 2014.
Sarah Werkmeister ’Preview: Win Win’ Art Guide, September-October 2014.
Gemma Weston ‘Teelah George’ Use to stop doors from rattling in frames Catalogue 2014.
Jasmin Stephens / Elli Walsh ‘Platform’ ARTAND, May 2014
Sarah McNeill, ‘Artist re-creates obscured memories’ Post 2013
Kate Mullen, ‘A Navigation of Negative Space’ Thematic Mapping Catalogue, 2013
Laetitia Wilson, ‘Unease on the brink of doom’, West Australian, 2013
Christina Chau, ‘Teelah George: Meatworks Mens Qrtrs’, The Ugliest Man Competition Catalogue 2013.

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Teelah George, 'Clock (a second, a second second, a third)', 2019–2022. Thread, linen, bronze, Five elements, 243 x 422 cm (irregular).

Teelah George, 'Clock (a second, a second second, a third)' (detail), 2019–2022. Thread, linen, bronze, Five elements, 243 x 422 cm (irregular).

Teelah George, 'In an attempt to read quiet waves', 2023. Thread, linen, bronze, 168 x 119 x 5 cm (irregular).

Teelah George, 'Green Compression', 2023. Thread, linen, bronze, 41 x 47 x 5 cm (irregular).

Teelah George, 'Blue Shiner', 2023. Thread, linen, bronze, 40 x 46 x 5 cm (irregular).

Teelah George, 'Cool air moving through cracked brickwork', 2023. Thread, linen, bronze, 48 x 44 x 5 cm (irregular).

Teelah George, 'The End of Paris Blue', 2023. Thread, linen, bronze, 59.5 x 55.5 x 5 cm (irregular).

Teelah George, 'Sky Piece, falling (Melbourne, Perth)', 2020-2021. Linen, thread, bronze, 276 x 309 cm, 58 cm, bronze element 234 x 178 x 7.5 cm.

Teelah George, 'Sky Piece, falling (Melbourne, Perth)' (detail), 2020-2021. Linen, thread, bronze, 276 x 309 cm, 58 cm, bronze element 234 x 178 x 7.5 cm.

Teelah George, 'Saffron', 2019. Thread on cloth, 172 x 121 cm.

Teelah George, 'Future Greenery', 2018. Thread, linen, bronze, 150 x 130 cm.

Teelah George, 'Petal', 2021. Thread, linen, bronze, 123 x 100 cm.

Teelah George, 'Night sky corner', 2017. Oil, cotton twine on canvas, 46 x 38 cm.

Teelah George, 'Prayer Lesson 1', 2018-19. Thread and bronze on linen, 69 x 56 cm.

Teelah George, 'Prayer Lesson 5', 2018-19. Thread and bronze on linen, 69 x 56 cm.

Teelah George, 'Prayer Lesson 2', 2018-19. Thread and bronze on linen, 69 x 56 cm.

Teelah George, 'Prayer Lesson 3', 2018-19. Thread and bronze on linen, 69 x 56 cm.

Teelah George, 'Prayer Lesson 4', 2018-19. Thread and bronze on linen, 69 x 56 cm.

Teelah George, 'Sky Piece (Perth, Belfast, Paris)', 2018-19. Thread and bronze on linen, 160 x 160 cm.

Teelah George, 'The Weight', 2018-19. Thread, linen, bronze (irregular), 155 x 160 cm.

Teelah George, 'The Weight', 2019. Installation view.

Teelah George, Sky Piece (Cottesloe), 2020, thread on linen, 138 x 125 cm

Teelah George, 'Sky Piece, falling (Melbourne, Perth)', 2020-2021. Installation view, 'Pliable Planes: Expanded Textiles and Fibre Practices', UNSW Galleries, Sydney, 2022.

Teelah George, 'Blue biro', 2018-19. Thread on linen with bronze, 250 x 220 cm.