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
- My Jericho, GASPP: Gay Anthology of Singapore Poetry & Prose, Oct 2010[9]
Awards
- SPH-NAC Golden Point Award – Winner (English Poetry), 2011[16]
- Writer-In-Residence, Hedgebrook, (Washington State), 2011[4]
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
- 1 2 Hedgebrook Alumnae, Hedgebrook
- ↑ NAC Golden Point Award, 2011, National Arts Council
- ↑ The Shortest Distance by Tania De Rozario
- ↑ SOFTBLOW: Tania De Rozario
- ↑ QLRS: Tania De Rozario, Quarterly Literary Review Singapore
- 1 2 A Gay Anthology of Singapore Poetry and Prose ISBN 978-981-08-6808-6
- ↑ The Right Way to Draw | The Substation
- ↑ 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
- ↑ NAC Golden Point Award, 2011
External links
- "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