Tia Ansell is a New Zealand born and Melbourne based artist. Tia has a BFA with Honours at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne. She has held solo and group exhibitions at various galleries and museums in Australia and New Zealand. Solo exhibitions include Lon Gallery, Suite Gallery Auckland and Wellington, Conners Conners, Station Gallery, Sarah Scout, Caves Gallery and Bus Projects. Group exhibitions include Shepparton Art Gallery, Lon Gallery, Suite Gallery Auckland and Wellington, Conners Conners, Laree Payne Gallery, C Contemporary, Martin Browne Contemporary, Station Gallery, Hugo Michell, Caves Gallery and Bus Projects. Tia has been shortlisted for the Wangaratta Textile Award 2023 and Bayside Acquisitive 2022, the recipient of the Lottozero residency in 2023, McFarlane Fund Kyneton residency in 2019 and the Majlis Travelling award in 2018.