Visithra Manikam is a self-taught emerging Malaysian
female painter and photographer from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She is currently under the mentorship of senior artist Stephen Menon.
Her
art is infused with Eastern symbolism, falling under the pop art/ pop
surrealism/ big eye art genre. Her art style is influenced by the famous Indian
artist Jamini Roy who choose to seek his artistic influence from Indian
traditional art.
Her
art focuses on human behaviour and experiences which she explores through
psychology, eastern philosophy and symbolism. She also focuses on subjects such
as racism, colourism, feminism and social issues. Some of her social message
art have been recognised. Her social arts were Highly Commended in the 2019
Redline artworks Global award.
In
2018 she was named Champion in a live doodle competition (45 artist) and she
again won the consolation prize in the live painting category for Citra
Terengganu (74 artist). Besides taking part in numerous exhibitions in
Malaysia, she has exhibited her work in Manila, Philippines, 2018; Bangla
Biennale, West Bengal, India (2019); Yogyakarta and Jakarta, Indonesia; Osaka,
Japan; and recently in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. She had her solo exhibition
at APW Bangsar in May 2019.
She
has had numerous media reviews, features and interviews. Her art has been
featured on the Cover of the News Straits Times with an interview as well on
the cover of The Expat magazine together with a feature story.