Revealing Culture: Head On

News ..... International Film Festival Canada, Picture This is sceening short Film 'Portrait of Deborah Williams' 14th Feb 2012 - Blackfoot Inn
5940 Blackfoot Trail S.E. Calgary, Alberta. Canada

A new commission - 'Medieval Sitting Duk'

Part of M21 - DASH's Unlimited Cultural Olympyad project - 5th and 6th May 2012 in Much Wenlock.

BBC Shropshire writes."It's a portrait of 21st Century man who is going back to live in medieval times".

Posters from Shape.....Buy Now......

You can now buy A1 poster prints of selected Drawings created during the Live Portrait sittings in Tate Modern and Tate Liverpool from Pop Up Gallery scheme, Shape Arts in London.

“Tanya arranged the space so that the sitters, and Tanya’s works in progress, faced directly into the gallery once the double doors were opened. This was an irresistible lure for hundreds of members of the public who had the chance to talk to Tanya and her sitter of the day, and also to pick up some drawing materials and join in.”Marcus Dickey Horley, Curator of Access Projects, Tate Modern

'…impertinent in scale and wonderfully constructed' Sandy Nairne, Director of the National Portrait Gallery

'…groundbreaking and really absolutely necessary' Jude Kelly, Artistic Director of the Southbank Centre

Revealing Culture: HeadOn Exhibition Tour & Live portrait Events

• Apearing soon Tate Modern dates TBC.
• Solihull Arts Complex 27th June -13th August 2011& Artists talk/tour/drawing live 7th July 2011.
• Dash Space, Shrewsbury 2nd-10th July 2011
• Plymouth University 8th -10th April 2011
• DaDa Fest 10 International, Bluecoat, Liverpool 18th November-3rd December 2010

Photo's from the Revealing Culture: HeadOn Launch Exhibition - Solihull Arts Complex

I appeared on The Culture Show BBC 2, 2010 being interviewed by Mat Fraser about my work in DaDa International fest 2010, while creating a portrait of him posing nude! What an extraordinary experience it was too. In November 2010 I was awarded Ability Media International Visual Art Award 2010. The award was presented to to me by Jude Kelly Artistic Director, Southbank. what a glitzy affair it was too! http://amiawards.org/2010-visual-arts.

Left photo: Jude Kelly Artistic Director Southbank presents Tanya with her Ability Media Award

Right photo: BBC The Culture Show films Tanya as she creates Mat Fraser's portrait.