A woman stands beside a large colorful abstract painting in an art studio.

Talya Brookman is a British abstract painter based in Sydney. Raised between London, Los Angeles, and Australia, her practice has developed through prolonged movement across places and an ongoing attentiveness to how environments are felt, remembered, and internalised.

Working primarily with oil and ink on canvas, Brookman builds layered surfaces through gesture, wash, and slow accumulation. Her paintings draw on fractal structures and recurring natural forms, including river systems, wings, and lichen, using these patterns to establish rhythm, balance, and spatial coherence rather than literal representation. The work holds a tension between movement and restraint, allowing atmosphere to emerge through repetition and subtle shifts in tone.

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

Upcoming Exhibitions

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

  • 2026 The Last Picture Show, Frances Keevil, Sydney NSW

  • 2026 Slow Translation, Loaf Gallery, Blue Mountains NSW

  • 2026 Duo Exhibition, CBD Gallery, Sydney NSW

Past Exhibitions

  • 2025 Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown NSW

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

  • 2025 Affordable Art Fair, 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

  • 2024 Affordable Art Fair, Melbourne VIC

  • 2024 Affordable Art Fair, Sydney NSW

  • 2024 The Other Art Fair, Sydney NSW

  • 2019 The Other Art Fair, Sydney NSW

  • 2011-2024 Chase Gallery, Sydney NSW

  • 2010 MCM House Art Show, Sydney NSW

  • 2010 Chase Gallery, Sydney NSW

  • 2006-2009  Broad Gallery, London UK

  • 2003 I am Medieval Dream Circus, Los Angeles, CA

  • 2003 Space Car Burning Man, Black Rock City, NV

  • 2000 Pratt Underground, Brooklyn, NY

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, New York NY