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Tai Shani

Born 1976, London · Performance, film, sculptural installation and text

Tai Shani (born 1976, London) is an artist working across performance, film, sculptural installation and experimental text. She shared the 2019 Turner Prize with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock and Oscar Murillo.

Work on this site

Tai Shani, Haunted by a Million Small Suns (Cardinal), 2025. A low, winding deep-red form like a melted candlestick, with drips at its base, topped by a glowing glass flame shading from blue to lilac.Haunted by a Million Small Suns (Cardinal), 2025Jesmonite, glass and electrics

About the artist

Tai Shani (born 1976, London) works across performance, film, photography, sculptural installation and experimental text. Her work recovers forgotten histories and imagines feminist futures. In 2019 she shared the Turner Prize with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock and Oscar Murillo, after the four asked the jury to award it to them jointly. (Wikipedia)

Her project DC: Semiramis, drawn from Christine de Pizan's 15th-century The Book of the City of Ladies, was shown at Glasgow International and The Tetley, Leeds, in 2018, and at Turner Contemporary in 2019. In 2025 she showed The Spell or The Dream at Somerset House, London. (Wikipedia)

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Tai Shani

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