Tania De Rozario
Tania De Rozario | |
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Born | Singapore |
Occupation | Visual artist and writer |
Nationality | Singaporean |
Education | BA (fine art), RMIT (Australia) |
Notable awards | Georgette Chen Arts Scholarship (Singapore, 2000), Winston Oh Travel Award (SouthEast Asia, 2001), National Arts Council Golden Point Award (2011), National Arts Council Arts Creation Fund (2012) |
Tania De Rozario is a writer and visual artist who has exhibited and curated in Singapore, Amsterdam, and San Francisco.[1]
Biography
Tania De Rozario has showcased her visual art at spaces such as the Esplanade, The Substation, as well as the Singapore Philatelic Museum.[2] She is also the co-founder/curator of Etiquette, Singapore's first annual arts event focused on feminist issues.[3]
Tania is a 2011 Hedgebrook alumna[4] and winner of the National Arts Council Golden Point Award for English poetry (2011).[5] Her poetry and prose can be found on the Santa Fe Writers Project,[6] Softblow,[7] Moving Words Journal, Quarterly Literary Review Singapore[8] and GASPP: A Gay Anthology of Singapore Poetry & Prose.[9]
As an art educator, Tania De Rozario teaches drawing at The Substation[10] and tutors in Contemporary Contextual Studies at LASALLE College of the Arts.[11]
She has been involved with curatorial projects such as Sugar & Spice – A Literary Showcase (part of AWARE),[12] and was a featured author in Singapore Writers Festival 2012.[13][14]
Of her art, Tania De Rozario states that she has "always been interested in starting conversations about sex, gender and sexuality through art and writing. . .the quickest way to engage people is to come from personal places of love, loss and desire. . .when people are able to relate to certain common aspects of relationships, gender becomes a secondary issue." Tania adds that she wishes to "create spaces in which people can approach gender and sexuality from points of commonality, not difference."[15]
In 2014, Tania's Tender Delirium (Math Paper Press, 2013) was shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize.
Selected publications
- Tender Delirium (Math Paper Press, 2013) ISBN 9789810747831
- The First Face You Saw, The Straits Times 28 Oct 2011
- When Winter Comes, Moving Words Poetry Journal, 2011
- Returning Home, The Substation Love Letters Project, 2011
- The Walk Back, Packing Days, Walking Distance, Softblow, Dec 2010
- My Jericho, GASPP: Gay Anthology of Singapore Poetry & Prose, Oct 2010[9]
- Space, The Substation’s Love Letter Project, July 2010
- The Shortest Distance, Santa Fe Writers Project, April 2009
- Fifteen, Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, Vol.5 no 2, 2006[8]
- Interpretation, Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, Vol.4 no 3, 2005
Selected exhibitions
- Some Nights Need (An Introduction), Goodman Arts Centre, 2012
- Landing Places, Objectifs, Singapore, 2012
- I See You, The Arts House, Singapore 2012[16]
- Instintively, The Pigeonhole, Singapore 2012
- A Language of Longing – solo exhibition, Substation Gallery, Singapore, 2011
- Etiquette II, Substation Gallery, Singapore, 2011
- Feeding Ghosts, Kitsch Gallery, San Francisco, 2010[17]
- Etiquette, The Substation Gallery, Singapore, 2010
- Allegations, tickleArt showcase, Singapore, 2009
Educator
- Lecturer, Contextual Studies, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, July 2006 – current[11]
- Art Educator, Drawing, The Substation, April 2010 – current[10]
- Art Educator, Creative Writing, Creative Edge Learning, 2010 – current
- Lecturer (p.t), Grey Matters, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, July 2009 – April 2011
- Art Educator, Drawing, National University of Singapore Society, Jan–Feb 2011
- Guest Lecturer, Photojournalism & The Urban Landscape, Anderson Junior College, 2007
- Art Educator, ceramics, Clay Oracle, part-time, 2004 – 2006
- Art Educator, drawing, Red Ink Media, project, 2005
- Art Educator, transfer printing, Singapore Philatelic Museum, project, 2004
- Lecturer, teachers' Seminar, ACJS, Little Art Bug Workshop, project, 2003
Awards
- National Arts Council Arts Creation Fund (Literary Memoir), 2012[18]
- SPH-NAC Golden Point Award – Winner (English Poetry), 2011[19]
- National Arts Council Presentation & Promotion Grant (for Etiquette II), 2011
- National Arts Council International Travel Grant (Seattle), 2011[20]
- Writer-In-Residence, Hedgebrook, (Washington State), 2011[4]
- National Arts Council Presentation & Promotion Grant (for Etiquette), 2010
- National Arts Council Mentor Access Project 2009
- National Arts Council International Development Grant (Amsterdam), 2009
- Singapore Film Commission Script Development Grant (co-recipient), 2005
- Winston Oh Travel Award (Southeast Asia), 2001
- National Arts Council / Georgette Chen Arts Scholarship, 2000
- Adobe & The One Academy Art and Design Award, 1998
- Golden Point Award (Singapore, 2004)
References
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- ↑ Fridae News & Features—A Language of Longing: Tania De Rozario, Fridae
- ↑ National Heritage Board—Singapore Philatelic Museum Launches, Singapore Philatelic Museum
- ↑ AWARE: About Etiquette, AWARE
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hedgebrook Alumnae, Hedgebrook
- ↑ NAC Golden Point Award, 2011, National Arts Council
- ↑ The Shortest Distance by Tania De Rozario
- ↑ SOFTBLOW: Tania De Rozario
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 QLRS: Tania De Rozario, Quarterly Literary Review Singapore
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 A Gay Anthology of Singapore Poetry and Prose ISBN 978-981-08-6808-6
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 The Right Way to Draw | The Substation
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 LASALLE College of the Arts: Faculty
- ↑ AWARE: International Women's Day: Event 2 / Sugar & Spice: Women talk about girlhood
- ↑ SWF 2012: Speaker's Profile, Singapore Writers Festival
- ↑ SWF 2012: Panel / "Gender Bender – Love in the Age of Sexual Confusion", Singapore Writers Festival
- ↑ In the studio: Tania De Rozario, TimeOut Singapore
- ↑ I SEE YOU: Graphic Poetry Exhibition
- ↑ Kitach Gallery: 2011 (Events), Kitsch Gallery
- ↑ NAC Arts Creation Fund, 2012
- ↑ NAC Golden Point Award, 2011
- ↑ National Arts Council Annual Report FY
External links
- "Updated CV", Official Facebook
- "LinkedIn Profile"
- "Rated NC-16, short film dropped from LGBT-themed art exhibition in Singapore", Fridae
- "YouTube, Gaily Ever After (Part 3)", Featuring Ng Yi-Sheng, Cyril Wong, Tania de Rozario and Anila Angin
- "In the studio: Tania De Rozario (Interview)", TimeOut Singapore