Tanya Jain

Author · Artist · Creative Director

Words on paper.
Colour on canvas.

I am Tanya Jain, author of Maia and Origami Birds, and a painter working between oil, acrylic and mixed media. This is a small, well-lit room for the work.

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A Quiet Passage

Recent work

A Quiet Passage

Acrylic on canvas · 24 x 36 in · 2026

A dusk-lit reverie, the willow, the bridge, and a lone swan.

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Books

Two novels, so far.

Maia book cover

2023 · A novel

Maia

A tender, unhurried novel about womanhood, memory and the long shape of becoming.

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Origami Birds book cover

2017 · Poems & short prose

Origami Birds

A first book, folded from fashion school notebooks, New York winters, and the ache of first love.

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Selected paintings

From the studio.

A Quiet Passage
A Quiet Passage2026
Horizon, Afterglow
Horizon, Afterglow2026
Summer Sunset
Summer Sunset2026
Lily Pond
Lily Pond2026

Exhibitions & Recognition

A short shelf of moments.

Awards, launches and shows across a decade of making.

  • 2024Read Between the LinesStudio series, ongoing
  • 2023Maia, book launchNew Delhi & online
  • 2019Top Brand on NykaaPasithea
  • 2018Best Sustainable DesignerPure London, Emerging Talent
  • 2018Creative Entrepreneur AwardYFLO

Get in touch

For a book, a painting,
or a slow conversation.

bytanyaco@gmail.com