Biography

Born in Kolkatta, India.

Currently lives and works in New York city pursuing her career as a full-time artist.

Exhibitions

2012
Women's Work, Grady Alexis Gallery, 2710 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY. Group show by invite
Erasing Borders Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art of the Diaspora 2012, Indo-American Arts Council, Inc., TBD, New York, NY. Juried show
F & N Gallery, 2009 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19125. Juried show

2011
Sacred Spaces: A Slideluck Potshow, Juston Memorial Church, New York, NY. Group show
Wish You Were Here, Postcard exhibit in A.I.R gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Group show
National Association of Women Artists, Sylvia Wald And Po Kim gallery, New York. Group show
Art Students League, New York, NY. Group show
Ev(e)olution, National Association of Women Artists, Riverside Public Library, New York, NY. Juried show

2010 Ceremonial Lines, Sanskriti Pratishthan, New Delhi, India. Group show
2009 Kriya, Kirkland Art Gallery, New York city. Solo show
2004 Le Méridien Art Gallery, Kochi, India. Group show
2003 Emerald, Durbar Hall Art Center, Kochi, India. Duet show

Awards And Residencies

2012 Award from the Leeway Foundation for the best in show at the F & N Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2010 Sanskriti Pratishthan, New Delhi, India

Professional Courses

2010-2011 Combined Media, Assemblage, Art in Three Dimensions with Bruce Dorfman at Arts Students League, New York, NY
2010 Sanskrit Calligraphy with Achyut Palav, Mumbai, India
2010 Modern and Contemporary Art from 1945-Today with Kim Conaty, MoMA, New York, NY
2010 Anatomy for Artists, Elements for Drawing with Michael Grimaldi, Art Students League, New York, NY
2008 Typography II by Etta Siegel, Parsons New School of Design, New York, NY
2007 Advanced Graphics, Parsons New School of Design, New York, NY
1998 Diploma in Multimedia, Penta Media Graphics Ltd., Chennai, India
1995 Diploma in Interior Design, Jenson & Nicholson, Kochi, India

Membership And Community Work

2010-present Art Mentor with Free Arts NYC, New York, NY.
Teaching aesthetic learning to 6-8 year old kids of Children’s Aids Society in PS5 Ellen Lurie School in West Harlem 2010 Inducted member of National Association of Women Artists (NAWA), New York NY
2010 Project Manager at No Longer Empty-a public art organization in New York, NY.
Co-ordinated efforts of curators, international artists and team members towards organizing a collective art exhibit on Governor’s Island called The Sixth Borough. It was very challenging to work in an island that had restricted access and strict regulations
2009 Mural Artist with New York Cares, New York, NY.
Conceptualized and illustrated a mural (18’ x 6’) for the school’s cafeteria and later guided the volunteers to paint them
2006 Creative Director, Print for Indo American Arts Council’s (IAAC) Annual Film Festival in New York.
Designed event invites, postcard, brochure booklet, venue poster, weekly newspaper advertisements and the film festival tickets
2002-2003 Conducted art workshops for corporates.
These workshops were called The Right Side Up and were targeted towards team building

Publications