Tomasz Talaj (b.1964)

Biography
1964 Born Redditch, UK
1971 Arrived in Australia
1994 Bachelor of Arts - Industrial Design, RMIT, Melbourne
Commenced Architecture - University of Melbourne
1995 Moved to Paris, France
1996 Moved to Rio de Janeiro
2000 Returned to Australia where he currently lives and works in Adelaide, SA

Solo Exhibitions
2003 Adrift, Cube Contemporary Art, Adelaide
2002 Spraybots, Goya Galleries, SouthBank, Melbourne
Marks, Allan's Walk Art Space in conjunction with BRIT College, Bendigo
2001 Living Things, Span Galleries, Melbourne
2000 Frogs, NRE, Melbourne
1999 Morpho, Photophilia, Rio de Janeiro
1996 Underwater, Jean Ruffin, Paris
1990 Strokes, Galerie Surreal, Toorak, Melbourne

Selected Group Exhibitions
2004 Pucker, The Institute, Adelaide
2003 Eleven, Cube Contemporary Art, Adelaide
2002 Evolution Gallery, Adelaide
Chinese Connexion, Golden Dragon Museum
2001 Headlands, Dudley House, Bendigo
Waverley Woollahra Arts Centre, Bondi
1999 Armazem and Espaco Unibanco, Rio de Janeiro
1998 Four Walls and Jardim Botanico, Rio de Janeiro
1997 Photophilia, Rio de Janeiro
1995 Cafe Oz, Paris
1994 Libby Edwards Galleries, South Yarra, Melbourne
1992 Contemporary Art Australia & Associates, South Yarra, Melbourne
1991 Galerie Surreal, Toorak, Melbourne

Commissions
2002 Guan Yin Temple mural project, Bendigo, Victoria
2000 Pop Posters, Ebrapo, Rio de Janeiro
1992 Ceiling mural, SMR Productions, St Kilda

Reviews and Publications
John Neylon, 'Adrift', The Adelaide Review, January 2004, p. 30
Adam Dutkiewicz, 'Beauty of Death', The Advertiser, Adelaide, December 17, 2003, p. 94
Ben O'Connor, 'Spraybots at Goya', 3rrrFM, October, 2002
Wayne Gregson, Bendigo Advertiser, March 9, 2002
Emma Walker, 'Living Things', TODAY Goodlife column, The Age, 27 November, 2001
Kristian Ditlev Jensen, Interview re: underwater, Politiken, Copenhagen, May 1996