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Artist Bio
Tia Vellani is an artist with a background in music and genetics. She explores connections between art, science, music, and emotional well-being in her studio in Kilkenny, Ireland.
She produces multimedia projects in collaboration with scientists, dancers, photographers, musicians, and artists. She creates sculptures, paintings, drawings, installations, tapestries, digital art, and musical compositions. Her works have been exhibited in Europe and North America. She speaks internationally about the relationships between art and science. She is a member of Visual Artists Ireland, the Irish Music Rights Organisation, Artlinks, and the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland. Artist Statement 2025
I am motivated by the need for inner peace, beauty, and wonder, which I find through connecting with living things and intriguing ideas. I became a molecular biologist to understand the relationship between molecules and biology. During my years of research I was also playing music and making pretty things, mostly jewellery. While practicing as a scientist by day, I started a jewellery business, Artist by Night, which I ran for 9 years. Somewhere along the way, I hung up my lab coat to devote myself to art full-time.
The theme running through my work of the past decade is how music evokes emotion. For me, music is an emotional journey, but also an irresistible mystery. How does vibrating air become joy, heartbreak, or passion? To address this question, I create visual interpretations of music as paintings, digital art, and tapestries. Combining concepts from genetics, evolutionary biology, music, and art gives me ideas for other cross-disciplinary projects, some collaborative, some solo. They come to life as installations, music, performances, and musical sculptures. -Tia Vellani, 2025 |
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Many thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping support my art practice since April 2020!
Alice Hudder James Delaney Jass Vellani Joanne Mullins Krithika Subramanian Maria-Elena Jockovich Mizan Livingston Morgan Reisinger Niall McLoughlin Tom Sheehan Shaelin Vellani Susan Fernandez Adorable critter drawings by Shaelin Vellani. @thepointofneedles
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