Srishti Dass (1999) is an abstract painter and drawer who resides in New York. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts in 2021 and is currently working in Brooklyn.

Born and raised in New Delhi, India, Dass takes inspiration from the world around her. Her drawings are the tangible result of introspection. She finds ways to connect her inner anxieties and subconscious to the outer world around her. People, places, colors, nature, words, music, all affect her art indirectly. Using intricate pattern making and symbols, she is trying to help give viewers space to explore their inner thoughts.

Dass is delving into the intricacies of nature's micro and macro systems—those that have evolved over centuries to sustain themselves and that humans strive to replicate. For ages, we have studied the shapes and patterns in nature to construct our own habitats.

The grandeur of these constructed worlds often evokes a profound sense of our own smallness. Whether standing beneath a vast dome or gazing up at a majestic Greek column, we are reminded of the dynamic interplay between the minute details and the grand scale of these creations.

The works are a way for her to learn about herself; helping her explore the deeper anxieties that lead to certain decision making. Pattern-making is a way to get to those subconscious thoughts. The repetition becomes rhythmic, in a harmony with the surroundings. The hand makes the patterns as the mind wanders. A desire or need to keep filling the shapes and loop the pattern. This also means that every new viewer will have a different reaction and connection to it; their own story.  Dass invites different outlooks on her works. She is trying to achieve a certain feeling for herself but wants the viewers to experience her art on their own terms.