Tanya Gupta
| Tanya Gupta | |
|---|---|
 Tanya Gupta Science World.jpg Tanya Gupta giving a talk at Science World in Vancouver, BC in 2022. | |
| Born | November 17, 1996 (age 26) Reading, United Kingdom |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🏫 Education | New York University |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 🌐 Website | guptanya.com |
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Tanya Gupta, also known as Guptanya (born November 17, 1996) is an American multimedia artist, engineer, and producer specializing in photomanipulation and surrealist self-portraits. Formerly a NASA engineer, Gupta worked on a prototype aircraft which now sits at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum[1], and she helped invent a software patent in collaboration with Kennedy Space Center[2]. In 2021, Gupta became the first Indian-American to be chosen for the Adobe Creative Residency, a year-long incubator for artists. Gupta is a Forbes 30 Under 30 lister[3] and her work has been featured in Vogue[4], Harper's Bazaar[5], and Teen Vogue.[6]
Biography[edit]
Gupta was born in Reading, England to Indian immigrant parents Radhika and Vivek Gupta. In 2002, her family moved to Chicago, Illinois, until she moved to New York City at age 17 to attend NYU. She received her B.S. in mechanical and aerospace engineering from the Tandon School of Engineering in 2019.[7][8] Gupta is a lifetime member of Mensa.
Career[edit]
While attending NYU, Gupta served as an operations engineering intern on the Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Land on Mars (Prandtl-M) prototype Martian aircraft at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center[9] under the direction of former chief engineer Al Bowers. She then helped build the Augmented & Virtual Reality lab at Kennedy Space Center, where she was listed as an innovator on the Rapid Model Import Tool (RMIT)[10], a 3D-modeling conversion software which received a patent when she was 21 years old. After graduating from NYU, Gupta worked as a hardware and AI engineer at IBM.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Gupta discovered a passion for digital art and taught herself Photoshop from YouTube tutorials, garnering thousands of followers for sharing her artist journey on social media. She then left IBM to take part in the 2021-22 cohort of the Adobe Creative Residency[11]. Her most notable residency project was an editorial with Ritesh Rajan, who was at the time the voice actor for Ken in Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures[12]. The project was recognized by various media outlets for challenging South Asian stereotypes and redefining expectations of leading men in Hollywood.[13][7]
Gupta is an outspoken advocate for women in STEM and has given several talks about her experience growing up as a minority, particularly a woman of color, in these fields[14]. She sits on the Board of Creatives of 100Cameras, a non-profit organization that equips youth with the tools to tell their stories through photography and art.[15]
Gupta has been featured on multiple podcasts[16][17][18] to discuss her career pivot and has directed campaigns for Adobe, Logitech, and Toyota. She was recognized on the 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 list under the Art & Style category.[3]
Gupta currently spends her time between New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
References[edit]
- ↑ Conner, Monroe (2019-08-06). "Prandtl-D Models Heading to Smithsonian and California Science Center". NASA. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ↑ Chavez, Joseluis (2022-09-23). "Rapid Model Import Tool (RMIT) User Guide".
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Tanya Gupta". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ↑ Nast, Condé (2022-10-31). "Get to Know Tanya Gupta". Vogue. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ↑ "6 Indian American Women Who Are Charting Their Own Creative Paths". Harper's BAZAAR. 2022-06-08. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ↑ Nast, Condé (2022-05-16). "13 AAPI TikTok Creators Taking Over Your FYP". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Moniz, Carmo; Nehme, Adrianna (2023-02-16). "Beyond NYU: Creating art post-NASA". Washington Square News. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
- ↑ Jennings, Kat (2022-12-02). "From NYU to NASA: Women in STEM". MEET NYU. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
- ↑ "Tanya Gupta: Glider Goals at Armstrong Flight Research Center – Interstellar Experiences of NASA Interns". blogs.nasa.gov. 2018-03-29. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
- ↑ Gupta, Tanya (2018-06-21). "Internship in Augmented and Virtual Reality - Rapid Model Import Tool".
- ↑ "Adobe Creative Residency". www.adobe.com. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
- ↑ "Ritesh Rajan". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
- ↑ Valdivia, Pablo (2022-05-31). "This South Asian Artist Photoshopped Ken's Voice Actor Into A Real-Life Ken Doll And Now I Want One". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ↑ "Girls and STEAM Keynote". Science World. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ↑ "Team". 100cameras. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
- ↑ Riley, Thomas (2018-07-23). "Listen: Space, The VR Frontier with Tanya Gupta of NASA". MarketScale. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
- ↑ Episode 11: Tanya Gupta, IBM, 2021-01-01, retrieved 2023-06-25
- ↑ Fighting through Imposter Syndrome & Seeking External Validation with Tanya Gupta, retrieved 2023-06-25
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