Born in Munich, Germany, Tania Welz has lived and worked in Rome for over 20 years. Welz started her career as a TV producer for VIVA TV in Germany, later becoming Promo Production Producer for the Italian offices of Orbit...
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Born in Munich, Germany,
Tania Welz has lived and worked in Rome for over 20 years.
Welz started her career as
a TV producer for VIVA TV in Germany, later becoming Promo Production Producer
for the Italian offices of Orbit Communications Network, Sky, Universal and the
National Geographic Channel. Concurrently she pursued her artistic research,
experimenting with a multitude of different materials and textiles,
transforming them into large abstract wall hangings.
In 2013 she decided to dedicate her time entirely to her art.
Welz aims at an
unconventional use of fibers, choosing fabrics and materials destined to be
recycled, connecting them to each other through cuts, assemblages, burns and
padding, creating large abstract works with a strong chromatic and textural
impact.
Through the juxtaposition
of poor materials (such as recycled jute) with rich fabrics or precious inserts
(gold, silk, brocade), the artist offers a perspective of transformation, thus
evoking the ancient “opus alchemicus,” which, being archetypal, is inherent in
everyone.
Her work is an emergence of
wefts, in which the viewer is called to participate - visually evocative, dynamic
and contemporary.
