Tacita Dean (Cantebury, 1965) trained as a painter and now works in a variety of media. She is best known for her compelling 16mm films, in which the specific qualities associated with film-making are of central importance.
Tacita Dean has had solo exhibitions in Museums and Galleries worldwide including the Museo Serralves, Portugal (2002); ICA Philadelphia; Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Basel; Fundació “la Caixa”, Barcelona and Tate Britain, London. Dean was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1998. She was awarded the Aachen Kunstpreis for 2002, has been shortlisted for the Preis der Nationalgalerie fuer Junge Kunst at the Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin. She is represented in many international public and private collections including the Museum Winterthur, Zurich; Tate Modern, London; Fundacio La Caixa, Barcelona; Arts Council of Great Britain and the Musee d’art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris. Tacita Dean lives and works in London and Berlin.