Artist Profile Rajul Shah
Rajul Shah, Warriors I, 2025, Acrylic on canvas, 36″ x 48″ (910 mm x 1220 mm).
Shah’s crisp, jewel-toned geometry distills energy into connection and delight.
Artist Statement
Using the aura associated with each chakra, abstract color fields with gold kintsugi lines represent the renewal and energy balance within each of the human body’s chakras (energy centers). We have 7 energy centers in our body with each one responsible for the health of the muscoskeletal and organs in its area. Red (ReBirth) is the aura for the Root (1st) Chakra located at the base of the Spine and represents the Identity of a person. Yellow (Warriors I) is the aura for the Warrior (3rd) Chakra located in the Solar Plexus – this is the energy center for self-empowerment. Purple, Gold and White (Spirit Rise) represent the 7th Chakra located in the Crown – the energy center for peace and enlightenment.. Orange and Blue (Essence) represent the 2nd (Sacral Plexus) and 5th (Throat) chakras, which represent the “essence” of a person (which is built upon one’s identity) and means of self-expression. Other chakras include the heart (5th) chakra whose aura is green and is the energy center from which we connect to the world; and the third-eye (6th) chakra whose aura is indigo and commands our ability to “see and understand” the world around us.
Artist Biography
Rajul Shah (b. 1968, Mumbai) is a contemporary artist whose artistic formation includes mentorships with Masters in Japan, studies at Temple Tokyo Tyler School of Art and La Salle College of the Arts in Singapore. Her practice, marked by technical rigor and depth, is informed by a previous two decades of work in the healthcare industry, shaping a layered visual philosophy attentive to healing and transformation.
Her work merges Kintsugi, chakric symbolism and inquiries into the balance of energy within the human body. Layered tonalities, and luminous golden angular lines that hold fragmented structures together are metaphors for renewal and the reconstruction of brokenness.
Shah documents emotional and physical resilience as an evolutionary process considering the limits of medical intervention while affirming an inherent energetic phenomenon in the healing process. Her oeuvre is shaped by Indian origins, her US upbringing, Japanese study, and her dual base in Singapore and the US, imbuing her work with universal resonance.
Rajul Shah has exhibited internationally and been featured in Art Seen Magazine (2025) and Create Magazine (2025). Among other awards, Shah’s work has also received an Honorable Mention in the Artists Magazine’s 42nd Annual Art Competition to be published in January 2026.