My name is Nandi Makala.
I'm a textile artist and interior designer, based in Los Angeles, California.
I'm originally from France where I studied Ceramics in Limoges, Fine Art in Angers, and Interior Decorating at the LISAA Fashion Institute in Paris. I also worked at Marie Claire Home in Paris as assistant to the Editor-in-Chief, and at the Hermès design house, making handbags and porcelain plates.
My abstract work represents our connection with the above and our divine nature. I am inspired by the stars, the cosmos, and the female body. My paintings and textile art are felt by the material, color and light- so I use a lot of gold thread, gold leaf and gold paint. My work evokes the Origins, the Memories and the Resilience.
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List of Art Exhibitions:
2024
Santa Fe Art Institute, Artist-in-Residence, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
2023 - Present
art&concept, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
2023 - Present
Blue Sky Gallery, Permanent artist, Loretto Inn, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
2023 - Present
Joie de vivre, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
2020 - 2021
59 Rivoli, Paris, France
2020 - 2022
Ernesto Mayans Gallery, Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
2020 - 2021
59 Rivoli, Artist-in-Residence, Paris, France
February 2022
One Art Space, Group Exhibition, The New 20's Art Show, TriBeCa, New York City, USA
December 2019
Gallery 1202, Gift guide under $500 on Artsy.net, Gilroy, California, USA
December 2019
Artbasel Artweek, Artbox/Project, Group Exhibition, Miami, Florida, USA
September 2019
Carrie Able Gallery, LENS, Group Exhibition, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, USA
September 2019
Carrie Able Gallery, Present, Group Exhibition, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, USA
September 2019
Carrie Able Gallery, I am..., Group Exhibition, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, USA
December 2018
atpeacefactory, Group Exhibition Gallery, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, USA
December 2018
Arnold and Sheila Aronson Gallery, New School / Parson's, Group Exhibition, New York, New York, USA
June 2018
"Cloître des Arts et Métiers", Group Exhibition, Angers, France