Darren Tanti is an artist and educator based in Malta. He is renowned for his technically accomplished and thematically loaded artworks. His work seeks to understand issues related to hyperreality and its manifestations in the present days. He is mainly interested in painting, drawing and the integration of the digital in both practices. Darren has participated in numerous art projects and exhibitions in Malta and abroad. These include the 15th edition of the ‘Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and Mediterranean’ held in Thessaloniki (2011), ‘Time, Space, Existence’ at the Venice Biennale of Architecture (2014) and ‘HomoMelitensis’ as one of the artists representing Malta in the Venice Biennale of Art (2017). Apart from the different awards received, Darren has won ‘Divergent Thinkers 2’ and was shortlisted for ‘The Commonwealth Young Achievers Award 2015’. In 2014 he was an artist-in-residence at the Virginia Centre for the Creative Arts in the US. One can find his artworks in the National Collection of Art in MUŻA and in The Embassy of the Republic of Malta in Washington D.C. Darren’s work is published in various catalogues and articles in Malta and abroad.