Meet the Designer

Prachi

Dhase

Illustration

“My thesis project, Mundane Interventions, is a series of playful illustrations that depict mundane, middle-class life with divine interventions, through paintings of Hindu gods interacting with humans, to show the reassurance the religion and cultures of Hindu-North Americans give them in daily life. ”

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My name is Prachi Dhase (she/her), and I am an Indian Canadian artist and illustrator. My favourite themes to explore are all things cultural, mythological, historical, spiritual and psychological. As someone with two cultural identities, I love to produce work surrounding the duality of being a person of colour in North America. I also truly enjoy portrait painting and creating still life images, as I believe there is so much beauty in even the most ordinary parts of life! I work in traditional and digital media, and I love to create vivid, colourful pieces using a combination of both. Something that is very important to me when it comes to creating art is representation of cultures that are not often depicted in common media. Most recently, I have been creating pieces based on my Indian culture and Hindu religious background, as this is what I know best, and was raised with. However, as my practice evolves, I want to tell the rich, beautiful and powerful stories from all over the world –stories of all kinds of people and places– through my art!
OCAD University
Illustration
Major In progress, 2023
OCAD U - Faculty of Design
Illustration
Major In progress, 2023

Illustration Acrylic Painting Portraiture Procreate

2023, Grad Ex 108
100 McCaul St, Toronto - OCAD University - 6th floor open space
2018, Nuit Blanche 2018
401 Richmond St. W
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