BIRTHPLACE:   mexico city BIRTH YEAR:   1974 LIVES IN:   tijuana, méxico WORKS IN:   tijuana and mexico city

ADDRESS:   calle 4ta 1518 altos, centro, tijuana, CA, Mexico WEBSITE:   http://www.taniacandiani.com TAGS:   thread, tijuana, intervention, textile

Tania Candiani (mexico city, 1974)
Lives and work in Tijuana and Mexico City

Upcoming solo exhibitions
2008    La Caja Galería. Tijuana. Mexico
             Espacio 5. Site specific intervention. Tijuana. Mexico
              Kunsthaus Miami. Project Room. Miami
               La Refaccionaria. Mexico City

Solo exhibitions
2007    Habitantes y Fachadas. Site specific interventions. Tijuana. Mexico
2005    Mattresses, Kunsthaus Miami.
            Tania Candiani. Selected Works, David Zapf Gallery. San Diego, Ca.
2004    Gorge / Gorgeous. MACLA, San José. Ca.
            Protección Familiar, Festival Internacional Cervantino. Kunsthaus Santa Fe. San Miguel de Allende. Mexico.
2002    Cerca Series: Tania Candiani at MCA,  Museum of Contemporary Art. San Diego, Ca.
            Gordas, Museo de la Ciudad. Querétaro. Mexico
2001    Galería de Arte Moderno. Culiacán. Mexico
Centro Cultural Tijuana. Tijuana. Mexico
1999    De Cerca, El Lugar del Nopal. Tijuana, Mexico
1998       Las bases moleculares de la vida, Ensenada. Mexico

Group exhibitions
2007    SD. Art Prize: New Contemporaries. San Diego, Ca.
                 Media Asta/Half Mast. Haydee Rovirosa Gallery. New York.
                 Nit/Thread. Koroska Galerija, Slovenj Gradec. Sloven
          Behind the Dream.Contemporary Mexican Photography.
Nacional Center for Contemporary Art. Moscú. Russia
Ivanovo Art Museum/Foundation for Interregional Projects.Ivanovo, Russia
Sister Cities Testing Boundaries Exhibition. El Paso Museum of Art. El Paso, Tx.
Art for Art´s Shake. Palazzo Zambeccari. Bologna, Italy
                 Nuevo Arte: Colección Tequila Don Julio.
New World Museum. Houston. US.
White Box, New York, US. 
Aldo Castillo Gallery. Chicago. US.
LACE.Los Angeles Contemporary Art Exhibitions. US.
2006       Plataforma. La Constancia. Intervenciones. Puebla, Mexico
                Transactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art.
Museum of of Contemporary Art. La Jolla, Ca.
     Tijuana Crude. Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. Los Angeles, Ca.
Strange New World: Art and Design from Tijuana,
Museum of Contemporary Art. La Jolla, Ca.
Cultural Institute of Mexico. Washington D.C. US.
Tijuana Organic: Women´s Border Realities,
Cornerhouse. Manchester, UK
                 SPACE Gallery, London, UK
                 Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana.
2005        Tracking and Tracing: Contemporary Acquisitions 2000-2005, San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, Ca.
Tijuana Sessions, Alcalá 31. ARCO 05. Madrid, Spain
Centro de Historia de Zaragoza. Zaragoza, Spain
Vértigos y Delirios, Centro Cultural España, Mexico City
Espejos/Mirrors, Contemporary Mexican Artists in the United States. Instituto Cultural de México, Washington, D.C., US.
The Eating Project. Salina Art Center. Kansas
2004    Democracy was Fun,  White Box. New York
Soy y que. New Chicano/Latino Representations, Yerbabuena Center for the Arts. San Francisco, Ca.
Larva, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
Festival Internacional Cervantino. Guanajuato. Mexico
Pinacoteca, Centro de las Artes, Monterrey, México


2003    IX Salón Bancomer,  Museo de  Arte  Moderno. Mexico city
Imaginería Audiovisual de la Frontera, IAF 03. Tijuana, Mexico
Love Letters, 4F GALLERY. Los Angeles, Ca.
2002        Rotación XX,  MUCA Roma. Mexico City
©Diagnósticos Urbanos, Centro Cultural Tijuana. Tijuana, Mexico
Mexartfest. Panorama del arte contemporáneo mexicano. Traveling exhibition. Japan
Here/There.Contemporary Social Commentary by Emerging Tijuana Artist, Flux Gallery. San Diego, Ca.
Manualidad, UABC. Proyecto del Grupo Martes. Tijuana, Mexico
2001     Torture, Proyecto del Grupo Martes, The Latino Museum of History, Arts & Culture. Los Angeles
                Herbst International Exhibition Hall, Presidio. San Francisco, Ca.
Tapetes 01, Centro Cultural Tijuana. Proyecto del Grupo Martes. Tijuana, Mexico
Pintura Fresca, New Work from Tijuana. Luckman Gallery. Cal State L.A., Los Angeles
2000     Enviarte, Espacio F. Madrid, Spain
Les Mexicains á Paris, Carteles de México. Galerie Anatome. Paris, France
Bienal Internacional de Estandartes. Centro Cultural Tijuana. Tijuana, Mexico
1999    IV Bienal de Monterrey. Museo de Monterrey. Monterrey, Mexico
XII Bienal Plástica de Baja California. Traveling exhibition, Mexico 
1997    XI  Bienal plástica de Baja California. Traveling exhibition, Mexico
Fronteras. Colectivo Revolucionarte. Centro Cultural Tijuana. Tijuana, Mexico
The politics of womanhood. Intersection Gallery. San Diego, Ca.   
Esquina 29 Paralelo 32. Centro  Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico

Interventions and site specific works

2006        La Constancia Dormida. Plataforma. Fábrica La Constancia Mexicana. Puebla, Mexico
               Alice.100 Clocks in the Wood. Tijuana Crude. Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, Ca.
    Studio Dust. Space. London
2005        Food Quilt, The Eating Project, Salina Art Center. Salina, Kansas.
                Hotel, Nortearte. Chihuahua, Mexico
                Bosque Chino, FLAMA 03. Xalapa, Mexico
                Lo  visible  intervenido, Centro Cultural España. Mexico
2004        Mi casa no es tu casa, White Box. New York
     Centro de las Artes. Monterrey, Mexico
Centro Cultural Tijuana. Tijuana, Mexico
Kunsthaus Santa Fe. San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
1998    5to. concurso de ambientación e instalación para sitio específico.
Selección. X-Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico

Grants & Awards

2006-2007
               Jóvenes Creadores. Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes.
               Creadores con Trayectoria. Fondo Estatal para la Cultura y las Artes de Baja California.
2004    Pilchuck Glass School. Summer Session. Scholarship. Seattle
Artist in Residence, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art. Nebraska. Artist in residency program. April/June 2004
2003    Artist in Residence, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art. Nebraska. Artist in residency program. May/June 2003
Alberta Du Pont Bonsal Foundation Prize in Arts.
1999    IV Bienal de Monterrey. Selection. Museo de Monterrey.
Beca Jóvenes Creadores. Fondo Estatal para la Cultura y las Artes. 

Public collections
Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla
The Mexican Museum. San Francisco, Ca.
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego
Alberta Du Pont Bonsal Foundation, La Jolla
Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana
The Great American Women´s Sculpture Park