Bergman Gallery is delighted to announce representation of Tanja McMillan (Misery)

Tanja McMillan, a.k.a Misery, is a New Zealand based painter, sculptor and mural artist of Tahitian and Chinese descent. Since 2002, Misery has exhibited extensively; in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Melbourne, Taiwan, Berlin, Los Angeles, California, New York, Hawai'i and Paris. Misery has also collaborated with New Zealand and international designers and brands New Balance, Blunt, Bitra, Casio Baby-G, Telecom, Serato, Piaggio, and Anna Sui of New York.

Her work features in private, corporate and public collections including Auckland Council, The Art House Trust, Westfield Group and Frank Liew Collection.

Misery will appear in multiple projects with Bergman Gallery in 2024.

"𝘔𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺, 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦."

 Above) photo of artist Tanja McMillan (Misery) by Jamie McCready

Tanja McMillan (Misery) in A Place to Call Home, Bergman Gallery, Auckland 2023

Tanja McMillan (Misery), Golden Noodle, acrylic, aerosol, ink on plywood panel with UV protective varnish, 1200x1000mm, 2023