Location

Country: Other
City: at framer

Tania Kovats was born in 1966. She studied at Newcastle Polytechnic (1985-88) and at the Royal College of Art (1988-90). Solo exhibitions of her work were held at Asprey Jacques (London, 2001) and the New Art Centre, Sculpture Park and Gallery (Salisbury, 1999). Kovats received a Civic Trust Award for outstanding contribution to the quality and appearance of the environment in 2000. One of Kovats’ recent projects included a commissioned ceiling painting for the Central Hall at the Natural History Museum (London, 2009) to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth. She had a solo show at Yorkshire Sculpture Park in 2008 and took part in ‘The White Show’ in Bradford in 2010.

Places

Galápagos, Santa Cruz, Ecuador

Subjects

landscape C21st, text-based work, shark, turtle, carrier bag

Materials & Techniques

print (as object name), cotton paper, Somerset Satin, photo lithograph

Artist

Tania Kovats (1966 - )

Title

Santa Cruz, Galápagos

Edition

Number 32 in an edition of 100

Date

2012

Medium

photo lithograph on paper

Dimensions

height: 71.0 cm; width: 44.0 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Fruitmarket Gallery, January 2020

Inscription

recto: inscribed by the artist 'T.Kovats 32/100', bottom right

Provenance

The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh UK; from whom purchased by UK Government Art Collection, 8 January 2020

GAC number

18850