Tanya Aguiñiga is a Los Angeles based furniture designer/maker. Her sensitivity to materials and interest in creating furniture that responds to the user's spatial needs have resulted in a playful and organic modernist approach to form. She holds a BA and MFA in Furniture Design, and continues to hand make all of her pieces. Her highly publicized work has been exhibited from Mexico City to Milan and she was recently named a United States Artists Target Fellow in the field of Crafts and Traditional Arts. In the past 12 years she has also carried out various projects throughout Mexico and the US to deepen her commitment to using arts as a vehicle for community empowerment and the spread of craft education.
Portrait photo courtesy Jennifer Anderson
Embrace, 2003, square stock steel tube, patina, and upholstery; photo courtesy the artist
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Awards & Recognitions
- Searchlight Artist, American Craft Council, February 2008
- O Awards, Innovation and Excellence in Design, Nominee, Otis College of Art and Design 2007
- Charlotte Perriand Award, Rhode Island School of Design, June 2005
- Rhode Island School of Design, Graduate Award of Excellence II, March 2005
- Rhode Island School of Design, Graduate Award of Excellence I, May 2004
- Elena Prentice Rulon-Miller Scholarship, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, April 2004
- NEA Challenge Grant, RISD January 2004
- Alfreda Maloof Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, August 2003
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