Aakash Mali

Aakash Mali was born in 1999 in Vadodara district and Gujarat to a family of farmers. After graduation from high school, he studied Interior Designing from CEPT University, Ahmedabad. The design schooling was a starting point to provide him an exposure to the fine art discipline.

He discovered a new visual vocabulary by taking inspiration from the Kota paintings and spent his time in Ahmedabad producing a series of works based on animal motifs -‘The Sikar’. While The Fantasy Landscape series and Bird’s Home Series appears to have blend of imaginative as well as observational elements which invites the viewer to put together a narrative.

Mali uses a very artistic approach, the concept of drawing inspiration from his surroundings, nightmares and aspirations. His painting are incredibly dynamic, and has a very lyrical and fluid quality to it. The forms and figures depicted in his artworks ae constantly evolving, never staying steady which creates a sense of urgency.

At the first glance his art appears to be quite playful and dramatic, but when a viewer takes time to explore it, they can witness the depth of emotion, hidden stories of suffering, and unspoken narratives within his work. He is having
excellent control over bru...

2020 - BSC in Interior Design at CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India

2017 - September - 25th - 27th - National art group exhibition, Goa, India

2019 - December - 27th - Month’s feature ARTIST on the CAE Homepage and Newsletter

2020 - October - 16th - Online Artist Representation at TRiCERA Museum, Japan

2020 - September 17th - October 2nd - Virtual Art Residency - Mental Health: Everybody Deserves to Have Their Story Heard - by Art for Change Foundation and The Lighthouse Experiment

2020 - Received an encouragement certificate for participating in the international selection of the Luxembourg Art prize 2020 issued by the Pinacotheque, a private Museum in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

3rd place award (personal artist website) of the United Together we stand competition. In collaboration with Agora gallery, japan
society and NYFA

2021 - June - 9th - featured in the TRiCERA Art Magazine - a series of works based on the motif of animals

2021 - July - 1st - Artworks published in the Corbeaux Magazine's Issue 10, RED

2021 - August - 6th - 12th - Athens Open Art - group exhibition, at Art Number 23 Gallery, Athens, Greece

2021 - December - 10th - 16th - Athens Open Art - group exhibition, at Art Number 23 Gallery, Athens, Greece

2022 - June - 9th - 12th - Noism - group exhi...