Sweta Shah

Sweta Shah is a Washington, DC–area contemporary artist whose practice moves between abstraction and
figuration, exploring memory, identity, belonging, and the emotional spaces that exist between people.
Working primarily in acrylic and charcoal, Shah approaches painting as an intuitive, energetic, and
liberating form of storytelling. Her figures often emerge from and dissolve into fields of color, gesture, and
line, allowing abstraction and representation to coexist within a single visual language.
Born in India and now based in the United States, Shah brings a layered perspective to her work, drawing
from personal history, cultural memory, and the experience of moving between places and identities.
Rather than presenting fixed narratives, her paintings invite viewers to bring their own histories and
interpretations to the work.
Shah has built an extensive exhibition history, participating in more than 80 group exhibitions and
presenting four solo exhibitions across the Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia region. Her solo
exhibitions include presentations at Nepenthe Gallery, Waverly Street Gallery, and Joan Hisaoka Gallery at
the Schar Cancer Institute. Her work has also been exhibited at The Athenaeum, The Art League and Targ...

Fashion Institute Of Technology, New York.
H.R. College of Economics, Mumbai

Solo Exhibitions
2026 — A Journey, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at the Schar Cancer Institute, Fairfax, Virginia
2026 — In Translation, Nepenthe Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia
2025 — Echoes of the Unspoken, Waverly Street Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland
2025 — Thresholds, Nepenthe Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia

Selected Juried Group Exhibitions (2020–2026)
More than 80 juried exhibitions presented at Maryland Federation of Art (Annapolis, MD); The Art League Gallery (Alexandria, VA); The Athenaeum (Alexandria, VA); Target Gallery (Alexandria, VA); Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at the Schar Cancer Institute (Fairfax, VA); Foundry Gallery (Washington, DC); Gallery B (Bethesda, MD); Strathmore (North Bethesda, MD); DAB Art Gallery (Los Angeles, CA); Lucid Art Gallery
(Miami Design District, FL); Rush Arts Gallery (Philadelphia, PA); Women's Caucus for the Arts (Philadelphia, PA); Amsterdam Whitney Gallery (New York, NY); Palazzo Ducale (Genoa, Italy); and Cael Gallery (Milan,
Italy); Chelsea Old Town Hall, Chelsea, London; Mica Studios, LA, California; The Other Art Fair, Atlanta, Georgia.