Sandhya Singh
About Sandhya
She breaks new grounds with her Rhythmism on a variety of subjects in a delightful and thought-provoking mixture of figurative and abstract form.
Sandhya’s journey in this world, and in the world of art, began in the foothills of the Himalayas, in the Dehradun valley, India.
It was perhaps the serene surroundings, besides something special within, that created an instant bond between her and the magnificence of colours and hues around her. The bond and the urge to recreate some of the magic of Nature, manifested with early experimentation through lines and colours on walls and floors. The urge only grew more intense with time, and so did her expressions and experimentation, albeit, with more formal media, methods and training.
Her formal grounding in art can be traced to two of the most famous schools in India, Shantiniketan and Baroda (now Vadodara). She walked her early formal paces in art under the guidance of Dr. Dwijen Sen, a disciple of the renowned artist of Shantiniketan, Nandlal Bose. Her formal exposure to art was rounded off under the tutelage of Professor Ranbir Saxena, a well known landscape artist and a student of Bendre of the Baroda school. These formal endeavours culminated in 1977, when she earned a Masters in Fine Arts.
The Masters in Fine Arts was a culmination of only a formal learning. She never stopped at that, and neither did she permit the formalism of structured education to constrain her creativity and urge to break new grounds.
Honing her skills and craft continually, she evolved a new style that came to be distinctly recognised and called Rhythmism. She uses this style to bring to life, on her canvas, a range of subjects, from music and dance, landscapes and mindscapes, poetry and prose, Indian culture and thoughts, universe and the inner mind.
