Bhavisha Patel
Contact Information
Phone: 917-576-0148
Studio & Gallery
Ageless Gardens, 2503 Naudain Street, Philadelphia PA 19146
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.
Painting
Flowers
Save the Elephants
Bicycles in Snow Series
Archived Work
Bridge Series
Artist's Biography
Born in Kenya, educated in England and the USA, and now working and living in Philadelphia, I have been painting since 1996. I started by dabbling in photography, oils on wood, and watercolors. Oil has become my predominant medium. Painting is my way of pouring my soul onto a canvas, a spiritual experience that allows me to capture the pure energy and harmonious relationships of elements in life and nature. I’ve an impressionist style and use oils on canvas, paper or hardboard. I paint mainly nature scenes. The aim of my paintings is to express the resilience of the moment and hope for the future, by evoking feelings of peace and tranquility. Paintings that a viewer can walk into and feel the calmness offered in everyday ordinary views that we don’t always take time to stop and get enveloped by.
Artist's Statement
“Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.”
– Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Oil painter, ethnically Indian, born in Kenya, educated in England, and now working and living in Philadelphia, the influences in my art span the four continents. My style is representational / impressionist. Self-taught artist with minimum formal training. My learning process in the last twenty years has been through experimenting, learning through books and painting as an exercise on a routine basis.
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
2012 - 2017
Participant of Philadelphia Open Studio Tours, Philadelphia, PA
2016
Private Open Studio Tour Gerhman Y Gallery Art Crawl
2015
Paintings of Nature in Africa, The Philadelphia School, Philadelphia, PA
First Friday Pop up Show, East River Bank Community Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Ethical Humanist Society of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2014
First Friday Pop up Show, Settle Down Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA
Group
2019
City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Station Gallery, Greenville, DE
2018
Barnes Foundation Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Arch Enemy Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Regional Finalist: Bombay Sapphire Competition
2017
Station Gallery, Greenville, DE
2016
Station Gallery, Greenville, DE
Philly Climate Change, Fishtown, PA
The Red Panda Art Show, The Philadelphia School, Philadelphia, PA
In support of Operation Red Panda
2015
Collective Works Multiple Artist for POST, St. John Evangelist Church, Philadelphia, PA
Flowers, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2014
Twenty-Two Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007
Ten Stone, Philadelphia, PA
Collaborative Works
2014
Created and hung permanent history wall for Saint John the Evangelist Church, Philadelphia, PA
Artist's Bibliography
2015
“MY ART STORY by Bhavisha Patel” NEA 50th Anniversary
2013
Eisenfeld, Bonnie “Naudain Street Artists’ Colony Open Studio Tour” Center City Quarterly, September 2013
Media
2019
"EVERY MOMENT IS A GIFT- Painter Bhavisha Patel", Over 50? You Are Not Done Yet!, Spreaker podcast
Professional Experience
2016 - present
Coordinator of The Naudain Street Art Collaborative, Philadelphia, PA
Coordinating a grassroots neighborhood artists group of artists to bring awareness to the varied talents in the neighborhood by setting up shows and marketing the group
2015 - present
Founder & Organizer of The Network Of Working Artists (The NOW Artists) Meetup, Philadelphia, PA
Coordinating an Artist Networking Group of over 800 members; provide a listing of opportunities; marketing ideas and skills; scheduling and running meetups; organizing art shows; individual help with hanging and marketing shows, coaching on achieving goals
2013 – present
Private Art Instructor for all ages
Professional Affiliations
Member of and serving on the Exhibition Committee of the Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
InLiquid, Philadelphia, PA
Grants
2017
InLiquild Micro grant
2016
Asian Arts Initiative: Pearl Street Project
Collections
Private
London, UK
Leicester, UK
Cheltenham, UK
Toronto, Canada
New York, NY
Brooklyn, NY
Long Island, NY
Philadelphia, PA
Elkton, MD
San Francisco, CA
Orange County, NJ
Education
Self taught/outsider artist. Learning has come via, books, experimentation, observation and practice of the craft on a regular basis.
Recent Artist Member Mentions on InLiquid
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POST: Philadelphia Open Studio Tours 2021 – West
POST Online: April 7, 14, 21, 28, 2021. 6-8pm each evening. CFEVA IS THRILLED TO PRESENT POST ONLINE, TO YOU, … See Full Post
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Closing Soon! Unprecedented Times: an Exhibition
Physical separation didn’t mean lack of artistic collaboration for over 100 artists from around the country and beyond. Unprecedented Times, an … See Full Post
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Unprecedented Times: A Socially Distanced Art Project
Virtual Reception: Thursday, February 11 6:30 – 7:30 at Venture Café Philadelphia In-Person Reception: TBD Unprecedented Times features artwork of … See Full Post
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Many Members in EKG Exhibition
Agathe Bouton, Angela McQuillan, Arlene Solomon, Bhavisha Patel, Carole Loeffler, Diane Lachman, Ellen Rosenholtz, Emily Selvin, Florence Weisz, Kristin Osgood Lamelas, Linnie Greenberg, Maggie Mills, Nazanin Moghbeli, Patricia Moss-Vreeland, Pedro Zagitt, Rachel Blythe Udell, Robert Zurer, Sandra Benhaim, Tom Herbert, and Tyler Kline are all in Esther Klein Gallery’s exhibition Unprecedented Times: A Socially Distanced Art Project from February 11 – April 30, 2021. There will be a virtual reception Thursday, February 11 6:30 – 7:30 at Venture Café
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“What is your ‘elephant in the room’?” with Bhavisha Patel
Self-taught artist and InLiquid artist member Bhavisha Patel carries with her a remarkable set of identities and life experiences that … See Full Post
