Artist Bio

Sudakshina Bhattacharya grew up in Kalyani, a small town near Kolkata, India. She holds a Master’s degree in Technology and worked as a research scientist. However, art has always been her first passion since childhood.

Returning back to the world of art after 18 long years, Sudakshina loves to explore her art skills in the 4 major domains – Nature, Wildlife, Portrait and Still life. She takes inspiration from every happy element of the nature and tries to put her best creative effort to get beautiful outcome. Her artwork can easily grab the viewer’s attention through her unique style of bold colors and detailed brush strokes. Sudakshina’s paintings convey the message that when emotions fly like butterflies, the soul blossoms like a flower, and dreams are vibrant, there is every reason to be happy in life. At the first glance of her painting viewers feel themselves connected to the story that she creates through her brush and bold colors. Sudakshina tries to capture something new and unique each time.

Sudakshina Bhattacharya’s artistic journey began at the age of 2.5 years when she participated in a neighborhood art competition. She amazed the judge with her power of observation of the real world, presentation, and brilliant use of resources at such a tender age. As days passed by, Sudakshina explored the world of art and culture while keeping a balance with her academic growth and other extracurricular activities. She amazed everybody around her by showing her skills in numerous activities including art works, music, dance, social works, and so on. She won many state-level and national-level art competitions. Academically, Sudakshina excelled in Mathematics and Physics in national science talent contests.

In 1997, when Sudakshina Bhattacharya was in 8th grade, poor health conditions forced her to choose between the world of art and studies. She ended up staying away from the art world. After graduating as a Computer Science Engineer, she joined a renowned Government Organization of India as a Research Scientist. In her Master’s thesis, Sudakshina worked on “Formal Verification of Software Architecture”.

Life took a new turn after she got married in 2011 and became a mom to a beautiful baby boy. In 2013, when her little prince got sick and needed full-time care, in the absence of family support, the situation forced Sudakshina to resign from her prestigious job and transform into a full-time homemaker. Rejected by family, resigned from job, disconnected from friends, detached from any social connection, and in a new place with no support or help, she had no clue where life was taking her. The physical, mental, and emotional turmoil took a toll on her health to an extent that her normal life was almost paralyzed.

It was only after moving to Massachusetts that Sudakshina got a chance to meet many artists like Jean Hart at Lexington Arts and Craft Society (now LexArt) on their Open Studio event. After seeing few images for her old paintings Jean suggested her to join LACS. Being a full time mom of a toddler, and having no confidence on her recent art skills, she wasn’t able to commit something new. Constant encouragement from her husband motivated her to start her journey into the art world and she held painting brush once again after a break of 18 long years.

Sudakshina joined LACS in June 2016 after her 3 yrs old son started to go to daycare. She decided her Artist Name SuWani from Sudakshina and Ashwani, her husband. She participated in four main art exhibitions of the gallery and was awarded “Eva Kashket Prize for Excellence in Oil or Acrylic” in the annual painters show (May, 2017) at LACS.

Sudakshina Bhattacharya’s life has been a rollercoaster ride, from being an artist to a scientist, then a full-time mom, and finally an artist again. She held on tight without losing hope and was thrilled by the challenges. Sudakshina always tries to do her duties with full sincerity and dedication, no matter what life has in store for her. Although her health condition has been a perennial concern for her, she knows how to overcome the storm and deal with it. With all odds against her, she knows how to survive, and that too with pride and her head held high.

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SuWaniArts in News:

‘Connecting worlds:’ Westford resident pursues career in art (wickedlocal.com)

Awards:

“3rd Place in Westford’s Regional Art Event”, PCA, 2023

“People’s Choice award in juried show“, Lex Art, 2023

“Honorable Mention in juried in Juried Show“, Lex Art, 2020

“Eva Kashket Prize for Excellence in Oil or Acrylic”, 2019

“Eva Kashket Prize for Excellence in Oil or Acrylic”, 2017

Membership:

Artists Group Of Charlestown, Charlestown, MA, USA