“Obsessed with the bundle of energy and colors I find in the southern landscape, exploring how to create different rhythms in my palette & compositions on canvas and in my daydreams.”

Tania Dirks is an artist originally from the Hudson Valley area of NY.  Tania holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, where she was recipient of the Florence Leaf Award & Grant for achievement, as well awarded a residency fellowship at Yale University’s -the Yale Norfolk Summer School of Art and Music. Tania was the recipient of the 2024 People's Choice award in  ‘AG IN ART’  a regional juried exhibition at the Fischman Gallery in Johnson City. Tania can be found regularly teaching drawing and painting classes  at different locations and will be bringing her class here to Art Play. 

Tania lives in Telford, TN with her husband Greg and son Ranger along with their three Yorkie dogs, three chickens and three ducks. Three is her magic #.