Taarn Scott
Taarn Scott is an artist from Ōtepoti, based in Tāmaki Makaurau. Their practice is multidisciplinary and often collaborative, creating tactile objects informed by jewellery. These forms speak to ideas around habitat, environmental concerns, and geographical histories.
They are currently researching non-human habitats and making suspended works.
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Burrow (Collapse), Spectrum Project Space, Perth
2023 Windchime Portrait, the Heat
2021 Outlining/ Shifting Channels, Refinery Artspace
2021 Transient Places, ADJO
2021 Guide, Razklon, Bulgaria
Collaborative projects
2024 Deep History with Hana Pera Aoake, Atelier
2023 Ngā hau o Tāwhirimātea with Hana Pera Aoake in collaboration with Riki Pirihi,
Enjoy Contemporary Project Space
2022 There’s no water in the water fountain with Hana Pera Aoake, Cargo Bike
2022 An Endless Sky of Honey with Hana Pera Aoake and Wesley John Fourie, Meanwhile
2022 Invasive Weeds with Hana Pera Aoake and Wesley John Fourie, The Physics Room
2022 The Future of Dirt with Hana Pera Aoake and Wesley John Fourie, RM
2021 Whitebox installation with Hana Pera Aoake, Fringe Otepoti
Group Exhibitions
2024 Re. Object, Object Maker Aotearoa
2024 & 2025 Sculpture Gardens Exhibition, Kaipara Coast
2023 Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery
2023 Pieces, Spaces, Species, Blue Oyster Project Space
2023 (Grow)home, the Anteroom (curated)
2022 BODY-MAKER, OLGA
2022 Kindling Glints, Wave Project Space
2022 Group show, A Y U
2022 Spectacle, Fringe
2021 Hot Lap, The 45th Degree
2021 All is Full of Love, Broker Galleries
2021 An Endless Sky of Honey with Hana Pera Aoake and Wesley John Fourie, Spaceland
Residencies
2024-2025 Object Maker Aotearoa Fellowship
2024 Auckland Studio Potters.
2021 No. 15, Collingwood, Golden Bay.
2020 VSPAR - Virtual St Petersburg Artist Residency, Pushkinskaya-10, St Petersburg, Russia.
