Yamile Tafur Rios
Maker Member
Mixed Media
Yamile Tafur Rios is a Colombian visual artist and educator based on Ngunnawal Country / Canberra. She completed her Bachelor of Visual Arts in Colombia in 2012 and leads the Multicultural Women’s Group: Chat and Make Art, supported by Tuggeranong Arts Centre. Since 2013, she has participated in solo and group exhibitions, and since 2022 she has created public murals across the ACT. Yamile undertook the Creative Recovery and Resilience Residency at Ainslie + Gorman Arts Centres in 2022 and joined the Cahoots Program with You Are Here, expanding her practice within a diverse creative community. In 2023, she contributed to a collaborative work presented in Cahoots Lab. She has received support from the Colombian Ministry of Culture and ArtsACT, and has been commissioned by the ACT Government to create public murals.
"My practice investigates about manual labour, migrant stories and nature as a form of belonging. I am primarily a painter who loves public art and exploring a wide range of materials including weaving and a collaging. I aim to create works that invite reflection on how we are interconnected, I am particularly interested in creating a bridge between my personal experiences of life and other community voices around to form connections. Growing up in a coffee region surrounded by nature and moving to live in a place where the bush is in my backyard made me work having in mind a conscience about the environment and how it becomes our home."
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Online Resources:
Website: https://www.yamiletafur.com/
Instagram: @yamiletafur
Facebook: @yamiletafurrios
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