About

Born 1987 in Wollongong, Australia. Tamara Elkins completed her Diploma in Fine Arts at TAFE, followed by a Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours from University of New South Wales Art and Design.

Elkins has continued to develop her practice with residencies in Buenos Aires and Sydney as well as workshops with Body Weather, NSW Leather Workers Guild and Edinburgh Printmakers. She has also been involved with the Base Metal Performance collective.

Following her residency there, Elkins had her first solo exhibition Luna Garden at Archive_ in 2014. She was part of a group exhibition Phosphene at Wollongong City Gallery in 2016 with her second Solo show The Mountain at Airspace in 2020. In 2024 she curated and exhibited in two exhibitions, History Doesn’t Repeat it Rhymes, at Sydenham International and Remnants of a Loved One, at Qhy Space.

Working in the mediums of performance, installation, video and textiles, Elkins’ current work looks at the role of narrative and mythmaking. She looks particularly at rituals within the matrilineal line and how they reinforce narratives and myths of identity and placement within the family unit.