ABOUT DEEPTI
A life expressed in colour.
Deepti J. Shah · Contemporary Fine Artist · Pune, India
Artist portrait pending approval.
Art that gives
Eternal Peace
Born and based in Pune, Deepti J. Shah is an independent contemporary fine artist. She became hearing impaired following a childhood illness at approximately eight months of age. Drawing and painting were part of her early life, developing into a personal visual language.
Her work brings together realism and abstraction, exploring human expressions, floral subjects and flowing compositions through colour and texture.
In 2010, Deepti received a SPIC MACAY scholarship. Her training under Guru Tanul Vikamshi in Nagpur became part of her artistic journey. The scholarship is supported by a contemporaneous newspaper record.
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ARTISTIC JOURNEY
Learning, looking, expressing.
Early practice
An early interest in drawing and painting grew into a sustained connection with visual expression.
2010
SPIC MACAY scholarship and mentorship under Guru Tanul Vikamshi in Nagpur.
2025
Women’s Voice in Silence — Deepti’s debut solo exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
ARTISTIC JOURNEY
A formative mentorship.
Encouraged by her family from an early age, Deepti developed a personal connection with drawing and painting. Her 2010 SPIC MACAY scholarship led to training under Guru Tanul Vikamshi in Nagpur, deepening her exploration of form, colour and emotional storytelling.
The accompanying photograph is part of Deepti’s published account of that learning journey.
PHILOSOPHY OF ART
Expression beyond sound and language.
Deepti’s published philosophy connects women’s inner lives, nature and silence. Acrylic colour, texture and layered surfaces give form to calm, resilience and hope. Faces, flowers and flowing lines bring realism and abstract expression together.
Draft Artist Statement · For Artist Review
Colour, observation and connection.
Colour offers a language beyond spoken words. In this practice, human expression, floral forms and the movement of line provide starting points for paintings that move between realism and abstraction. Texture and layering allow an image to develop gradually, as colours meet, separate and return across the surface. Silence creates room for observation: a face, a gesture or a familiar shape can hold attention without needing an explanation. The paintings invite viewers to pause and notice their own responses. Rather than fixing one meaning, this approach leaves space for different experiences and emotional connections. Each work becomes a meeting between the artist’s way of looking and the viewer’s own memories, associations and sense of the world.
Editorial proposal based on the published philosophy; not a quotation or an approved statement by Deepti.
Practice & process
Deepti’s practice includes acrylic painting, colour blending and textured layering. The individual specifications of each painting have not yet been provided and will not be assumed.
29 SEPTEMBER – 5 OCTOBER 2025
Women’s Voice in Silence
Solo exhibition · Jehangir Art Gallery
Mumbai, India
Deepti’s debut solo exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery.
ARTIST ENQUIRIES
A conversation with the artist.
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