Hufreesh Dumasia

Even though I have exhibited my Art all over the world and have had the good fortune to travel and connect with some truly unique personalities, my life and my artistic journey have gone through some major dips and hardships. It all started when at the tender age of 11, I lost my father whom I loved deeply and was extremely attached too. Life brutally snatched him away and all I was left was a feeling of hollowness and a void within me that nothing could fill. For years I functioned on an auto pilot, mostly in a haze, doing the things I was expected to do and unable to make any sense of it all. Because reality was too difficult to handle, I would tell myself that my father lived in another far away city and some day I would see him again. It is in those times that I found my sanctuary in Art.
I would take my colors and paint away my pain and confusion. I started questioning life and the meaning of existence. The deep existential questions like returning nightmares would keep knocking at doors of mind. Who am I ? Why am I here? Is this all there is to life? Is there life after death? Or is this all there is to it? As I sought the answers to these questions at the back of mind...my life was falling apart at the seams....I had slogg...

She has had shows all over India, UK, Singapore, and Tokyo and she was invited and participated in the prestigious Florence Biennale, Italy. She also participated in the International Art festival in Marseille, France, then in Izmir Biennale in Turkey and finally in Venice Pre-Biennale in Venice, Italy,
Also had a show in San Jose, USA.
She participated in a group show in Valladolid, Spain and in Berlin, Germany 2015.
And recently she was awarded an Art residency in Navasota, Texas. 2016