About us
Gene Tanta is a Romanian-born American poet and artist.
In his dialogue with media, Tanta explores forces he first felt as an 8-year-old who whispered “artist” under Ceausescu’s dictatorship in communist Romania. His studio practice haggles with the paradoxes of not fitting in, with dislocation as a felt experience as it manifests in his perspective on ideological grand narratives, biographical introspection, and the design elements. Tanta uses his MFA, PhD and two Fulbright experiences to spark the political against the beautiful.
