Tasnim Sara & Tatja Lucía
'SIN MIEDO'
Duo Exhibition: Opening November 7th, 2025
SIN MIEDO
Sin Miedo is a multi-faceted story rooted in New Mexican culture. This project was born from the visions of Photographer Tasnim Sara and Poet Tatja Lucia. Through the marriage of our unique interpretations of living is birthed a rich telling of generational longing,
connection, heartache and rapture. It is a collection of narratives gathered from within the fringes of our loyal haunt and refuge - of ancestors, neighbors, lovers and friends. Both from New Mexico, our cherished devotion to Home is reflected in every breath and in every work of art. This is our love letter to New Mexico, a gathering around the hearth. The plain where the soul lives on forever, with cadence and echo, in the absence of fear.
Each a storyteller in our own right, our goal with this project is to propagate a
sentiment that strikes a chord with both the local collective heart and the outsider looking in. It brings to light a diverse spectrum of New Mexican spirit that is layered to become the foundation of this unique, eternal landscape. It is the link between generations, an anchor that unites. A certain ache that home causes, a mystic space where pain and purpose go hand in hand to create a form of pride that is unique to this land. Our art speaks to this ever-persistent, underlying thread of spirit here; we tell stories of ghosts coming out of the hills as we watch from the back seat, and we dance the same rhythm from over-exposure to the sun.
Warm citric light
Acidity, humility and passion.
Polarity in everyday life.
Wet wood, laid to dry in the New Mexico sun.
Photographing and writing for this project began long before we knew what would emerge. Collaborative intentions were set: to explore deep-seated trauma and bliss, the words once whispered by a parent or lover almost forgotten, arrested in time. The allure of these rootwork stories unearth a continuum of heart and soul. They are an integral and everlasting piece of the landscape and history of Nuevo Mexico, this place we call Home. Whether entrapped by it, inspired by it, or most commonly both, it is undeniably sacred. It is a way by which to live. Where the arteries are the blood-letting acequias, and the bones are a compound of adobe and rubble from the forgotten high.
Tasnim Sara is a photographer and film-maker from Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is a storyteller who works to create dimensionality by unifying the real with the make-believe. Through her exploration of the present moment combined with myth, she deeply understands the delicacy of the human form and its organic and innate relationship to the land. She prioritizes community and sovereignty, and hopes to empower through her work; viewing the erotic as a life force that can be an antidote for death.
Tasnim earned a BFA in photography from Parsons School of Design. She has shown at the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery in New York City. Her photobook, The Image as Nutrition, came out in 2022 and explores the dualities of human existence, the feast and famine of life. Her first solo show Where I am from, we need calloused feet exhibited in 2024 at The Hollander gallery in Santa Fe, NM.
Tatja Lucía is a Santa Fe native and indigenous poet/performer/musician. Her
work focuses on the melding of art and myth, ancestry and nostalgia, food and prayer, glamour,
frivolity and time. She comes from a long lineage of storytellers and honors this tradition.She holds numerous awards including the Lena Todd award for poetry and recently was nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of Small Presses. Her debut poetry collection, Silver Box from Finishing Line Press, has garnered praise and esteem across the board.
Some new creative ventures include a second poetry collection, a cookbook, a delve into a new chapter of cooking and curating, and “Homesteading”. A mommy to a toddler, and with another baby on the way, she spends her time alchemizing in the space between life and art and dreams. Always creating and collaborating. She lives on a small farm with her family in Coyote, NM.