Tanija & Graham Carr
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B. 1949, Perth, Western Australia & 1945, Blackpool, England
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Parliament House, Canberra, Australia
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia
Claremont School of Art, Perth, Australia
City of Fremantle Collection, Fremantle, Australia
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia
Bullseye Glass Company Collection, OR
Donna Karan, New York, NY
The Contemporary Museum, HI
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Ambiguous Associations, Habatat Galleries, VA
Korean International Arts Fair, Seoul (Gaffer Studio, Hong Kong)
2001-6 Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Exhibition, Chicago, IL
2006 Solo Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, FL
2005 Approximations of Then, FORM Contemporary Craft & Design, Perth, Western
Australia
Transformations: The Language of Craft, The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra,
Australia
2004 Clay Glass Wood Metal Fibre, The Contemporary Museum, HI
Paprika Coloured Country, Framed Gallery, Darwin NT Australia
2002 Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Forum, New York, NY
Solo Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Florida
1999 Solo Exhibition, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, Australia
Everyday Changes, Lawrence Wilson Gallery, University of Western Australia
1998 Nature as Object, 3rd Australian International Crafts Triennial, Art Gallery of Western
Australia
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2006 Ryder, Julie. “Transformations: The Language of Craft.” Textile Fibre Forum. No. 81
McGrath, Judith. “Approximations of Then, New Forms by Tanija and Graham Carr.”Art
Seen in Western Australia
2005 Stewart, Mary. Launching the Imagination: A Comprehensive Guide to Basic Design,
Second Edition, McGraw Hill
Bell, Robert. Transformations: The Language of Craft. National Gallery of Australia
Hinchcliffe, Meredith. “Transformations: Narrative, Materiality, Structure.” ARTONVIEW
Issue 44, Summer 2005, National Gallery of Australia
Nicholls, Andrew. “The Distinctive Collaboration of Tanija and Graham Carr.” FORM
Magazine. Edition 3
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Tanija and Graham Carr are Australian artists, both former architects who have been working in collaboration for over 25 years. Working primarily in the medium of leather, they produce small to large sculptural forms with the ambiguity of form, surface and material, being central to the work. The labour intensive nature of the work allows for the production of only 8 - 10 pieces per year. The artists have been exhibiting in the United States, with 7 solo exhibitions over the past 12 years.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Parliament House, Canberra, Australia
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia
Claremont School of Art, Perth, Australia
City of Fremantle Collection, Fremantle, Australia
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia
Bullseye Glass Company Collection, OR
Donna Karan, New York, NY
The Contemporary Museum, HI
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Ambiguous Associations, Habatat Galleries, VA
Korean International Arts Fair, Seoul (Gaffer Studio, Hong Kong)
2001-6 Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Exhibition, Chicago, IL
2006 Solo Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, FL
2005 Approximations of Then, FORM Contemporary Craft & Design, Perth, Western
Australia
Transformations: The Language of Craft, The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra,
Australia
2004 Clay Glass Wood Metal Fibre, The Contemporary Museum, HI
Paprika Coloured Country, Framed Gallery, Darwin NT Australia
2002 Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Forum, New York, NY
Solo Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Florida
1999 Solo Exhibition, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, Australia
Everyday Changes, Lawrence Wilson Gallery, University of Western Australia
1998 Nature as Object, 3rd Australian International Crafts Triennial, Art Gallery of Western
Australia
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2006 Ryder, Julie. “Transformations: The Language of Craft.” Textile Fibre Forum. No. 81
McGrath, Judith. “Approximations of Then, New Forms by Tanija and Graham Carr.”Art
Seen in Western Australia
2005 Stewart, Mary. Launching the Imagination: A Comprehensive Guide to Basic Design,
Second Edition, McGraw Hill
Bell, Robert. Transformations: The Language of Craft. National Gallery of Australia
Hinchcliffe, Meredith. “Transformations: Narrative, Materiality, Structure.” ARTONVIEW
Issue 44, Summer 2005, National Gallery of Australia
Nicholls, Andrew. “The Distinctive Collaboration of Tanija and Graham Carr.” FORM
Magazine. Edition 3
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Tanija and Graham Carr are Australian artists, both former architects who have been working in collaboration for over 25 years. Working primarily in the medium of leather, they produce small to large sculptural forms with the ambiguity of form, surface and material, being central to the work. The labour intensive nature of the work allows for the production of only 8 - 10 pieces per year. The artists have been exhibiting in the United States, with 7 solo exhibitions over the past 12 years.