SHIFT HAPPENS
SHIFT HAPPENS
Claudia Mahler
How To Become An Artist With Tanya Minhas
38 minutes Posted Sep 24, 2025 at 4:00 am.
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In my conversation with New York based, American-Pakistani artist, Tanya Minhas, we explore the invisible in art. Tanya shares her fascination for nature and the tiny moments, that inspire her thinking and her work. She shares the moment, that made it inevitable for her to commit fully to a life as an artist. It had to do with facing challenges, grief and searching for a language to be able to truly express herself and her emotions. As she quoted from a book she once read "Life is not all HiHi-HaHa". Tanya's Pakistani heritage strongly influences her work, particularly her current show on view at Winston Wächter Fine Art in New York City " A Tapestry of Dreams".
Tanya integrates and balances her artistic practice with family life, working when possible in a meditative state.