Tânia Dinis

Tânia Dinis (Portugal) is an artist and filmmaker born in Vila Nova de Famalicão in 1983. Her work in photography, performance, film, installation, and relational aesthetics explores personal and public intimacy and the image as experience of the ephemerality of time. Her practice places particular focus on the family archive. She received a BFA in Theater Studies and Acting from Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espetáculo (2006) and a MFA in Contemporary Art Practice from Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto (2015). As an actress, Dinis has appeared in several films, including To The Wolf of Madragoa (2012) by Pedro Bastos, The Scoundrel (2012) by Paulo Abreu, Low Tide (2012) by Pedro Flores, Ornament and Crime (2015) by Rodrigo Areias, and Lethes (2020) by Eduardo Brito, among others. She has completed 10+ films since 2012, including Old Wives Tale (2015), Armindo and the Dark Chamber (2017), Laura (2017), and Femmes (2012), which have been exhibited at festivals, museums, and galleries internationally, including The Cerveira Biennial Art Foundation, IndieLisboa International Film Festival, Malta Contemporary Art, Mexico City International Film Festival, Center for Art & Architecture Affairs, Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, Museu Municipal de Faro, Contemporary Art Biennial Sesc_Videobrasil, Rosalux, Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Casa das Artes de Famalicão, (S8) Mostra de Cinema Periférico, Festival de Cinema Luso Brasileiro, NY Portuguese Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Galeria Nova Ogiva, Sao Paulo International Film Festival, and Another Experiment by Women Film Festival (AXW), among others. She is the recipient of awards, fellowships and residencies, including prizes from Festival Internacional de Cinema Super 8 de Curitiba (2016), Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, and Dresdner Schmalfilmtage (2015). She was artist in residence at Solar Cinematic Art Gallery (2021). She lives and works in Porto, Portugal.