Tallulah Batley

hand painted 2 prong wall outlet with frame around it and 1 white plug

hand painted 2-prong power outlet, with decorative frame, and one plug, 2024

I am interested in incorporating elements of frames and wall dressings as the focus of an artwork, raising their importance within the work, and building a space where the surroundings are as integral to the experience as what is displayed against them. I’m not simply trying to copy and paste a 19th century manor house salon into the Gallery space. Rather I am picking elements of frames, pattern and decoration, portraiture and methods of display and filtering them through more basic, modern, and crafty methods of making, resulting in a naïve pastiche of a traditional Salon Gallery space.

My First Salon, 2024.

small green painted dollhouse box with 2 front doors and a lid

exterior of My First Salon (2024), closed.

green dollhouse box exterior with walls fully opened

exterior of My First Salon (2024), opened.

interior of dollhouse salon with pink and black patterned walls and wooden panelling

interior of My First Salon (2024), fully opened, with no decorations.

square dollhouse salon interior with wallpaperd walls, and colourful frames displayed, birdseye view.

interior of My First Salon (2024), closed, decorated with magnetic frame tiles, birds-eye-view.

dollhouse salon with colourful frames decorating the wallpapered walls

interior of My First Salon (2024), opened and decorated with magnetic frame tiles..

My tertiary goal with my work this year has been to be prolific and push myself to produce a myriad of elements and finished pieces. Recently, I have been exploring a Wunderkammer mindset, and allowing myself to follow my joy and interest when developing and exploring ideas rather than having to justify it as a worthy of pursuing. This combination of mindsets, making things for the sake of making them and making things because I like them, has resulted in a wide material practice and incorporation of elements of printing, patternmaking, painting, drawing, sewing, carpentry and sculpture.

19 hand painted frames of various sizes displaying purple wallpaper.

selection of frames from wall 1 of Pink Parlour installation 2024,

19 hand painted frames of various sizes displaying wallpaper.

selection of frames from wall 2 of Pink Parlour installation 2024,

selection of frames from wall 3 of Pink Parlour installation 2024,

selection of frames from wall 3 and 4 of Pink Parlour installation 2024,

blue, white and black lino printed rug on floor

Rug from Pink Parlour, 2024. lino printed rug on canvas.

hand painted wall clock with doors on the front and swinging pendulum, front view

wall clock from Pink Parlour installation, hand painted clock made from foamboard

wall sconce (1 of 3) from Pink Parlour installation, hand painted lamp base and lino printed lampshade.

hand painted wall clock with doors on the front, side view

Clock from Pink Parlour, 2024.

pink painted lightswitch with decorative yellow frame

lightswitch from Pink Parlour, 2024. hand painted light switch cover with foamboard frame

blue, white and black lino printed rug hanging on a wall

Rug from Pink Parlour, 2024. lino printed rug on canvas.

frame on pink wall with a shelf underneath

front wall/label for Pink Parlour installation (2024)

My practice explores what I consider to be the overlooked areas of presenting an artwork. While having its time and place, I find the White Cube presentation form to be overreaching and oppressive. There is often a lack of consideration for the finishing and presentation of an artwork beyond simply hanging it against a blank background. I am interested in having a cohesive, symbiotic relationship between a work, it’s framing, and the space in which the work is hung, and I think these peripheral elements like frames and wall coverings can be just as beautiful, considered and essential as the artwork it contains.

installation views of Pink Parlour (2024)

pink room with a painted ceiling and wallpaper, sconce lights and frames on the walls

Pink Parlour installation view

Pink Parlour Prints Series, based on female portraits from the Edinburgh Galleries portrait collections

pink and blue risograph print of a lady in a blue dress

Pink Parlour prints series (28) 2 colour Risograph print on paper

yellow, pink and blue risograph print ofof a georgian lady with a big hat

Pink Parlour prints series (9) 3 colour Risograph print on paper

pink and blue Risograph of a lady in a large hat with a fan

Pink Parlour prints series (11) 2 colour Risograph print on paper

blue and yellow risograph print of a girl in a white dress

Pink Parlour prints series (23) 2 colour Risograph print on paper

pink yellow and blue Risograph of a lady in a tartan dress

Pink Parlour prints series (8) 3 colour Risograph print on paper

pink and gelli print of a lady with a big hat

Pink Parlour prints series (5) gelli print on paper

yellow and blue risograph print ofof a georgian lady with a big hat

Pink Parlour prints series (9) 2 colour Risograph print on paper

pink and yellow risograph print of a georgian lady

Pink Parlour prints series (12) 2 colour Risograph print on paper

3 layer lino print of a lady with ringlets and a large feathered hat

Pink Parlour prints series (1) 3 layer lino print on paper

pink and blue risograph print of lady in a white dress with flowers in her hair

Pink Parlour prints series (27) 2 colour Risograph print on paper

pink and yellow Risograph of a lady in a large hat with a fan

Pink Parlour prints series (11) 2 colour Risograph print on paper

blue risograph print of a georgian lady with a large wig

Pink Parlour prints series (18) 1 colour Risograph print on paper

pink, yellow and blue Risograph print of 3 Georgian ladies sewing

Pink Parlour prints series (7) 3 colour Risograph print on paper

blue risograph print of the silouhette of a lady with a large bonnet and a bouquet of flowers

Pink Parlour prints series (19) 1 colour Risograph print on paper

yellow and blue Risograph print of a woman in a tartan dress

Pink Parlour prints series (8) 2 colour Risograph print on paper

pink and blue gelli print of a lady with ringlets and a big hat

Pink Parlour prints series (4) 2 layer gelli print on paper

pink risograph print of a lady in a white dress with a patterned background

Pink Parlour prints series (29) 1 colour Risograph print on paper

pink and blue risograph print of a lady's silhouette wearing a blue dress

Pink Parlour prints series (30) 2 colour Risograph print on paper

blue and yellow risograph print of a lady with a large bonnet and a bouquet of flowers

Pink Parlour prints series (20) 2 colour Risograph print on paper

yellow/orange and pink jelli print of a lady with ringlets and a large hat

Pink Parlour prints series (3) gelli print on paper

pink yellow and blue Risograph of a lady in a large hat with a fan

Pink Parlour prints series (11) 3 colour Risograph print on paper

pink and blue risograph print of a georgian lady with large hair, wearing a hat

Pink Parlour prints series (25) 2 colour Risograph print on paper

yellow and pink risograph print ofof a georgian lady with a big hat

Pink Parlour prints series (9) 2 colour Risograph print on paper

yellow and blue Risograph print of 3 Georgian ladies sewing

Pink Parlour prints series (7) 2 colour Risograph print on paper

pink yellow and black risograph print of a regency lady wearing a ruff collar

Pink Parlour prints series (16) 3 colour Risograph print on paper

pink yellow and blue Risograph of a lady

Pink Parlour prints series (10) 3 colour Risograph print on paper

yellow and blue risograph print of a lady in a large blue dress with a patterned background

Pink Parlour prints series (22) 2 colour Risograph print on paper

single layer blue lino print of a lady with a large hat

Pink Parlour prints series (2) lino print on paper

pink and blue risograph print of 3 georgian ladies sewing

Pink Parlour prints series (7) 2 colour Risograph print on paper

pink gelli print of a lady with ringlets and a big hat

Pink Parlour prints series (6) gelli print on paper

pink and blue risograph print of a georgian lady in a striped dress

Pink Parlour prints series (26) 2 colour Risograph print on paper

blue and yellow risograph print of the silouhette of a lady with a white dress and no hair

Pink Parlour prints series (21) 2 colour Risograph print on paper

pink risograph print of a lady in a pink dress and a bonnet

Pink Parlour prints series (24) 1 colour Risograph print on paper

yellow and blue Risograph of a lady in a large hat with a fan

Pink Parlour prints series (11) 2 colour Risograph print on paper

pink and blue risograph print ofof a georgian lady with a big hat

Pink Parlour prints series (9) 2 colour Risograph print on paper

yellow and blue risograph print ofof a regency lady with a ruff collar

Pink Parlour prints series (17) 2 colour Risograph print on paper

pink and yellow risograph print of 3 georgian ladies sewing

Pink Parlour prints series (7) 2 colour Risograph print on paper

pink, black and yellow risograph print of an edwarian lady in a black hat, sitting in a chair

Pink Parlour prints series (14) 3 colour Risograph print on paper

pink and yellow risograph print of a victorian lady in a large pink dress

Pink Parlour prints series (15) 3 colour Risograph print on paper

Painting - BA (Hons)

Student list

Tallulah Batley

My First Salon, 2024.

installation views of Pink Parlour (2024)

Pink Parlour Prints Series, based on female portraits from the Edinburgh Galleries portrait collections

Tallulah Batley

Anna Avery

Robyn Beckett