Tallie Garey

Tallie Garey is a passionate BIPOC artist and advocate, holding her Post Graduate Certificate in Environmental Visual Communications (EVC) from Fleming College (in partnership with the Royal Ontario Museum), as well as a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Photography from OCAD University (OCADU). Her passion for making a positive change in the world mixed with her unique creative eye, plus a diverse education and background, encouraged her to find her own path in visual storytelling. She often blends her concern for environmental and social issues with her love for creative design, embarking on media projects marked with a deeper purpose. Her fine art and portrait photography practice can be defined as 'intention mixed with chance' - the tactile and present experience that comes from using only creative analogue and in camera techniques creates both a meditative and playful environment for her to explore her creativity. Tallie has expanded her reach through curation, videography, design, and marketing strategy, most notably during her roles as the curator & marketing manager for Photographers Without Borders, as well as the marketing & communications manager for The Royal Canadian Institute for Science. She continues to work as a freelance artist, media & marketing specialist.

Tallie's professional experience spans the realms of environmental video and photography published on numerous platforms including the National Post, CTV.ca, Canadian Geographic Magazine, and the Royal Ontario Museum to name a few. Additionally, Tallie showcases her contemporary art photography in local and international exhibitions. Her personal work includes ethereal imagery often based on her dreams, meditations, imagination, and relationship with nature. This work employs emotion through colour, focusing on a sense of play, a moment of pause or self-expression. She has also created a body of work based around mental health, identity, ethnicity, self-expression, and representation. She is currently working on her project, 'Portraits of Nature', capturing the beauty of the natural world through her unique abstracted perspective and found object light modifiers.