Takie exhibition at the Toxteth

If you're a fan of Sydney artist Takie you might want to keep this date free in your diary. On Wednesday, August 15 her solo exhibition It's All Yours opens at The Tate gallery, located upstairs at the Toxteth Hotel in Glebe.

I visited Takie not long ago as she prepared for the show. Canvases and paper sketches were scattered around the studio she has had a residency at for the past few months. It's great to see her work culminate in what promises to be an exciting exhibition from an artist working both in the street and indoors.

I'll be heading over there as well - come down and say hi if you're around peeps. More details on the flyer below.

Check out more of Takie's stuff on Facebook, contact her at iamtakie at hotmail.com or catch her on Instagram @takie_takie.

Takie sketches in the studio

I recently visited Takie at Glebe's Toxteth Hotel for a chat about the colourful art she is becoming increasingly popular for. Currently in the middle of a residency at the hotel's Tate studios, under the auspices of curator Chris Loutfy, Takie will produce a body of work to be exhibited at the Tate gallery in the coming weeks.

Below are photos I took while she was at work. I told Takie that I admire how she continues to get paste-ups on the streets even while her career as an exhibiting artist takes off.

See more of Takie's work on Instagram.

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Takie street art

I recently got acquainted with Melbourne artist Takie after bumping into one of her paste-ups while buying groceries in Camperdown.

Originally from Sydney, she creates colour-soaked psychedelic drawings using a tapestry of geometric shapes. Check out some of her work below.

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