Hemangi is a multidisciplinary visual artist of Indian origin. Her artistic practice was spurred when she moved to Dubai for her partner’s job transfer and rediscovered her childhood love of the arts. This led to the beginning of her career as an artist and arts educator. She was inspired by her Indian heritage and Indian folk art to make cultural mandalas with a variety of inks. Hemangi says she has found her purpose by focusing on teaching children how to express their artistic voice while exploring her own. Upon arriving in Canada, she continues to pursue her passion as an Educator and Coordinator with Blank Canvases. In this role, she is able to bring her passion to the children of Toronto. She does this by teaching them about local artists while giving them the experience to create in an inspired experiential and supportive environment. She also designs lessons grounded in a pedagogical approach using a process-oriented student-centred teaching practice.

Hemangi is currently pursuing Fine Arts Foundation Certification as well as Cartooning and Illustration Certification at George Brown College of Continuing Education.

Her most recent series of cultural abstracts are inspired by the wide variety of textile patterns and weaves of India and explore the intersection of fabrics and femininity in Indian culture. Her work is also influenced by her upbringing in a progressive but conservative Indian family and constantly questioning gender roles defined by the society she grew up in. Through her work, she delves into this to decompose truths of being a woman in India. The interwoven patterns symbolize the complexities of patriarchal structures and modernism where women struggle to find their place and voice. She looks to disconnect patriarchy and culture via her work to celebrate the rightful place of a woman in Indian society in all its colourful glory.