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'''Shanthi Chandrasekar''' is an American artist of Indian ancestry.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.msac.org/artists/shanthi-chandrasekar|title=SHANTHI CHANDRASEKAR|date=2013-11-05|website=Maryland State Arts Council|language=en|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref> Her artwork is strongly influenced by her training in the traditional art form of [[Thanjavur painting]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://patch.com/maryland/gaithersburg/a-portrait-of-the-artist-shanthi-chandrasekar|title=A Portrait of the Artist: Shanthi Chandrasekar|date=2011-02-25|website=Gaithersburg, MD Patch|language=en|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref> She resides in [[Maryland]], in the Greater [[Washington, D.C.|Washington, DC]] area. She was born in Tamil Nadu, India.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2014/ShanthiChandrasekar/bio.htm|title=Indo-American Arts Council, Inc.|website=www.iaac.us|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref>

== Education ==
Chandrasekar studied at the [[Women's Christian College, Chennai|Women’s Christian College]], in [[Chennai|Chennai, India]] and then received a Masters in Psychology from [[Annamalai University]], [[Chidambaram]], [[India]].<ref name=":1" />

== Artwork ==
Chandrasekar’s art has been exhibited mainly in the Greater Washington D.C. area. She has twice been awarded the Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award (2013 and 2016),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eastcityart.com/openings-and-events/betty-mae-kramer-gallery-presents-shanthi-chandrasekar-susan-goldman-immemorial/|title=The Betty Mae Kramer Gallery Presents Shanthi Chandrasekar and Susan Goldman Immemorial|website=East City Art|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref> as well as three times winner of Individual Artist grants from the Arts and Humanities Council of [[Montgomery County, Maryland|Montgomery County, MD]] in 2009, 2013 and 2016.<ref name=":0" /> In 2012 she was awarded the gold medal as well as "the fan favorite" medal at an art competition known as "The DC Art Decathlon" staged by the District of Columbia Arts Center.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/going-out-gurus/post/art-in-focus-dc-arts-center-decathlon/2012/01/12/gIQAzbJAwP_blog.html?noredirect=on|title=Art in focus: DC Arts Center Decathlon|last=Merry|first=Stephanie|date=2012-01-19|work=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dcartscenter.org/2012/01/13/dcac-decathlon-january-13-february-5/|title=DCAC DecathlonJanuary 13 – February 5 – District of Columbia Arts Center|last=Posts {{!}}|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref>

''The Washington Post'' has noted that her work "uses a central theme of weaving to explore everything from parallel universes to technological advancements to her own brain."<ref name=":2" /> The newspaper's art critic also noted, in a different review, that she "arranges women’s faces into designs rooted in the traditions of southern India."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-getting-personal-at-king-street/2015/11/13/3fcb8a02-86ff-11e5-9a07-453018f9a0ec_story.html|title=In the galleries: Getting ‘Personal’ at King Street|last=Jenkins|first=Mark|date=2015-11-13|work=The Washington Post}}</ref> The same critic had observed earlier, in a review of her 2013 solo show at the District of Columbia Arts Center that "perhaps art, craft, science and religion are different manifestations of the same fundamental thing. That’s how it seems in the multimedia work of Shanthi Chandrasekar, which is derived from Hinduism, theoretical physics and family history."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/journeys-to-the-intersection-of-mind-and-matter/2013/01/31/999128d4-6b2e-11e2-ada3-d86a4806d5ee_story.html|title=‘Journeys’ to the intersection of mind and matter|last=Jenkins|first=Mark|date=2013-01-31|work=The Washington Post}}</ref> In a more recent 2019 review of her work at a group show at The American Center for Physics in College Park, Maryland, the Washington Post stated that her sculpture “Wormhole” was "the closest thing to a real-world diagram in the show, twists fabric into a narrow tunnel that links two circular nets."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-glenn-ligon-exhibition-draws-on-baldwin-stein-and-warhol/2019/03/29/91aeda38-4f3b-11e9-88a1-ed346f0ec94f_story.html|title=In the galleries|last=Jenkins|first=Mark|date=2019-03-29|work=The Washington Post}}</ref>

=== The Kolam Project ===
In 2021 Chandrasekar led a nationwide project to create raditional South Indian [[kolam]] to honor Vice President [[Kamala Harris]]. The kolam featured contributions from about 2,000 people around the United States. It was initially planned to be displayed near the Capitol during the inauguration, but due to security issues it was featured virtually as part of the Presidential Inaugural Committee’s virtual welcome event.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Page|first=Sydney|title=To honor Kamala Harris, these women are bringing a traditional Indian art form to D.C., made by thousands of hands|language=en-US|work=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/01/22/kolam-indian-art-biden-harris/|access-date=2021-01-26|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=People across U.S. made over 2,000 pieces of Indian art to welcome Harris|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/people-across-u-s-made-over-2-000-pieces-indian-n1254753|access-date=2021-01-26|website=NBC News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-25|title=This 1,800-piece crowdsourced art project for Kamala Harris honors her Indian heritage|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/This-1-800-piece-crowdsourced-art-project-for-15888832.php|access-date=2021-01-26|website=SFChronicle.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Collections and awards ===
Her work is in the permanent collection of the city of Washington, DC,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dcarts.emuseum.com/search/Shanthi%20Chandrasekar|title=Results {{!}} Search Artists {{!}} eMuseum {{!}} dcarts|website=dcarts.emuseum.com|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref> and the Works on Paper Collection<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eastcityart.com/calls-for-entry/montgomery-county-public-arts-trust-seeks-contemporary-works-on-paper/|title=Montgomery County Public Arts Trust Seeks Contemporary Works on Paper|date=2019-04-09|website=East City Art|access-date=2019-09-10}}</ref> of [[Montgomery County, Maryland]]. She is also a Fiscal Year 2020 announced winner of an ''Artists and Scholars Project Grant'' from the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County to create a series of science inspired drawings. Some of those works have been installed in the Prayer and Meditation Room at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, MD.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artcfa.com/news/2020/3/25/our-mental-health-is-important-in-these-times-heres-how-creativity-can-help|title=Our Mental Health is Important in these Times. Here's How Creativity Can Help.|website=Artists Circle Fine Art|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-18}}</ref>

== Books ==
Chandrasekar has illustrated ''Katha Sagar: Ocean of Stories'', 2016 Skinner House Books {{ISBN|978-8480174008}}, ''Sri Ramanujan - An Illustrated Biography'' and most recently ''Slime: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us'' {{ISBN|978-0544432932|}} by Ruth Kassinger.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.shanthic.com Artist's Official Website]

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