Tania De Rozario Explained

Tania De Rozario
Birth Date:	20 February 1982
Birth Place:	Singapore
Occupation:	Visual artist and writer
Nationality:	Singaporean
Education:	BA (Fine Art), RMIT (Australia)
Awards:	Georgette Chen Arts Scholarship (Singapore, 2000), Winston Oh Travel Award (SouthEast Asia, 2001), National Arts Council Golden Point Award (2011), National Arts Council Arts Creation Fund (2012)

Tania De Rozario (born 20 February 1982) is a writer and visual artist, generally emphasising themes of gender, sexuality, loving and losing.^[1]

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.^[2] She is also the co-founder/curator of Etiquette, Singapore's first annual arts event focused on feminist issues.^[3]

Tania is a 2011 Hedgebrook alumna^[4] and winner of the National Arts Council Golden Point Award for English poetry (2011).^[5] Her poetry and prose can be found on the Santa Fe Writers Project,^[6] SOFTBLOW,^[7] Moving Words Journal, Quarterly Literary Review Singapore^[8] and GASPP: A Gay Anthology of Singapore Poetry & Prose.^[9]

As an art educator, Tania De Rozario teaches drawing at The Substation^[10] and tutors in Contemporary Contextual Studies at LASALLE College of the Arts.^[11]

She has been involved with curatorial projects such as Sugar & Spice – A Literary Showcase (part of AWARE),^[12] and was a featured author in Singapore Writers Festival 2012.^{[13] [14]}

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."^[15]

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."^[16]

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^[9]

Awards

• SPH-NAC Golden Point Award – Winner (English Poetry), 2011^[17]
• Writer-In-Residence, Hedgebrook, (Washington State), 2011^[4]

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.fridae.asia/newsfeatures/2011/11/30/11350.a-language-of-longing-tania-de-rozario Fridae News & Features—A Language of Longing: Tania De Rozario
2. http://www.nhb.gov.sg/NHBPortal/content/conn/ucmnhb/path/Contribution%20Folders/NHBPortal/Files/Press/Press%20Releases/2003/Singapore%20Philatelic%20Museum_101003.pdf National Heritage Board—Singapore Philatelic Museum Launches
3. http://www.aware.org.sg/2012/02/sugar-spice-women-talk-about-girlhood/ AWARE: About Etiquette
4. https://archive.today/20130414224131/http://www.hedgebrook.org/alumnaeprofile.php?profile=536 Hedgebrook Alumnae
5. http://www.nac.gov.sg/events/competitions/golden-point-award#2011 NAC Golden Point Award, 2011
6. Web site: The Shortest Distance by Tania De Rozario . 8 October 2012 . 15 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160315215844/http://sfwp.com/archives/373/ . dead .
7. http://www.softblow.org/taniaderozario.html SOFTBLOW: Tania De Rozario
8. http://www.qlrs.com/story.asp?id=502 QLRS: Tania De Rozario
9. http://www.ethosbooks.com.sg/store/mli_viewItem.asp?idProduct=258 A Gay Anthology of Singapore Poetry and Prose
10. Web site: The Right Way to Draw The Substation . 8 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120120194126/http://www.substation.org/right-way-to-draw/ . 20 January 2012 . dead .
11. Web site: LASALLE College of the Arts: Faculty . 8 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121216204927/http://www.lasalle.edu.sg/About-Us/Our-Academics/Faculty-Member.aspx/Tania-De-Rozario . 16 December 2012 . dead .
12. http://www.internationalwomensday.com/aware AWARE: International Women's Day: Event 2 / Sugar & Spice: Women talk about girlhood
13. http://www.singaporewritersfestival.com/index.php?option=com_php&Itemid=70&id=345 SWF 2012: Speaker's Profile
14. http://www.singaporewritersfestival.com/index.php?option=com_php&Itemid=69&category=25&id=402 SWF 2012: Panel / "Gender Bender – Love in the Age of Sexual Confusion"
15. http://www.timeoutsingapore.com/art/feature/in-the-studio-tania-de-rozario In the studio: Tania De Rozario, TimeOut Singapore
16. http://www.nationalreadingmovement.sg/singapores-award-winning-poets/ National Reading Movement (National Library Board, Singapore)
17. Web site: NAC Golden Point Award, 2011 . 8 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121012001002/http://www.nac.gov.sg/events/competitions/golden-point-award#2011 . 12 October 2012 . dead .