ARTIST BIO
Aishwariya Chandrasekar is a visual and traditional artist whose drawings and embroidery pieces explore concepts that drive her curiosity. Her work utilizes repetitive lines, dots, and shapes to explore how human behavioral patterns, cultural formations, and social change emerge from the individual(s) – the parts and the whole.
With the support of Maryland State Arts Council Folklife Apprenticeship grants in 2010 and 2022, she has been trained in the traditional Indian art form of Kolam. Her work has been exhibited at the Woman’s National Democratic Club, Strathmore, Sandy Spring Museum, Gandhi Memorial Center, Towson University Asian Arts & Culture Center, the National Folklife Festival, Artomatic, and more.
She holds a B.S. in Psychology with a minor in Neuroscience, a B.S. in Business Management, and an MSc. in Social Anthropology - her interdisciplinary background informs and contributes to her artistic practice.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Reckoning | Woman's National Democratic Club | September - November 2024
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
The Art of the Art Clinic Online | The Popcorn Gallery at Glen Echo Park | 2025
WPA Collector’s Night 2025 | Washington Project for the Arts | 2025
Thalaimuraigal: Three Generations of Kolam | Gandhi Memorial Center | 2022 - 2023
Creative Confluence: South Asian Community Reflections, Connections, and Dialogue | Asian Arts & Culture Center, Towson University | 2022
Remembrance, Resilience, Power + Pride - Asia North 2022 | Asian Arts & Culture Center, Towson University | 2022
Restoration: Drawing Strength from the Kolam | Betty Mae Kramer Gallery | 2021
4+1 | Takoma Park Community Center | Takoma Park, MD | 2017
Kolam | The Chicago School of Professional Psychology | Washington, DC | 2017 Artomatic | Park Potomac, MD | 2016
Traditions - Kolam | Takoma Park Community Center | Takoma Park, MD | 2016
Beyond the Dot and Line | Children’s National Hospital | Washington, DC | 2016
Sanathana: Beginningless and Endless | Sandy Spring Museum | 2015
EVENTS / VIRTUAL EXHIBITIONS
South Asian Artist Showcase | Strathmore | 2023
pARTicles Virtual Art Exhibit | Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory | 2022
pARTicles Virtual Art Exhibit | Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory | 2021
Joint Mathematics Meetings | Virtual & Printed Catalog | 2021
Our Stories: A Virtual Festival | Asian Arts & Culture Center, Towson University | Towson, MD | 2020
National Folk Festival | Salisbury, MD | 2019
Artomatic | Crystal City, VA | 2017
Maryland Traditions Folklife Festival | Baltimore, MD | 2011-2015
GRANTS
Creativity Grant | Maryland State Arts Council | 2022
Maryland Traditions Folklife Apprenticeship | Maryland State Arts Council | 2022
Richard Louie Memorial Internship Award | Smithsonian Institution | 2013
Maryland Traditions Master-Apprenticeship Award | Maryland State Arts Council | 2010
LINKS
Meet Aishwariya Chandrasekar | April 2025 | Canvas Rebel
Tamil Kolam Folklife Apprenticeship - Short Film | September 2023 | Maryland State Arts Council
ACO Artist Discussion with Aishwariya Chandrasekar | June 2024 | Art Clinic Online
Bridges Math Art - Aishwariya Chandrasekar | 2021 Joint Mathematics Meeting