Hi, I am Vishakha Apte !

I am a free-lance artist residing in Mumbai and Bhopal. Born in 1966, in Nashik, Maharashtra, I was passionate about drawing and Painting since my childhood. I grew up in Mumbai and completed my Bachelor of fine arts (Painting) degree in the year 1987 from Sir J.J. School of Art affiliated to University of Bombay.

I  moved to Bhopal to work in the Graphics Studio of Bharat Bhavan (a multi-arts complex in Madhya Pradesh), in the year 1991, as Mumbai did not have a facility of community studio or work space for working in exceptional disciplines like Print making for freelance artists. I worked mainly in Etching and Collography during my formative years: from 1991 till 2000.Collography further lead me to working with carved and collaged handmade paper creating deckle edged relief works in mixed media as well as collage and oil paints on canvas. After 2014 I turned to working in Paper pulp for creating additional relief and later to Ceramics as my medium of expression. I continue to return to Painting and Etching while working with different mediums. I genuinely feel that working with different techniques and mediums unlocks new possibilities in visual thinking and the way of expression.