Reena Naik

I am a visual artist based out of Mumbai, India.

I was born in the city of lakes , Udaipur, Rajasthan - The most vibrant city in India. Coming from a family with business as a major occupation and then MBA , CA engineers as main career stream for my generation, made me follow the same path. Hence, following my family work culture ,I did my MBA in Human Resources and Masters in Labour Laws and Labor welfare. However, as Rajasthan is a state which has a strong cultural and artistic history, I was exposed to its wonderful art, music and dance forms, ever since my childhood. It was because of these art forms, the artist within me emerged at a time of my corporate work saturation.

I fail to recollect when i precisely started to sketch or paint. As a child i used to doodle and end up sketching eyes, trying to bring out various expressions in them.

​It was in 2014, that i started using colours and brushes. Human expressions always captivated my artistic mind. I started making eyes, faces, capturing various emotions. I gradually discovered, my liking towards realistic figures and hyper realism. I started with water colour pencils and gradually shifted to acrylic colours. After trying my hands on soft pastels, charcoal, oil and acrylic, i finally discovered my home in oil paintings. Painting is like a meditative process which fills me with life and happiness.

​While I had a very lucrative corporate career in Human Resources, I could not love it more than my passion for art. It was not until 2017, that I followed my passion and started creating art professionally .

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It all started by my husband who himself is a musician and encouraged me to pursue art as a career. With his recommendation at an Art gallery, I joined there and got acquainted with the nitty-gritties of the art business. Within six months, what dawned upon me, was the "India Art Fest", which happens to be the biggest platform for artists to display their work to the world.

At present, I am a growth partner with The ArtDesh Foundation and is working there as the CEO. ArtDesh supports artists and promotes art.

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