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About Shanthi Chandrasekar

Shanthi Chandrasekar is a multimedia and multidisciplinary artist from Maryland, USA, who has an academic background in physics and psychology, and has been trained in the traditional Indian 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 Independent Artist Awards from the Maryland State Arts Council and Individual Artist Grants from the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County as well as from the Maryland Traditions Folklife Apprenticeships 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, DakshinaChitra Heritage Museum in India, and the Smithsonian as well as at art fairs with LAMINAproject Gallery in New York City. She has done illustrations for science and other books, and her artwork has been reviewed by news media including the Hyperallergic, Physics World and Symmetry Magazine, and published in Scientific American, Wall Street Journal and the Netherland Institute of Neuroscience’s Art of Neuroscience among others. She designed the Kolam concept for the 2021 Kolam Project that involved community participation from around the United States to install a 1,950-tile Kolam in Washington, DC. As a Kennedy Center Culture Caucus member, Shanthi has been presenting events at The REACH. She was invited as the Artisan in Residence by the National Museum of Asian Arts and the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage for their partnership program in November 2023. She is an advisor on the Artomatic board.

Shanthi Chandrasekar is a multimedia and multidisciplinary artist from Maryland, USA, who has an academic background in physics and psychology, and has been trained in the traditional Indian 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 Independent Artist Awards from the Maryland State Arts Council and Individual Artist Grants from the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County as well as from the Maryland Traditions Folklife Apprenticeships 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, DakshinaChitra Heritage Museum in India, and the Smithsonian as well as at art fairs with LAMINAproject Gallery in New York City. She has done illustrations for science and other books, and her artwork has been reviewed by news media including the Hyperallergic, Physics World and Symmetry Magazine, and published in Scientific American, Wall Street Journal and the Netherland Institute of Neuroscience’s Art of Neuroscience among others. She designed the Kolam concept for the 2021 Kolam Project that involved community participation from around the United States to install a 1,950-tile Kolam in Washington, DC.

As a Kennedy Center Culture Caucus member, Shanthi has been presenting events at The REACH. She was invited as the Artisan in Residence by the National Museum of Asian Arts and the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage for their partnership program in November 2023. She is an advisor on the Artomatic board.

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Articles with Shanthi Chandrasekar

From the mystery and majesty of the universe and beyond

Shanthi Chandrasekar is a multimedia and multidisciplinary artist from Maryland, USA, who has an academic background in physics and psychology, and has been trained in the traditional Indian 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.

Neurocosmologies

Shanthi Chandrasekar is a multimedia and multidisciplinary artist with a BSc in Physics and an MA in Psychology. The underlying focus of her work is to understand the workings of the cosmos and life itself, with a particular fascination for the workings of the brain. She has also been trained in the traditional art form 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.