Art

I use art as everything: as activism, as critique, as self-expression, to let go and lose myself, as decoration, as joy, and in research. I am the founder of Las Iluministas and a member of Las RestaurAmoras (Siempre Unidas). I also try to do my own personal projects but there is little time! My newest art projects will be posted on my blog and my online sketchbook / portfolio can be viewed at tallulahlines.tumblr.com

Education

  • Grabado Calcográfico, Grado Medio, Escuela de Arte Sevilla, 2013-2014
  • History of Art BA (Hons), University of Edinburgh, 2005-2006

Exhibitions 

  • ‘Inspiring Human Rights Activism’ – November 2019 – group exhibition which I curated and exhibited in – University of York, UK
  • ‘The Brightside of the Darkside’ – November 2019 – January 2020 – group exhibition – Ernest, Newcastle, UK
  • ‘Gráfica por la Igualdad’ (second-prize winner) – January 2019 – group exhibition – Colmena Miramar, Guadalajara, Mexico
  • ‘Welcome to the Darkside’ – November 2017 – group exhibition – Ernest, Newcastle, UK
  • ‘Are You Still Nasty?’ (Nasty Women) – November 2017 – group exhibition – Thought Foundation, Newcastle, UK
  • ‘Nasty Women’ – May 2017 – group exhibition – Byker Community Centre, Newcastle, UK
  • ‘Framework’ – May 2017 – group exhibition – Old Red Bus Station, Leeds, UK
  • ‘Finding Feminism’ – February 2017 – group exhibition – Crown Street Gallery, Darlingon, UK
  • ‘Fémina’ – February 2017 – group exhibition – Centro Cultural Caracol Marino, Playa del Carmen, Mexico
  • ‘HandMaid’ – March 2016 – group exhibition – Hoxton Arches, London, UK
  • ‘See Me’- February to March 2016 – solo exhibition – The Cluny, Newcastle, UK
  • ‘La Vida y La Muerte’ – November to December 2015 – group exhibition – Casa Taller Jaime Zapata, Quito, Ecuador
  • ‘Recorriendo en un Campo Lúdico’ – October 2015 – group exhibition – Casa de Campo, Quito, Ecuador
  • ‘Concienciación’ – October 2015 – solo exhibition – Pentasiete, Quito, Ecuador
  • ‘Trazo Lúdico’ – June to July 2015 – group exhibition – Estampería Quiteña, Quito, Ecuador
  • ‘Exposición Final Estudiantes de Grabado’ – July 2014 – group exhibition – Casa de la Cultura, Sevilla, España
  • ‘Art for Mercy’ (auction) – November 2008 – group exhibition, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Commissioned Murals

  • 2021 – portraits of victims of femicide in Quintana Roo, with Las RestaurAmoras (Siempre Unidas)
  • January and February 2021 – five murals as part of the Red Feminista Quintanarooense occupation of Quintana Roo State Congress
  • August 2020 – Holbox Apartments, Holbox, Mexico
  • July 2020 – Peace and Bowl, Playa del Carmen, Mexico
  • November 2019 – Ernest, Newcastle, Mexico
  • May 2019 – Holbox Apartments, Holbox, Mexico
  • May 2019 – Flor del Soconusco, Playa del Carmen, Mexico
  • September 2018 – Casa Amarilla, Playa del Carmen, Mexico
  • September 2018 – Holbox Apartments, Holbox, Mexico
  • July 2017 – private apartment, Tulum, Mexico
  • May 2017 – La Zona Hostal, San Salvador, El Salvador
  • May 2017 – Hostal Cumbres del Volcan, San Salvador, El Salvador
  • January 2016 – Herbie West End, Edinburgh, UK
  • December 2015 – La Oficina, Quito, Ecuador
  • December 2015 – Hostal Ruta Mar, Canoa, Ecuador
  • September 2015 – Cervecería Páramo, Quito, Ecuador
  • July 2015 – Bandido Brewing, Quito, Ecuador
  • April 2015 – Cervecería San Blas, Quito, Ecuador

Other projects

  • 2020: I received an award of £979.40 from the Feminist Review Trust as well as internal funding from my employer to enable me to carry out a project visually communicating the results of my MRes. The project consists of painting a mural and creating a video to discuss both the research findings and the process of communicating those results through a mural.
  • 2019: IGDC Photography Competition. During my secondment to the IGDC I took over the preparation for the IGDC’s second photography competition, on the theme of risk and global development (postponed due to COVID).
  • 2019: Inspiring Human Rights Activism: I received a £1000 grant from the ESRC to design and run a public workshop and competition and curate an exhibition for the 2019 Festival of Social Sciences.
  • 2019: Illustrations for Martin Jones, Alice Nah and Tallulah Lines, ‘Wellbeing and Temporary International Relocation of Human Rights Defenders at Risk,’ Human Rights Defender Hub Policy Brief 8, Centre for Applied Human Rights, University of York. Available at: hrdhub.org/wellbeing
  • 2019: Bodies cover art and two featured illustrations for issue 2 of feminist journal Cultivate. Available at: https://cultivatefeminism.com/
  • 2018-19: La Vida es Mejor Sin Carnevegan activism sticker project, Mexico and Portugal
  • 2018-19: No a la violencia machistafeminist poster project, Mexico
  • 2018: A La Calle Pues illustration for issue 1 of feminist journal Cultivate
  • 2017: Legalizar el Aborto feminist activism sticker project, El Salvador