Tiffany McNab

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
1964                Born, Lismore, Victoria
1982 - 84         Bachelor of Fine Arts, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1985                Graduate Diploma (Printmaking), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1987 – 96        Lived and worked in London
1991 – 96        Member of Greenwich Printmakers, London
1995                Elected an associate member of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, London
1999                Elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, London
 
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008                'Rich Harvest' Chyrsalis Gallery, Melbourne
2007                Fremantle Print Award Exhibition, Fremantle – Print acquired by Little Creatures Collection
2000 – 07        The Royal Society of Painter Printmakers Annual Members' Exhibition
2001                The Illuminated Calvino, The Coningsby Gallery, London                     
2000                Shell Fremantle Print Award Exhibition, Fremantle
1998                            RE Exchange Exhibition, National Art Club, New York and Connecticut Graphic Arts Centre, Connecticut
1997                Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong
1996                Pyramid Gallery, York
Honor Oak Gallery, London
National Print Show, Barbican, London
1995                Royal Exchange Theatre Company, Manchester
Christies Contemporary Arts (CCA) Galleries, Farnham
1994-96           Federation of British Artists, National Print Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
1993                Intaglio Printmakers Gallery, London
Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Exhibition
1991-96           Greenwich Printmakers, London
1991-92           Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London
1991                Intaglio Printmaker Gallery, London
Lyric Theatre, London
1988-96           Open Studio, Globe Studios, London
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006                The Printmakers Directory (Macmillan)
1996                Encyclopaedia of Printmaking Techniques – Judith Martin (Headline)
1996                Christies Contemporary Arts (CCA) Catalogue, Spring Collection and Autumn Collection
1995                Christies Contemporary Arts (CCA) Catalogue, Summer Collection
 
Artist’s Statement
“Some of my earliest memories are of collecting objects on the seashore and arranging them. I have always delighted in the act of discovery and chance encounter – spending many hours outdoors finding and observing the shells, sea life, diverse fragments of pottery and stones washed up on the tide line.
My work has drawn strongly on these early influences and my observation of colour, texture and pattern in nature. I return constantly to significant objects in my life for inspiration and as a vehicle for self-expression.
I am preoccupied with collecting and ordering natural objects and exploring the shapes, layers and contrasts…”
 
PROFILE

Tiffany McNab was born and brought up in the rural, Western District of Victoria. She completed a Bachelor of Arts in Painting and Printmaking and a Graduate Diploma in Printmaking at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology during 1982 to 1985 before leaving Australia to work overseas.
 
In 1987, Tiffany moved to England with a view to gaining greater knowledge of her field. She acquired considerable experience as a freelance etching editioner, working primarily for the artist Brenda Hartill between 1988 and 1993. Tiffany then established her own studio in a Victoria warehouse in Southwark, South London, working exclusively on her own prints and watercolours. At the end of 1996, Tiffany returned to Melbourne, where she now lives with her husband and two daughters, India and Charlotte. She works from her own print studio.
 
During her time in England, Tiffany had her prints shown in major competitive exhibitions. Works have been hung in the Royal Academy of Arts’ summer exhibition, the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers open print exhibition, the Royal West of England Academy autumn show and the Federation of British Artists’ national print exhibition. Her work has been widely shown in private galleries both in England and Australia. In 1999, she was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers.
 
Tiffany is a painter and printmaker, specialising in etchings and watercolours. Her work is primarily concerned with developing the expressive potential of the still-life. Through the juxtaposition of unusual and often unexpected combinations of objects, animals, insects and environments, Tiffany’s images play with our expectation of the everyday. Her works reflect the brilliant colour and light of her Australian background, her keen observation of nature and instinctive response to her chosen subject matter.
Tiffany is an enthusiastic collector and returns constantly to significant objects in her life for inspiration and as the vehicle for self-expression.