Shalini Bharadwaj
Shalini studied Graphic Design at Nottingham Trent University where she finished with a first class honours degree. During her time there, Shalini won numerous National Design awards including the prestigious D&AD (British Design and Art Direction) award and the Society of Typographic Designers Award. After a successful career in online media and design, Shalini now pursues numerous creative endeavours out of her Ealing Studio.
Shalini describes herself as a ‘Creative Experimentalist.’ She says, ‘For me creativity is a journey of experimentation and exploration. The process is as important as the end result. Whether it’s painting, digital design or jewellery making, I rarely start with a preconceived idea. I like to see where the material and momentum take me.”
Shalini has exhibited at various shows in India and the UK. Her artwork has been featured in India at the National Drawing Exhibition (All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society New Delhi) and in London galleries in Mayfair and Greenwich. Her paintings form part of many private collections in India and the UK. Her work was recently selected by The Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) to be featured in their Bicentennial Exhibition at the prestigious Mall Galleries in London in March 2023.
Shalini enjoys using water colour, charcoal, ink, acrylic, clay and digital media often combining different techniques to create visual layering effects in her work.
Talking about her work Shalini says, ‘As a contemporary artist, I enjoy still life, abstract, figurative, landscape work and stylised portraiture. I use a mix of acrylic paint, liquid charcoal, graphite pencil and high pigment inks to create textural and visual layering in my paintings. I also work in watercolour and gouache.’
A lot of Shalini’s work is inspired by childhood nostalgia. Having spent her childhood in India, she explores memories of people, places, objects and travel in her work.
She is passionate about design and has a love for all things handmade, jewellery being one of them. In 2017 Shalini founded her own jewellery brand called HUTKE - a collection of statement gemstone jewellery. Each piece is original and handmade to order in limited edition. Shalini enjoys creating bespoke statement pieces and describes her jewellery as 'Wearable Art’.
Candy Floss 1
Balancing Act
Take A Pause