To strive, to seek

ASHIMA RAIZADA, 23, Artist, Mohali

BECAUSE

This engineer by training has a won a bouquet of awards which include the Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi Award 2017, All India Academy of Fine Arts Award 2017, Raghu Rai Scholarship in Multimedia Arts by Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi 2017, We Group All Women Annual Art Exhibition Award 2018 and the FFF Forum Rising Star Award 2017.

SECRET OF SUCCESS

A consistent sense of dissatisfaction with the dynamics of the world, curiosity about the possibilities that lie above us and the process of creation itself. I seek and find beauty in the ordinary. I also don’t try to confine myself to the pre-conceived notions of how things should be.

THE GOAL NEXT

I want to further understand the finer nuances of art and enhance my artistic practice accordingly.

MY ROLE MODEL

Naming one is difficult but there are many who inspire me. Robert Rauschenberg, Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol, Bharti Kher, James Baldwin, Charles B, Nietzsche, Richard Linklater, Kendrick Lamar and so many more. All of them are/were pioneers in their fields, visionaries who helped in the evolution of their respective disciplines and followed an unorthodox approach towards their work.

BY THE WAY

I love trekking, exploring different genres of music, and going for long walks.

SECOND OPINION

Art is a feeling, pure instinctual energy. It transports, freezes time. Ashima’s work is all of this, it is soul with curiosity for the beauty in mundane. —Madhuvanthi Senthil Kumar,

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