Tara Fallaux is a multidisciplinary artist based in Amsterdam, known for her award-winning work as a photographer, filmmaker, and her explorations in film installations and painting. Besides her own practice Tara serves as an audiovisual and photography coach. Through her multidisciplinary practice, she continues to push boundaries across mediums, combining visual art, narrative, and experimental techniques.Tara is co-director and curator of the photography platform BUY MY DARLINGS.


"In my work, I explore the inner workings of human experience, focusing on themes like identity, desire, and (dis)connection, and how these are shaped by broader social dynamics. A recurring theme is the perceived manageability of life. My projects often center on women and their environments, examining how they interact and what their body language reveals about their inner world. Dreams, along with the intangible and unpredictable, play a significant role, both in a literal and metaphorical sense. My work is an ongoing inquiry into the human need for connection and belonging, and the ways we search for meaning in a world that often feels untethered."


Tara has directed several acclaimed documentaries, including "Over The Rainbow," which chronicles the coming out and coming of age journey of her 80-year-old aunt. This film premiered at the prestigious Hot Docs Festival in Toronto and has been screened at numerous festivals worldwide, garnering several awards. Her latest documentary, "Love Letters," premiered at IDFA in Amsterdam and was nominated for Best International Short Documentary. It was also featured in The Atlantic Selects, chosen by The Atlantic Monthly in the USA.

Recent Work:

  • Film Installation: I’m Sorry first presented at Powerlong Art Centre in Xiamen China 2024. Filmed real time slowmotion choreography projected on black fabric. Plastic floor sculpture. Soundscape.

  • Film Installation: Almost There premiered at UNBOUND during UNSEEN 2023, featuring a Pepper's Ghost hologram. The Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant selected it as Artwork of the Week.

  • Multimedia Project: I Write This Letter in Bed (2022) is an intimate film installation addressing digital representation and identity. The project focuses on Rocy, a young woman in China grappling with evolving concepts of love and marriage. It premiered at Galerie Caroline O’Breen, accompanied by photographic lightboxes and other photography originating from Fallaux's 2018 residency at the Chinese European Art Center in Xiamen.

  • Book: The book Perfect Pearl was published in April 2022 and was shortlisted for the Prix du Livre Rencontres d’Arles and Best Dutch Book Design 2022. It was exhibited at Espace Van Gogh in Arles and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. The Perfect Pearl project has been featured in exhibitions at the Technische Sammlungen Museum in Dresden, Arles Nuit de L’Annee, Guernsey Photo Festival, Rolling Snowball Iceland, and Gallery Caroline O’Breen.


Tara’s work has been exhibited internationally at festivals and institutions, including the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Galerie Caroline O’Breen, Hot Docs Toronto, Rencontres d’Arles, IDFA, Fotofestival Naarden, Guernsey Photography Festival, Technische Sammlungen Museum Dresden, NYC Independent Film Festival, Lincoln Center for the Arts, The Melkweg Gallery, The Dutch National Portrait Studio, and BIG ART Amsterdam.



Tara’s work on Gallery Viewer.

EXHIBITIONS AND VIEWINGS:

2024 Perfect Pearl book at Bigger Art Book Fair, Dongguan, China.

2024 I’m Sorry- Film installation with sculpture, Powerlong Art Centre, Xiamen China.

2024 Night 1895. ARS LONGA contemporary art museum, Iceland.

2024 Women in Art. De Hallen, Mercatorplein, Westerpark Amsterdam. March 1-31

2023 Perfect Pearl book at Best Dutch Book Design in Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

2023 Almost There- Film / photo sculpture installation at UNBOUND curated exhibition Amsterdam

2023 I Write This Letter in Bed- Film-installation at Der Greif at Pinakothek der Moderne & ZIRKA, Munchen

2023 BUY MY DARLINGS LOVE edition, Amsterdam

2023 I Write This Letter in Bed- Film-installation at gallery Caroline O’Breen Amsterdam

2023 Perfect Pearl at Tropic Bound Artists’ Book Fair, Miami Florida USA

2022 Mobile Home Film-installation at BIG ART Amsterdam

2022 Perfect Pearl the book at Prix du Livre, Espace van Gogh, Rencontres D’Arles

2022 Perfect Pearl the book at Athens Photo Festival & Encontros de Imagem Portugal

2022 Perfect Pearl at Nuit de L’Année, Rencontres D’Arles

2022 Mobile Home at Rolling Snowball #15, Iceland.

2022 Perfect Pearl at Portraits Hellerau in the Technical Collections Museum in Dresden.

2021 The Love Line, solo show at The Dutch Portrait Studio

2021 Perfect Pearl, solo show Guernsey Photography Festival. (Postponed to Dec 2022)

2020 Living on the Edge, Sharjah Art Foundation, Arabic Emirates.

2020 Love Letters film, AFSAD Festival in Ankara

2020 Love Sick short dance film at Dance film festival SPACE in Pittsburgh

2020 Over The Rainbow and women portraits, Solo show at Vizualizator Festival Belgrade

2019 Wild Poppy, Prix de la Photographie, Paris

2019 Wild Poppy Love me Tender at Docfield Barcelona, SOLAR Festival Brazil and Lagos Festival Nigeria.

2019 Wild Poppy at Photo Festival Naarden.

2019 LOVE SICK short dance film at Leiden experimental Film festival.

2018 Today, Tomorrow, Forever video installation, solo exhibition at C.E.A.C, Xiamen, China

2018 LOVE LETTERS film, The Helsinki International Film Festival- Love and Anarchy

2017 LOVE LETTERS, photography and video installation, Photo Festival Naarden.

2017 LOVE LETTERS film, IDFA, Sleepwalkers Film Festival Estonia, Eindhovens Filmfestival, The Atlantic Selects

2017 LOUIS THE FERRIS WHEEL KID at Movies that Matter Go Short, Nijmegen

2016 OVER THE RAINBOW at Berlin Short Film Festival, PINK APPLE filmfestival, Zürich,

Mardi Gras Film Festival in Sydney.

2015 OVER THE RAINBOW at NYC Independent Film Festival, MIX Copenhagen, Denmark.

Nederlands Film Festival, Utrecht,

Festival Asterisco, Buenos Aires, Hot Docs Toronto International Premiere,

Roze Filmdagen World Premiere. Jury Award Best Documentary and Audience Award.

2015 Gedanst. Permanent exhibition at Korzo theater The Hague.

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Tara’s work is supported by; Amsterdams Fonds Voor de Kunst, Amarte fonds, Stichting Stokroos, Tijlfonds/ Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, PPO Werktuig, Vevam Directors Fund, Dutch Film Fund and Mondriaan Fund.

Education: film and visual arts at the Netherlands Film Academy and the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, as well as at the Carnegie Mellon University in the US. She was selected for residencies in China (C.E.A.C) and Japan (Atlantic Centre for the Arts with Nan Goldin).