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Installation view: 1984 Australian Accent, New York
About
Imants Tillers is an artist, writer and curator.
He has exhibited extensively since the late 1960s and has represented Australia at significant international exhibitions such as the São Paulo Bienal (1975), the Biennale of Sydney (1979, 1986, 1988, 2006), Documenta 7 (1982) and the Venice Biennale (1986).
Tillers came to prominence during the early 1970s and has been an influential advocate of conceptual art and postmodern discourse in Australia. He works primarily with appropriation, intuitively combining existing artworks, philosophy and literature as 'ready-made' poetry in his imagery.
Exhibitions
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Fierce Paradise: Conversations with Aboriginal Art, 2025
Museum Im Schafstall, Neuenstadt am Kocher, Germany
26 October 2025 – 31 May 2026
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A Room Filled with Thoughts, 2025
2025 Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
1-23 August, 2025
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Metaphysical Journey, 2025
Bett Gallery, Hobart
14 February – 8 March 2025
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Imants Tillers: Trembling Earth, 2024
Milani Gallery, Brisbane
7–28 September 2024
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The Mosman Years, 2023
Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
11 November 2023 – 4 February 2023
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Remembering The Unknown, 2023
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
27 October – 25 November 2023
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After de Chirico, 2023
Arc One Gallery, Melbourne
27 May – 1 July 2023
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Unfinished Journey, 2023
Embassy of the Republic of Latvia, Canberra
14 November 2023
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As soon as tomorrow, 2021
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
26 November – 18 December 2021
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Fierce Paradise, 2021
Bett Gallery, Hobart
30 July – 21 August 2021
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Terra Nullius, 2020
Milani Gallery, Brisbane
17 October–14 November 2020
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Making Art Public: 50 Years of Kaldor Public Art Projects, 2019
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
7 September 2019 – 16 February 2020
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Sydney Contemporary, 2019
with Arc One Gallery, Melbourne
Carraigeworks, Sydney
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The Path Itself, 2019
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
7–28 September 2019
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The Call from Papunya, 2018
Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane
11 May – 16 June 2018
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Journey to Nowhere, 2018
Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga
6 July – 30 September 2018
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From the Studio, 2018
The University Gallery, University of Newcastle
18 April – 26 May 2018
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Joy Knows No Mercy, 2018
Arc One Gallery, Melbourne
4 September – 6 October 2018
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In Normal Times, 2017
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
4 November – 2 December 2017
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The Philosophy of Doubt, 2017
Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
22 February – 26 March 2017
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Dreamings: Aboriginal Australian Art Meets de Chirico, 2014
Museum Carlo Bilotti, Aranciera di Villa Borghese, Rome
4 July – 2 November 2014
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The Long Poem, 2009
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
University of Western Australia, Perth
12 February — 19 April 2009
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One World, Many Visions, 2006
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
14 July – 16 October 2006
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Clemenger Contemporary Art Award, 2006
Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
24 August–22 October 2006
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Towards Infinity: Works by Imants Tillers, 1999
Museo de Arts Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Mexico
24 September 1999 — 7 January 2000
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Diaspora, 1993
Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga
30 April – 28 May 1993
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To The Fatherland, 1988
Yuill/Crowley, Sydney
11 November—7 December 1988
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Imants Tillers: Paintings For Venice, 1987
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
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42nd Venice Biennale, 1986
Corderie at the Arsenale, Venice, Italy
29 June – 28 September 1986
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An Australian Accent, 1984
P.S.1. New York
15 April – 10 June 1984
Studio
Imants’ artistic practice has developed over the decades not only in relation to the shifting global and local art worlds, but within the physical constraints (both the ordinary and the specific) of each of his studios.
Part atelier, part research library, Imants’ studio facilitates his meticulous and unique canvasboard system; shaping his enduring exploration of images, ideas and memory in his artworks.
Works
Selected works: 1970s
Selected works: 1980s
Selected works: 1990s
Selected works: 2000s
Selected works: 2010s
Selected works: 2020s
The Diaspora Series
Collaborations with Michael Nelson Jagamara
Selected Commissions
Selected Works on Paper
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Homepage banner photo credits: 1)Andris Zieds 2) Corinna & Dylan 3) Jessica Maurer 4) National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 5) Tillers Family Collection