LIA TABRAH
Education
2008 – Advanced Diploma, Jewellery Design (Gold and Silversmithing), NMIT, Fairfield
2005 – Diploma, Visual Art, Swinburne University of Technology, Prahran
Solo Exhibitions
2025 – ANTIVENOM – VERMIN, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney
2012 – A Dingo Ate My Diamond, Alice Euphemia, Cathedral Arcade, Melbourne
2011 – Reptilica, Melbourne Spring Fashion Week, Glitzern, Melbourne
2008 – R.S.I, Majorca Building, Melbourne
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 – Australiana: Designing a Nation, Bendigo Art Gallery
2022 – Delta Yarns – Re:Collections, UPFront Space, Ayr, QLD
2022 – Cheers, Craft Victoria, Melbourne
2019 – Pleasure, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
2019 – Toad Shrine, Melbourne Fashion Week
2018 – You Can’t Do That, Melbourne Museum
2018 – The Blowie Attack, Melbourne Fashion Week, Degraves Subway
2017 – Creative Collective – For Curious Eyes Only, Melbourne Fashion Week
2016 – Industry Creative Collective, Melbourne Fashion Week, Melbourne Town Hall
2015 – Industry Creative Collective, Melbourne Fashion Week, 1000 £ Bend
2014 – SNAP!, Rockhampton Art Gallery, QLD
2014 – DRESS LOUD, Melbourne Fashion Festival, Bakehouse Studios
2013 – Deb “Spoons” Perry CROC OFF, Melbourne Fashion Festival - Penthouse Mouse
2013 – The Iwanoff Project, Iwan Iwanoff Home, Perth WA
2013 – Metaverse Makeovers in the Portal, Chan Contemporary Art Space, Darwin
2012 – Penthouse Mouse, Melbourne Fashion Festival, Fitzroy
2012 – Upcycling, Hasti Bala Bar, Melbourne
2012 – The Cave, Curtin House, Melbourne
2010 – Penthouse Mouse, Melbourne Fashion Festival, Former Naval & Military Club
2010 – Inaugural Earring Festival, Melbourne Fashion Festival, Glitzern
2009 – Chronique Scandalous, Melbourne Fashion Week, Glitzern
2009 – Sneak, Craft Victoria
2009 – Good Ship Glitzern, Melbourne Fashion Festival
2008 – Jungle Fever, Melbourne Fashion Week, Glitzern
Curatorial Work
2023 – Fash Tray, Melbourne Fashion Festival
Featured: Kate Rohde, Jenny Bannister, Claybia Ceramics, Kate Geck, Collagism
2020 – Toad Busting, NGV Melbourne Design Week
Featured: Jenny Bannister, Lisa Waup, The Huxleys, Mark Douglass, Constanze Zikos
2015 – TRASHION, City of Melbourne / NGV International
Collaboration with Jenny Bannister
2015 – Crikey (with Kate Geck), Melbourne Fashion Week
Two-site installation at Glow Golf Docklands and 193 Bourke Street
2014 – AZARIA Pop-Up Bar – The Bar Dream
Conceptual fashion installation with Jenny Bannister, Kate Geck, The Huxleys
2014 – PATTERNATION, Melbourne Fashion Festival
Featured: Ken Done, Linda Jackson, Reg Mombassa, Kate Durham, Desert Designs, Hotham Street Ladies
Key Presentations & Projects
2025 – Eat The Invaders, MONA, ABC TV
2022 – Island Toads, Craft Contemporary
2019 – VERMIN – Eat the Problem, MONA
2017 – MONA MOFO, Hobart
2011 – Abandoned Boudoir, Bangkok, Thailand
Media Coverage (Selected)
TV & Radio: ABC TV (The Mix), NHK Japan, ABC Radio, Radio 4MW
Print: Marie Claire Australia, The Age, The Guardian, ABC News, Artichoke
International: British Vogue, Z!NK Magazine (NY), Plaza Kvinna (Sweden), 1883 Magazine (UK)
Online: VICE USA, Desktop Magazine