Tanya Baily is an award winning artist specialising in Watercolour Painting. She lives in Sydney, Australia.

Tanya takes commissions for watercolour paintings, including Portraits of children and Architectural subjects. Her studio practice continues as an exploration of Watercolour Painting: its unique and magical qualities, its history, and its place in the story of painting. She is an elected Member of the Australian watercolour Society.

Tanya is an experienced art educator, and runs regular classes and workshops in Watercolour painting and Portraiture at a number of Art Schools and institutions in and around Sydney, including The National Art School, Waverley Woollahra Art School, Lane Cove Studios and Artest.

Tanya was educated at Oxford University and Chelsea School of Art in England, and competed a Masters of Fine Art at COFA, UNSW in Sydney in 2010.

 

Tanya Baily

Exhibitions

  • 2021 Finalist Greenway Prize, Summer Hill. Finalist LTAP 21 St Cloche Gallery. Finalist at “Flow”, Wollongong Regional Gallery. Group Show “Bloomin’Art” at Wollongong Regional Gallery. “Flowing”-2021 Taoyuan International Watercolour Biennal, Taoyuan. AWI Annual Exhibition, Juniper Hall, Paddington. Fabriano International Watercolour Prize, Fabriano, Italy

  • 2020 group show HOME: Corner Store Gallery, Orange . May/ June Tradition and Transformation II: 2020 Taiwan-Australian International Watercolour Exhibition at Dadun Cultural Center, Talchung, Taiwan

  • 2019  Oct/Nov: WINNER: National Watercolour Prize ” FLOW” at Wollongong Art Gallery . January at Airspace Projects, Marrickville . April at St Cloche Gallery, Paddington, curated by Amber Cresswell Bell. July at AWI Annual Exhibition, Juniper Hall, Paddington.

  • 2018  AWI Annual exhibition.  Finalist Kangaroo Valley Art Prize. Finalist Greenway Prize. Group Show “Towards Night” ARO gallery, Sydney

  • 2017 Finalist Mosman prize. Finalist STILL - National Still Life Prize. Finalist Elaine Birmingham National Watercolour Prize. Finalist Little things Art prize. “SMALL”-Group Show at Bellevue Gallery

  • 2016 Finalist  John Leslie Landscape prize. Finalist Blacktown City Art Prize. Finalist Greenway Prize

  • 2015  Bellevue Gallery: Studio artists exhibition. Bondi Pavilion Gallery group Show

  • 2015+2014 Finalist Lethbridge 10,000 small Works prize. Finalist:”Woof’ at Artest gallery

  • 2013 Finalist Waverley Art Prize. Artest Gallery group show

  • “Ruby Slipper”: permanent collection of Tanya Baily watercolours for sale

  • 2012 Finalist  Mosman Prize

  • 2011 Kaleidoscope Gallery, Solo exhibition . AWI Annual Exhibition. Kaleidoscope Group Show

  • 2010  WINNER: Rex Irwin Prize for COFA MArt. Finalist Mosman Prize. “Eat Your Art” Group Show at Polymorph Gallery.  AWI Annual Exhibition Group Show.