Talitha Kennedy consistently works with black leather for its tactile corporeality and macabre context to embody the fraught intimacy with the natural world. Her hand-stitched soft sculptures simultaneously lifeless and budding with new growth, personify natural forces in a constructed world.
Talitha has shown installations, sculptures and drawings widely throughout Australia with solo shows including Artisan Brisbane, Stockroom Kyneton, Chapman & Bailey Melbourne, MARS Melbourne, Umbrella Townsville and NCCA Darwin. Her work has been curated into survey exhibitions including PRICK! Needlework Now RMIT Gallery Melbourne, Fresh Material: New Australian Textile Art, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Townsville, Fecund: Fertile Worlds Artback NT Touring Exhibition, and Legacy: Reflections on Mabo which toured through Visions Australia (2019 – 2023) to 10 public galleries. Talitha is based in Naarm Melbourne and holds an MVA from Charles Darwin University, Darwin NT.
Talitha is cbOne Gallery Manager and assists Front of House.
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Talitha KennedyAntennation Trophy 1, 2, 3 , 2025Leather, thread, polyester fibre, wire, MDFDimensions variableSold -
Talitha KennedyCreature Tree with hole, 2026Leather, thread, polyester fibre, wire, lead shot40 x 21 x 13 cm$ 1,800.00
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Talitha KennedyCreature Tree with pouch, 2026Leather, thread, polyester fibre, wire, lead shot40 x 23 x 13 cmSold
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Talitha KennedyEarth Flesh, 2018Leather, thread, polyester fibre, silica gravel30 x 20 x 20 cm$ 1,800.00
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Talitha KennedyIn the limb of a tree, 2023Leather, thread, wire and polyester fibre176 x 100 x 15 cmSold
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Talitha KennedyLeather Web (Swarm), 2025Leather, thread, plywood, polyester fibre, acrylic50 x 50 cm$ 3,600.00
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Talitha KennedyShadow Skin – Conductor, 2026Ink on paper, framed120 x 106 cmSold
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Talitha KennedyShadow Skin – Shimmer 2, 2026Ink on paper, framed60 x 60 cmSold
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Talitha KennedyShadow Skin – Shimmer 3, 2026Ink on paper, framed60 x 60 cmSold
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Talitha KennedyShadow Skin – Sinuous, 2026Ink on paper, framed120 x 106 cm$ 6,000.00
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Talitha KennedyShadows Drawn - Sprung, 2025Ink On Paper, Framed63 x 63 cmSold
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Talitha KennedyShadows Drawn - Thicket, 2026Ink on paper, framed60 x 60 cmSold
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Talitha KennedyWood Made Flesh (Feral), 2025Leather, thread, polyester fibre, wire, lead, micro glass beads40 x 35 x 20 cm$ 1,800.00
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Talitha KennedyWood Made Flesh - Sage, 2025Leather, thread, polyester fibre, wire, lead, micro glass beads36 x 22 x 17 cm$ 1,800.00
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SKIN & STONE
Talitha Kennedy & Mark Young 13 June - 11 July 2026SKIN & STONE Talitha Kennedy & Mark Young 13 June – 11 July 2026 Opening Saturday 13 June 3.30 - 5.30pm Artists talk Saturday 27 June 3.30 – 5pm Working...Read more -
The Evidence of Things Not Seen
Artists at Chapman & Bailey 19 December 2025 - 31 January 2026To celebrate the end of a huge year we invite our friends and supporters to celebrate with all of us at Chapman & Bailey, with a lively exhibition by artists...Read more -
Creative Energies
The Artists Behind Chapman & Bailey Group Show 13 December 2024 - 8 January 2025Join us for our end of year celebration and special exhibition with staff and friends. Chapman & Bailey started 30 years ago by artists answering the demand for products and...Read more -
Birrarung: On the River
Group Show 28 March - 28 April 2022A tribute to living and working with the life source of Birrarung the Yarra River. Drawing on a mix of professional artists and the wider community of Birrarung devotees in...Read more
