Tanya Dann - Artist profile

I work with a variety of different media and disciplines. In particular Painting, Drawing, Textiles, Photography and Digital Art; as well as dabbling in Ceramics, Jewellery, Printmaking and Sculpture.

I specialises in:
Bright, bold, acrylic abstracts.
Photographic prints inspired by nature.
Graphite portraits of people and animals.

For the past 5 years I have called Stewart Island, New Zealand home. I have a varied background in art, clothing and textiles, horticulture, hospitality and zoology. In 2007 I completed a Certificate in Creative Studies, then attended Art School in Dunedin in 2008 before returning to my scientific roots in 2009. I now hold two Masters Degrees in Forensic Textiles and Entomology, both from Otago University. My current body of artworks are shaped by my love of nature and the colours of the environment around me. 


AURORA ARTS AND GIFTS

In November 2020, I opened a gift shop and art gallery on Stewart Island called Aurora Arts and gifts. All my available work is available in store or online. 
Aurora Arts and Gifts
Located at the Garage
14 Ayr Street 
Stewart Island
www.auroraartsandgifts.co.nz
aurora.arts.gifts@gmail.com

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Exhibition list

Tanya has exhibited extensively, although less so in recent years - this is about to change so keep your eyes peeled for details!
Here is a list of exhibitions 

Kumeu Art Awards
​Blank 2.0
Beyond the Surface (joint exhibition with Liz Girven)
Colouring inside the lines (solo exhibition)
Pocket Rockets (group exhibition)
NIDD Realty Charity Art Event for Cure Kids
​Pocket Rockets
​Edinburgh Realty Premier Art Awards
OUSA Art Week
NZAG Christmas Crackers 
Bakers Dozen
Kumeu Art in the Garden
One Size Fits All
NZAG Annual Exhibition - Our Future
​NZAG Pocket Rockets
NZAG Borderless
NZAG Pocket Rockets
NZAG Annual Exhibition - Emerge
​New Zealand's Got Talent
NZAG Small Packages
NZAG South Island Members Exhibition
Otago Wildlife Photography Competition
NZAG Annual Exhibition - Out of the Blue
Life - Charity Art Auction
City of Dunedin Art Awards
NZAG South Island Members Exhibition
Edinburgh Realty Premier Art Awards
NZAG Annual Exhibition - Make it Memorable
Group Exhibition
​Joint Exhibition
NZAG Annual Exhibition - Off the Brush
​NZAG Annual Exhibition - Straight from the Heart

Online
Art on Tyne, Oamaru
​Otago Art Society, Dunedin
Otago Art Society, Dunedin
Otago Art Society, Dunedin
​Dunedin
Otago Art Society, Dunedin
Otago Art Society, Dunedin
Otago University, Dunedin
Balclutha
​Dunedin
Kumeu, Auckland
Thornton Gallery, Hamilton
Mairangi Arts Centre, Auckland
Otago Art Society, Dunedin
NZ Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington
ROCDA, Dunedin
Bruce Mason Centre, Auckland
City Gallery, Invercargill
Bruce Mason Centre, Auckland
Gallery O, Christchurch
Otago Museum, Dunedin
Bruce Mason Centre, Auckland
Bruce Mason Centre, Auckland
Otago Art Society, Dunedin
Christchurch
Otago Art Society, Dunedin
Bruce Mason Centre, Auckland
Art South Gallery of Fine Art, Gore
Taylor Coffee, Auckland
Bruce Mason Centre, Auckland
Bruce Mason Centre, Auckland

Nov 2021
Feb 2020
Oct 2015
​Oct 2012
Oct 2012
Oct 2012
​Oct 2012
Sept 2012
​Sept 2012
Nov 2011
Nov 2011
Oct 2011
Aug 2011
Jul 2011
May 2011
​Feb 2011
Aug 2010
Jul 2010
Mar 2010
Nov 2009
Sept 2009
Sept 2009
Jul 2009
​Jan 2009
Nov 2008
Sept 2008
Aug 2008
Jul 2008
Feb 2008
Feb-May 2008
Jul 2007
​Jul 2006