'Local Colour' by artist Shabnam Vasisht

Indian-born designer, visual artist and author, Shabnam Vasisht sees colour as her cultural inheritance and expresses emotion through it. Sustainability is an important factor in Vasisht’s art practice. A retired dress-designer living in Ireland for over 45 years, she often uses the medium of her trade to create two-dimensional images and soft sculptures. This manipulation of waste textiles also extends to other throwaway products, combining diverse textures and colours by layering, intertwining or juxta positioning into a composite mixed-media whole.