Artist Bio
Textile printmaker and artist, Chitra Sharma, is currently based in Vienna VA and works from her home studio surrounded by her family and stacks of library books. Chitra grew up in the UK and attended Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, and the Winchester School of Art, ultimately specializing in Textile Design and Printing. She has a particular interest in pattern making and color, stemming from her Indian heritage and time spent studying textile traditions in India throughout her life.
More recently, Chitra has turned towards painting and embroidery as a as a type of meditative practice and response to her personal surroundings. As an immigrant twice over she often focuses on themes of movement, isolation and the relationships between our inner and outer worlds.
With regards to embroidery, Chitra considers herself completely self taught (apart from an after school sewing club in primary school, where she held the dubious distinction of being the only child who kept sewing her fabric to her skirt every session).
Please contact:chitra@noctiluna.net
