Nirmal Raja: PAUSE
@ boundary
2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 27th
Nirmal Raja is an interdisciplinary artist living and working in Milwaukee with an imminent move to Cambridge, MA. She had lived in India, South Korea, and Hong Kong before immigrating to the United States thirty-three years ago. She holds a BA in English Literature from St. Francis College in Hyderabad, India; a BFA from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, and an MFA from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. She has participated in solo and group shows in the Midwest, nationally, and internationally. She is the recipient of several awards including “Graduate of The Decade” from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Raja received the Mary L. Nohl Fellowship for individual artists for the year 2020 and the Mildred L. Harpole Artists of the Year 2022 award from the Milwaukee Arts Board. Her work is part of several private and public collections including the Warehouse Art Museum, The John Michael Kohler Art Center, Northwestern Mutual Corporate Art Collection, and more. She collaborates with other artists and strongly believes in investing energy into her immediate community while also considering the global. She periodically curates exhibitions that bring people from different cultures and backgrounds together.
Raja is represented by Portrait Society Gallery in Milwaukee.
Image: 3 of 7 Drawings – 14” x 14”, gouache, graphite, walnut ink, sumi ink on hanji (Korean handmade paper)
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