JOY “Bubbling laughter”. Painting

Lakshmi is a Singaporean who grew up in Kabul Afghanistan during the late 70’ and 80’s. She is a trained architect from the Manipal Institute of Technology and a Fashion designer who graduated from the leading Fashion Design College, The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) New Delhi. She has over the past two decades taught fashion design, illustration and design history in various fashion institutes such as Lassalle School of the Arts and NIFT. She has illustrated VHAI / WHO books and Manuals on disability and done a lot of socially conscious work over the past decades. Over the years she has studied Art, Architecture, Jewelry and Design all over the world with significant time especially in Europe and Asia Pacific. This has enabled her to incorporate cross-cultural elements in her designs be it in painting, jewelry or art. She has a passion for anything related to design be it painting , jewellery, furniture, architecture, fashion, shoes, ..... She has a plethora of work with over 300 paintings in various mediums such as Pen and Ink, Pencil Color, Charcoal, Acrylic and Watercolors.