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"Art is like therapy; what comes up is what comes up."
~Nick Bantock
These ORIGINAL paintings are all available for sale. Click to see more.
Contact me for pricing.
"It would perhaps not be an exaggeration to say
that beauty is born out of pain
rather than the other way around.
And that the greater the pain is,
the greater also the beauty will become."
~S.J.Pettersson
"As my artist statement explains,
my work is utterly incomprehensible
and is therefore full of deep significance."
~Calvin (Bill Watterson)
My art, like my life, revolves around my chronic migraines. When a migraine comes on, even with my eyes closed, I "see" things. Colors and shapes flood my mind in fluid poetry. These mystical images recede, shift, radiate and pulse, becoming more vibrant and vivid as time goes on. Frequently, I paint through a migraine, trying to quickly tap into what I see. When I can't, I am able to recall the imagery at a later time and commit that to canvas.
Each piece I create evolves from a meditative and introspective process, wherein I become one with my art: it is being aware in that moment, being mindful, acknowledging the pain and chaos, and losing myself to the visual symphony that unfolds. Some notes are peaceful, while others are discordant. I train myself to paint through the painful discomfort: My breathing slows down, my jaw unclenches, and my body slowly begins to relax. Often, completing a painting acts as a relief, and reminds me that my mind can do more than just process pain: it can transform pain into beauty.
I think of myself as an abstract expressionist, with my paintings highlighting a spontaneous, intuitive and personal mark-making.Even though I wouldn't call my paintings portraits, all of my works are self-portraits in a way. My art is part of me and I am part of my art
2012-14 Doctoral Studies, ABD, Arts Administration, Education and Policy, The Ohio State University
2012 MA Visual Arts Education, University of Cincinnati
1998 BFA Communication Arts and Design, Virginia Commonwealth University
Fifty of my early paintings have been published in both hardcover and paperback editions by Pocamug press in December 2017.
Preview and buy it on Amazon by clicking the link below:
Migraine Visions: Transforming Pain Into BeautyIt’s easy to walk a path and leave no footprints at all, but a determined soul digs deep, digs in, and leaves behind a little something.
And so, it is with me.
Cincinnati Art Club
Fitton Center
The Woman's Art Club of Cincinnati
Membership Chair 2018-2020
Signature Member
The Dayton Visual Arts Center
Dayton Society of Artists
The Arts Alliance
Ohio Art League
"Art is like therapy; what comes up is what comes up."
~Nick Bantock
These ORIGINAL paintings are all available for sale. Click to see more.
Contact me for pricing.
"Art is an adventure into an unknown world,
which can be explored only by those willing to take risks."
~Mark Rothko
These paintings are now in individual and corporate collections across the USA.
If you like anything here, ask me about commissions.
"All life is an experiment.
The more experiments you make, the better."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Recently, I have started creating jewelry that I call "Dreams".
The pendants and bracelets feature original miniature paintings of my migraine visions.
Additionally, they have been embellished with sequins bought in the bylanes off Charminar, from my birthplace of Hyderabad, India.
"Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing.
Making your unknown known is the important thing."
~Georgia O'Keeffe
Avenue Arts, Inside Outside: Colors of Experience, solo show, Canton, OH
Woman’s Art Club of Cincinnati, All Member Show
Evendale Cultural Arts Center, Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibit
Woman’s Art Club of Cincinnati, 126th Annual Juried Art Exhibition
Indian Hill Gallery, (forming) SPACE: Works on Abstraction
Fitton Center, Hamilton Current
Columbus Arts Festival, Art Fair
Wyoming Annual Juried Art Show
Ann Arbor State Street ASrt Fair, Ann Arbor, MI
The Barn Gallery, From the Shadows: Expressions by Cathy Fiorelli, Caroline Pyle and Priya Rama Mariemont, OH
Hayley Gallery, Tony Lee + Priya Rama New Albany, OH
Art in Speed Park, Art Fair Sellersburg, IN
Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival, Art Fair Upper Arlington, OH
Milford Art Affaire, Art Fair Milford, OH
Sharonville Cultural Arts Centre, Landscape: Imagined or Illustrated, invited show
Woman’s Art Club of Cincinnati, 125th Annual Juried Art Exhibition
Sharonville Cultural Arts Centre, Coming Together: Art, Family and Friends, invited show
Evendale Cultural Arts Center, Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibit
Wyoming Annual Juried Art Show
Columbus Arts Festival
Bridge Folk Arts & Music Festival
Market Bleu, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati
Gallery 708, Emergence: Coming Into View
Milford Art Affaire
Hyde Park Juried Art Show
Art Design Consultants, Art Comes Alive
Eisele Gallery,The Woman’s Art Club of Cincinnati: Painters Past and Present
Fitton Center, Twilight
Sharonville Cultural Arts Centre, Art North
vIsIons, 2-person show with CreaRtive, Barcelona, Spain
Cincinnati Art Club, Spring Associate Show
Indian Hill Gallery, Spring Show
Fitton Center, Hamilton Current
Artsville Fundraiser, Cincinnati
Evendale Cultural Arts Center, Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibit
Wyoming Annual Juried Art Show
Miami University, West Chester, OH Sanskriti
Summerfair, Cincinnati
Fountain Square Art Festival, Evanston, IL
AY Gallery, Cincinnati I Have a Tale
High Street Gallery, Dayton Society of Artists, Unconventional
Art on the Commons, Kettering, OH
Pop Revolution Gallery, Hamilton, OH
High Street Gallery, Dayton Society of Artists
Hyde Park Juried Art Show
Woman’s Art Club of Cincinnati, All Member Show
Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati Art Comes Alive
High Street Gallery, Dayton Society of Artists, Small Works
Sharonville Cultural Arts Centre, Art North
Solo show, Cincinnati, OH, (I)ntrep(ID)
Hyde Park Juried Art Show
Woman’s Art Club of Cincinnati, Associate Member Show
Cincinnati Art Club, Fall Associate Show
The Dayton Visual Arts Center, Holiday Gallery
Bang & Olufsen Gallery, Cincinnati
"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together."
~Vincent van Gogh
Interview + Artist Feature, Polly magazine
Best New Artist Award, Milford Art Affaire
Merit Award, Columbus Arts Festival
Outdoor Artist Award, Wyoming Art Show
Certificate of Artistic Excellence, OHIOana Library Association
Purchase Award, The Diamond Headache Clinic, Chicago, IL
Honorable Mention, Art North
Artist Feature, Frames of MindHonorable Mention, Hamilton Current
"Art is not what you see,
but what you make others see."
~Edgar Degas
Find my work at these amazing art galleries by clicking the links below.
For purchase enquiries, contact the galleries or me at priyaramaart@gmail.com.
"Passion is the bridge that takes you
from pain to change."
~Frida Kahlo