I am a Visual Artist working in the United States. I was born in India, raised in Venezuela, pursued graduate education and a career in Architecture in California before starting my Art practice during the Pandemic.
I am involved in community art education programs because I believe “The universal language of visual art is powerful, healing, and can be instrumental in fostering understanding and building stronger communities of diverse cultures and backgrounds.”
My main medium is Painting. My work intertwines science, spirit, and stories -old stories and new ones. My Art practice is shaped by memory, phenomenology of place, migration, and ecology. I paint using watercolor on paper. Larger works on canvas are usually mixed media. My method of assembling drawings, research writings, maps, fabrics, and photographs to create mixed-media works or installations is similar to that used in creating architectural conceptual designs.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My Art practice is shaped by memory, ecology, and witnessing transformations in my inner and outer landscapes. I explore the phenomenology of place, memory, migration, and concepts of home and roots, examining how they shape human identity. I am curious about human relationships with natural and built landscapes. I research the interconnections of lives in ecosystems from a scientific perspective while contemplating the philosophical connections between our soma and the cosmos, as well as the transformations resulting from migration and climate change. My paintings explore themes of female agency and experience. I use the figurative and abstract form, portraying the lived experiences of women through self-reflection and spirituality. Women in my art represent the creative force of nature, symbols of resilience, resistance, and transformation. My work incorporates the aesthetic of traditional Indian imagery, folk styles, spiritual ritual art-making practices, and other iconography from South Asia to address contemporary issues. I merge conscious storytelling and symbolism with the universal language of abstraction, blended with recognizable realism. My work intertwines science, spirit, and stories -old stories and new ones. I aspire to render fluid transformations and interconnections of spirit, memory, and experience, forming a poetic contemplation.