Tasmanian artist
CHI LING TABART
Chi-Ling Hsieh (Taiwanese birth name)
Born 1978, Taiwan
Lives and works in Hobart, Tasmanian
Chi-Ling Tabart grew up in South Taiwan. There she trained in traditional painting and completed a graphic design degree. She worked as a graphic designer in Taiwan for 6 years before relocating to Australian in 2006. She later moved to Tasmanian where she taught herself wood sculpting and still works as a graphic designer.
Wood carving began as a hobby when Chi-Ling taught herself in late 2012. She works in timber to create detailed, hand crafted, whimsical characters. She combines imagination and sentiment to give viewers a sense of her thoughts about present and past life and old stories from her hometown. She select recycled or off-cut timber and then hand carves and polishes them into art sculptures with the unique patterns and original colours of the wood. Chi-Ling’s work is held by private collectors and public institutions in Australia and overseas.
Solo Exhibitions:
2015 ArtBoy Gallery, Prahran, Victoria
2018 The Existence of Ghosts
Lightbox, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, Tasmania
2019 Preserved
SideSpace Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, Tasmania
Group Exhibitions:
2016 Finalist – Contemporary Small Sculpture Award,
Deakin University, Victoria.
Winner - People’s Choice Award
A Part of Me - acquired.
2016 Rupert Gallery, Hobart Group exhibition
2018 Finalist – Contemporary Small Sculpture Award,
Deakin University, Victoria.
There’s plenty of fish in the sea
2020 Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize, New South Wales
Awards and Grants:
Finalist – 2016 Contemporary Small Sculpture Award,
Deakin University, Victoria.
Winner - People’s Choice Award
A Part of Me - acquired.