EDUCATION
MFA Hunter College: New York, New York. 2005.
Slade College of Fine Art, London, U.K. Studied abroad Spring 2004
BFA The Cleveland Institute of Art: Cleveland, OH. 2000.

EXHIBITIONS
Treasure Trove Contention (Installation in Project Space), November 2006- February 2007, Jack the Pelican Presents Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Drawing the Line (curated by Renee Vara), May 2006, Helen Mills Theater, New York, New York
Little Vanities, February 2006, solo exhibition, Realform Project Space, Brooklyn, New York
Beautiful Dreamer, September 2005, group exhibition, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio (curated by David Gibson)
Beautiful Debris, July 2005, group exhibition, Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, California (travelled to Cypress College, CA in Sept. 2005, curated by Heather Marx)
Breaking Ground, June 2005, group exhibition, New York Horticultural Society, New York, New York (curated by Jodie Vicenta Jacobson)
MFA Thesis Exhibition, 2005, group exhibition, Hunter College, Times Square Gallery, New York, New York
Tara Giannini: Recent Paintings, 2001, solo exhibition, Miami University Gallery, Miami, Ohio
Tara Giannini: Gaudy Paintings, 2000, solo exhibition, Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio
BFA Exhibition, 2000, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Cold Exchange, 2000, Ice Millhouse Gallery, Akron, Ohio
After School Special, 1999, McCollough Center for the Arts, Cleveland, Ohio
Summer Exhibition, 1999, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland Institute of Art

AWARDS AND HONORS
Winner of the "National Young Painters' Competition", 2001
Recipient of the William and Dorothy Yeck Award, 2001
The Wendy L. Moore Emerging Artist Award, Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art, 2000
The Otto F. Egge Award for Scholastic Excellence, The Cleveland Institute of Art, 2000
The Carroll Sockwell Memorial Award for Painting, 2000 and 1999
The Liza Noble Award for Excellence in Painting, 1999
The Eastman Bolton Award in Painting, 1998
Morse Graphics Award for Artistic Excellence, 1995

PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
"Featured Artist: Tara Giannini", Ovationtv.com, August 2007
"The Art of Tara Giannini", by Paddy Johnson, Art Fag City, August 2007
"Summer Emerging Artist Series: The Art of Tara Giannini", by Paddy Johnson, Art Fag City, July 22, 2006
"Inspiration SuperHighway", by Paddy Johnson, Art Fag City, February 10, 2006
"Perchance to Dream: Nocturnal Fantasies Enchant in SPACES' Beautiful Dreamer", by Lyz Bly, The Cleveland Times, October 2005
"Beautiful Dreamer Awakens Romantics", by Dan Tranberg, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 2005
"Beautiful Dreamer", foreward by Susan R. Channing, catalog essay by David Gibson, September 2005, SPACES, Cleveland, Ohio
"Beautiful Dreamer", by Zachary Lewis, Cleveland Scene Magazine, September 2005
"Beautiful Debris", by Glen Helfland, Artforum Magazine, August 2005
"Trashed: Artist's Treasures" by Nirmala Nataraj, San Francisco Weekly, July 2005
"Beautiful Debris", by Alison Bing, San Francisco Gate, July 2005
"Gooey, Gaudy, Glitzy: The Paintings of Tara Giannini", By Kristin Chambers, Tara Giannini: Gaudy Paintings exhibition catalog, Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art, September 2001