Tania Welz
Through chemical processes and slow gestures of stitching and tearing, I capture moments of transformation—the alchemy of matter reflects that of the soul. In my work, time becomes tangible, and change, a delicate dance of life and death.
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 Born in Munich, Germany, Tania Welz has lived and worked in Rome for over 20 years.

Through burns, cuts and paddings of humble materials contrasting with precious inserts, Welz sets in motion a metamorphosis, a constant progression of decline and renewal, within an infinite cycle of appearance and disappearance.

Her work is as a series of snapshots in which a wide range of material worlds intertwine, damage and repair each other- only for a moment and then they separate again- in an attempt to show this fleeting instant of life, to freeze a moment of beauty before it will inevitably disappear.

Her work received various awards and was exhibited in international group and solo exhibitions in China, Dubai, Warsaw, Los Angeles, Belgrade, London, Munich and Rome.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

2022 (Upcoming) Museo Castromediano, Lecce, Italy2019 ‘the Dedica Anthology’, Palazzo Naiadi, Le Dame Art Gallery           curator Gianfranco Valleriani, Rome, Italy2019 Gallery Benjamin Eck, Munich, Germany2018le trame del mondo – interlacement’, curator Raffaela Salato          Piazzadispagna9, Rome, Italy2012 Gallery Caffe Concerto, Modena, Italy2012 Gallery Böhmler im Tal, Munich, Germany2011 Gallery laranarossa, Latina, Italy2010 Gallery Opera Unica, Rome, Italy

Group exhibitions

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

2019 Artrooms Award, International Contemporary Award for Independent Artists, Finalist exhibiton, Melia White House, London2019artist in focus 2‘ , Drina Art Gallery, Belgrad, Serbia curated by Natascia RadojecivMiloš 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 Durutović201924 hours creating a new day’, Choral Art Action, Melia White House, LondonSite specific installation, curated by Gianfranco Valleriani, Sounds: Alex MarengaGianni 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 Montedoro2019Artrooms’ Rome , International contemporary art fair fo independent artists2018 Between Two Seas / LA International’, Arena 1 Gallery, Los Angeles, USAcurator Luigia MartelloniWith 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, UAE2017 Rome Art Week, Rome, Italy 2016 Rome Art Week, Rome, Italy2016 4 th international emerging artist award , showcasing winning artwork ‘All you can(not) leave behind’, World Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE2015 WIA Expo 2015 (Warsaw International Art), Warsaw, Poland2014 ‘from Lausanne to Bejing’, 8th International Fiber Art Biennale Nantong, China2012 ‘Premio internationale Limen Arte’ 2011Curator Giorgio di Genova, Vibo Valentia, Italy2012 ‘La Materia Ri-Nata’, Gallery Modulo M4, MACRO, la Pelanda, Rome, Italy2011 Gallery ‘laranarossa’, Latina, Italy2010 Gallery RVBArts, Rome, Italy2010 Gallery Quibab Art, Abu Dhabi, UAE2010 Residence in farnese, Rome, Italy2009 Gallery Traasart, group showing with the members of the ‘Gelatoartsalon’ New York, Rome, Italy2007 ‘itinerario clandestino’, centro culturale arte oggi, group showing with the members of the ‘clandestini – movimento in arte´ foundation, Rome, Italy2006 ‘arte x arte’, group showing with the members of the ‘clandestini – movimento in arte´ foundation, Rome Italy2006 ‘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-motif2017 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

2016 The Best of 2016, 4th International Emerging Artist Award,page 862014 8th From Lausanne to Bejing Fiberart Biennale Catalogue, page 171, ISBN 978-7-112-18456-92014 Percorsi d’Arte in Italia, Enzo le Pera,ISBN 978-88-498-4249-42011 Premio Internazionale Limen Arte, 3rd edition, page 223,2010 Artis Spectrum, Profiles of Contemporary Art and Artists, Vol.23, May 2010, page 37

 

 

 

 

 

 


Events at Rome Art Week
2024
Fuoritempo
22 Oct-01 Nov 2024
For this 2024 edition the Collective IM-MATERIALIS will present an exhibition centered on a dilated time, where we can find ourselves or get lost.
Free access
Vernissage Friday 25 Oct 2024 | 18:00-21:00
Exposition
Lumina design
Via Lorenzo Valla 40/A
Out of time
22 Oct-01 Nov 2024
For this edition of RAw 2024, the Im-Materialis Collective proposes an exhibition centered around the concept of an expanded time, in which one can lose or find oneself.
Free access
Vernissage Friday 25 Oct 2024 | 18:00-21:00
Exposition
Lumina
Via Lorenzo Valla 40A
Tania Welz
22 Oct 2024 | 18:00-21:00
Open studio with new works on show
Free access
Open Studio
Studio Tania Welz
Vicolo del Leopardo 23
Out of time
25 Oct 2024 | 18:00-21:00
Vernissage of "Out of time", from the Im-Materialis Collective .
Free access
Event
Lumina
Via Lorenzo Valla 40A
2022
Image not present
26 Oct 2022 | 18:00-21:00

Free access
Open Studio
Studio Tania Welz
Vicolo del Leopardo 23
Tra materia e luce
28 Oct 2022 | 18:00-22:00
Mostra del collettivo IM-MATERIALIS - Vernissage
Free access
Event
Lumina design
Via Lorenzo Valla 40/a
Tra materia e luce
28 Oct-06 Nov 2022
Mostra del collettivo IM-MATERIALIS
Free access
Vernissage Friday 28 Oct 2022 | 18:00-22:00
Exposition
Lumina design
Via Lorenzo Valla 40/a
2021
Tania Welz
27 Oct 2021 | 18:00-21:00

Free access
Open Studio
Studio Tania Welz
Vicolo del Leopardo 23
2020
Tania Welz
28-26 Oct 2020 | 18:00-21:00

Event by invitation only
Open Studio
Studio Tania Welz
Vicolo del Leopardo 23
Tania Welz
28 Oct 2020 | 18:00-21:00

Event by invitation only
Open Studio
Studio Tania Welz
Vicolo del Leopardo 23
2019
Tania Welz
23 Oct 2019 | 17:00-21:00

Free access
Open Studio
Studio Tania Welz
Vicolo del Leopardo 23
2018
Tania Welz
24 Oct 2018 | 18:00-21:30

Free access
Open Studio
Studio Tania Welz
Vicolo del Leopardo 23
2017
Tania Welz
10-12 Oct 2017 | 15:00-19:00

Free access
Open Studio
Vicolo del Leopardo 23
Vicolo del Leopardo, 23
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