Fine Artist, Director & Treasurer of NONaffArt

Tania graduated from Howard Gardens UWIC in 2006 with a BA in Fine Art Painting and Drawing and went on to achieve a Post Graduate Cert in Education and worked as a Lecturer teaching Fine Art at a local college which she embraced for 12 years. Then in 2018 went on to developing NONaffArt, with the ethos of supporting the local and wider community in promoting and sustaining a creative culture to support emerging artists and graduates which feedback into
creative industry. Tania is a local artist based in Caerphilly Borough.

Tania has a vast portfolio of work in tutoring and mentoring working alongside vital welsh universities. Tania has been lead artist in multiple community and sculpture projects along side the well known NONaffArt collective. Tania has worked tirelessly to develop art in the community alongside Caerphilly Council and other partners such at the Art Council of Wales and the Newbridge Memo.

Wellness at the heart of all NONaffArt projects Tania helped develop the first covid outdoor Land Art display 2020 at Cwncarn Forest in partnership with Cwtsh wellbeing network. She is also well known and respected for designing and making the large Willow sculptures ‘Brans Swarm of Bee’ and ‘Brans Treasure’  situated at Cwmcarn Forest 2020 – 2022

Tania was also creative project developer of the ‘Love Locks Sculpture’ based at Blackwood in partnership with BMI, this was a popular community sculpture that took place in lockdown with over 400 decorative padlock packs sent out to community so they could participate in the development of the sculpture to aid with well-being and creative activities during a particularly difficult period. The sculpture wasdesigned and build by Tania and her fellow artists at the collective.

Tania shown work internationally building a reputation in further a field.

Outside of Tania’s teaching and director role she enjoys painting and drawing a diverse subject matter, however, if she had to be selective she would predominately always choose nature and painting pieces from her long walks. Tania has a fascination with the over exposure light but experiments in many forms of art and media, she often prefers to work intuitively and see where her creative process takes her.

Website: https://www.tbryanfineart.com

Email: tbryan.nonaffart@gmail.com