Tania Candiani

Place: Mexico City

Born: 1974

Biography:

Tania Candiani is a Mexican artist, born in 1974 in Mexico City, Mexico. She is known for her interdisciplinary, large-scale, multimedia installations. In 2011, she was named a Guggenheim Fellow. Candiani's work has been shown in museums and galleries around the world, including the Meno Parkas Galerija in Lithuania, Kunsthaus Miami in Florida, the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, and the Laboratorio de Arte Alameda in Mexico City. Her work is held in the collections of museums such as the Centro Cultural Tijuana, the Mexican Museum in San Francisco, and the Museum of Latin American Art in Los Angeles. Candiani's first solo museum show was Cinco variaciones sobre circunstancias fónicas y una pausa at the Laboratorio de Arte Alameda in Mexico City in 2012. Her work was selected for the Mexican Pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale. In 2019, she participated in the 'Platform' section of the Armory Show with her 2019 work Reverencia. She was a 2010 International Studio & Curatorial Program Resident, sponsored by FONCA - Fondo National para la Cultura y las Artes. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Fine Arts in 2011. During her fellowship term, she worked on a project exploring the interconnectedness of the construction of our homes, garments, and self-identities. In 2018, she was a Visiting Artist and Scholar at Arizona State University. The solo exhibition Tania Candiani: For the Animals, was presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, Colorado, in 2022.