Based in DUMBO, Brooklyn since 1995, Tanya is notably a part of the dynamic and vibrant pioneering art force that influenced the neighborhood over many decades.
Rynd’s paintings wield a poetic tour de force, exposing a mythic examination of the self and a larger translation of humanity. Many of the works are self-portraits. Here the self, the model, crawls right up and over the proscenium; she slips right into the paint then turns back and looks at the painter and the viewer. She is a true figurative, expressionist painter!
Rynd speaks directly to the human psyche, referring to her paintings as “the unspoken stories, love letters to the world and to myself.” Tanya Rynd is an accomplished oil painter and a fine art printer focusing primarily on monoprints. She has worked with master printer Marina Ancona director of Ten Grand Press, and thanks her for teaching her the “art of how to draw and see!”
You may know Tanya as a partner and director at Superfine (Dumbo) founded in 2001, the first “farm to table” restaurant in the area; wherein she curates and produces 11 annual art exhibitions and multimedia events and live music since 2001. Tanya’s formal education includes Art, Fine Art Printing Making, Women’s Studies, Writing and Literature.