Tania Fuentes Villa

Artist and Collaborator

Tania Fuentes (she/her) is a Mexican Visual Communication Designer and art educator based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She holds a Bachelor’s in Design from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Master’s degrees in Art Education (NSCAD University) and Design and Animation (Glasgow School of Art), and a Certificate in Gallery and Studio Management from the Anna Leonowens Gallery.

With over a decade of experience, she has worked as an Art Director in Mexico City and co-founded her own design studio in 2017. Her expertise spans editorial design, photography, multimedia, and cultural heritage preservation. She has published articles on cultural heritage preservation through design and participated in academic conferences at the Autonomous Metropolitan University, the National Institute of Anthropology and History, and The International Colour Association. Her recent research focuses on museums and immigrants in the Canadian context, exploring issues of representation, identity, belonging through community-based research methods and participatory methodologies.

Currently an instructor in NSCAD University’s Design Department, Tania previously served as Digital Art Program Director at Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Tecnológico de Monterrey), where she also taught as a professor. Her work bridges traditional and digital design practices, supported by specialized training in illustration, composition, photography from UNAM, and extensive pedagogical development at Tecnológico de Monterrey.