Karishma D’Souza (b. 1983, Mumbai, India) is a visual artist who makes detailed and meticulous artworks, which are carefully composed, trying to reflect the whole in a part and to fit the universe on a sheet of paper or a canvas. The paintings are inhabited with personal memories, transformed into signs and symbols, “layering objects with meaning”. These elements are at times thoughtfully repeated, as if to be fully recorded on both canvas and consciousness.
She received her BFA in Painting from Goa University in 2004 and Master of Visual Arts in Graphic arts – Printmaking from M.S. University of Baroda in 2006, and awarded the Gold medal. D’Souza’s work has been exhibited internationally including at Xippas Galerie, Paris, France; Dorsk Gallery, New York, USA; Silberkuppe, Berlin, Germany; Baronian-Xippas Galerie, Bruxelles, Belgium; Atelier Concorde, Lisboa, Portugal; Fundação Oriente, Goa; Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad; Ashvita Gallery, Chennai, India; Dapiran Art Project Space, Utrecht; University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam; and Central Museum (CBK), Drenthe, The Netherlands. D’Souza is also represented in the permanent collections of the CNAP, Paris, France; Chadha Art Collection (KRC), the Netherlands; Urecht Central Museum, the Netherlands; and Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. D’Souza lives and works in Goa, India and Lisboa, Portugal.
