Troy-Anthony Baylis

Repost @qutartmuseum Step inside an alternate dimension—one that embraces incongruity to celebrate the body, sexuality, Indigeneity, pop culture, art history and queer aesthetics—in ‘Troy-Anthony Baylis: I Wanna Be Adorned’. On now at QUT Art Museum, featuring works dating from 2006 to present. #TroyAnthonyBaylis #QUTArtMuseum #QUTalumni @btroyanthony @universityartmuseumsaustralia @qutrealworld

A bit chuffed… rather groove-is-in-the-hearts deee-lited. Heartfelt thanks @artmonthly repost “With declarative statements and sharp wordplay, Troy-Anthony Baylis mines his vast musical knowledge to carry forth queer culture and experience.” • In the first of a new series of essays sponsored by University Art Museums Australia, Daniel Mudie Cunningham @danmudcun writes on the queer futurity of artists Paul Knight @paulkthing , and Troy-Anthony Baylis @btroyanthony whose new work ‘Two Hearts (Olivia Newton-John)’ (2022), soon to feature as part of ‘I wanna be adorned’ at @qutartmuseum in Meanjin/Brisbane, graces AMA’s new Winter cover.

Here’s an in-between-take 📸 of me from the set of my new 🎥 work The Mourning After that is currently on display at Adelaide Contemporary Experimental as part of Anarchive: Gut-feeling The napkin is soaking up my drool. The pose and photo, carrying-on macabre - a twist and a nod to the 1968 film Oliver! - “please sir, I want some more” 📸 Alexander Robertson Grief, as ugly as it is and as ugly as I look in it, does have an aesthetic. I wanted it to be captured on video and I wanted it to have a life beyond an ephemeral live performance. I don’t want to subject myself or audiences to the devastating trauma of it all over and over again, even though of course that is part of performance - the haphazard, unexpected, uncontrollable. Sometimes with a live performance an audience is trapped and there are no exits, no escape. I am so grateful to have came across the ‘light fantastic’, super talented film and still image maker Alexander Robertson whose filming and editing work on The Mourning After 2026 is exceptional. He is so respectful and was a breeze to work and collaborate on 🎥 The Mourning After 🎥 7mins 22 secs @alexandermrobertson Shout-outs to Dylan and Ewan for the use of their church house, and Dylan Pimm for the make-up and set-styling. Thanks curators Sasha Grbich and Danni Zuvela for including my personal yet very relatable story that bleeds through my generation in the exceptionally brilliant and much needed project Anarchive: Gut-feeling and to the small dedicated team at Adelaide Contemporary Experimental for what is the most complex production I have seen at this site in the past 25 years I’ve been visiting ACE, formerly AEAF, formerly EAF. Thanks @cityofadelaide for supporting this work 🙏 @sasha_grbich @dillon_pymm #pleasesiriwantsomemourning

Flash-Blak!… Here’s pix from the opening night of Ain’t MsBhavin’ at @nexusarts @nexusartsgallery 3 November 2005. The exhibition was a lead @feastfestival 2005 event. During the opening night, as Barbara Cartland, I sang and danced the Tiny Tim classic Tip Toe Thru The Tulips accompanied by @matt_gilbertson and Barbara’s tap dancing troupe. This was over 20 years ago and all of my closest nunga Aunties are now gone (except for one), so apologies and a warning to folk who find images of people who are deceased distressing. This is about honouring them, their connections to people and places ❤️ We were very close and I miss them soooo much 😢 The pix also include past friends, but in the spirit of an archive I have not altered the images. Muriel Van Der Byl AM performed Welcome To Country Greg Mackie OAM opened the exhibition.

Great night… a lot to celebrate ❤️ 👏 (in Her honor I wore Fanny’s snails to match Bridget’s cover snails) 🐌 🐌 Repost @artlink_magazine Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for the launch of ‘EXPERIMENTAL ART_Rattling the Archive’ at the opening of Bridget Currie’s solo exhibition ‘Anarchive: knowledge follows form’ curated by Sasha Grbich showing at FUMA. And to celebrate 45 years of Artlink! 😍 Make sure you see this exhibition before it closes Friday 19 June and if you haven’t already, pick up our latest issue! @sasha_grbich @fuma_museum @bridget_currie @jacquelinemillner #ArtlinkMagazine #YourArtlink #ContemporaryArt

How wonderful to chat with this gorgeous cluster of @cityofadelaide councillors gearing up for SALA Festival in August 😃 Repost from @eleanorfreeman.adelaide • Celebrating the @salafestival poster unveiling with feature artist @btroyanthony 🎨✨ I was delighted to attend the unveiling of Troy’s fabulous poster for the 2026 SALA festival at Keith Murdoch House with @thetiser . Troy is painter, textile, installation and performance artist that has lived and worked in Adelaide for the past 25 years – and can also pull off every possible hair colour. 💇‍♂️ Every August, the South Australian Living Artists (SALA) festival turns the @cityofadelaide into a living gallery of visual art installations. Last year saw over 100 artists in over 100 venues. What will 2026 bring? ✨ ▶️ SALA festival registrations closes in 12 days on 6 May. Get in touch at @salafestival #CityofAdelaide #SALAFestival #LivingGallery

Repost from @robsimms84 • It was great to attend the launch of the @salafestival 2026 poster last night! Big congratulations to their feature artist, Troy-Anthony Baylis and all the SALA team.

Repost from @salafestival • Say hello to the official 2026 SALA Festival Poster! 🎉 Pictured is a detail of ‘Modesty Set 1 (pink and apple green)’ by our 2026 Feature Artist Troy-Anthony Baylis @btroyanthony It’s hard to capture the layered significance of this work within a single post, so stay tuned for a podcast interview with Troy-Anthony Baylis closer to the Festival! ✨

So excited for SALA Festival 2026 for the statewide focus on living visual artists. Registrations are open until Wednesday 6 May. The poster has been launched and revealed … Repost from kyam.maher • As we approach the 2026 South Australian Living Artists (@salafestival ) Festival, last night was the revealing and official launch of this year’s SALA poster. It was a pleasure to hang out with the artist whose work features on the poster, Jawoyn man Troy-Anthony Baylis, who I reckon I first met more than 20 years ago. The much loved SALA Festival first started in 1998 as a week long event, and has since grown to so much more. Now showcasing over 10,000 artists across over 700 venues all across South Australia for the entire month of August. Special thanks to SALA CEO Bridget Alfred, and SALA Chair Alexandrea Cannon, as well the entire SALA team of staff and volunteers, and of course the hugely talented artists. Keep an eye out for Troy-Anthony’s poster around Adelaide and be sure to check out some of the wonderful talent that will be on display in August when the festival officially kicks off.

🎥 arriving … 08-05-26 🖤 ❤️ 🤍 “The Mourning After” is one of eleven new commissions for ANARCHIVE GUT-FEELING curated by Sasha Grbich & Danni Zuvela Adelaide Contemporary Experimental 8 May - 27 June 2026 “The Mourning After” is proudly supported by funding from City of Adelaide 🙏 Concept and performer: Troy-Anthony Baylis Videographer and production: Alexander Robertson Make-up performer: Dylan Pimm BTS pix 18-04-2026 📸 1, 4 Alexander Robertson 📸 2, 3 Benjamin Rees @btroyanthony @alexandermrobertson @ace.gallery.adelaide @sasha_grbich @dillon_pymm @benjamin.p.rees @cityofadelaide

So excited about today’s announcement that my favourite Wollongong band @tumbleweed_gong will support one of my favourite Brisbane bands @spiderbait for their Ivy and the Big Apples 30th anniversary Sydney show at Enmore Theatre, 31 July 2026. Two iconic Tumbleweed songs Dreamchaser (1992) and Acid Rain (1992) are referenced in Tell Them Their Dreaming currently on display across the also iconic facade of @wollongongartgallery until 24 May. 1. installation detail 📸 Jennifer Leahy @silversalt_photography 2. Wollongong Art Gallery 2026 Program booklet and TTTD info card 📸 TAB 3. TAB vox pop interview 📸 Daniel Mudie Cunningham 4. TAB vox pop interview 📸 Daniel Mudie Cunningham @danmudcun

Nice day for a reading in pyjamas day. New Artlink has arrived 👏 Bumper issue EXPERIMENTAL ART__ Rattling the Archive out now featuring critical essays and art by several peers including guest editor Sasha Grbich. I loved writing about The Blak Laundry, shining my art historical, cultural studies, and auto-ethnographic lens onto this remarkable ‘work’: Rinse and Repeat: The Blak Laundry project, pp. 86-89. @artlink_magazine @sasha_grbich @the_blak_laundry