“My sculptures are
very personal,
there is a lot of me
in each sculpture”
“My sculptures are
very personal,
there is a lot of me
in each sculpture”
“My sculptures are
very personal,
there is a lot of me
in each sculpture”
“My sculptures are
very personal,
there is a lot of me
in each sculpture”
I try to bring strong emotional presence in my work, something I see and sense from the people I meet. I want to convey this strong emotional impact it has on me, an inner beauty, a strength. Usually the first stages of work, this is where the energy of creation is the strongest, things start to emerge but the multitude of possibilities is still here. I want to preserve it, I want people to feel this energy through the work. I don’t want to hide all these marks of creation under the perfection of the surface and of the form.“
“My sculptures are very personal, there is a lot of me in each sculpture. It’s always about my vision of life, of the universe, I am just a filter, the idea is always to show something universal but through my own filter.
My energy can be seen in my sculptures, it’s all there. I work fast,
I want to capture a presence, an emotion. I work a lot with my hands, i do t always finish a piece, leave a part of mystery, leave the imagination go free and imagine things.
“What is interesting in is the moment of creation itself, what happens in the studio between me and my creation, how do I handle this energy, but also all the struggle, the frustration, the deception. I have to deal with all these emotions while creating and to me it’s all about that. It’s not about what kind of artwork I want to produce, of course
I always start with an idea, a concept that I want to express, but all the struggle and beauty happens while I am working and the result will depend on how I interact with all this energy. This is the most beautiful thing to me. “
I try to bring strong emotional presence in my work, something I see and sense from the people I meet. I want to convey this strong emotional impact it has on me, an inner beauty, a strength. Usually the first stages of work, this is where the energy of creation is the strongest, things start to emerge but the multitude of possibilities is still here. I want to preserve it, I want people to feel this energy through the work. I don’t want to hide all these marks of creation under the perfection of the surface and of the form.“
“My sculptures are very personal, there is a lot of me in each sculpture. It’s always about my vision of life, of the universe, I am just a filter, the idea is always to show something universal but through my own filter.
My energy can be seen in my sculptures, it’s all there. I work fast,
I want to capture a presence, an emotion. I work a lot with my hands, I don't always finish a piece, leave a part of mystery, leave the imagination go free and imagine things.
“What is interesting in is the moment of creation itself, what happens in the studio between me and my creation, how do I handle this energy, but also all the struggle, the frustration, the deception. I have to deal with all these emotions while creating and to me it’s all about that. It’s not about what kind of artwork I want to produce, of course I always start with an idea, a concept that I want to express, but all the struggle and beauty happens while I am working and the result will depend on how I interact with all this energy. This is the most beautiful thing to me. “
I try to bring strong emotional presence in my work, something I see and sense from the people I meet. I want to convey this strong emotional impact it has on me, an inner beauty, a strength. Usually the first stages of work, this is where the energy of creation is the strongest, things start to emerge but the multitude of possibilities is still here. I want to preserve it, I want people to feel this energy through the work. I don’t want to hide all these marks of creation under the perfection of the surface and of the form.“
“My sculptures are very personal, there is a lot of me in each sculpture. It’s always about my vision of life, of the universe, I am just a filter, the idea is always to show something universal but through my own filter.
My energy can be seen in my sculptures, it’s all there. I work fast,
I want to capture a presence, an emotion. I work a lot with my hands, i do t always finish a piece, leave a part of mystery, leave the imagination go free and imagine things.
“What is interesting in is the moment of creation itself, what happens in the studio between me and my creation, how do I handle this energy, but also all the struggle, the frustration, the deception. I have to deal with all these emotions while creating and to me it’s all about that. It’s not about what kind of artwork I want to produce, of course
I always start with an idea, a concept that I want to express, but all the struggle and beauty happens while I am working and the result will depend on how I interact with all this energy. This is the most beautiful thing to me. “
I try to bring strong emotional presence in my work, something I see and sense from the people I meet. I want to convey this strong emotional impact it has on me, an inner beauty, a strength. Usually the first stages of work, this is where the energy of creation is the strongest, things start to emerge but the multitude of possibilities is still here. I want to preserve it, I want people to feel this energy through the work. I don’t want to hide all these marks of creation under the perfection of the surface and of the form.“
“My sculptures are very personal, there is a lot of me in each sculpture. It’s always about my vision of life, of the universe, I am just a filter, the idea is always to show something universal but through my own filter. My energy can be seen in my sculptures, it’s all there. I work fast, I want to capture a presence, an emotion. I work a lot with my hands, I don't always finish a piece, leave a part of mystery, leave the imagination go free and imagine things.
“What is interesting in is the moment of creation itself, what happens in the studio between me and my creation, how do I handle this energy, but also all the struggle, the frustration, the deception. I have to deal with all these emotions while creating and to me it’s all about that. It’s not about what kind of artwork I want to produce, of course I always start with an idea, a concept that I want to express, but all the struggle and beauty happens while I am working and the result will depend on how I interact with all this energy. This is the most beautiful thing to me. “
I try to bring strong emotional presence in my work, something I see and sense from the people I meet. I want to convey this strong emotional impact it has on me, an inner beauty, a strength. Usually the first stages of work, this is where the energy of creation is the strongest, things start to emerge but the multitude of possibilities is still here. I want to preserve it, I want people to feel this energy through the work. I don’t want to hide all these marks of creation under the perfection of the surface and of the form.“
“My sculptures are very personal, there is a lot of me in each sculpture. It’s always about my vision of life, of the universe, I am just a filter, the idea is always to show something universal but through my own filter.
My energy can be seen in my sculptures, it’s all there. I work fast,
I want to capture a presence, an emotion. I work a lot with my hands, i don't always finish a piece, leave a part of mystery, leave the imagination go free and imagine things.
“What is interesting in is the moment of creation itself, what happens in the studio between me and my creation, how do I handle this energy, but also all the struggle, the frustration, the deception. I have to deal with all these emotions while creating and to me it’s all about that. It’s not about what kind of artwork I want to produce, of course
I always start with an idea, a concept that I want to express, but all the struggle and beauty happens while I am working and the result will depend on how I interact with all this energy. This is the most beautiful thing to me. “
Raj Shahani (1960, Bombay) grew up in Mumbai and lived between the Middle-East and the United States since 1982. Coming out as queer at the age of 37 he began to break away from his career as a product-designer to more artistic pursuits until he began making sculpture at the age of 57 having enrolled himself into the Art Students League of New York.
Interested by the play between material as metaphors of human subconsciousness and ego manifesting in beauty. He had his first solo show in 2019 called Caesura/Continuum and then in 2023 ‘ Old Fires Keep on Burning!’, both at the Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. In November 2023 he had a solo presentation at the Centre of Contemporary Art, Bikaner House with a show titled ‘Colour , Stone, Chintz, Grain and Statue‘. In 2022 he had a solo show at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, New York and Caelum Gallery, Chelsea, New York. He designed the backdrop of Royal Bombay Opera House for a chamber music concert from Switzerland called ‘Continuum’. He also designed the award for the New York Indian Film Festival in 2020.
His work has been featured in the Architectural Digest, Vogue, Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Indian Express, The Hindu, Elle, Mumbai Mirror, Mid-Day, Cover story in the Sindhian Magazine, Seema Magazine - New York.
Raj Shahani (1960, Bombay) grew up in Mumbai and lived between the Middle-East and the United States since 1982. Coming out as queer at the age of 37 he began to break away from his career as a product-designer to more artistic pursuits until he began making sculpture at the age of 57 having enrolled himself into the Art Students League of New York.
Interested by the play between material as metaphors of human subconsciousness and ego manifesting in beauty. He had his first solo show in 2019 called Caesura/Continuum and then in 2023 ‘ Old Fires Keep on Burning!’, both at the Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. In November 2023 he had a solo presentation at the Centre of Contemporary Art, Bikaner House with a show titled ‘Colour , Stone, Chintz, Grain and Statue‘. In 2022 he had a solo show at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, New York and Caelum Gallery, Chelsea, New York. He designed the backdrop of Royal Bombay Opera House for a chamber music concert from Switzerland called ‘Continuum’. He also designed the award for the New York Indian Film Festival in 2020.
His work has been featured in the Architectural Digest, Vogue, Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Indian Express, The Hindu, Elle, Mumbai Mirror, Mid-Day, Cover story in the Sindhian Magazine, Seema Magazine - New York.
Raj Shahani (1960, Bombay) grew up in Mumbai and lived between the Middle-East and the United States since 1982. Coming out as queer at the age of 37 he began to break away from his career as a product-designer to more artistic pursuits until he began making sculpture at the age of 57 having enrolled himself into the Art Students League of New York.
Interested by the play between material as metaphors of human subconsciousness and ego manifesting in beauty. He had his first solo show in 2019 called Caesura/Continuum and then in 2023 ‘ Old Fires Keep on Burning!’, both at the Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. In November 2023 he had a solo presentation at the Centre of Contemporary Art, Bikaner House with a show titled ‘Colour , Stone, Chintz, Grain and Statue‘. In 2022 he had a solo show at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, New York and Caelum Gallery, Chelsea, New York. He designed the backdrop of Royal Bombay Opera House for a chamber music concert from Switzerland called ‘Continuum’. He also designed the award for the New York Indian Film Festival in 2020.
His work has been featured in the Architectural Digest, Vogue, Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Indian Express, The Hindu, Elle, Mumbai Mirror, Mid-Day, Cover story in the Sindhian Magazine, Seema Magazine - New York.
Raj Shahani (1960, Bombay) grew up in Mumbai and lived between the Middle-East and the United States since 1982. Coming out as queer at the age of 37 he began to break away from his career as a product-designer to more artistic pursuits until he began making sculpture at the age of 57 having enrolled himself into the Art Students League of New York.
Interested by the play between material as metaphors of human subconsciousness and ego manifesting in beauty. He had his first solo show in 2019 called Caesura/Continuum and then in 2023 ‘ Old Fires Keep on Burning!’, both at the Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. In November 2023 he had a solo presentation at the Centre of Contemporary Art, Bikaner House with a show titled ‘Colour , Stone, Chintz, Grain and Statue‘. In 2022 he had a solo show at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, New York and Caelum Gallery, Chelsea, New York. He designed the backdrop of Royal Bombay Opera House for a chamber music concert from Switzerland called ‘Continuum’. He also designed the award for the New York Indian Film Festival in 2020.
His work has been featured in the Architectural Digest, Vogue, Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Indian Express, The Hindu, Elle, Mumbai Mirror, Mid-Day, Cover story in the Sindhian Magazine, Seema Magazine - New York.
Raj Shahani (1960, Bombay) grew up in Mumbai and lived between the Middle-East and the United States since 1982. Coming out as queer at the age of 37 he began to break away from his career as a product-designer to more artistic pursuits until he began making sculpture at the age of 57 having enrolled himself into the Art Students League of New York.
Interested by the play between material as metaphors of human subconsciousness and ego manifesting in beauty. He had his first solo show in 2019 called Caesura/Continuum and then in 2023 ‘ Old Fires Keep on Burning!’, both at the Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. In November 2023 he had a solo presentation at the Centre of Contemporary Art, Bikaner House with a show titled ‘Colour , Stone, Chintz, Grain and Statue‘. In 2022 he had a solo show at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, New York and Caelum Gallery, Chelsea, New York. He designed the backdrop of Royal Bombay Opera House for a chamber music concert from Switzerland called ‘Continuum’. He also designed the award for the New York Indian Film Festival in 2020.
His work has been featured in the Architectural Digest, Vogue, Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Indian Express, The Hindu, Elle, Mumbai Mirror, Mid-Day, Cover story in the Sindhian Magazine, Seema Magazine - New York.
Seeking he goes.
He as an artist,
Raj,
Finds friends.
Who speak back the pain.
The pain of immense happiness.
The Soul Reaper.
-Sumesh-Manoj-Sharma Jalgaon , 2024
Seeking he goes.
He as an artist,
Raj,
Finds friends.
Who speak back the pain.
The pain of immense happiness.
The Soul Reaper.
-Sumesh-Manoj-Sharma Jalgaon , 2024
Seeking he goes.
He as an artist,
Raj,
Finds friends.
Who speak back the pain.
The pain of immense happiness.
The Soul Reaper.
-Sumesh-Manoj-Sharma Jalgaon, 2024
Seeking he goes.
He as an artist,
Raj,
Finds friends.
Who speak back the pain.
The pain of immense happiness.
The Soul Reaper.
-Sumesh-Manoj-Sharma Jalgaon, 2024
Seeking he goes.
He as an artist,
Raj,
Finds friends.
Who speak back the pain.
The pain of immense happiness.
The Soul Reaper.
-Sumesh-Manoj-Sharma Jalgaon , 2024