shringi kumari
shepherd neame kent artist
cka2025 award winner
“My practice explores facets of self and universality through line, abstraction and patterns. Working with handmade khadi paper and found objects, I create intuitive compositions using paint and pen, carrying forward the life of materials shaped by hand, use, and time. My work invokes the lineage of Madhubani art while pushing its boundaries through free-form line work. Through my process, I investigate how culture, psychology, and spirituality intersect with contemporary life.
My work is primarily shaped by the rhythm of my breath and surrender to intuitiveness. Indian folklore, Vedic philosophy, and kriya yoga continue to shape the way I approach making and meaning. Repetition becomes its own form of defiance, while my palette draws from the five elements—earth, water, fire, air, and ether.
Through painting, poetry, and interdisciplinary experimentation, I challenge inherited dichotomies and conditioned ways of seeing. My work moves between tradition and rebellion, ritual and freedom, seeking spaces where personal experience connects with something collective, elemental, and alive.”
