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About Rajul Shah: Rajul Shah is an international award-winning artist who creates healing art inspired by a desire “to find calm and spiritual peace in the world.” The artist is highly skilled across a variety of materials including oil, acrylic, and Nihonga/Sumi-E.
Most of Rajul’s formative years were “balanced between the Western influences of America and the cultural foundations of India.” She moved to Japan in 2012 after a 20-year career in healthcare.
Rajul trained extensively between the Tokyo Temple Tyler School of Art and with local Master Painters. After training to be an artist for 4 years in Tokyo, she was juried into the 82nd Annual Shinseisaku Exhibition at the National Art Center in Tokyo, a national juried competition.
Rajul’s art was selected for “The Healing Power of ART Inspired By NATURE” and “The Healing Power of Color” juried online exhibitions in 2023. Her shows include the 2021 Florence Biennale XIII, 2021 Visual Arts Association, 2020 International Society of Experimental Artists; and juried shows at the Ueno No Mori Art Museum, National Art Center and Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art in Japan.
Shortlisted in the Emerging Artist 2021 VAO Open, Rajul’s awards include 5th Place for Abstract Expressionism in the 2020 American Art Awards, Artistic Excellence Awards from Circle Foundation for the Arts and an honorable mention in the 49th Annual Gen-Youten Exhibition in Japan.
Rajul Shah Art and The Pharmaceutical Heritage Foundation of Southampton, PA have signed a collaborative agreement to bring Creative excellence to Marketing Excellence Programs and initiatives as part of the Pharmaceutical Heritage Foundation Programs. The collaboration is expected to involve artworks from the Kintsugi series of Rajul Shah Art. The Japanese Art of Kintsugi is the inspiration for the 2 dimensional translation into concepts of healing after climate change and in the human body
Portfolio Series: “Kintsugi Chakras, Kintsugi Planet”
Price Range: $1,000 – $6,000
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Rajul Shah’s Artist’s Statement: “I create Art to communicate positivity, calm and spiritual peace. Having spent many years in healthcare, I have witnessed strong connections between emotional and physical well-being. The Japanese Art of Kintsugi is the foundation for the ‘Kintsugi Series’, which addresses recovery of the human condition from illness, injury and/or trauma; and the planet’s potential to heal from Climate Change.
“We can heal and evolve into improved versions of ourselves. Our planet can regenerate with renewed strength and purpose. A physical manifestation of resilience; the practice of ‘Kintsugi’ emphasizes the beauty and utility of breaks and imperfections. A vessel is repaired using tree sap and gold splicing. Traditionally applied to pottery in Japan, my artworks are representations of this concept.”
Interesting Facts about Rajul Shah: “My 20 years in pharmaceutical marketing and analytics directly exposed me to patients, caregivers and medical care providers across several disease states, including pain, epilepsy, mental illness, diabetes, urological dysfunction and several cancers including breast, lung, prostate and blood tumors. Insights I learned from this work directly impact what I communicate in my art.”
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Alina Avila Ko says
Beautiful , healing artwork that’s both thought- provoking and evokes deep feeling of serendipity . Thank you Renee for presenting Rajul Shah Art.
Renee Phillips says
Thank you Alina for your comment. I agree. Rajul is an extraordinary artist.