Tania Candiani (born 1974) is a Mexican artist known for her interdisciplinary, large-scale, multimedia installations. In 2011, she was named a

Guggenheim Fellow Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the ar ...

. Candiani was born in

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. 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. Candiani has shown her work around the world, including the Meno Parkas Galerija in Lithuania, Kunsthaus Miami in Florida, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, and her work is held by museums such as the Centro Cultural Tijuana, the Mexican Museum in San Francisco, and the

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in Los Angeles. Her first solo museum show was ''Cinco variaciones sobre circunstancias fónicas y una pausa'' at the Laboratorio de Arte Alameda in Mexico City 2012. Her work was selected for the Mexican Pavilion at the 2015

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. In 2019, she participated in the "Platform" section of the

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with her 2019 work ''Reverencia''. She was a 2010

International Studio & Curatorial Program International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) is a contemporary art institution that runs an international residency program and related exhibitions and events based in Brooklyn, New York. ISCP's exhibitions, talks, screenings and lectures gene ...

Resident, sponsored by FONCA - Fondo National para la Cultura y las Artes. In 2018, she was a Visiting Artist and Scholar at

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Candiani, Tania 1974 births Living people Mexican women artists People from Mexico City Mexican people of Italian descent