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Smitha George

Community-Based Art ; Multi-Disciplinary ; Visual

“For me art is an expression of my ideas and feelings to my viewers in simple language that I can’t do in words.”

Smitha George is a visual artist and love working on multiple mediums with over a decade of experience. Smitha has had the privilege of living and growing up in different places . Majority of her childhood was spent traveling which helped her understand different cultures. After majoring in finance and having worked in the field of finance for many years, she decided to take a break when she moved to the USA and this gave her an opportunity to dive deep into the world of art.
For her, painting is a different language and an expression of ideas. All the artwork is inspired by the day-to-day things she sees around her be it the current political, social issues or simple things from nature. In her work, the subject matter determines the materials and the forms the art.
In 2017 Smitha began painting professionally, since then there has been no looking back. Her first group show was in 2017 and from then on she has had many solo and group exhibitions in and around Kansas City. She also had the privilege to jury on many art shows. She also enjoys working on many commissioned works. Smitha now works from her home studio.

“Two of the public projects in the past which really excited me were when my work was selected as people’s choice for the Johnson County and for Kansas City Street car Arts in the loop Project. As an immigrant I understand the power of art and its ... view more »

“For me art is an expression of my ideas and feelings to my viewers in simple language that I can’t do in words.”

Smitha George is a visual artist and love working on multiple mediums with over a decade of experience. Smitha has had the privilege of living and growing up in different places . Majority of her childhood was spent traveling which helped her understand different cultures. After majoring in finance and having worked in the field of finance for many years, she decided to take a break when she moved to the USA and this gave her an opportunity to dive deep into the world of art.
For her, painting is a different language and an expression of ideas. All the artwork is inspired by the day-to-day things she sees around her be it the current political, social issues or simple things from nature. In her work, the subject matter determines the materials and the forms the art.
In 2017 Smitha began painting professionally, since then there has been no looking back. Her first group show was in 2017 and from then on she has had many solo and group exhibitions in and around Kansas City. She also had the privilege to jury on many art shows. She also enjoys working on many commissioned works. Smitha now works from her home studio.

“Two of the public projects in the past which really excited me were when my work was selected as people’s choice for the Johnson County and for Kansas City Street car Arts in the loop Project. As an immigrant I understand the power of art and its impact on cultural diversity. My collection of artwork is also combination of subjects that roots to a conversation with any demographics of society. I use vibrant colors in my artworks “. Smitha’s work was also featured in Kansas City Star, The pitch and KCUR.

Awards:

2023: KC Marathon poster design 2021 First place Art for animals At Buttonwood Art Space Kansas City, Kansas 2021 Art in the Loop KC Street Car featured artist 2020 People’s choice award for Resilience, Reflection and Rebuilding by Johnson County arts and heritage center 2019 Third Prize award in Beautiful light exhibition at Buttonwood Art space Kansas City Kansas 2018 Jury choice award at cultural diversity art at the center Overland park Kansas Selected Commissions: 2021 The Civic Council of Greater Kansas City 2019 Corporate commissions for e-solutions Kansas City

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