Thursday, January 25, 2018
About Visithra
Visithra Manikam is a self-taught emerging Malaysian female painter and photographer from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She is currently under the mentorship of senior artist Stephen Menon.

Her art is infused with Eastern symbolism, falling under the pop art/ pop surrealism/ big eye art genre. Her art style is influenced by the famous Indian artist Jamini Roy who choose to seek his artistic influence from Indian traditional art.

Her art focuses on human behaviour and experiences which she explores through psychology, eastern philosophy and symbolism. She also focuses on subjects such as racism, colourism, feminism and social issues. Some of her social message art have been recognised. Her social arts were Highly Commended in the 2019 Redline artworks Global award.

In 2018 she was named Champion in a live doodle competition (45 artist) and she again won the consolation prize in the live painting category for Citra Terengganu (74 artist). Besides taking part in numerous exhibitions in Malaysia, she has exhibited her work in Manila, Philippines, 2018; Bangla Biennale, West Bengal, India (2019); Yogyakarta and Jakarta, Indonesia; Osaka, Japan; and recently in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. She had her solo exhibition at APW Bangsar in May 2019.

She has had numerous media reviews, features and interviews. Her art has been featured on the Cover of the News Straits Times with an interview as well on the cover of The Expat magazine together with a feature story. 



Art by Visithra on January 25, 2018
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