Itni Zyada Chae Mat Piya Karo اتنی زیادہ چائے مت پیا کرو

Mina Y is a visual artist, born and based in Lahore, Pakistan. She completed her BFA with a major in Miniature Painting from Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore in 2023. She is skilled in gouache, acrylics and watercolors. She has exhibited her works in various exhibitions throughout Pakistan. She is inspired by traditional Mughal and Persian miniature paintings. 

Her work illustrates these illogical beliefs drilled by her Nani, who continues to frown if nails are being cut at night, fears being possessed by evil if sitting under a tree after dark or insists on folding a corner of the prayer mat to make sure shaitan doesn’t get a chance to pray on it. Inspired by the vivid color palette and intricate details of Persian miniatures, she illustrates these amusing superstitions in domestic spaces to indulge in the mirthful tapestries of these beliefs that have shaped our upbringing and cultural heritage.