Location: United States
Sheetal Shaw is an American (Indian born) visual artist and designer working in clay, fiber, wood, metal and acrylics creating sculptures, modern objects, paintings interweaving personal narrative and cultural memory.
Sheetal grew up in New Delhi and immigrated to the US in 1999. She has a BA from University of New Delhi and a BFA from Arizona State University.
Selected shows include: Onishi Project Summer Group Show I; Art Expo, New York; Spectrum Indian Wells; Roots of Boteh sculptural installation for Scottsdale Public Art’s IN FLUX initiative; All Arizona Clay Exhibition, 10th International Ceramics Competition in Mino, Japan; and Visions in Clay in Stockton, California.
Series of acrylic paintings titled "Intermingling Boteh" inspired by an Indo-persian design motif called “boteh” meaning droplet, pine-cone; also called paisley. Motif repeats randomly in multitude of colors giving out a burst of colorful energy.
Title: Intermingling Boteh 9
(Antique white, light grey, charcoal grey, black, and metallic)
Size: 24” x 24” x 2.5”
Medium: Acrylic, metallic pen on cotton canvas, gallery wrapped, unframed
Date: 2017
Title: Intermingling Boteh 7
(pink, red, burgundy, black, metallic)
Size: 24” x 24” x 2.5”
Medium: Acrylic, metallic pen on cotton canvas, gallery wrapped, unframed
Date: 2017
Title: Intermingling Boteh 7_7
(pink, red, burgundy, black, metallic)
Size: 24” x 24” x 2.5”
Medium: Acrylic, metallic pen on cotton canvas, gallery wrapped, unframed
Date: 2017
Title: Intermingling Boteh 8
(teal, black, metallic)
Size: 24” x 24” x 2.5”
Medium: Acrylic, metallic pen on cotton canvas, gallery wrapped, unframed
Date: 2017
Title: Intermingling Boteh 8_8
(teal, black, metallic)
Size: 24” x 24” x 2.5”
Medium: Acrylic, metallic pen on cotton canvas, gallery wrapped, unframed
Date: 2017
Title: Intermingling Boteh 4
(red, orange, yellow, black, metallic)
Size: 24” x 24” x 2.5”
Medium: Acrylic, metallic pen on cotton canvas, gallery wrapped, unframed
Date: 2017
Title: Intermingling Boteh 4_4
(red, orange, yellow, black, metallic)
Size: 24” x 24” x 2.5”
Medium: Acrylic, metallic pen on cotton canvas, gallery wrapped, unframed
Date: 2017
“Intermingling Boteh 9”
“Intermingling Boteh 7”
“Intermingling Boteh 7_7”
“Intermingling Boteh 8”
“Intermingling Boteh 8_8”
“Intermingling Boteh 4”
“Intermingling Boteh 4_4”
