Nadine Talalla

Nadine Talalla is an Australian-Malaysian painter based in London. Raised across Australia, Southeast Asia and the United Kingdom, her experience of moving between cultures shaped the outsider’s perspective that informs her practice. Drawing on mythology, classical tragedy, folklore and history, Talalla brings forward women who resisted convention or subverted the roles imposed upon them. She completed a Foundation in Chinese Painting and Cultural Studies at Beijing Language & Cultural University; a Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting) at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in 2004; and a Master of Arts Management at the University of Melbourne in 2006.

In 2016, she completed the Turps Banana Studio Programme. Her work is held in private collections across Australia, Europe, Asia and the United States, and has been presented in solo and group exhibitions throughout the UK, Europe and Australia. Talalla has been profiled by BBC News and Radio, The Wall Street International Journal, The Evening Standard, The Week, The Huffington Post and other international media. ‘Interested in female archetypes and tragedy, Talalla paints what she calls “ugly women” taken from different points in history and embedded in fantastic, dreamlike narratives' WSJ.