Tania Lacaria

Tania LaCaria is an Italian-Canadian artist. LaCaria has traveled the world extensively, gathering inspiration from various cultures and countries where she’s lived, namely in Latin America and South East Asia.

Her travels have always influenced her work in art and design and continue to be an important source of inspiration for her work. She returned to Canada and settled in Hamilton in 2016, where she currently lives and works as a full time artist.

LaCaria’s work explores the concept of paradox - the idea that conflicting realities exist at the exact same time - focusing on themes based in gender, sexuality, social structure/class systems, body politics and relationships through an Abstract Expressionist aesthetic.

LaCaria's interest in creating art is rooted in her mission to connect with others and build community. Her work is introspective and vulnerable as she paints about her own life experiences; but in an attempt to normalize the perceived "bad" emotions that people experience as a result of difficult life situations, LaCaria's work presents as vibrant, playful and approachable.

LaCaria is represented by the Art Gallery of Hamilton in Ontario, Canada. Her work is held in private collections throughout the USA and ...

York University BA Fine Arts 2006

Sheridan College CIDA Advanced Diploma 2009

2026 EXHIBITIONS
2026 June - Forms of Togetherness Ad Hoc Abstract Collective, You Me Gallery, Hamilton, ON, Canada
2026 Feb 1-8 - Work In Progress CDMX Art Week, Novo Collective, Mexico City, Mexico
2026 Jan 22 - Doves of Hope - Art Auction Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation, Toronto, ON, Canada

2025 Oct-Dec - Tones, Textiles & Truths - group show, CottonFactory, Hamilton, ON, Canada
2025 Sept 26 - Apostoleas Transmission 3 - live painting, CottonFactory, Hamilton, ON, Canada
2025 Sept 12-28 - Common Thread - Ad Hoc Abstract Collective, CottonFactory, Hamilton, ON, Canada
2025 July - Easy Tiger - group show, Farside Gallery, Hamilton, ON, Canada
2025 July - August - A-Side/B-Side mixed media group show, Smokestack Studios, Hamilton, ON, Canada
2025 July - Oct Art In the Workplace, McMaster Innovation Park, Hamilton, ON, Canada
2025 June 6 - 8 - Apostoleas Transmission, Arts Week, Cotton Factory, Hamilton, ON, Canada
2025 April-June - Burlington Waterfront Sculpture Trail -sculpture exhibition, Burlington, ON, Canada
2025 Feb 1 - 17 - MiniFig Sculpture Show - Winterfest, Jackson Square, Hamilton, ON, Canada
2025 May 8 - 11 - Solo Exhibition The Artist Project, Toronto, ON, Canada
2024 Dec - February - Solo Exhibition Pearl M...