Ella Prakash explains the meaning behind her series: “When you start painting you always will have a base idea of what your finished work should be, but more importantly allow yourself to prepare as many

as alterations of your base idea. Simply because once your mind has decided to steer your thoughts, you start to unravel emotions and strokes that you never thought you could express”. In regards to her colorful compositions she mentions:” My spirit is mirrored in my work. I believe that every work of art

must carry a message.”

With her current abstract series, Ella Prakash challenges herself to unlearn the pattern of control she seeks in representation; thus, reinventing the language of anatomy, chiaroscuro, and storytelling. Ella Prakash's paintings are distinctive for their bold brush strokes and vibrant colors.

 Art, for me, has been a way to expressing my perception, dreams and aspirations about women. In early years women’s’ roles have varied in the society for period of time. I tend to focus on the topic of discriminations and double standards faced within the walls of her society. I have always visually managed to incorporate all the elements of this topic and create an impact in sincere positivity. I work in a very limited palette of colors. I change my palette depending on a series of work; lately I’ve been working on a series of seamless cubic patterns with underlying various perspectives of women within transparent layers to capture her distinctive personality.

Abstract figurative art is what I choose as a theme and I express my strong feeling to capture the beauty of a women. Positive feminism is what I explore. Powerful and strong women I want to depict in my art. I want to celebrate positivity and positive strength and power that is beneficial not only for women but the society at large. I believe through art, we can challenge things, change things, improve things and make our own long-lasting contribution in the society and leave our little legacy when we are no longer here. The 21^st century is about collaboration, joining forces, working more closely together, helping each other develop, prosper, improve, achieve things we want to achieve. We learn all our life and we never stop developing and improving. When we do, we are practically

They record on both micro- and macroscopic dimensions in her exploration with a new language that frees her and welcomes viewers' contemplation. Ella Prakash’ signature is clearly legible in these works. In a very loose form, they show the visual codes that she has developed in her painting oeuvre over the past years.

The works are immediate, expressive and at the same time fascinatingly calculated, creating unique dreamscapes, which reflect the artist’s personal dynamism.

The end result is a direct and spontaneous gesture on canvas that, in turn, is based on insight gained in previous work and which gives these paintings their inescapable explosiveness. No doubt, that her expression and passion for painting inspire viewers to see, feel, and enjoy in their unique ways. So, what is it that makes this work unique and inimitable? By using a crystalline style, it makes the work simultaneously an exploration and a deconstruction of nostalgia. Ella Prakash creates our own past from fragments of reality in a process that combines the willful aspects of remembering and forgetting with the coincidental and unconscious. On a high level, she aims to illustrate this process that forms our inner landscape. Thus, a figure in motion, a lady moving out of her shadows, can become a window into an alternate world, much like lived reality becomes its alternate in remembered experience. Are you ready to get out of your shadow? In a hybrid language where East meets west, ancient and modern culture come filtered through the sublime patterns of the mirrored motifs, Ella Prakash is painting her dazzling abstractions.

Ella Prakash has exhibited in various exhibitions in Bahrain and worldwide

Debut Contemporary London, UK (2014), Brick Lane Gallery London, UK (2013),

Tads Art Gallery Delhi, India (solo show, 2013), Renaissance Gallery Bangalore,

India (solo show, 2012), Jain Marunouchi Gallery NYC, USA (2011), Marziart

International Gallery Hamburg, Germany (2010), Southern Nevada Museum of

Fine Art Las Vegas, USA (2010), Amsterdam Whitney Gallery International of

Fine Art NYC, USA (2010), Ico Gallery NYC, USA (2010), Sams Art Hub Mumbai,

India (solo show, 2010), Ella Art Gallery Bahrain (solo show, 2008), Hotel Crown

Plaza Bahrain (solo show, 2007), Bahrain National Museum (solo show, 2007),

Bahrain National Art Museum (1999), Bahrain Art Society (1986) – among

Others.