Smrita Swarup

There was a garden at home when I was a child, and I was the one who looked after it. I spent so much time with those flowers that, somehow, they became part of how I remember that time. Even now, I think I remember the flowers more clearly than almost anything else from my childhood. They have stayed with me, finding their way into my paintings. Every palette I mix still seems to carry a little trace of them.

I trained formally at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore, where I earned my Diploma in Fine Arts. But formal training was only ever a starting point. I have never believed in staying loyal to one medium. Oils, acrylics, watercolour, batik, glass painting, I have moved through all of them because a fixed style has always felt, to me, like a closed door.

My work leans into Impressionism, though I like to think I have brought my own pulse into it: thick impasto textures, colour built up in layers until it almost has weight. The Garden, Joy, and Illusion series all grew from this instinct, colour and texture in conversation with each other, rather than colour simply describing a scene.

Alongside painting, I work as an art therapist, helping children with disabilities find their own way into creating. It has taught me some...

Master’s in Teaching Mathematics to Students with Diverse Learning Needs
Harvard University

Diploma in Fine Arts
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore

In-depth Study and Research on the Works of Michelangelo

2026 – Affordable Art Fair Hampstead
2026 – Affordable Art Fair Battersea
2025 – World Art Dubai Solo (end of 2022–2025 run)
2025 – Affordable Art Fair Singapore
2025 – Affordable Art Fair Hampstead
2025 – Affordable Art Fair Battersea
2024 – Affordable Art Fair Stockholm
2024 – Affordable Art Fair Singapore
2024 – Affordable Art Fair Hongkong
2024 – World Art Dubai Solo
2024 – Affordable Art Fair Battersea
2023 – Affordable Art Fair Hongkong
2023 – World Art Dubai Solo
2023 – Affordable Art Fair Singapore
2023 – ICAF Singapore
2023 – World Art Dubai
2023 – Affordable Art Fair Brussels
2022 – Affordable Art Fair Singapore
2022 – Affordable Art Fair Brussels
2022 – Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam
2022 – World Art Dubai Solo (start of 2022–2025 run)
2021 – Women Artists Association, Singapore
2021 – Visual Arts Centre, Singapore
2020 – India Art Festival, Mumbai
2019 – Charity Art Exhibition at My Art Space, Singapore
2019 – Soulmate – India Habitat Centre
2019 – India Art Festival, Mumbai
2019 – 'Voloshha Waves', KIEV Cultural Centre, Ukraine
2019 – 'Shining Light in Singapore', Hwa Chong Cultural Centre, Singapore
2019 – India Art Festival, Delhi
2018 – 'October Blossoms', Hotel Kohinoor Continental, Mumbai, India
2018 – Ramakrishna ...