TAI SNAITH
"If the richness of mythology, the mysteries of the forest with their naked women and the intimacies of flowers start to make the air too rarified, we are brought back to earth with a gentle thud of domesticity and interior life: paintings of little cruets and other vessels meticulously sourced from second hand shops, and, especially, the breakfast she shares with her son each morning – avocado and vegemite on soldier toasts, with boiled egg. There’s a gentle humility in this and all Tai Snaith’s work. She dares to think deeply and randomly, to explore the heights and depths of humanity, but remains always connected with the realities of daily life."
Olivia Meehan, 2025
BIOGRAPHY
Tai Snaith is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts and has held solo exhibitions since 2009 in both commercial and public galleries including Heide Museum of Modern Art, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, the Art Gallery of Ballarat, the State Library of Victoria, Bayside Gallery Brighton; and ARI’s including Long Division Gallery at Schoolhouse Studios, Bus Projects, C3 gallery, Chapter House Lane Gallery, Kings ARI, Blindside and West Space. She was highly commended in The Churchie Emerging Arts Prize (2015) and is a recipient of a Bundanon Residency (2024), the Australia Council for the Arts New Work Grant (2018) Banyule Art Award for works on paper (2013), the Australia Council for the Arts Tokyo Studio Residency (2013). Tai has been a finalist in the Portia Geach Memorial Award, Bayside Painting Prize, Salon de Refuses at S.H. Ervin Gallery, Len Fox Painting Prize, Woolhara Small Sculpture Prize, Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, Marquette: Sculpture Award at McClelland Gallery (forthcoming) and the World Illustration Awards (London).
Tai has curated and produced projects and public commissions including the inaugural public sculpture commission ‘Train of Life’ for Mitchell Shire (2025), 'Memory Palaces' public sculpture commission for Great Victorian Rail trail (2023), the Metro Tunnel x Royal Botanic Gardens (2020), State Library of Victoria (major commission 2018), ACCA (podcast 2018 and ongoing), the Melbourne Art Fair (2008), New Wave Festival (2006) and the Emerging Writers Festival (2007). She has published seven children’s books with Thames and Hudson since 2012. Her work is held in the collections of Artbank, the National Gallery of Australia, the State Library of Victoria, Bayside City Council Arts and Heritage Centre as well as public and private collections.
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TAI SNAITH PROFILED IN BROADSHEET FOR MECCA COLLABORATION
Meet the Artist Behind the Other-Worldly Butterflies and Insects in Mecca’s 2026 Holiday Artwork Tai Snaith It started with Tai Snaith pouring inks and watercolours in her Abbotsford studio – soon it’ll be all over your holiday gifts. In partnership with Mecca, we chat to the Melbourne artist about the joyful commission and being part…
TAI SNAITH 2026 MECCA HOLIDAY ARTIST
Meet Tai Snaith: The Artist Behind Our Wildest Holiday Yet! Words by Romy Erdos The most wonderful time of the year is here – the moment MECCA reveals the artist whose work will light up our stores and adorn countless gifts, from Friendsmases to family lunches, Kris Kringles to work mingles. And this year, things…
KEZ HUGHES, KARLA MARCHESI, TAI SNAITH & HEIDI YARDLEY IN VOGUE AUSTRALIA FEATURE ON ROBSON RAK
Robson Rak design an expressive home in Melbourne with surprises at every turn Designed around the owners’ art collection, this two-bedroom home turns the constraints of downsizing into a creative opportunity, pairing heritage details with bold flourishes. Photographed by Anson Smart. Architecture, Interior design, furniture, art procurement and styling by Robson Rak. Saskia Tillers September…
TAI SNAITH FINALIST IN 2026 SHELLEY SIMPSON CERAMICS PRIZE AT CRAFT VICTORIA
Tai Snaith’s work ‘Affirmative Animals’ is a finalist in this year’s Shelley Simpson Ceramics Prize. The Shelley Simpson Ceramics Prize (SSCP) was established in 2020 by Mud Australia Founder and Creative Director, Shelley Simpson, to support and champion the next generation of Australian ceramicists. Presented in partnership with Craft Victoria, the annual prize is open…
TAI SNAITH ACQUIRED BY SHEPPARTON ART MUSEUM
Works from Tai Snaith’s ‘Flotilla (there’s no dignity in haste)’ series of slugs have been acquired by the Shepparton Art Museum. The Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) holds the most significant collection of historic and contemporary Australian ceramics in regional Australia. The collection strives to encompass all aspects of ceramic production in Australia and be comprehensive…
TAI SNAITH EXHIBITED IN 2026 NGV TRIENNIAL
Tai Snaith will be exhibited in the forthcoming NGV Triennial from the 13th of December 2026 to 11 April 2027. Featuring more than eighty ambitious and thought-provoking projects, including major new commissions, the 2026 NGV Triennial offers a global journey through contemporary art and design. Unfolding across all four levels of NGV International, the fourth…