About Me

Education:

Metropolitan State University. Fine Art Minor, 2001

Magazine:

Alter/Analog - alter-analog.com

Solo Exhibitions:

2018 - Englewood Public Library, Englewood, CO
2018 - CHUMP Pop Up Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2017 - Bardo Coffehouse, Denver, CO

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2023 - SNAPPED - Month of Photography Denver, Spectra Art Space, Denver, CO
2022 - Tiny Art Big Ideas, Spectra Art Space Denver, CO
2022 - Colorado Vibes 8, Spectra Art Space, Denver, CO
2022 - Colorado Vibes 7, Spectra Art Space, Denver, CO
2021 - SNAPPED - Month of Photogpraphy Denver, Spectra Art Space, Denver, CO
2020 - Plantopia, Spectra Art Space, Denver, CO
2019 - Inaugural, SAMple Gallery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2019 - Colorado Vibes, Spectra Art Space, Denver, CO
2019 - Spun Sugar, Federal Coffee, Denver, CO
2019 - Deconstruction, Studio Altieri, Denver, CO
2019 - Month of Photography Exhibit, MegaFauna, Denver, CO
2018 - Member’s Show, Depot Art Gallery, Littleton, CO
2018 - 100 Monkeys, Art Circus, Denver, CO
2017 - The Brew on Broadway, Englewood, CO
2017 - Tammy Cromer PHOTO | GALLERY 7th Annual Holga & Friends Out of the Box International Photography Competition Dallas, TX
2017 - Denver Art Society Group Art Show, City Hall, Jersey City, NJ

Online Exhibitions:

2019 - Film Without Frontiers “Deliquesce”
2018 - BeAnalogic “Series: Denver Soaked by Tania Kaaz”
2018 - Mother F Stop “Tania Kaaz”
2018 - Underexposed “Rural Decay”
2017 - PRYME Editions “Happy Accidents” Group Exhibition
2017 - Lenscratch “The 2017 Photographic Conversations Exhibition”

Publications and Media:

Film Soup Community Cookbook
Rat World Magazine Issue 3
Founder and contributor. ALTER/ANALOG online and print magazine
“Snow Dog, Lighting Penguin.” revolog film 2018 calendar. November and December 2018
“Botanical Dreamscapes.” ArtAscent. December 2017

Honors and Awards:

Honorable Mention: Abstract. Chromatic Awards International Color Photography Contest 2018

Member of the Following Organizations:

Month of Photography Denver, Joined 2019

BEHIND THE LENS

Since a very young age, I've been interested in art, enjoying museums and exhibits. When I was 11 years old, I got a rare form of muscular dystrophy, which partially paralyzed me, forcing me go through the world at a very slow pace. This caused me to see the minute things many people would normally miss and made me mindful of my surroundings. I started chronicling them through art. I soon started taking black and white photographs with 35mm film, mesmerized at the details I could capture that other people missed, things like the texture of masonry or the pattern of rust on a dumpster. After high school, I went into remission, but my passion remained for the things unseen by most.

I continued shooting black and white photos for two semesters at the University of Colorado. During this time, as digital photography was just starting to become popular, I appreciated analog photography more than ever. With film, I have a limited amount of chances to get the image to look correct. I have to get the shot right or that image is gone forever. I cannot take the photo, check it and retake it. There is a beauty in that. I love the physical permanence of film. The negative is something I can touch. It exists in reality. As my classmates embraced digital photography, I felt more and more alienated.

After college, I entered the corporate world and did not take photographs for a very long time until a film photographer encouraged me to begin taking analog photos again. I also taught myself how to process color film.

I practice alternative processing, which involves submerging my film in various liquids before I process it. I also manipulate my film in other ways, such as lighting it on fire and coating it in acid. I play with damaging film but not completely destroying it and in doing this, I produce something new and totally unique. The results are warped negatives with whorls of color that are often unexpected and random.

I hope my images can produce a sense of childlike wonder and show the viewer that damage can result in great and unusual beauty, both in art and in life.

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