Since returning to Perth from Belfast in 2012, Teelah has been extraordinarily active in making discrete bodies of work that channel stories, anecdotes and strange histories. Recently she has directly engaged with the archives and collections of the Art Gallery of Western Australia and the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art at the University of Western Australia.
Her PICA residency will become a site for real dialogue, as she invites artists, curators, historians and writers to meet with her. Teelah will be using the space as an office and site for the examination of the practicalities of artistic practice as well as engaging with PICA’s archives.