Namita is a South East Asian American artist born in 1981 and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She earned her BA in World Arts and Cultures from the University of California, Los Angeles, during which time she also studied painting in Italy. After graduation, she pursued her interests as a performing artist, traveling nationally and internationally with various theater and dance companies. Her work as an interdisciplinary artist took her to India where she connected with a desire to blend mediums through painting directly. She has been painting full-time since 2005.

2008 *Effervescent Delights, Gel Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland.

Metamorphic Gestures, Chelsea Art Museum, New York.

2007 4 Artists at the Giorgi, Giorgi Gallery, Berkeley, California.
Myth and Decor, Art Alternative, Oakland, California.

2006 New Visions, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, California. Juried by Catherine Clark and Jack Hanley.
Local Voice, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California. *Live Art Project, De Young Museum, San Francisco, California.

2005 The Harmony Project, SOMA Arts Cultural Center, San Francisco, California. *New Paintings, Westside Gallery, Berkeley, California.

2004 Home of Hope, San Jose Civic Arts Gallery, San Jose, California.

2003 Group Exhibition, Lorenzo Di’Medici, Florence, Italy.

COMMISIONS

Fox Theater, St. Louis. Missouri. Sponsored by Bombay Dreams and Theater of the Stars, 2006.
Theater Under the Stars, Houston, Texas. Sponsored by Bombay Dreams and Theater of the Stars, 2006.

*San Francisco Times, “Advertising, stock phrases and real estate come under the microscope in Pro Arts show.” August 27, 2006. East Bay Express, “What's Happening in East Bay Art, Critics weigh in on local art.” October 19, 2006.
Contra Costa Times, “Local Voice Speaks Highly of County Artists” September 17, 2005.
India West, “Home of Hope Raises $70K as Projects Expand, Oct 2004.
*The Los Angeles Times, “ Where Dynamism, Meaning Embrace,” May 2003