Taiwanese Australian Artist
About
Chi Ling Tabart is a sculptor based in Hobart, Tasmania. She works in timber to create detailed, hand crafted, whimsical characters. Her characters combine imagination, sentiment and folklore to interpret issues about our environment and the lives we inhabit. Chi-Ling’s work is held by private collectors and public institutions in Australia and overseas.
Chi Ling Tabart grew up in South Taiwan. She trained in traditional painting and completed a graphic design degree. She worked as a graphic designer in Taiwan before relocating to Australian in 2006. She later moved to Tasmanian where she taught herself wood sculpting and still works as a graphic designer.
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions:
2022 Inner Eddies, SideSpace Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart Tasmania
2020 Fall, Lightbox, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart Tasmania
2019 Preserved, SideSpace Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart Tasmania
2018 The Existence of Ghosts, Lightbox, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart Tasmania
Group Exhibitions:
2024 Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, Deakin University, Victoria
2023 – 2024 Making Space, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
2020 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, New South Wales
2020 Stanthorpe Art Prize, Queensland
2018 Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, Deakin University, Victoria
2016 Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, Deakin University, Victoria
2016 Rupert Gallery, Group exhibition, Hobart Tasmania
2015 ArtBoy Gallery, Prahran, Victoria
Awards and Grants:
2016 Winner – People’s Choice Award. Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, Deakin University, Victoria
A Part of Me – acquired by Deakin University
Commissioned projects:
2020 Sculpture, Scout and Ban
2019 Sculpture, Echidnas
2017 Wood Brooch, Owl
2017 Sculpture, A cup of coffee with a black soul
2016 Sculpture, An Aries Girl
2016 Sculpture, Fox