About
Tarik Ahlip has a background in Architecture and works across sculpture, film and verse.
Recent projects include the short film Paradise, commissioned by West Space (Melbourne) as a solo presentation; Feast of the Compradors is his most recent solo presentation at Gertrude Glasshouse (Naarm). He is currently working on a nature documentary.
Or connect at @tarik.ahlip
Education
2023 Bachelor of Renewable Energy Engineering, UNSW, Sydney
2011 Bachelor of Architectural Studies, UNSW, Sydney
2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts, College of Fine Arts UNSW, Sydney
Prizes
2026 The 69th Blake Prize
Exhibition History (Solo)
2026 Feast of the Compradors, Gertrude Glasshouse, Naarm
2025 Semi Conductors, Mary Cherry Contemporary, Naarm
2024 Kara Toprak, Schmick Contemporary, Sydney
2022 Phosphorus, Verge Gallery, Sydney
2022 Paradise, West Space, Naarm
2019 eXsanguin, LON Gallery, Naarm
2018 Lysergia, Alaska Projects, Sydney
2017 Womanchrist, Alaska Projects
2016 Neuro P.2 Lov, Alaska Projects
2015 Negative, Chapter House Lane, Naarm
Exhibition History (Group – Selected)
2025 Family Values, FUTURES (Naarm)
2025 Various Small Fires, Gertrude Contemporary (Naarm)
2025 Everything you can dream of is true, UTP (Sydney) & West Space (Naarm)
2024 Three pieces of erotic autofiction, Art Gallery of NSW (Sydney)
2023 SOFTCORE: Curated by EO Gill, Carriageworks (Sydney)
2023 MOUTH: Curated by Frances Barrett, Carriageworks (Sydney)
2023 Fulgora, National Art School (Sydney)
2022 Conversations on Shadow Architecture, Dominik Mersch Gallery (Sydney)
2021 Conversations on Shadow Architecture, Metro Arts (Meanjin)
2020 20:20, MAMA (Albury)
2018 Unreal City, Firstdraft (Sydney)
2017 Losing Farther, Losing Faster, Alaska Projects (Sydney)
2016 It’s hard to hear the distance between the wind and the waves breaking Doherty / Allora & Calzadilla / Ahlip, BUS Projects (Naarm)
2015 Ideas Platform, Artspace (Sydney)
2015 Sweet Relief, Gallery 9 (Sydney)
2015 biggie smalls, Casula Powerhouse (Sydney)
2014 Site Lines: Tarik Ahlip, Linda Brescia, Heath Franco, Abdullah M.I. Syed, The Cross Arts Projects (Sydney)
Public Art Commissions
2017 Grey Nurse, Helen Street Sensory Garden (opposite Westmead Hospital), Commissioned by Parramatta City Council
Residencies and Grants
2024—26 Artist in Residence; Gertrude Contemporary, Naarm
2023 Counterflows: Sharjah Biennial 2023; Artshouse & Urban Theatre Projects, Naarm / Sydney
2022 Creative Fellowship Grant; City of Parramatta, Sydney
2022 Dream Sequence.22 Residency; Urban Theatre Projects, Sydney
2021—23 Artist in Residence; Parramatta Artists Studios, Rydalmere Facility, Sydney
2020 Australia Council Grant for an Individual Arts Project
2020 West Space Solo Presentation Commission
2019 Artist-in-Residence with Linda Brescia at Abel Tasman Village in partnership with Information Cultural Exchange, Sydney
2017 Australian Artists’ Grant, NAVA
2015 Artist Facilitator at Granville Boys’ High School, Information Cultural Exchange, Sydney
2012—16 Artist in Residence; Parramatta Artists Studios, Sydney