Born in India and now living in Mexico after decades in the United States, Tamanna Bembenek’s life itself is a bridge between worlds. A health tech professional with a Ph.D. in Biochemistry andna B.A. in Studio Arts and Biology. Tamanna brings a unique lens to her art, seeking the elemental patterns that connect us all—from the cellular to the cosmological. After a long corporate career, her move to San Miguel de Allende in 2020 during the Covid pandemic marked a deliberate return to her creative calling. Tamanna’s mixed-media style of painting uniquely integrates her childhood exposure to Indian textiles, art, history, and mythology, with visible influences of Cubism, Fauvism, and Surrealism styles learned during her undergraduate studies. Her scientific approach to art is apparent in the depth and complexity of each piece.

Her work weaves two distinct ancient cultures, Indian and Mexican, into a shared language of symbolism. The works do not ask you to choose one history over another. They instead invite you to notice the kinship between them—proof that self-knowledge and wisdom have always spoken a common tongue across cultures, traditions, and civilizations. Motifs of floating figurines, parched earth, sacred animals and birds, mythical blooms, guides and guardians, sacred texts, and the dark blue cosmos become bridges between realms, carrying us from the known to the unknown. With each piece, you are invited to explore the fundamentals of the human experience—anxiety, pain, healing, solitude, growth, courage, faith, time, space, and the pull of the unknown. This is a reflective journey - a gentle nudge toward the power of stillness.

For where there is stillness, space is created for intention. And where there is intention, there is

energy to heal, repair, and renew.