TANZA "Revelation" 8x10

Painting on 8x10 inch wood panel.

Tanza J. Solis is a multidisciplinary artist who specializes in visual storytelling. His work explores the themes of abnormal psychology, gender, intimacy, encounters with the sublime, pre-colonial history, and ancestral trauma with visual language informed by abject art, tectonic activity, biological processes, and elemental states. These explorations are necessarily informed by his experience as a queer, trangender man of the Filipino diaspora. He deals largely in figurative painting while sustaining an exploratory practice that includes comics, writing, and fiber arts.

Tanza received his B.A. in Art Practice at Stanford University, matriculating with Interdisciplinary Honors in the Arts. His work has been showcased at Brea Gallery’s Made in California, and he has twice been featured in Kearny Street Workshop’s emerging artist showcase APAture – in 2022 for Comics and Illustration and in 2023 for Fine Art. He currently resides in the SF Bay Area and works at California College of the Arts.

This piece is about EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE. PHASE TRANSITION. INTERDEPENDENCE. LEAPS OF FAITH. DAWN.