Tania Arancia Marie
Tania Arancia Marie is a textile artist and designer from Guadeloupe whose work explores personal identity, collective memory, and Caribbean culture.
Born in 2002, Tania grew up in Guadeloupe before moving to Paris at 18 to study textile design at École Duperré, where she specialised in weaving. Her time away from home deepened her connection to Guadeloupe and shaped textiles into a way of reflecting on homesickness, heritage and belonging.
Through weaving, Tania examines the relationship between Guadeloupe and the wider world, considering the island as both a multicultural and insular space. Her work often brings together personal and collective histories, transforming intimate memories into broader reflections on culture, identity and place.
Since graduating in 2023, she has presented work in group exhibitions in Paris and London, including Gâteau fouetté at the International Union of Youth in Paris and Soufwan at V.O. Curations in London. These works explore the relationship between history and textile, and the ways personal narratives can become shared cultural memory.
Her practice is influenced by Caribbean writers and thinkers such as Aimé Césaire, Patrick Chamoiseau, and Maryse Condé. Alongside weaving, Tania has also begun experimenting with collage and painting, using these forms to expand her exploration of memory, family, identity and Caribbean heritage.
