Photo Essays – Tania Sen

“People” exhibit at Frieda, Philadelphia, PA

Making art is a mindful process. My photo essays are an exploration of an envirnment through human lenses. Over time with practice, it brings awareness of the self and those around you. The best part? Sharing and celebrating with co-conspirators of this secret experience. Additionally, finding insights for your personal journey in the expression of those you focus your lens on!

It is unfortunate that price tags and hedging of the market has shifted the focus of art to the bottom-line of dollar amounts, so much so, when investors get together, they talk art and when artists get together, they talk money! I use my lens to capture moments, people and places so I can revisit and experience them all over again!

Lastly, with esthetics as a byproduct, my photo journals on any geographic location is a peek into the culture and its people. Whats more, the uniqueness of a place and its people adds color and offers insight into the universality of the human condition.

My Feet Finds You, photograph — My Feet Finds You Asbury Park, NJ

Written in Stone 4, Jaipur palace walls — Looking Close, Seeing Far, Written in Stone 4, Jaipur

I Can't Breathe - 2 by Tania Sen — I Can’t Breathe – 2 BLM protests at City Center, Philly

Gravity of Grassroots
The Monk with his daughter and disciple Kalimpong, India

We Work Hard for a Living - 2 by Tania Sen — Adult Beverage Makers at Redding Terminal Market, Philly

The Egg Lady at La Boqueria, Barcelona, Spain — Food for Thought

Lone Falcon 1, Big Buddha Phuket, Thailand — The Lone Falcon & Other Travel Journals

Love in the time of COVID, Waste Not Want Not 123 — Love in the time of COVID, Philadelphia

Female depiction of Ravana — The Many Heads of Ravana

Us & Them and Other Sculpture | Please Touch and Relief Works

Having begun my journey in the arts from age four, misdiagnosed with diphtheria and confined to a hospital bed in remote small town Bihar, India, it was my dream to make art. When I lost my father in my teens, it was up to me to support my family. With a very young brother and a stay at home mother I worked as a publicity personnel writing press releases, for the Indian Railways. And completed undergraduate studies from Calcutta University with Honors in English.

I qualified for an academic scholarship at New York Institute of Technology. When things stabilized a bit at home, I took a leap of faith and joined graduate school in NYC. After graduation I joined the ad industry for twenty some years. Then turned to teaching and art therapy since 2001. I taught Advertising Design at the College of St. Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ and practiced Art therapy with autistic children at the Morris Union Jointure Commission, Warren, NJ. For more on international exhibitions click here.

For my art, I embraced a contemporary narrative here in the US far from my birth city of Kolkata, India. Experimenting with form and media, I found many an accomplished mentor who shared their expertise with me in realizing my artistic goals. Essentially self-taught, my works exhibited at the Newark Museum (NJ),
The Royal Scottish Academy, Tate (UK) Mumbai Museum (India) Contemporary Art Museum S. Korea, Torpedo Art Factory, Monmouth Museum (NJ) Haggin Museum (CA), Lalit Kala Academy h (India), Feminist Art Project, Goggleworks, Prince Street Gallery, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, NYC etc.

A founder member of SIPMA Contemporary, I curated a number of exhibits with an emphasis on inter-disciplinary art. I collaborated in experimental dance/art at Swarthmore College and performance art at the Soho 20 gallery, NYC.