Tahlia Palmer

Tahlia Palmer is an artist of Yuwaalaraay/Gamilaraay and mixed European descent born on Whudjuk Noongar Boodjar (Perth, WA), living on Woiwurrung Wurundjeri Biik (Melbourne, VIC), working in a variety of mediums to explore history, identity, perception and environmental issues. Descended from an Indigenous paternal line who survived dispossession and forced assimilation (NSW+QLD), and Dutch maternal grandparents who survived WW2, her art practice works on confronting the conditions that create and perpetuate inter-generational trauma, as well as finding pathways for healing. She releases ambient/drone/noise soundscapes under the pseudonym “amby downs”, named after one of the southern QLD stations on which her Aboriginal ancestors worked in servitude.