Tarisse King was born in Adelaide, South Australia on the 4th September 1986. She is the older sister to fellow artist, Sarrita King and daughter to the late highly regarded artist, William King Jungala (1966 – 2007).
Tarisse inherits her Australian Aboriginality from her father who was part of the Gurindji tribe from the Northern Territory. The Gurindji tribe came to public attention during the 1960s and 1970s when members employed by the Wave Hill cattle station led a landmark case which became the first successful land rights claim in Australia. Like her forefathers, Tarisse is an assertive individual who is determined to communicate the inseparable connection she and her ancestors have with the Australian land.
Tarisse spent the majority of her youth in Darwin, a unique city in northern Australia that is subject to extreme weather conditions; from torrential rain and cyclones in the Wet Season to oppressive and immobilising heat in the Dry Season. This climatic impact is seen in her artwork but it was also the road trips she travelled between Darwin, Katherine and Adelaide, where her father resided, that she reflects on most in her paintings. The journey of 3027 kilometers, right through the heart of Australia, reveals extreme expanses of varying landscapes and provided Tarisse with the isolation and time to develop a unique perception of the land which can be seen in her paintings.
Moving to Adelaide at the age of 16, it was her involvement with her father’s art that lead Tarisse to experiment with her own designs and techniques, resulting in a definable style of her own. Drawing on the Central and Western Desert Aboriginal dotting style of painting the land topographically, Tarisse captures a complex and varied soul of the land.
Tarisse now lives in New Zealand and paints in her home studio while looking after her daughters. Her works have been widely exhibited and feature in a number of private and public collections in both Australia and overseas.
Major Exhibitions
2019, Dec - The King Sisters - Japingka Gallery, W.A
2018, Mar - Earth Language - Aboriginal Art Gallery, Rotterdam
2017, Sep - Ancestors, Elements, Heritage - Japingka Gallery, W.A
2017, May - King Collection - Cromwell, Melbourne
2016, March - Hong Kong Contemporary - Hong Kong
2016, Apr - Battersea Art Fair - Aboriginal Art Galleries, London
2016, Apr - Tarisse & Sarrita King - Japingka Gallery, W.A
2015, March - Hong Kong Contemporary - Hong Kong
2015, Sep - Artist in Residence - Kate Owen Gallery, NSW
2014, Sep - Artist in residence - Kate Owen Gallery, NSW
2014, Aug - Sarrita & Tarisse King - Japingka Gallery, Freemantle
2014, April - The King Sisters: Pop Art - Red Desert Dreamings, Melbourne
2013, June - Major Auction -Castor Hara, Paris
2013, March - Art Hong Kong - Hong Kong
2013, Feb - The King Sisters - Japingka Gallery, Freemantle
2012,Nov - Country of Kings - Red Desert Dreamings, Melbourne
2012, Nov - Art Expo - Singapore
2012, Oct - Collaboration - Gallery 577, Melbourne
2012, Aug - Aboriginal Art - Butler Goode Gallery, Sydney
2012, March - Contemporary Art - Art Curial, Paris
2011, Nov - Language of the Earth - Japingka, Freemantle, WA
2011, Feb - Connections , First Solo Exhibtion - Gallery 577, Melbourne
2010, Nov - Contemporary Auction - Art Curial, France
2010 - Rising Stars, Tarisse & Sarrita King - Aboriginal Art Galleries, Sydney
2010, Aug - The King Sisters - Mason Art Gallery
2010 - First Artist in Residence - Newington College, Sydney
2010 - In Our Father’s Eyes - Aboriginal Dreamtime Gallery, LA
2010, Jul - Contemporary Auction - Art Curial, France
2010, April - Fire & Lightning - Central Art, Alice Springs
2010, Feb - The King Sisters - Red Dessert Dreaming Gallery, Melbourne
2009, Nov - Art Curial auction and exhibition - Art Curial, France
2009, Sep - William, Tarisse & Sarrita King - Aboriginal Art Galleries, Sydney
2009, Nov - Kaminabend mit Tarisse & Sarrita - Brit‘s Art, Übach-Palenberg, Germany
2009 - The King Sisters - Blue Gum Gallery, QVB, Syd ( Aborigonal Art Galleries)
2009 - The 3 Kings - Bennelong Gallery, Syd ( Aborigonal Art Galleries)
2009, May - The Three Kings - Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2008, Aug - The Kings - Firstlook Gallery, Mel, Vic
2008, April - The 3 Kings - Ulladulla Aboriginal Gallery, Syd ( Aborigonal Art Galleries)
2006, Aug - Kings Exhibitiion - La Jolla, California, USA
Group Exhibition
2020 - Top 10 - Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2019 - International Womens Day - Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2016 - Hong Kong Contemporary - Hong Kong
2015 - Hong Kong Contemporary - Hong Kong
2011 - Big and Bold - Gallery 577
2010 - Divas on the Cusp, Art on Hastings - Noosa Heads, Queensland
2010 - Canterbury Art Exhibition - Canterbury, Victoria
2008 - Aboriginal Art Auction - Customs House, Sydney
2008 - Canterbury Art Exhibition - Canterbury, Victoria
2008 - The EWB exhibition,14 exhibitions across Australia
2006 - Katherine Art Exhibtiion - Katherine, N.T.
2006 - Jungarra Exhibtion - Cairns, F.N.Q.
2006 - City Mob - Adelaide, S,A