Shanthi Chandrasekar Email & Phone Number

Shanthi Chandrasekar is a multimedia and multidisciplinary artist from Maryland who has been has also been trained in the traditional art forms of Kolam and Tanjore-style painting. While many of her works are influenced by her Indian heritage, her true inspiration comes from the mystery and majesty of the world around her; her muse lives where the scientific overlaps with the spiritual. Shanthi has won numerous awards for her works including Individual Artist Awards and grants from the Maryland State Arts Council and the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, as well as the Maryland Traditions Folklife Apprenticeship Grants to teach Kolam. Her artwork is in the DC Art Bank, Montgomery Public Art, and other collections. Shanthi has exhibited, presented her work, and participated in events at several galleries and institutions including Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Gandhi Memorial Center, Katzen Arts Center at the American University, and the Smithsonian. She has been exhibiting her work at art fairs in New York City with LAMINAproject Gallery and her work has been reviewed by Hyperallergic, The Washington Post and other news media. She is a member of the Kennedy Center Culture Caucus and an advisor on the Artomatic Board. She designed the Kolam concept for the 2021 Kolam Project that involved community participation from around the USA, to install a 1,950-tile Kolam in front of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. She works from her studio at Studio B, 7475 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland.

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