Tania is an Irish born artist living and working in Sydney. She completed her MFA Sculpture at the National Art School (2019) and was a recipient of the inaugural Harvey Galleries Graduate of Excellence Award. Tania is a multidisciplined artist and has a variety of work in private collections both in Australia and overseas. She has public sculpture at Quarantine Peace Park, Manly 2020. Tania is Cofounder of a large outdoor sculpture exhibition, Les Sculptures Refusées.

Tania McMurtry’s sculptures speak to her earliest recollections of growing up in Northern Ireland — of trauma and dislocation by human means – infusing her work with an emotional potency. The large charred black timber beams stand erect, with post-industrial steel supports revealing just a hint of the artist’s hand. The work manifests as a passage and a barrier, the dichotomy of which represents a visceral tension truly experienced whilst wholly within the space.