artist life
Sheena Chawla is an alumnus of University of Arts, London and HLCC Gujarat University and NIFT Gandhinagar. In the past she has worked as an assistant designer for a fashion boutique, business developer for food chains, marketing head for family business followed by working as a visual merchandiser for international retail fashion brands in India and in UK along with being a state level basketball player for 15 years as a team captain in several tournaments.
Her dynamic background of commerce, design, business, fashion and sports gave Sheena a chance to see life with varied perspectives. Being a solo traveller and visiting 14 countries across the globe added composure and expression to her palette of life.
With no former degree in fine arts, Sheena’s inspiration towards art came from the fundamental reasons of happiness in her life for which she connects the reasons to her mother, a compassionate and kind natured person who was also fond of painting. Early works of Sheena as a painter as early as 2013 are mostly depictions of emotions from her childhood and surroundings where she depicted her art in styles similar to expressionism and surrealism. With a soul of a traveller her expression of art are stories from her own experiences over the time. She now keeps a vivid interest in Textures, Hues, Organic Lines and Shapes which can be witnessed in her paintings over the years.
REVIVE COLLECTION
Created in 2022, Revive is an abstract art paintings collection of around 23 paintings by Sheena Chawla. It is dedicated to reawaken the survival instinct that makes us who we are. The artworks express the journey of self-healing and replenishing by blending Acceptance, Determination, Courage, Self-love, and Support in a spectrum as a colorful attempt to conquer the hurdles that are sometimes presented to us mildly or aggressively.
The process of revival is the epitome of being human. From the day we are born to the day we die, one thing that keeps us going is to be able to get up and keep replenishing ourselves. Not only this process helps us to recover from traumas and uncertainty but it also helps us to pursue our goals, achieve our dreams, break barriers and explore new dimensions and possibilities. This is a much needed thing in current times specially because of the pandemic. We are still very much impacted with the things that have happened with us and around us in the last 2 years. This is a gentle reminder that we should spread love and compassion. We have done this before and we can do it again. Let’s revive through our voids, emptiness.
