Venus Bird

Hello, Myself Venus Bird, I am self taught watercolour artist and a bird lover. Myself and my partner Nayan Shrimali we create miniature paper relief artworks and watercolour illustrations. "The Paper Ark," formerly called NVillustration, is a artistic collaboration between Venus Bird and Nayan Shrimali. The Paper ark strives to redefine paper as a material and use art as a means of educating people about our planet's unique biodiversity. We want to bring attention to how fragile everyone is through art and stories. To pique viewers' curiosity and encourage them to learn more about our wildlife, we took on the challenge of creating miniature, highly detailed birds, animals and all the beautiful beings found in the world.
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Mother Earth is our greatest motivator; we go birdwatching and exploring the wilderness around our city on a frequent basis. Every time we go out, we return with our minds full of amazing experiences and information, such as aiding Red Wattled Lapwing chicks to cross a road, releasing a turtle back into a river from a field, or witnessing a butterfly emerge from a pupa in the morning. And there is still so much to experience and see in nature that one lifetime will not suffice.
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We therefore hope to create a wor...

Venus Bird - Dip. in 2D & 3D Animation and VFX
Nayan Shrimali - B.Des in Furniture and Interior design

Group Shows,

2023 (Group Show) "Small is Beautiful art", New York, USA
2022 (Group Show) "Small is Beautiful art", London, UK
2020 (Group Show) "Ten" at Paradigms gallery, Philadelphia, USA
2019 (Group Show) "Paper" at Paradigms gallery, Philadelphia, USA

Solo Shows

2021 (Solo Show) "Alluring Tweets" at Paradigms gallery, Philadelphia, USA
2019 (Solo Show) "Mini/Nature" at The Art gallery - Amdavad ni Gufa, Ahmedabad, India
2019 (Solo Display) at The Cornell lab of Ornithology, New York, USA