Tai Shani
(b. 1976, London, UK) lives and works in London. She studied at Saint Martins and the Royal College of Art. Shani’s practice spans performance, installation, film, and writing, drawing on feminist histories, myth, and science fiction to construct alternative narratives and speculative worlds.
Tai Shani
Symphonies of Survival IX, 2025
Ink and acrylic on polypropylene paper
65 x 45 cm
Recent solo exhibitions include Our Hieromantic Objects, Nottingham Contemporary (2023); The Neon Hieroglyph, MAC Belfast (2022); and DC: Semiramis, The Tetley, Leeds (2019).
Recent group exhibitions include British Art Show 9, touring UK venues (2021–22); Still I Rise, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill (2019); and Glasgow International (2018). Shani was a joint winner of the Turner Prize in 2019.