b. 1985 Adelaide
tarik.ahlip@gmail.com

Education

2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts, College of Fine Arts UNSW, Sydney
2011 Bachelor of Architectural Studies, UNSW, Sydney

Exhibition History (Solo)

2022 Phosphorus, Verge Gallery, Sydney
2022 Paradise, West Space, Naarm
2019 eXsanguin, LON Gallery, Naarm
2018 Lysergia, Alaska Projects, Sydney
2017 Womanchrist, Alaska Projects
2016 Neuro P.2 Lov, Alaska Projects

2015 Negative, Chapter House Lane, Naarm

Public Art Commissions

2017 Grey Nurse, Helen Street Sensory Garden (opposite Westmead Hospital)
Commissioned by Parramatta City Council

Exhibition History (Group – Selected)

2023 SOFTCORE: Curated by EO Gill, Carriageworks (Sydney)
2023 MOUTH: Curated by Frances Barrett, Carriageworks (Sydney)
2023 Fulgora, National Art School (Sydney)
2022 Conversations on Shadow Architecture, Dominik Mersch Gallery (Sydney)

2021 Conversations on Shadow Architecture, Metro Arts (Meanjin)
2020 20:20, MAMA (Albury)
2018 Unreal City, Firstdraft (Sydney)

2017 Losing Farther, Losing Faster, Alaska Projects (Sydney)

2016 It’s hard to hear the distance between the wind and the waves breaking: Doherty / Allora & Calzadilla / Ahlip, BUS Projects (Naarm)

2015 Ideas Platform, Artspace (Sydney)

2015 Sweet Relief, Gallery 9 (Sydney)

2015 biggie smalls, Casula Powerhouse (Sydney)

2014 Site Lines: Tarik Ahlip, Linda Brescia, Heath Franco, Abdullah M.I. Syed, The Cross Arts Projects (Sydney)

Residencies and Grants

2023 Counterflows: Sharjah Biennial 2023; Artshouse & Urban Theatre Projects, Naarm Sydney
2022 Creative Fellowship Grant; City of Parramatta, Sydney

2022 Dream Sequence.22 Residency; Urban Theatre Projects, Sydney
2021 - 2023 Artist in Residence; Parramatta Artists Studios, Rydalmere Facility, Sydney

2020 Australia Council Grant for an Individual Arts Project

2020 West Space Solo Presentation Commission
2019 Artist-in-Residence with Linda Brescia at Abel Tasman Village in partnership with Information Cultural Exchange
2017 Australian Artists’ Grant, NAVA

2015 Artist Facilitator at Granville Boys’ High School, Information Cultural Exchange
2012 - 2016 Artist in Residence; Parramatta Artists Studios, Sydney