I’m an aspiring designer from India. My work explores the fight between mind and body. The results are representative of nuanced mind expressions and body language, generally with an eye towards the feminine experience. It navigates and collaborates within mediums like fashion, wood and digital media. Every time I lose myself in the process of making art, I find my way back by following an interest in creating work that intrigues and uses South Asian, mostly Indian women. My work also aims to destroy a certain stereotype associated with my subjects, managing to address their power while informing and reminding the public eye of their rights.
I’m currently a junior pursuing Fashion and Fibers at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Additionally, I have experience in Print media, Photography, and Graphic Design.
Shah_1, TWICE
This project is inspired by my personal menstrual problems, which I have dealt with since I was 14 years old. It is a product of all the period cycles that have made me the person I am today. It represents the many countless nights of overflowing pads, terrible cramps, irregular cycle times, back pain, mood swings, and hormonal imbalances. Additionally, I have also tried to explore the stigma that is often associated with something as natural as the biological menstrual cycle. Overtime, with all of my pain and problems, I have learnt so much about strength, tolerance, women rights, and patience. Today I can boldly make the claim that anything a man can do, a woman can do bleeding
Shah_2, B L E E D I N G
This project is inspired by my personal menstrual problems, which I have dealt with since I was 14 years old. It is a product of all the period cycles that have made me the person I am today. It represents the many countless nights of overflowing pads, terrible cramps, irregular cycle times, back pain, mood swings, and hormonal imbalances. Additionally, I have also tried to explore the stigma that is often associated with something as natural as the biological menstrual cycle. Overtime, with all of my pain and problems, I have learnt so much about strength, tolerance, women rights, and patience. Today I can boldly make the claim that anything a man can do, a woman can do bleeding
Shah_3, PERIOD.
'I just don’t trust anything that bleeds for five days and doesn’t die.’
Shah_4, TWICE
Shah_5, B L E E D I N G
anything a man can do, a woman can do it while bleeding
Shah_6, period.
Shah_7, RED
face blue, underwear red