Deepti Agrawal

Background

About Deepti Agrawal

A WA state Governor's Art and Heritage Award winner in 2022, Deepti is a world-renowned expert in Madhubani Painting and possibly the only notable practitioner who is a successful art-entrepreneur, a passionate educator, an impactful orator and an altruistic philanthropist. She is a Board member at Humanities WA, guest lecturer at Seattle University, Washington State University, guest artist at Seattle Art Museum, King County Library System, Kirkland Art Center among many other public and private organizations of national and international repute. Deepti has a vision to awaken the community around to the beauty of Indian traditional visual arts and to shape creatively dynamic, culturally rooted and socially sensitive artists. Her work evokes conversations around the lesser known and forgotten stories which are documented in ancient scriptures. These narratives have deep cultural and spiritual significance and generate curiosity in the onlooker to unravel more. She devotes a large portion of her time to non-profit endeavors to bring awareness about traditional visual arts at all levels and across diverse communities.