Art Exhibit and Reception
Colors in Rhythm, an art exhibit featuring a collection of paintings by local artist Tanya Momi will be on display at the Los Altos Hills Town Hall from April 2026 to September 2026.
Tanya Momi is a visionary artist, author, and cultural voice whose work bridges continents, histories, and inner landscapes. Born in India, she first picked up the paintbrush at the age of 5 and was later formally trained in Fine Arts at the Government College for Women in Chandigarh: she now creates paintings that are visually striking and emotionally resonant.
For more than three decades, Momi built a successful entrepreneurial life in Silicon Valley, founding and operating “Spoil Me,” her Mountain View salon-gallery that functioned as both business and a cultural gathering space. Alongside raising her children, she curated exhibitions, mentored artists, and cultivated community dialogue through art. Her leadership and advocacy for women’s empowerment led to a speaking engagement at the White House in 2016. She is also a producer, actor, and exhibiting artist associated with the feature film Designed by Preeti.
The foundation of Momi’s artistic voice lies in the refusal to be silenced. After a twenty-two-year pause from painting, she returned to the canvas, armed with encouragement from friends and with a renewed clarity and urgency to pour her heart out into her art. What began as a personal reckoning evolved into a powerful body of work that confronts memory, identity, borders, womanhood, and healing.
The art exhibit Colors in Rhythm brings together a collection of paintings united by movement and pulse. The title reflects Momi’s belief that color carries energy — that brightness moves like a flowing liquid on the canvas, symbolizing infinity itself. She begins each day before dawn in meditation and reflection. That discipline flows directly into her creative process. Momi works primarily in oil, acrylic, and mixed media on canvas, often at large scale. She commands multiple artistic languages — abstract, figurative, social realism, and cubist interpretation.
The exhibition features a curated sampling of Momi’s artistic endeavors from the last twenty years, including never-before-displayed pieces intended to inspire the audience. These colors carry beyond the canvas, inviting viewers to forge a deep, personal connection with the art they bring into their own spaces.
Momi’s work and story have been featured by New India Abroad, India Currents, American Kahani, CanvasRebel, Bold Journey, USA Today, and French-American television, among others. Her work has been exhibited internationally in India, London, Hong Kong, Toronto, Austria, Germany, and Beverly Hills, and throughout the Bay Area, including exhibitions connected with the Triton Museum of Art, the New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU), the Crocker Art Museum, and the Los Altos History Museum. She has received juried awards in India and continues to present her work through lectures, exhibitions, and publications. She also counts two former members of the White House as collectors of her art.
At its core, this exhibit asks one question: How do we turn inherited pain into generational strength? In answering, Momi offers canvases that do not whisper — they speak out loud.
https://tanyamomi.com/
Artists’ Reception: Sunday, April 19, 2026, 2:00 – 5:00 pm at Los Altos Hills Town Hall will feature live music, refreshments and wine. Free and open to the public.
The Town of Los Altos Hills
www.losaltoshills.ca.gov
26379 Fremont Road
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
650-941-7222
Event Links
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