We Are No longer in the Desert my Dear by Xenia Jamshed Bapasola in Singapore

I am an artist and art educator from Mumbai, India. In my artistic practice, I attempt to join the beauty of the external world with that of my internal mind in order to create a continuous space of harmony and safety, where both myself and my audience can feel peaceful and at ease. These spaces of safety act as a unique dimension for reconciliation and healing from pain and trauma. I aim not only to create art for myself but also make it more acessable and available to others from all walks of life. I began teachng art to underprivledged children when I was 14 years of age, it is there I understood that art should be an imperitive and not a privlege. I hope to employ art as a medium to unite individuals with their internal world, thus allowing them to better understand themselves and those around them. Art is vital to both intrapersonal and socio-cultural development, it is the language of the self. It is important to give voice to our deepest consciousness, in order to understand and change our own perspectives and that of thoes around us. I strives to further the accessibility of art for every child and adult, as well as to use art as a medum to heal the internal world of both myself and thoes I teach.