Tania Nelson

With an eye for observing the social dynamics around her, Tania Nelson uses painting and street photography as her commentary on issues of personal identity, consumer culture, politics, historical narratives and so many other current points of division and unity. Tania’s work carries the influence of contemporary American artists with an ashcan aesthetic, and photographers from the WPA documentary projects to current Street Photographers on Instagram. She uses both of her mediums to record the history of humans and their activities as witnessed through current social events and human-built environments. Tania was born and raised in Wausau, Wisconsin. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay in 1999. She studied in the interdisciplinary Social Change and Development program, with an emphasis in American Social Issues. She is self-taught in the world of art and took it up full time after a 20 year career in the banking industry.