In March 2024 Tyga Helme took up residence at The Corridor Project, Wayangala, NSW, Australia. 
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During this residency she developed a body of direct, intuitive, and site-responsive observations of Wiradjuri Country, producing a series of rapidly drawn gouache paintings. These works now form the foundation for her solo show at Messums West in 2026.

With an attuned sensitivity to feeling and place, Tyga took advantage of the new and unfamiliar landscape to respond, with painterly curiosity, to the atmospheric transitions of light, sound, and colour; transitioning from a Northern to a Southern Hemisphere palette.