Tayla Broekman, female street artist Germany
Tayla Broekman, female street artist Melbourne
Tayla Broekman is a Melbourne based visual artist who paints illustrative human and animal characters.
She studied a Diploma of Visual Arts, Diploma of Illustration and the Advanced Diploma of Creative Product Development. Tayla has exhibited in numerous group exhibitions in Australia and internationally, and has had 3 solo shows.
As a studio artist, she primarily uses gouache and acrylic paint, while her murals are created with acrylic house paint and spray paint. 4 years of working in sign writing has also informed her current mural practice.
Tayla paints pop surreal female characters and animals, who often reflect her experiences through an emotional narrative. Though her concepts are expressed fairly subconsciously, her work looks at connection to oneself and others, spirituality and love. Colour palette is a key feature of each piece, using bold and contrasting tones to create a striking image.
RESUME
Education
2014 Advanced Diploma of Creative Product Development - NMIT
2013 Diploma of Illustration – NMIT
2010 Diploma of Visual Arts – Victoria University
2009 Diploma of Visual Arts - Victoria University
Murals
2023 Coffs Harbour Street Art Festival
2023 Roll’d Spencer St shopping centre and Chirnside shopping centre
2023 St Kilda Street Art Festival
2023 Coco Gauff portrait - Head Tennis for the Australian Open
2022 Collaborative mural with youth in custody, Parkville College
2022 Memur Urban Art Festival, Oldenburg Germany
2022 Collaborative community mural, Ararat
2022 - Brisbane Street Art Festival
2022 - Melbourne Uni
2022 - Roll’d Southland
2021 - Mackillop Education
2021 - Roll’d Epping
2021 Flash Forward Project Melbourne City
2021 Dogs of Melbourne
2021 Footscray City Primary School collaborative mural
2020 Dattner Group flower building
2020 Female character at Botanical Styling by Liz, Eltham
2020 Forest Spirit
2020 Monkey laneway, Brunswick
2020 Women’s Cricket T20, Hosier Lane
2019 Winkxx Bar, Coffs Harbour
2018 'Ahhh Real Monsters' bathroom mural, Greasy Zoe's Restaurant
2017 Collaboration with Bailer, South Melbourne
2017 Pangea Bar, Koh Lanta
2017 Balaclava Station
2016 Pant Active Studios
2016 Never Faded - Grumpy’s bar
2016 Mitreya Festival
2015 Little Drop of Poison cafe
2015 FIT freie Internationale Tankstelle, Berlin
Exhibitions
2023 Star Blazing - This is Not a Toy Store
2023 Everfresh Group show - KSR Gallery
2023 Urban Roots - Oshi Gallery
2022 Reconnections - Let’s Pretend Gallery
2022 Locals - Outré Gallery
2021 Unity - Bside Gallery
2020 MOSS Deck Art Show - Magnet Gallery
2019 Winter Show - The Stockroom Gallery
2019 Bside Gallery third birthday
2019 Animalia - Off the Kerb
2019 International Woman’s Day group show - The Stockroom Gallery
2018 Winter Days - Off the Kerb
2018 No Sleep Till Bali - All Caps, Canggu, Bali
2018 NSFW - Bside Gallery
2018 Group show - Maggie's Gallery
2017 Abberation, group show - Pop up space
2017 A Cut Above, group show - Henry Lee Barbershop
2017 Babliens - Peanut Gallery Adelaide
2016 Cute/Creepy - Peanut Gallery Adelaide
2016 Pantactive Launch exhibition - Off the Kerb Gallery
2016 Christmas group show - Bside Gallery
2016 Solo print show - Black Cat bar
2016 Outside the box, group show - No Vacancy Gallery
2016 Wayfare, solo exhibition - Off the Kerb Gallery
2016 Varial, group exhibition - Curated by myself and Shannon Keane, No Vacancy Gallery
2015 12x12, group exhibition - The Stockroom
2015 OTK Christmas group show - Off the Kerb
2015 20 Years of Illustre, group exhibition - Chapel off Chapel
2015 Girlhood, group exhibition - Union Club Hotel Gallery
2015 Taciturn, group exhibition - House of Bricks
2015 Acradia, group Exhibition - Off the Kerb Gallery
2015 Kinships, solo exhibition - Off the Kerb Gallery
2014 100 Cats, group exhibition - Off the Kerb Gallery
2013 Illustre, NMIT graduate exhibition – Chapel off Chapel
2013 Botanica, group exhibition – Access Gallery
2010 Flora and Fauna, group exhibition – Victoria University gallery
2010 Student graduate exhibition – Victoria University gallery
Commissions/Publications
2023 Head Tennis Australian Open custom bags
2020 Women’s Cricket T20 mesh fencing design
2020 Women’s Cricket T20 roller door mural design
2020 Bomber jacket for Fortress
2015 Plant Illustration for science education book
2015 Emotional Intelligence Toolkit - Dattner Grant
2014 ‘Time to Act’ Climate Change Campaign image, London
2012 Children's book, 'What if Butterflies Were Messengers of God'- Written by Sandra Michelle Kessler
2009 Children's book, 'Polar Bear and the Adventuresome Journey' - Written by Heath Sampson