Tania De Rozario (born 20 February 1982) is a writer and visual artist, generally emphasising themes of gender, sexuality, loving and losing.Fridae News & Features—A Language of Longing: Tania De Rozario, Fridae
Biography Tania De Rozario was born on 20 February 1982. Tania De Rozario has showcased her visual art at spaces such as the Esplanade, The Substation, as well as the Singapore Philatelic Museum.National Heritage Board—Singapore Philatelic Museum Launches, Singapore Philatelic Museum She is also the co-founder/curator of Etiquette, Singapore's first annual arts event focused on feminist issues.AWARE: About Etiquette, AWARE
Tania is a 2011 Hedgebrook alumna, Hedgebrook and winner of the National Arts Council Golden Point Award for English poetry (2011).NAC Golden Point Award, 2011 , National Arts Council Her poetry and prose can be found on the Santa Fe Writers Project, SOFTBLOW,SOFTBLOW: Tania De Rozario Moving Words Journal, Quarterly Literary Review SingaporeQLRS: Tania De Rozario, Quarterly Literary Review Singapore and GASPP: A Gay Anthology of Singapore Poetry & Prose.A Gay Anthology of Singapore Poetry and Prose
As an art educator, Tania De Rozario teaches drawing at The Substation and tutors in Contemporary Contextual Studies at LASALLE College of the Arts.
She has been involved with curatorial projects such as Sugar & Spice – A Literary Showcase (part of AWARE),AWARE: International Women's Day: Event 2 / Sugar & Spice: Women talk about girlhood and was a featured author in Singapore Writers Festival 2012.SWF 2012: Speaker's Profile , Singapore Writers FestivalSWF 2012: Panel / "Gender Bender – Love in the Age of Sexual Confusion", Singapore Writers Festival
Of her art, Tania De Rozario states that she has "always been interested in starting conversations about sex, gender and sexuality through art and writing. . .the quickest way to engage people is to come from personal places of love, loss and desire. . .when people are able to relate to certain common aspects of relationships, gender becomes a secondary issue." Tania adds that she wishes to "create spaces in which people can approach gender and sexuality from points of commonality, not difference."In the studio: Tania De Rozario, TimeOut Singapore
In 2014, Tania's Tender Delirium (Math Paper Press, 2013) was shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize. The book is "a confessional collection of poems and short prose about estranged lovers, despairing mothers, queer desire and obsessive longing."National Reading Movement (National Library Board, Singapore) . Retrieved 10 January 2019.
Selected publications Dinner on Monster Island: Essays (Harper Perennial, 2024) Somewhere Else, Another You (Math Paper Press, 2018) And the Walls Come Crumbling Down (Math Paper Press, 2016) Tender Delirium (Math Paper Press, 2013) "My Jericho", GASPP: Gay Anthology of Singapore Poetry & Prose, Oct 2010
Awards SPH-NAC Golden Point Award – Winner (English Poetry), 2011 Writer-In-Residence, Hedgebrook, (Washington State), 2011
References
External links "Rated NC-16, short film dropped from LGBT-themed art exhibition in Singapore", Fridae "YouTube, Gaily Ever After (Part 3)", Featuring Ng Yi-Sheng, Cyril Wong, Tania de Rozario and Anila Angin "In the studio: Tania De Rozario (Interview)", TimeOut Singapore