A Few Words About Me
Upasana Mishra is an emerging artist with a spiritual touch in her art. Born in Jaipur, India in 1974, she grew up with the wonder and fascination for the art of her homeland. She started her journey in art in 1999.She learned various art forms like Tanjore, Ceramic work, Chinese paint brush art and Batik from renowned teachers. In 2012 she moved from India to Malaysia and subsequently her art acquired the influence of the South East Asian culture . She started exhibiting her artwork in 2016 nationally and internationally in various group exhibitions.
She has exhibited her artwork in exhibitions like Aqua Art Miami held in Florida, Nehru Centre, London, Wangchuk Cultural Centre, Bhutan, Ceramic Center Gallery, Chicago and Bangkok.
Her paintings are being adapted on fabric for the Kimkara Designer brand for the collection of 2020.Her paintings are on display in a private collection in Malaysia .She is currently working on creating a body of work for her upcoming exhibitions, while also teaching young budding artists.
Artist's Statement
The quest that led me to a journey within for more than 20 years, has been creatively expressed through this body of paintings. On reflection, the true reason for embarking upon this journey was my desire to connect with my inherent spiritual source. It was about a search for inner peace.
Little did I know that it was actually a search for the eternal Source of All. That was what I was searching for!
Metaphorically, my journey can be likened that of the flow of a river. To find myself, I have to first find the source of my river.
The initial journey led me to visiting different places in this physical world. However, though some places depicted were real, some were mythical and imagined.
After much contemplation I realised and came to the understanding that it was the journey of my river that was itself, the apt metaphor for, not only my condition, but for humanity.
The river, flowing through different terrains and localities, finally merges with the sea, looses its limited identity only to become part of something much bigger – the ocean.
In the same grain, we as individuals, are trapped in the web of Maya or the illusion of this material world, that prevents us from recognising our true nature.
The last part of this body of work signifies the resolution which happened within the consciousness when the limited self understands and realises it’s true nature, merging with the infinite consciousness.
The best way to represent this is through abstraction where the imageries themselves resolve into something profoundly elementary. This realisation dawns on me as I grasp that we become the very thing that we seek.….