Bio

BIO

Born in Munich, Germany, Tania Welz has lived and worked in Rome for over 20 years.

In her artistic practice Tania Welz assembles fabrics with different materials, making them conflict with each other and react through corrosive action of fire, air, water, physical force and chemicals, up to creating large works with a strong chromatic and material impact.

Through cuts, assemblages, burns, paddings and juxtaposition of poor materials with rich fabrics or precious inserts, the artist offers a perspective of dynamic and visually transformation.

Her work has been exhibited in various international exhibitions such as the Fiber Art Biennial in China, Warsaw, Dubai, Munich, Belgrade, Bratislava, London and Los Angeles and has won various prizes and awards.

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Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

2023 (Upcoming luglio) Museo Castromediano, Lecce, Italy

2019 ‘the Dedica Anthology’, Palazzo Naiadi, Le Dame Art Gallery, curator Gianfranco Valleriani, Rome, Italy
2019 Gallery Benjamin Eck, Munich, Germany
2018 ‘le trame del mondo – interlacement’, curator Raffaela Salato, Piazzadispagna9, Rome, Italy
2012 Gallery Caffe Concerto, Modena, Italy
2012 Gallery Böhmler im Tal, Munich, Germany
2011 Gallery laranarossa, Latina, Italy
2010 Gallery Opera Unica, Rome, Italy

Group exhibitions

2023 Studio Rö, group showing, Design week Milan

2023 XS Project, curated by Barbara Pavan for the international fiber art magazine  ‘ArteMorbida’ , Bergamo art fair  13. – 15.01.2023

2022 ‘Waves of weaving‘, Domus Art Gallery, Athens, Grecia, group exhibition with Yuriko Damiano, Florence Vacher, Curatrice Giulia Coccia

2021 6th Textile Art of Today, travelling exhibition with Olafur Eliasson (Denmark), Shoplifter – Hrafnhildur Arnardottir (Island), Kari Anne Helleberg Bahri (Norway), Włodzimierz Cygan (Poland) 
Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava- Cunovo, Slovak Republic Tatra Gallery, Poprad, Slovak Republic
The Museum of Moravian Slovakia, Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic Pesti Vigadó Gallery, Budapest, Hungary, Museum Historyczne, Bielsko-Biala, Poland

2021 17th international Fiber art Competition, ‘Trama a corte’ Rocca di Sala Baganza, Italy

2019 Artrooms Award, International Contemporary Award for Independent Artists, Finalist exhibiton, Melia White House, London
2019 ‘artist in focus 2‘ , Drina Art Gallery, Belgrad, Serbia
curated by Natascia Radojeciv
Miloš Todorović, Tania Welz, Michele Iodice, Veljko Zejak, Alexandar Gligorijevich, Petar Mirković, Marko Lađušić,Lola Sprenger, Nikola Kolya Božović, Dajana Vujčić, Alexandar Dimitrijević. Miloš Tomić, Milena Mijović Durutović
2019 ‘24 hours creating a new day’, Choral Art Action, Melia White House, London
Site specific installation, curated by Gianfranco Valleriani, Sounds: Alex Marenga
Gianni Asdrubali, Gerald Bruneau, Mariangela Capossela, Silvia de Gennaro, Francesca Fini, Hugh Fleetwood, Grabriela Herma, Armano Jericevic, Tanaka Kohei, Marko Koppe, Eden Lai, Gianfranco Notargiacomo, Alice Padovani, Mauro Palotta, Vic Pereiro, Claudia Quintieri, Virginia Ryan, Edmond Simpson, Goran Stojcetovic, Miron Tee, Stevens Vaughn , Tania Welz, Fiorenza Zaffina, Meng Zhou
2019 ‘The Dedica Anthology’, Palazzo Naiadi, Le Dame Art Gallery, Rome
curator Gianfranco Valleriani, Rome
with Marco Tamburro, Kim kwansoon, Gerald Bruneau, Antonella Catini, Alice Padovani, Maupal, Fiorenzo Zaffina, Virginio Favale, Akelo, Patrizia Montedoro
2019 ‘Artrooms’ Rome , International contemporary art fair fo independent artists
2018 ‘Between Two Seas / LA International’, Arena 1 Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
curator Luigia Martelloni
With Wim Wenders, Scherezade Garcia, Andy Moses, Mei Xian Qiu, Yossi Govrin, Uemon Ikeda, Alberti Vannetti, Lynn Aldrich, Jay Mark Johnson, Luigia Martelloni,
2018 ‘Elevision’, International group showing, DUBAI, ABU DABI, UAE
2017 Rome Art Week, Rome, Italy
2016 Rome Art Week, Rome, Italy
2016 4 th international emerging artist award , showcasing winning artwork ‘All you can(not) leave behind’, World Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE
2015 WIA Expo 2015 (Warsaw International Art), Warsaw, Poland
2014 ‘from Lausanne to Bejing’, 8th International Fiber Art Biennale
Nantong, China
2012 ‘Premio internationale Limen Arte’ 2011
Curator Giorgio di Genova, Vibo Valentia, Italy
2012 ‘La Materia Ri-Nata’, Gallery Modulo M4, MACRO, la Pelanda, Rome, Italy
2011 Gallery ‘laranarossa’, Latina, Italy
2010 Gallery RVBArts, Rome, Italy
2010 Gallery Quibab Art, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2010 Residence in farnese, Rome, Italy
2009 Gallery Traasart, group showing with the members of the ‘Gelatoartsalon’ New York, Rome, Italy
2007 ‘itinerario clandestino’, centro culturale arte oggi, group showing with the members of the ‘clandestini – movimento in arte´ foundation, Rome, Italy
2006 ‘arte x arte’, group showing with the members of the ‘clandestini – movimento in arte´ foundation, Rome Italy
2006 ‘percorso di pace’, Gallery Gard, Rome, Italy

Awards

2020 – Honorable mention, CFA Artist of the year Award, Circle foundation for the Arts, Lyon, France

2019 Le Dame Art Gallery Award, Le Dame Art Gallery, London

2016 Winner 4 th International Emerging Artist Award category ‘Mixed Media’, Dubai, UAE

2010 25th Annual Chelsea International Fine Art Competition selected by Juror Ms. Megan Fontanella, Assistent curator , Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York for a review in ArtisSpectrum Magazine, New York

Commissions

2003 Stage set Rai 3 ‘Correva l’anno’
2009 Prorail, Dutch Railway Netwrok Prorail, commissioned artwork: Loco-motif
2017 Hotel Maria Regina, artdesign concept and realization of the three floor wing of the hotel with a total of 43 small works and 12 works of big dimensions, Rome, Italy

Private Collections

Dutch Railway Network Prorail

Activities related to Art

Co-creator, co-author and presenter of the TV art – magazine ‘Art2Art’ (see part-1, see part-2), Artchannel China (艺术人文)

Pubblications

2022 Article Art Scene Athens ‘Weaving new meaning into traditional artforms’ – 03.08.2022

2021 textile art magazine Artemorbida – interview

2021 6th Textile Art of Today Catalogue ISBN 978-80-973111-1-7

2019 Interview Fashionela ‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever’

2018 Art and cake Contemporary Art Magazine Los Angeles

Review ‘International artists exhibit at Santa Monica Airport’

2016 The Best of 2016, 4th International Emerging Artist Award,page 86
2014 8th From Lausanne to Bejing Fiberart Biennale Catalogue, page 171, ISBN 978-7-112-18456-9
2014 Percorsi d’Arte in Italia, Enzo le Pera,ISBN 978-88-498-4249-4
2011 Premio Internazionale Limen Arte, 3rd edition, page 223,
2010 Artis Spectrum, Profiles of Contemporary Art and Artists, Vol.23, May 2010, page 37