Tania Nelson

Tania Nelson is an explorer of the modern human experience. She shares her observations in photographs and paintings, focusing on issues of personal identity, politics, historical narratives and so many other current points of division and unity.

Tania was born and raised in Wausau, Wisconsin. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay in 1999, where she studied in the interdisciplinary Social Change and Development program. She survived in the banking industry for twenty years before turning to art and photography full time in 2019.

She is a life-long photographer, starting in the 1980s with her mom’s Kodak 110 camera. She often uses her photos as references for her paintings. She began painting in 2023 as a way to deepen the stories of the places she photographed, often painting imagery that highlights the contradictions of American consumer culture.

Tania has exhibited in group shows in Northeast Wisconsin since 2021.