Tanya Aguiñiga

2022

Caymus-Suisun Winery

“Caymus-Suisun Winery’s considered interiors and design, and multigenerational family vintners, add to Suisun Valley’s allure on the California wine map. California wine country may be best known for the Napa and Sonoma valleys, but in Suisun Valley, which is nestled between two mountain ranges just south-east of Napa, a diverse wine and farming community has been thriving for generations. As rustic and sleepy as this all sounds, a newly erected winery, designed by the architecture firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson (BCJ), signals the region’s dynamic future. Established by the Wagner family, who are multigenerational vintners and also behind Napa Valley’s Caymus Vineyards, which they established in 1972, the new Caymus-Suisun Winery combines contemporary architecture and well-founded expertise to herald a new era in winemaking for the region.“ - Wallpaper Magazine

Caymus-Suisun Winery connects visitors with its California setting

Commissioned by interior designer Sarah Giesenhagen at The Bureau

Architecture: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Photography by Yoshihiro Makino

Materials: Reed, Hand-dyed Cotton, Sisal, Raffia, Waxed Thread

The Candlewood Arts Festival celebrates the connections between art, community and our shared environment in the dramatic landscape of Borrego Springs, California. The Under the Sun Foundation sponsors the Candlewood Arts Festival, and the permanent Sky Art sculptures also found on Galleta Meadows in Borrego Springs.

For Candlewood we created two temporary commissioned sculptures in Galleta Meadows, constructed from hay bales skinned in clay and natural materials sourced from the desert landscape. Two-spirit Earth is an homage to nature's dualities; Hallowed Mound honors fertility and the generative qualities of nature. The totems emerge from the forms of the landscape surrounding them, rising from and returning to the earth—referencing the cyclical essence of nature and the generative and eternal energies of the materials used. Both forms are designed to channel moisture, encouraging growth and transformation of the sculptures themselves as they disappear over time.

Borrego Springs, CA, 2019

The New Children's Museum, San Diego

2019

Inspired by care and empathy tikitiko is designed for toddlers and caregivers to make meaningful connections around abstract, anthropomorphic forms covered in colorful, soft and furry textiles. This space for the littlest Museum visitors will also feature rotating hands-on learning experiences to nurture lifelong developmental skills and family bonding.

Commissioned by Center for Craft Creativity and Design

Asheville, NC, 2019

This seating series is inspired by the juxtaposition of materials, and spontaneous function created by tension. The colors reference the North American Southwest desert landscape.

Beverly Center, Los Angeles, 2018

Mickey: The True Original Exhibition celebrates 90 years of Mickey Mouse’s influence on art and pop culture.

This immersive experience is inspired by Mickey’s status as a ‘true original’ and his consistent impact on the arts and creativity in all its forms.

New York, 2018

Felted Eames shell armchair commissioned by Brendan Ravenhill

Los Angeles, 2018

Commissioned by Lindsey Adelman for their LA showroom.

Los Angeles, 2017

Inspired by the Chicago River cityscape, Tanya designed a weaving and a room divider for ACE Hotel Chicago’s lobby to welcome guests to the Windy City.

Arcoiris Fronterizo, 2017

Installed at the United States Consulate in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.

Commissioned for Jonathan Louis International Headquarters.

Seismograph Fringe, 2017

Hand-dyed cotton, steel

Photos by Gina Clyne.

Commissioned for Jonathan Louis International Headquarters.

Manglar, 2017

Unraveled and hand-dyed cotton, hand-painted resin clay

Photos by Gina Clyne.

Levi’s and 12 local artists celebrates the 50th anniversary of the trucker jacket in support of Dreamers and the United We Dream organization (DACA).

Los Angeles, 2017

Commissioned by Brendan Ravenhill for ICFF.

Los Angeles, 2016

Argyle Hotel

Los Angeles, 2016

A collaboration with Oliver M. Furth, 'Kelp Forest' features two unique consoles of reclaimed woven fibers, negotiating a matte black nickel-plated industrial framework. 'Kelp Forest' serves as a catalyst to push the weaving narrative forward.

Los Angeles, 2016

Images courtesy of Oliver M. Furth

Site specific installation for NikeLab, 2015

Various sports balls, acrylic paint, paracord, recycled elastic straps, nylon string, recycled t-shirt rope

The piece was inspired by the elements that are the central focus of most sports: balls and nets. I wanted to think of the balls beyond their function, and by focusing on their form, I was able to explore their relationship to each other and create an organic composition unique toNike Lab Bespoke. Inspired by Bespoke, each ball was individually knotless netted using specialty materials that I gathered in Alaska, Mexico and the garment district of Los Angeles. With Nike’s Bespoke colorways numbering over 400 colors, I wanted to explore the color spectrum in its entirety, as well as bring in diversity in scale and texture.

The fiber elements include recycled garment remnants from LA, such as spaghetti straps from dresses and bathing suits, paracord from my time living in Alaska, nylon string from Mexico and recycled t-shirts that have been run through a mill to make string which is then made into rope. We then deconstruct the rope to make it into thread and combine all theloose fiber into cascades of color and texture to create movement within the composition. Once installed in the Nike Lab Bespoke space the piece came to life! 

Collaboration with Studio Karras for Los Angeles recording studio.

Photo: Roger Davies Photography

Los Angeles, 2016

Felted chairs commissioned by Oliver M. Furth

Los Angeles, 2015

The Art of Geometry

Collaboration with MashUp Contemporary Dance Company

Welded steel, anodized aluminum, elastic

240 x 120 inches

Los Angeles, 2014