Biography
Rajul Shah (b. 1968, Mumbai, India) is a contemporary artist based between the United States and Singapore, working predominantly with acrylic on various substrates, in addition to other media. Her cross-cultural artistic formation includes mentorships with masters across diverse media, studies at Temple Tokyo Tyler School of Art and La Salle College of the Arts in Singapore, as well as intensive training under Nancy Reyner through The Art of Painting Beyond Technique and The Complete Guide to Acrylic Painting (Santa Fe, USA, 2017–2020). Shah's artistic practice, marked by technical rigor and conceptual depth, is informed by her global lived experience and her two decades of work in the healthcare industry, which together shape a richly layered visual philosophy attentive to healing, transformation, and energetic balance.
Shah is best known for her geometric abstract expressionism, a distinctive visual language that merges Kintsugi, chakric symbolism, and inquiries into the balance of energy within the human body. Her works are characterized by rectangular and layered earthy tonalities, circular forms evoking the Chakras, and luminous golden angular lines that hold fragmented structures together — metaphors for renewal and the sublimated reconstruction of brokenness. Thick, gradually shifting layers of color and texture create a sculptural two-dimensionality that dematerializes light while amplifying the reflective qualities of gold leaf, echoing the philosophy of Japanese Kintsugi. Through this methodology, Shah documents emotional and physical resilience as an evolutionary process beyond conscious choice, considering the limits of medical intervention while affirming an inherent energetic phenomenon in the healing process. Her oeuvre synthesizes influences from Rothko, Raza, and Joaquín Sorolla, dissolving the divide between Eastern and Western artistic thought, and reflects her identity shaped by Indian origins, US upbringing, Japanese study, and her dual base in Singapore and the United States — a transitive, global lens that imbues her work with universal resonance.
Rajul Shah has exhibited internationally in notable exhibitions such as The Warrior Empath (Paris, 2025), Parasitó(Mumbai, 2025), La Rupture du Désir (Paris, 2025), Global Open Studio Visit (2025), Hīringu (Solo, Artsy, 2025), Canvas Connections Art Collective (Singapore, 2024) and Introspections in Resilience (Kobe, 2025). She has participated in a number of art fairs, including the Kyoto Miyako Expo (Kyoto, 2025), and the Florence Biennale (2021). Her works are held in prestigious collections including The Fuji Collection (Hokkaido, Japan), the Pharmaceutical Heritage Foundation (Pennsylvania, USA), Great New Places (Singapore) along with numerous private international collections. Shah has been featured in Art Seen Magazine (2025) and Create Magazine (2025), and has received several accolades, including the Awards with the Visual Arts Association (London) Art 500 (shortlisted - 2025), Visual Art Open (longlisted - 2025) Artist of the Year Award (longlisted - 2024), Finalist recognitions from Camelback Gallery and Grey Cube Gallery (2024), and the Bronze Award at Camelback Gallery (2023). Shah's work has also received an Honorable Mention in the Artists Magazine's 42nd Annual Art Competition to be published in January 2026. Her significant ongoing project, Kintsugi Chakras, encapsulates her sustained exploration of restoration, resilience, and the metaphysics of energy, positioning her as a resonant and globally engaged voice in contemporary art.
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Education/Training
2017 - 2020 The Art of Painting Beyond Technique with Nancy Reyner of Santa Fe, NM, USA
2017 - 2020 The Complete Guide to Acrylic Painting with Nancy Reyner of Santa Fe, NM, USA
2020 - 2020 Classwork: La Salle College of Arts, Singapore
2012 - 2019 Nihonga (Japanese Brush Painting)– Shoko & Suika Ohta (Mentorships), Tokyo, Japan
2012 - 2019 Oil Painting Classes – Carolyn Dong, Master in Oil Painting (Mentorships), Tokyo, Japan
2012 - 2019. Classwork: Tokyo Temple Tyler School of Art, Tokyo
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025. Hiringu (Artsy Solo - Vedica Art Studios & Gallery)
2024 Introspections in Resilience, GR Kitano Art Hub & Gallery, Kobe, Japan
2023 Resilience & Renewal, The German Centre Art Gallery, The German Centre for Industry & Trade – Singapore
2018 Spirited Away, Best Living Studios, Tokyo, Japan
The Bucket List, Kitano Alley Gallery, Kobe, Japan
2017 The Fuji Collection, Kitano Alley Gallery, Kobe, Japan
Blossom Blast Daily Rotating Easel Solo, UltraNew Super Gallery, Harajuku, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Canvas Connections Art Collective 3rd Annual Signature Show - Artful Expressions, Tembusu Art Gallery, Singapore
Empath as a Warrior, Vecia Art Studios and Gallery, Paris, France
Parasito, P L Deshpande Maharashtra Kala Academy, Mumbai, India
Le Rupture de Desir, Yellow Cube Gallery, Vedica Art Studios and Gallery, Paris, France
2024 Canvas Connections Art Collective, The German Centre Art Gallery, German Centre of Industry & Trade, Singapore
Lines Exhibition (Group Show), Hopsfield Art Gallery with The Lucid Umbrella, Singapore
Canvas Connections Art Collective 2nd Annual Signature Show - Artful Expressions, Visual Arts Centre, Singapore
Catapult - Art Meets Heart Interior Design, Rochester Commons, Singapore
The Healing Power of Color (Online Show), Manhattan Arts, NYC
Group Show, GR Kitano Art Hub Gallery, Kobe, Japan
HERStory, Manhattan Arts International, NYC
Introducing Canvas Connections, Canvas Connections Art Collective, The Arts House, Singapore
2023 Collectible Art Fair SG 2023 The Art Space by Natalie Wong, Singapore
Celebrations with Canvas Connections- The German Centre Art Gallery, The German Centre for Industry & Trade, Singapore
Elements, The Healing Power of Art & Artists, Manhattan Arts NYC
HMVC Gallery NY Freestyle Group Show work displayed at Times Square, NYC
The Healing Power of Color 2023 Exhibition: The Healing Power of Art & Artists, Manhattan Arts, NYC
Featured Artist: Camelback Gallery Rajul Shah Featured Artist - online
Canvas Connections Art Collective, Gallery at the Well, Emerald Hill, Singapore
Small Works, Maya Gallery, Singapore
HER STORY 2023: Online Gallery, Manhattan Arts NYC USA
Making Our Marks, ISEA (International Society of Experimental Artists) 9th Annual Member Only Online Exhibition
Healing Power of Art and Artists: The Healing Power of Art Inspired by Nature 2023. Online Gallery, Manhattan Arts NYC USA
2022 Circle Foundation for the Arts Quarterly Art Magazine - Artistic Excellence Award
Thrive! Exhibiting Breast Cancer Journeys, NMB Discovery Library, Miami, FL
Healing Power of Art and Artist: Resilience 2022. Online Gallery, NYC USA
Thrivers Breast Cancer Awareness Art Show, Shipyard Garden, Hollywood, FL.
True Colors, MusnadiWeskamp Galerie, Koln, Germany
2022 ALL WOMEN Artist Competition & Exhibition. Contemporary Art Gallery Online
Passionate Excellence- NMB Library, North Miami Beach, FL USA
Canvas Connections Gallery at the Well, Emerald Hill, Singapore
The Spirit of Resilience 2022, Manhattan Arts International Online Gallery, NYC USA
2021 Utterly Unfathomable and Powerfully Profound 3rd Annual Member Only International Society of Experimental Artists: Online Juried Exhibition.
Art in Lockdown, Miramar Cultural Center, Miramar, USA
Interwoven: An Exhibit of Breast Cancer Art, Broward Art Guild, Miami, USA
Co-Exhibitor, Gallery at the Well, Emerald Hill, Singapore
Contemporary Art Gallery Online: All Abstract Art Exhibition
Contemporary Art Gallery Online: All Landscape Art Exhibition
Visual Arts Association International Show - Online
Spring Online ISEA (International Society of Experimental Artists)
Colors of Humanity Gallery - Red 2021 Show
2020 HelvetArt November 2020 Red Show
ArtisTTAble 38th Exhibition: 2020 Women’s Show
Fusion Arts 5th Anniversary Art Exhibition Vishudha I: Hear Us Rise
Colors of Humanity Gallery Landscapes
Contemporary Art Room Online Gallery – 2nd Annual Skies Art Exhibition: http://www.artroomgalleryonline.com/current_exhbition.html
3rd Annual Women Artists – 15th Quarterly Art Competition Online Juried Art Exhibition – Fusion Art
A Light in the Darkness, Las Laguna Gallery – Group Show. https://wwwlaslagunagallery.com/light
4th Annual Skies Art Exhibition – https://www.fusionartps.com/4th-annual-art-exhibition-august-2020
29th Annual International Society of Experimental Artists – originally Alberta, Canada now online due to COVID-19
Finalist: June 2020 Grey Cube Gallery Skies Exhibition (online juried)
All Planet Earth International Juried Online Exhibition, Contemporary Art Gallery
3rd Annual Online COLORS Art Competition (international juried), Contemporary Art Room Gallery
Artsy Shark Artist Showcase Spring 2020
All Women Artist Competition (international juried Group Show)
Skies Group Exhibition (international juried)
Spring All Members Online Exhibition International Society of Experimental Artists
If Walls Could Speak IONArt Gallery w Mayinart/ARTPODium, Singapore
2019 32nd Annual National Japanese Exhibition of Nature (National – Juried) Ueno No Mori Art Museum, Tokyo – Japan
Group Show – Art No Millenni Gallery, Barcelona
Hartexpo Barcelona – Art Nou Millenni Gallery
40th Regional Shinseisaku Group Show – Yokohama Civic Center
The Healing Power of Art. Online Juried Exhibition. Manhattan Arts International
2018 49th Annual Genyou-ten Exhibition (National – Juried) Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Ueno – Japan – Honorable Mention: Kusukabe Paints
82nd Annual Shinseisaku Exhibition (National -Juried) National Art Gallery, Tokyo – Japan
Our Bond with Nature. Online Juried Exhibition. Healing Power of Art. Manhattan Arts International
Group Show. BMW Gallery. Osaka with Kitano Alley Gallery, Kobe Japan
HER Story Online Juried Exhibition. Healing Power of Art. Manhattan Arts International
Art & Patisserie. Co-exhibitor. Stressed Patisserie. Intercontinental Hotel Osaka with Kitano Alley Gallery, Kobe, Japan
2017 An Artful Christmas Group Intercontinental Hotel, Osaka with Kitano Alley Gallery, Kobe, Japan
2016 Indian Icons: Peace, Spirit, Joy Co-Exhibitor DesignFesta Gallery, Harajuku, Japan
Art Fairs
2025 Super Fair NYC, Zubaadhi Studio & Gallery, NYC, USA
Kyoto Miyako Expo, Kyoto, Japan
2023 Tokyo Tower Art Fair, Zubaadhi Studio & Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2021 XIII Florence Biennale, Zubaadhi Studio & Gallery, Florence, Italy
2019 Tokyo International Art Fair, Rajul Shah Art LLC, Tokyo, Japan
2018 India Art Festival, self-representation, Mumbai, India
Selected Collections
ReBirth, in a private collection, Mumbai, India
Great New Places, Kintsugi Chakras, Sentosa, Singapore
MnK Properties, The Fuji Collection, Hoddaido, Japan
Sunanda Dasgupta Sethi/ Kintsugi Chakras, Singapore
Pharmaceutical Heritage Foundation, Kintsugi Earth & Ice, Pennsylvania, USA
Awards
2025. Longlisted Visual Arts Association (VAA) Artist of the Year Award 2025 - London, UK
Longlisted Visual Arts Association (VAA) Visual Art Open 2025 - London , UK
Shortlisted Visual Arts Association (VAA) VAA ART 500 - London, UK
Circle Foundation of the Arts, Master Mind Award, February 2025
2024 Longlisted Visual Arts Association (VAA) Artist of the Year Award 2024 – London, UK
Camelback Gallery Artist Invitational VIII - USA Finalist
Grey Cube Gallery 2024 Abstract Art Show - USA Finalist
9th Annual Colorful Abstractions, Fusion Arts, USA
2023 Circle Foundation for the Arts “Circle Quarterly Art Review” - Artistic Excellence Award
Bronze Award, Artist Invitational VII, Camelback Gallery, USA
Circle Foundation for the Arts Exhibition in Miami - Artistic Excellence Award
Longlisted Visual Art Open 2023 UK & International Emerging Artist Awards
Longlisted Visual Artist Association Professional Artist Award 2023
2022 Honorable Mention: 6th Annual Skies Art Exhibition, Fusion Gallery
Finalist ArtExpo New York Contest: Circle Foundation of the Arts
Shortlisted Visual Artist Association Professional Artist Award 2022, Visual Artists Association, London, UK
Longlisted Visual Art Open 2022, Visual Artists Association, London UK
2021 Circle Foundation for the Arts 6th Quarterly Art Review: Artistic Excellence Award
Mellow Art Award, Japan - Special Prize
LightSpaceTime: “All Women” Art Exhibition - Special Recognition
2020 LightSpaceTime: 11th Annual Abstracts Group Exhibition (international juried) - Special Recognition
LightSpaceTime: 10th Annual “Seascapes” Exhibition 2020 (International Juried) -Special Recognition
Honorable Mention “SPACE” ArtisTTable 36th Online Exhibition.
2020 American Art Awards - 5th place Abstract Expressionism
LightSpaceTime: 10th Exhibition “Landscapes” - Special Recognition
Circle Foundation for the Arts Magazine Art IDEAL: Artistic Excellence Award
2018 49th Annual Genyou-ten Exhibition (National – Juried) Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Ueno – Japan – Honorable Mention: Kusukabe Paints
Selected Press
Create Magazine, AQ Volume VI, June 2025
Franki’s Open Mic: Episode 35 Podcast: The Healing Alchemy of Art Podcast Link to YouTube
Artsy Shark Featured Artist: https://www.artsyshark.com/2025/05/20/featured-artist-rajul-shah/
Art Seen Magazine, The Curators’ Salon Spring 2025
Artist Interview with the Arts to Hearts Project, December 2024 “How Rajul Shah’s Art Combines Kintsugi and the Healing Energy of Chakras”, Arts to Heart Project December 2024
“Masterful Minds V.4” in World Wide Art & Circle Foundation for the Arts (2024).
“Lines & Curves” Arts for Hearts Project (2024).
Contemporary Art Curator Magazine Issue 2: 2025 Visionaries, Artists Shaping the Future, Creative Catalysts for Change
Adelé Kotzé, “Interview” at https://www.artistcloseup.com/blog/interview-rajul-shah, 2024.
Podcast Arts to Hearts Project, “How to Figure Out Your Creative Process: Artists Rajul Shah, Chilu and Anne van Midden” in Online resource (2024) at https://artstoheartsproject.com/creative-process/, 2024.
Artist Talk Magazine, Issue 30 in Online resource (2024) at https://www.artisttalkmagazine.com/issue-30-online-gallery, 2024.
Arts for Hearts Project, Studio Visit Book Volume 3 (2024)
Purple Octopus Art LLC , “The Cancer Feminine: Art, Inspiration, Truth”, Available here on Amazon, (2024)
Art Seen Magazine - The Curators’ Salon. Juried Acceptance Available here on Amazon
SPOTLIGHT Magazine: Issue 32. Healing Winds of Manipura I&II
AATANOU: The Healing Art of Rajul Shah
SPOTLIGHT Magazine: Issue 24, p. 163: Healing Manipura I
ART International Contemporary Magazine (2022)
Rajul Shah, “A Painter’s Vision of the Art of Kintsugi” in WHITE ENSO. Issue 2 Summer (2021)
Artsy Shark, “Evolution of an Expat Artist” (2021)
Rajul Shah “The Japanese Art of Kintsugi” in Friends of the Museum, Singapore (2021)
STUDIO VISIT MAGAZINE, Volume 45 & 46 (2019)
ONBEAT Magazine, Volume 8, Tokyo, Japan (2017)
Professional Contributions
Founding Member & Curator, Canvas Connections, A Women’s Art Collective, Singapore
Founder, Purple Octopus Art, an art publishing platform, NJ, USA