Singapore-based, Chaitrali Bandekar is a contemporary artist who creates visceral and evocative works across genres -currently abstracts and semi-abstracts and portraiture in the past. Her works represent poetic portrayals of Nature and lived experiences rendered through contemplative abstraction.

Her ethereal style is informed by her journey towards self-actualization and also express her continued wonderment of Nature- the spiritual life lessons and meditative calmness she draws from Her.  Furthermore, by depicting an essence of Mother Nature in her works, she also strives to shine a light on the subject of the climate crisis and environmental risks humankind are causing to our beautiful planet. Given her spiritual leanings, she is also drawn to the delicacies of raw human emotions and loves to depict these in soulful, and evocative portraits. 

The delicate balance between intuitive play and intellect is core to her works. Her works, mainly on canvas and wood, usually employ a mixed techinque involving varied media such as acrylics, charcoal, acrylic inks, coffee, pastels which are rendered by an array of everyday objects and tools to create interesting effects and textures. Her repertoire also includes sculptures, mainly using air dry clay and wood.

Given her quest for learning and experimenting, she has taken lessons in Fine Arts from established artist Shyama Nadimpalli over the past several years and continues to experiment and learn through other courses and workshops till date. She is also an alumni of the Creative Visionary Program, taught by Nicholas Whilton under Art2life.

Having had her first solo in 2022 at the prestigious Global Art Fair at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, Chaitrali has shown and sold her artworks in several exhibitions in Singapore (Gnani Arts Gallery, The Gallery at the Well, Maya Gallery, BeOne Gallery), , in India (India Art Festival in Mumbai) and Dubai (World Art Dubai) over the years. Her characteristic calming artworks have deeply resonated with art collectors and patrons across all walks of life and are held in private collections in Singapore and internationally.