Decorating Vinyl with Troy-Anthony Baylis
Photo: Sam Roberts.
A descendant of the Jawoyn people from the Northern Territory and also of Irish ancestry, Troy-Anthony Baylis is multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans over three decades. His work spans painting, textiles, installation, and performance, often using vibrant colours and bold typography. Baylis’ work was profiled in The National 2019: new Australian art at Carriageworks, Sydney. Recent institutional solo exhibitions include Nomenclatures (Art Gallery of South Australia, 2020-2021) and I Wanna Be Adorned (QUT Art Museum, 2023). Troy-Anthony Baylis is the 2026 SALA Feature Artist and subject of a high quality monograph Let It Bleed, published by Wakefield Press, with contributions from local writers Sasha Grbich and Tikari Rigney.
Activity
Joined by 2026 SALA Feature Artist Troy-Anthony Baylis, participants got creative with vinyl! Inspired by his work on display, they decorated a vinyl sleeve with stickers and created their own unique designs using plastic vinyl stickers, textas, bright fluorescent stickers, and more.