Kirsty Tinkler (b.1971 Australia) studied Sculpture at the Royal College of Art (2007- 09) and The National Art School, Sydney (1995-98). She spent her early career creating large sculptural installations. In 2004, she received a travel bursary to represent Australia at the ART/OMI International Artistís Colony in New York and in the same year completed an outdoor work in Brooklyn. Tinkler has been resident in the UK for the past 7 years.
Responding to her architectural environments, her work has shifted from the clean lines of the new world, to the classicism of London. Her work references the historical language inherent in architectural features, subtly questioning the implications of its usage and its place in the continuity of the western identity and outlook.
SOLO EXHIBITION
2011 Hoist, UCS Waterfront Gallery, Ipswich, UK
2011 brochure (4) ‘Fixing and Fastening’, Vitrine Gallery, London.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBTIONS
2011 Small Scale Survival, Aid & Abet, Cambridge
2010 Hybird, Vitrine Gallery, London
2010 A Collaboration, The Woodmill Project Space, London
2010 Seventeen, Shift Gallery, London
2009 Basement Projects, Fred Gallery, London
2007 Journey of Exchange, Oxford House, London
2005 ART/OMI Retrospective, Cell Block, East Sydney
2004 BWAC Outdoor Sculpture, Dumbo, New York
2004 Sculpture in the Vines, Hunter Valley, NSW
2004 Spectrum 2004 Parliament House, Sydney
2004 Sculpture 2004 Campbelltown Regional Gallery, NSW
2003 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Sydney
2003 Threads, Two Step Gallery, Newtown
2002 Sculpting the Urban, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, NSW
2002 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Sydney
2001 Sculpture in the City, Martin Place, Sydney
2001 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Sydney
2000 Orientation Sculpture Walk, Sydney University, Sydney
2000 An Appointment with Reality, Sir Hermann Black Gallery, Sydney
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2010 Brazierís International Workshop, Oxfordshire
2007 Shining Cliff Residency, Derbyshire, UK
2004 Art/Omi Artistís Colony, New York
2002 Honourable Mention, Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney
2001 Emerging Artistís Grant, Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney
1999 Young Sculptors Honourable Mention, Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney
1998 Graduating Sculpture Prize, National Art School, Sydney
