BIO

Ajita Roy is a figurative artist and painter of Indian origin. Born in 1982, her formative years were spent in Chhattisgarh, India. She works with a leading video games company in Finland and is based in Helsinki.

She paints primarily in oils and acrylics. Her art embodies the colors and themes of Indian hinterland and is inspired by the folk art and tribes of her home state, Chhattisgarh. She has a contemporary perspective rooted in Indian historical art, miniature paintings, mythology and Bollywood, which is layered with influences from Pop Surrealism and Superflat art movements.

She has a bachelors in fine arts from an Indian traditional university (Khairagarh) with specialization in Printmaking (2005). She obtained her masters in Video games art from Teeside University, United Kingdom in 2011.