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Tanya Crane’s intricate metal work dwells within a liminal existence between prejudice and privilege. Reared in a white middle class suburb of Los Angeles, Crane’s experience with blackness was limited to visiting her father in South Central Los Angeles. This dual existence has deeply informed her practice.

Crane received her MFA in Metalsmithing + Jewelry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2015, and her BFA in Metal from the State University of New York at New Paltz. Currently, Crane is a Professor of the Practice in Metals at the School Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts. She is the 2018 SNAG Emerging Artist selected to present at SOFA Chicago, the 2017 recipient of the Society of Arts and Crafts Artist Award  and the Haystack Mountain School Artist Residency, and the 2018 receipient of the Smitten Forum Metalsmithing Residency at Ghost Ranch, NM. Her first solo exhibition, "Tributaries: Polarity," opened in January of 2019 at the Metal Museum in Memphis.