Talya Brookman is a British abstract painter based in Sydney. Raised between London, Los Angeles and Australia, her practice is shaped by movement between places and a sensitivity to how landscape, memory and experience are internalised and carried.

Her paintings explore shifting psychological terrains where structure emerges through uncertainty. Working primarily in oil and ink on canvas, Brookman develops layered surfaces through gesture, wash and accumulation. Forms surface and dissolve, suspended between abstraction and recognition.

Drawing on fractal structures, geological rhythms and recurring patterns found in nature, her work seeks moments of coherence within continual change. Recent paintings have become increasingly concerned with atmosphere, light and immersion, balancing material density with openness and restraint.

Brookman studied at Pratt Institute in New York before returning to Sydney in 2009. Her work has been widely exhibited throughout Australia. In 2025, her painting Tether received the People's Choice Award at the Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize.

Upcoming Exhibitions

  • 2026 Group Show - Monti8 Gallery - Rome, Italy

  • 2026 Sydney Contemporary - CBD Gallery - Carriageworks - Sydney, NSW

Recent Exhibitions

  • 2026 Inner Grounds Solo Exhibition - CBD Gallery - Sydney, NSW

  • 2026 Slow Translation - Loaf Gallery - Blue Mountains, NSW

  • 2026 Unbound Art Show - Royal Botanic Gardens - Sydney, NSW

  • 2026 The Last Picture Show - Frances Keevil - Studio W - Sydney, NSW

  • 2025 Fishers Ghost Art Award - Campbelltown Art Centre - Campbelltown, NSW

  • 2025 We Can Work It Out - Sydney St. Gallery - Sydney, NSW

  • 2025 Homage To Turner - West End Art Space - Melbourne, VIC

  • 2025 2 years of Tyger - Tyger Gallery - Yass, NSW

  • 2025 Sculpture & Canvas - Frances Keevil - Sydney, NSW

  • 2024 Maps of Matter - Frances Keevil - Sydney, NSW

  • 2024 Life In Colour - Tyger Gallery - Yass, NSW

Awards/ Prizes

  • 2025 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award – Winner – People’s Choice Award

Residencies

  • 2025 Landslide Gallery - Wentworth Falls, NSW

Education

  • 2000-2002 Pratt Institute, Fine Arts - Brooklyn NY