Sneh Mehta

I am a contemporary fine artist of Kenyan-Indian origin based in London working at Space Studios in Bow.

My paintings explore the intangible in life and the fabric of the universe. I question the structures of experience and consciousness that the phenomenological philosopher Merlau-Ponty investigated in his theories of reciprocity. These find resonance with my practice.

My process mimics the human development of memory, intuition, imagination and perception to explore these ideas. I start research to build memories from scientific, philosophical journals, also, stories of people’s relationships and emotional states of being. I follow this by sketching to get familiar with the subject matter. These are then discarded to allow improvisation and imagination to create the work

The blank canvas starts with layers of paint that are then starched through with relevant marks that resonate with the subject matter being explored. I represent the 'immaterial' through mark making using various implements such as combs, twigs, silicone rubber tools besides the brush which references the Masai culture who live in close reciprocity with their surroundings. I experienced this whilst growing up in Kenya. Erasure and addition continue unt...

2001 - 3 Goldsmiths College, University of London - MA in 20th Century Art History
1997 - 99 City & Guilds of London Art School - Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Art
1974 – 77 Hull College of Art & Design - BA Hons in Graphic Design

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2016 John Moores Painting Prize 2016
2013 Affordable Art Fair on Hampstead Heath
2013 Highgate Contemporary Gallery - Beneath the Surface
2012 Royal Academy Of Arts Summer Exhibition
2010 artworks Open - Art Works Project Space
2008 Silo and Flux - Beverley Knowles Fine Arts, London
London Art Fair - Beverley Knowles Fine Arts, London
2007 Deep Inspiration, Jerwood Space, London
2006 The Marmite Prize - The Residence Gallery, London
1998 Sussex Open Exhibition - Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
1995 Boundaries’ - Sussex Open, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Uk

Publications:
2005 Contemporary magazine, ‘Under the Skin’ issue 70, January/February,
NY Arts magazine, March/April International Edition, Vol.10, no. 3/4, Artists’
Voices Under the Skin,p.64
Review for exhibition ‘Under the Skin’ Newbury Weekly News, December
2004 Review written for ‘Where”, NYARTS magazine, International Edition, Vol.9 n°
11/12, p.36