Having studied in Shantiniketan and Baroda, graduating with a master's degree in Fine Arts, Indian artist Piyali Ghosh's drawings is a meditation on the nature of fables and folklore often shown through the lens of autobiography. The narrative structure of the works takes the viewers through a plethora of tales where animals morph into a range of characters. The scenes that are portrayed take small town stories and blow them up to large scale fantasies.

Ghosh's canvases are filled with desire: it seems to be the engine for the narratives that the artist employs. In these tableaux animals and human cavort in fantastical landscapes, filled with iridescent yellows, blues and greens. The art historical references which inform Ghosh's work are plentiful. Mughal and Rajasthani miniature influences are apparent in the manner in which she builds up her landscapes, especially in the detailed brush work that hints at water, diaphanous material, trees and foliage. Her extensive use of tempera roots Ghosh's work firmly in an indigenous locale.

By unveiling a multitude of fabulous fables, Piyali Ghosh has presented the art scene with a new and fresh voice whose distinctive vocabulary is likely to become a force to be reckoned with among India's emerging painting scene.

Read her interview with Art Concerns.

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Nimit Malavia, born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, has been working towards earning his BAA in Illustration at Sheridan College in Oakville, Canada.

His work combines graphic elements reminiscent of Art Nouveau and urban graffiti, as well as traditional drawing and painting. Nimit has been experimenting with various different forms of media, and subject matter, hoping to find different opportunities to express his work in a way that is honest to him. 

Born in southern India, raised in suburban Connecticut and formally trained in Syracuse, Brooklyn artist Vin Ganapathy, short for Vinay Somana Ganapathy, draws on multiple influences that inform his imagery and work.

Mixing pen, pencil and paint, Vinay’s illustrations are marked by fine, almost-frail line work and sudden bursts of color. Taking slice-of-life inspiration from the city around him and his crew of oddball friends, his drawings are strangely kinetic and eerily true-to-life. Having done illustrations for books, storyboards for animation and countless napkin drawings for girls in bars, his portfolio can now be viewed at his website.

[Article extracted from Cool Hunting]

Archan Nair is a 25 year old Digital artist based in New Delhi.

His love for his diverse culture and tradition is visualized in his colorful and rich art pieces. Aside from creating colorful pieces of art for collaborations and personal artworks, Archan is busy running his design company named Cropped circles which has offices in India and China.