Gaurangi Shah

gaurangi mehta shah is born in Mumbai, India. She has lived and traveled extensively for more than 11 years outside India, facing constant changes and uncertainties. Trying to adapt to new environments had brought about certain anxieties and the feeling of not belonging. A nomadic life was exciting but had its own challenges. The positive side – it allowed her the space to reflect, introspect and explore parts of herself which, she is seeing in her art. She is largely self-taught in acrylics, oil paints and mixed media.

She is inspired by writings of Freud and Jung and the ordinariness of life which invokes her imagination.

She now lives in Mumbai, India.


Artist statement:
Behind every face is a story. Story of our self. Story of our internal and external journey. Stories of our lives, our experiences, our emotions. Stories of our world. Our memories. Our moments.

Art taps into our subconscious and finds its way out through colours, lines, marks, forms, symbols, all telling the story of us. It liberates, uplifts and inspires us in the end. My journey in art has allowed me to evolve. It has allowed me to express my feelings; of fears, triumphs, sorrow, anxiety and all the other qualities which make me human. I have b...

I am largely self-taught in acrylics, oil paints and mixed-media.

Bachelor of Commerce, Mumbai, India

• december 2019 – Global art Fair – 13th to 15th dec, at World trade centre, Mumbai, India
• march 2019 – Oman International Art Fair – 27th to 31st march, Muscat, Oman (sold 3 artworks)
• march 2019 – Lodha world tower – 8th march for women’s day celebration, Indra Danush, Mumbai, India
• january 2019 – Colours of Spring – 10th to 13th jan, at 11, Cymroza Art gallery, Mumbai, India
• october 2018 – upcycled products – Transformations in Shaadi Sakhi, Mumbai, India. (sold 6 pieces)
• 2017 – 4 sketches printed in a book ‘La tercera ladera del Rio’, Chile (sold 4 charcoal sketches)
• 2017 – Vision and Reality, Essex Art Exchange, Essex, UK
• 2016 – 2 paintings published in Botch magazine Autumn, Essex, UK
• 2015 – Kritvi creations in Lima, Peru (sold one painting)
• 2008 – media and newspaper coverage of my story-telling class – katha at Banjara hills, Hyderabad, India