Sankhya has worked as a Systems Analyst and as an IT faculty for a number of years. The creative instinct has always been the driving force in all her endeavors and she finally succumbed to the siren call of the creative arts by joining Singapore’s Lasalle College of Fine Arts in 2007 and graduated in 2010 with a Degree in Fine Arts.
She has lived in various countries and different continents (e.g. US, India, Africa, Singapore and visited places like Alaska, Kenya, Tanzania, Canada, Australia ... etc.) and has maintained her thirst of acquiring skills in different aspects of Fine Arts by interacting with each new art community, like spending a year as an Apprentice of the artist Mr. Lim Hua Choon- Of “Studio-In-Connection”, Singapore, exploring Pottery and Sculpture, etc. Having lived a very nomadic life till now, Sankhya's art assimilation has developed into a practice of functioning in association with each new art community, a process of interpretation and analysis as an outsider looking in.
The incorporation of craft in her Installations is because she does not see craft as being tied to a particular medium when applied to her work, but rather as a way of working with hands. The element of the handmade is important because the time she spends constructing the work is a meditative act that helps in gaining a deeper understanding of what she is doing with the hope that the beauty of imperfections inherent in handmade work, add to the complexity and the richness of the whole.
She installed her first major public large-scale 50 feet tall installation on the Lasalle College Premises by suspending the work over the bridge itself, made using over 5000 re-cycled plastic bags.
The President of Lasalle College, Singapore, Prof. Alastair Pearce, bought her installation work, made of re-cycled 'Art Friend' bags, for his own private art collection. She has exhibited her commissioned art work, on the community walls of Singapore Arts Center, Esplanade. She has been featured as the artist of the month for January 2010 by SCYA (Singapore's Contemporary Artist) and she is involved in other group exhibitions as well, like "Access" a collaborative installation with MARUAH and Tickle-Art as well an Invitation to Participate in TRANSMISSION: KALEIDOSCOPE a fine arts exhibition in Singapore.
She has lived in various countries and different continents (e.g. US, India, Africa, Singapore and visited places like Alaska, Kenya, Tanzania, Canada, Australia ... etc.) and has maintained her thirst of acquiring skills in different aspects of Fine Arts by interacting with each new art community, like spending a year as an Apprentice of the artist Mr. Lim Hua Choon- Of “Studio-In-Connection”, Singapore, exploring Pottery and Sculpture, etc. Having lived a very nomadic life till now, Sankhya's art assimilation has developed into a practice of functioning in association with each new art community, a process of interpretation and analysis as an outsider looking in.
The incorporation of craft in her Installations is because she does not see craft as being tied to a particular medium when applied to her work, but rather as a way of working with hands. The element of the handmade is important because the time she spends constructing the work is a meditative act that helps in gaining a deeper understanding of what she is doing with the hope that the beauty of imperfections inherent in handmade work, add to the complexity and the richness of the whole.
She installed her first major public large-scale 50 feet tall installation on the Lasalle College Premises by suspending the work over the bridge itself, made using over 5000 re-cycled plastic bags.
The President of Lasalle College, Singapore, Prof. Alastair Pearce, bought her installation work, made of re-cycled 'Art Friend' bags, for his own private art collection. She has exhibited her commissioned art work, on the community walls of Singapore Arts Center, Esplanade. She has been featured as the artist of the month for January 2010 by SCYA (Singapore's Contemporary Artist) and she is involved in other group exhibitions as well, like "Access" a collaborative installation with MARUAH and Tickle-Art as well an Invitation to Participate in TRANSMISSION: KALEIDOSCOPE a fine arts exhibition in Singapore.
B I O G R A P H Y
In Media : Interview Published by SCYA (Singapore's Contemporary Artist) : Featuring Sankhya as their Artist Of The Month for January 2010:
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