Nimisha Doongarwal - Contempurary Artist
Identity
Nimisha Doongarwal is a mixed media artist and an engineer by day. Her conceptually layered pieces combine paint, photography, fabric and digital prints which explore varying relationships between past and popular culture, by referencing social issues such as racism, immigration and gender inequality. Each image tells a unique story, creating visual links between current and historical events in time. Through her work, her goal is to give a voice to social issues faced by women and people of color; to encourage viewers to embrace cultural diversity and step up for equality for all. Nimisha has been featured in publications such as Forbes and has exhibited in museums and galleries including the De Young Museum in San Francisco.
EDUCATION
MFA, Academy of Arts University, San Francisco CA
AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS
Emerging Artist Series, Heckscher Museum of Art, USA
Artconnect, Honorable mentions
De Young Museum, The de Young open exhibition, San Francisco, CA
Museum of Northern California, Safe Haven, Chico, CA
Crocker Kingsley Competition, Blue Line Arts, USA
San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, JUROR’S CHOICE for ‘FREE TO BE’, San Francisco
Academy of Arts University, 3RD Place in Spring Show 2020
www.lightspacetime.art, Special Recognition, 10th Figurative Art Exhibition
PUBLICATION
San Leandro Times: Newspaper Local Artists Featured In Exhibit at Bayfair Mall
Forbes Magazine 6 Women Immigrant Artists Reflect On Belonging And Home
NBC Live The Art Of Staying Creative During Covid-19, NBC California Live (
Artmarket Magazine and Online Art Market Magazine Issue #50
Maake Magazine & Online Featured artist
Magster.com Features Artist:Conceptually Layered Collages
Mikihasi: Youtube video art gallery Mikihasi Video Interview
NYC Phoenix Art magazine NYC Phoenix : Interview
ArtU News Features artist
Scot Scoop newspaper Overlap project explores immigration through art,
Best of SNO, Overlap project explores immigration through art
Mass News Insight into AAU Spring show
Arc Gallery magazine Reflection, National Juried Show, Arc Gallery,
ArtU News The de Young Open Provides Platform for Painting Students
Boomer Magazine, UK Boomer magazine Issue 1: Features artist
TOP POSTERS MAGAZINE - APRIL, FINEART (Vol 253), Women for change,
The Racket Journal Issue Thirty-Six
Artogether Artist talk Virtual Artist Talk: Meet the Artists of Overlap
KQED Arts & Culture Featured Artist of the week on Instagram
Hecate Magazine Hecate Summer Anthology 2021
Artistonish Magazine, Artistonish - Issue June 2021 (page 12)
EXHIBITIONS
2021
ARTCONNECTS.NET, Spring 2021 Featured Exhibit
Safe Haven Museum of Northern California, Chico, CA
Transcendent Futures Brown University, Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (CSREA), Brown University
Art Against Racism Art Against Racism: Non-profit Organization, USA
Feminist Connect Les Femmes Folles, USA
EXCUSE ME CAN I SEE YOUR ID - TWO Vessel Gallery, Oakland, CA
DIASPORIC FUTURISM Part 2 Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Dreaming of Equ>lity, Reynolds Gallery University of the Pacific, CA
Emerging Artist Series Heckscher Museum of Art, USA
Overlap: Home, Immigration and Identity, Public Art Bayfair Center, San Leandro, CA
Crocker Kingsley Exhibit, Blue Line Arts, USA
2020
Youth for Human Rights Washington DC National Human Rights Art Contest, USA 2020
In the time of CORONA Dab Arts + Artsy
FREE TO BE San Francisco Women Artists Gallery,
Root Division’s 19th Annual Benefit Art Auction Root Division, San Francisco, CA
POLITICS: Holding the Line Bridgemaker Arts, Richmond, CA
The de Young open exhibition De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Response Kala Art Institute, Oakland, CA
DIASPORIC FUTURISM part- 1 Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Home as Situation Bolivar Art Gallery, University of Kentucky, KY
Connectivity Delaware State University Arts, DSU, USA
Spring Show 2020 Academy of Arts University, San Francisco, CA
Figurative Art Exhibition www.lightspacetime.art
Reflections International juried exhibition Arc Gallery, CA
Not an art fair, Shockboxx Artsy gallery
Reflection on Home Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland, CA && Arttogether, Oakland, CA
Local artist collection Under1000SF gallery, Pier 39, San Francisco, CA
2019
ICONIC San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Art & Activism San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibition Atelier Gallery, Academy of Arts University, USA
Celebrating Her San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Discover San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018
Eye of the Beholder San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Point of View San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017
Summer Student Show SRISA, Florence, Italy
Italia San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Italy Study Abroad Show Academy of Art University gallery, San Francisco, CA
Natural Wonders San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Outrageous San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
All Botanicals, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Loving Golden Gate Park, SFWA
Italy Summer Show, Santa Reparata International School of Arts, Florence, Italy