projects.
about.
Talia Nizarane (b. 1997, Havana) is a visual artist working with performance, installation, and public engaged art. Her work explores the social role of art, the cultural impact of migration, and the effects of climate change in the Global South, informed by cultural and historical dilemmas in Cuba.
Her work has been featured at Parliament, Westminster (2025), and Tate Modern Lates: Beyond Surface, Tactile Presence, London, UK (2023). In 2023, she became the first Cuban to graduate from the Royal College of Art, obtaining a MA Contemporary Art Practice, Public Sphere. She is a member of the British Art Network Working Class and Disability in British Art Research Groups.
Upcoming:
2026 – Group show, hARTslane Gallery, New Cross, London, UK.
2025 – Deptford X Fringe Festival, London, UK.
Solo and Two-Person Shows:
2023 – Self-Preservation, RCA2023, The Truman Brewery, London, UK.
2022 – The Road Not Taken, Yamanaka Suplex Studio Annex MINE, Osaka, Japan.
2021 – Cleaning Service, Schaufenster Dreiviertel, Bern, Switzerland.
2020 – UNWINNABLE, XPO Gallery, Enschede, Netherlands.
2019 – Dificultades Iniciales, 13th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba.
2017 – Intercambio, La Copa Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
Residencies:
2024 – Residency.ch, PROGR Foundation, Bern, Switzerland. Fully funded.
2024/5 – In Place of War, 100 Creative Agents of Climate Change, London, UK and online. One year.
2022/3 – Kyoto City University of Arts, Urushi Lacquering Department, Japan. Fully funded.
2020/3 – Zurich University of the Arts, Learning from Inequality Pilot Project, Switzerland. One year, fully funded.
2020 – ARE Holland, Artist Residencies Enschede, The Netherlands.
2018 – Taller de Arte y Experiencia, Halle, Saale, Germany. Fully funded.
Awards:
2025 – Lewisham Arthouse Graduate Award, finalist, London, UK.
2024 – Creative Business Accelerator, finalist, The Roundhouse, London, UK.
2023 – The Eaton Fund, London, UK.
2023 – The Gane Trust, London, UK.
2022 – Continuation Fund, Royal College of Art, London, UK.
2022 – Kyoto Award, Royal College of Art, London, UK.
2020 – Beca de Creación El Reino de Este Mundo, Asociación Hermanos Saíz, Havana, Cuba.
2020/3 – Learning from Inequality Pilot Project, Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland.
2019 – Jury Prize, Monumental Sculpture Contest, Kcho Studio, Havana, Cuba.
2019 – Post-it 6: Arte Cubano Contemporáneo, 3rd Prize, Havana, Cuba.
2018 – Beca de Creación Antonia Eiriz, Asociación Hermanos Saíz, Havana, Cuba.
Media:
2025 – Interview Between Joshua Omeke and Talia Nizarane, Modern Ghana.
2024 – 100 Creative Agents of Climate Change, In Place of War, Manchester, UK.
2023 – RCA2023, Royal College of Art, London, UK.
2023 – Hybrid Realities, Here's One I Made Earlier, London, UK.
2022 – The Road Not Taken・岐路, Yamanaka Suplex Annex, Osaka, Japan.
2020 – Talía Falcón Nizarane UNWINNABLE, XPO Gallery, Enschede, The Netherlands.
2019 – The Cuban Art Observer, Havana, Cuba.
2019 – Parentesis, Canal Educativo, Havana, Cuba.
Collections:
Bernardo Quetglas, SP.
