Tai Shani

Tai Shani (born 1976) is a British artist. Shani uses performance, film, photography, sculptural installations and experimental texts to explore forgotten histories and stories. She is currently a Tutor in Contemporary Art Practice at the Royal College of Art. Shani was born in London.

In 2019, her work ''DC: SEMIRAMIS'' commissioned by Glasgow International (May–April 2018) and The Tetley, Leeds (July–October 2018), and her participation in ''Still I Rise: Feminisms, Gender, Resistance'' at Nottingham Contemporary and the De Le Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, was nominated for the Turner Prize. She was awarded the Prize, along with three other artists, after jointly requesting from the jury that all four artists win "in the name of commonality, multiplicity and solidarity".

Shani has spoken about the inaccessibility of performance art, as well as against cuts to arts funding and the increasingly "expansionist, market and state-driven managerial approach within museums and galleries", expressing solidarity with striking arts workers during the 2020 pandemic. Provided by Wikipedia