Complex Ecologies: Evergreens at Dusk
Tamika Grant-Iramu
April 3 – 30, 2026
Tamika’s projected artwork, “Complex Ecologies: Evergreens at Dusk” depicts native evergreens that continuously thrive in streets of Brisbane, heroing the Golden Penda, Australian Lemon Myrtle, Native Frangipani and Brisbane’s floral emblem, the Golden Wattle. Looking up at these trees as dusk fell, Tamika noticed the intricate details of these plants being illuminated by the light. These details were not static but moved with the rhythm of their surrounding landscape. The design for this work was realised through the creation of a linocut print on paper, where Tamika used linocut carving as a tool to capture her visceral impression of place. The relationship she has with this carving process corresponds to the strength and fluidity of her natural environment, the constant randomness that arises from the directions in which she carves allows newly discovered forms to grow. By translating the minute details of flora onto Outerspace’s Projection Façade, the small details seen in these plants will be amplified and brought to the foreground, influencing how we engage with the work; what is discovered, what is noticed.
ARTIST
Since graduating from Queensland College of Art in 2017 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Tamika Grant-Iramu has continued to develop her practice in relief printmaking. Inspired by the environment of her immediate natural surroundings, Tamika’s practice focuses on the minute areas of native flora, bringing into focus these aspects that often go unnoticed. The relationship she has with the process of relief print carving corresponds to the strength and fluidity of her natural environment, the constant randomness that arises from the directions in which she carves allows a newly discovered forms to grow. As a landscape artist, Tamika immerses herself in the natural topographies she encounters, using relief print carving as a tool to capture her visceral impressions of place. Informed by techniques and conceptual approaches of her printmaking practice, Tamika also translates her artworks into new mediums such as textiles, interior furnishings, murals and public art.
Tamika Grant-Iramu is represented by Onespace.
Image Credit: Jared Vethaak. Courtesy of the artist and lendlease.
Tamika would like to thank Sai Karlen, for his support in the animation of this artwork. Artwork Image (detail): “Complex Ecologies: Evergreens at Dusk (state 3)”, 2026. Digital image, design derived from original relief-print on paper. Photo: courtesy of the artist and Onespace.
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Complex Ecologies: Evergreens at Dusk
Tamika Grant-Iramu
April 3 – 30, 2026 Belltower Facade
On display each night from 5:30pm-11:30pm
420 Brunswick Street,
Judith Wright Arts Centre,
Fortitude Valley, QLD
Gallery
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