(mexico city, 1974)
Lives and work in Tijuana and Mexico City
Solo exhibitions
2008 Refranes. Centro Cultural Espana. Mexico City.
Instrucciones y Recetas. Galeria La Refaccionaria. Mexico City.
2007 Habitantes y Fachadas. Calle 4ta altos. Tijuana. Mexico
2005 Mattresses, Kunsthaus Miami.
Tania Candiani. Selected Works, David Zapf Gallery. San Diego, Ca.
2004 Gorge / Gorgeous. MACLA, San José. Ca.
Proteccion 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 Galeria de Arte Moderno. Culiacon. 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
2008 Neurotic Playground. Symptoms of Distress, Tension and Irritability. The Redhead Gallery. Toronto, Ontario.
Parientes de Ocasi?n. Centro de la Im?gen. Mexico City.
Detr?s del sue?o. Centro Fotogr?fico Manuel ?lvarez Bravo. Oaxaca.
2007 Viva México, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland.
Media Asta/Half Mast. Haydee Rovirosa Gallery. New York.
Textile 07. Kaunas Art Biennial. Kaunas, Lithuania.
Mi Tema. Centro Cultural Tijuana. Tijuana. Mexico.
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. Mosc?. 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 Arts Shake. Palazzo Zambeccari. Bologna, Italy
Nuevo Arte: Colecci?n 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, Alcal? 31. ARCO 05. Madrid, Spain
Centro de Historia de Zaragoza. Zaragoza, Spain
Vértigos y Delirios, Centro Cultural Espa?a, 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 Salon Bancomer, Museo de Arte Moderno. Mexico city
Imaginer?a Audiovisual de la Frontera, IAF 03. Tijuana, Mexico
Love Letters, 4F GALLERY. Los Angeles, Ca.
2002 Rotaci?n XX, MUCA Roma. Mexico City
©Diagn?sticos Urbanos, Centro Cultural Tijuana. Tijuana, Mexico
Mexartfest. Panorama del arte contempor?neo 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 ? 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 Pl?stica de Baja California. Traveling exhibition, Mexico
1997 XI Bienal pl?stica 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
2008 Carteles de refranes. Mexico City streets.
Habita Intervenido. Hotel Habita. Mexico City.
Toque de Valla. Tijuana, Mexico
Cierre Libertad. Tijuana, Mexico
2007 Habitantes y Fachadas. Villas Urbi.Tijuana, Mexico
2006 La Constancia Dormida. Plataforma. F?brica La Constancia Mexicana. Puebla, Mexico
Sobre el tiempo. 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 Espa?a. 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 ambientaci?n e instalaci?n para sitio espec?fico.
Seleccion. X-Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico
Grants & Awards
2007 First Prize. Textile Biennale. Kaunas, Lithuania.
2006-2007 Jovenes 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 Jovenes 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