About Me

Ishika Praveen is a contemporary visual artist who prior to dedicating fully to the canvas, spent a decade as a professor of mathematics, an intellectual foundation that deeply informs her spatial awareness, structural balance, and outlook to composition.

Although a lifelong artist, She went through a profound career pivot in 2024, stepping away from a doctoral program in Mathematics to devote Herself entirely to the visual arts. To bridge Her extensive academic background with formal Artistic theory, She completed an intensive, advanced professional diploma focusing on contemporary art theory, conceptual development, and archival practices from DCA.

Working primarily in acrylics, today, her paintings are born from that raw leap of faith, exploring themes of Semi-Abstraction, Figurative Abstraction, and Emotional Expression. Characterised by textured impasto, meticulous layering, or fluid colour fields, her work captures a deliberate balance between chaos and order. Now operating as a full-time artist based in India, she creates deeply layered, conceptually rigorous works that are rapidly gaining the attention of discerning private collectors. Moving fluidly between maximal-contrast or saturated multichrome to minimal contrast or desaturated monochrome that carry a heavy psychological weight, and vibrant, unadulterated colour fields, her every chosen palette is entirely dictated by the specific emotional landscape of the piece.

Recognised for exceptional Artistic skills in the Handmade Film Poster Making Competition, her work received profound international validation through the prestigious World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES 2025), organised by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. She was awarded a fully sponsored multi-day residency and invitation to the final competitive round in Mumbai, culminating in a formal felicitation.