BIO
Tania García was born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1984, grew up between Spain, Portugal and the United States, since 2001 resides in the Canary Islands. Graduated in Fine Arts and with a Master's Degree in Philosophy from the University of La Laguna. His activity has developed in two interconnected fields: his career as a visual artist, linking his work to action art and installation; and his work in the artistic mediation.
TRAINING
2013-2015 _Master of Philosophy, Culture and Society, University of La Laguna.
2003-2009 _Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of La Lagoon.
2006-2007 _Beca Seneca, Polytechnic University of Valencia.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015-2019 _Museum Educator / Guide, Tenerife Department of Education Espacio de las Artes, Tenerife.
2012-2013 _Graphic Designer, at Oxford University Express, Madrid.
2010-2012 _Coordinator of Extracurricular Activities, Government Grant of the Canary Islands, Tenerife.
ART OF ACTION
2020 _Performance of Silence.Queteperformen! Video-performance direct -online.
2019 _5th Performance Meeting - Body to Body, Center for Arte la Regenta, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
2018 _Festival Manta Rock, Municipality of Rosario, Tenerife.
2016 _Performance Art Oslo, PAO Festival, Oslo.
2013 _CulturArt, Ambassadors with Provisions, Madrid.
2012 _Féminas, Ramses, Madrid.
_Puertas Abierta, La Tabacalera. Madrid.
2010 _Dance meeting, Victoria Theater, Tenerife.
_Feelm-Festival, Finca Arico. Tenerife.
_Arte de Acción, October Center for Contemporary Culture, Valencia.
2009 _6 Bodies, 1st International Performance Festival, LAB, Murcia.
_Desórdenes, at the Círculo de Bellas Artes, Tenerife.
2008 _Arte en Predicado, 1st Tenerife International Performance Meeting.
_The cultural week: Living in the Public Space, Tenerife.
_ADA Festival of actions, Porto.
2007 _Gran Churrasco, International Performance Meeting, Lisbon.
2006 _Intervention in the Malvarrosa, Performance Show, Valencia.
2003 _ El Festivalito , 1st Edition of La Palma Digital Cinema.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
2018 _Real History of Local Heroines. Intergenerational mediation project, Tenerife.
2014 _Taller de la Villa; Ceramics and Art Therapy, La Palma.
_MôM: Employment and Tourism Promotion, La Palma (4 months).
2013 _Ambassadors with Provisions: Space for Interaction and Contemporary Art Exhibition. Madrid. (4 months ).
2008 _Art in Predicate: 1st International Meeting of Tenerife Performance (9 months).
2007 _Subdirección_Las Piedras de Taburiente, Visitor Center. Interior design and wall painting. La Palma (13 months).
EXHIBITIONS & SAMPLES
2020 _Habitat for Deep Space [individual], Casa de the Colonels in La Oliva, Fuerteventura.
2020 _Encounter of Artistic Mediation, Tenerife Lab [shows]. Leal Theater, San Cristóbal de la Laguna.
2019 _Performance Festival, Kunstbanke [collective], Exhibition of video Arte, Hedmark Kunstsenter, Hamar.
2019 _El Cosmos y el Art [itinerant collective]. O'Daly room. Santa Cruz de la Palma.
2019 _5th Melee Performance Meeting [collective], Video Art Exhibition. La Regenta Art Center, Las Palmas de Big Canaria.
2018 _La Pinochera, Sample project Las Esperanzas, Municipality of Rosario, Tenerife.
2018. _Las Esperanzas [individual]. Juventus center and amphitheater of the Rosario City Council, Tenerife.
2018 _Festival Manta Rock, Municipality of Rosario, Tenerife.
2011 _Casa del Agua, Municipality of Candelaria, Illustrations of the permanent exhibition.
2010 _S. XXI. Paint sample. Fisherman's house. Tenerife.
2005 _Maxoarte [itinerant]. Fuerteventura.
2003 _Festivalito, 1st Digital Cinema Edition [sample]. The Palm.
AWARDS AND RESIDENCES
2020 _Artistic Residence, Exchange Program between Centro de Arte la Regenta and PROGR, in Bern, Switzerland.
2020 _Artistic Residence of Artistic Mediation, PuzzleAtípico 4th Season. Tenerife.
2018 _ Artistic Residence Solar Acción Cultural, Tenerife.
2005 _1st Painting Prize Maxoarte, Canary Islands.
2003 _2nd Sculpture Prize, Canary Games, Canary Islands Government, Canary Islands.