About the store
Suhrid.art celebrates creativity, beauty, the values of inclusion and fair opportunity for people of diverse abilities.
Suhrid, a carefree and happy teen of 16 was diagnosed autistic at the age of 2.8 years. Even as a toddler, Suhrid had an exceptional attachment to colors, infact, it became one of the markers for his autism since it was an obsessive interest. Suhrid had no speech at the time of his diagnosis and he remains a non-verbal autistic kid. He communicates through Digital Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) modality called Avaz, Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), gestures and his Art.
Suhrid is and always has been a visual learner. He creates amazing, original abstracts, modern, contemporary and geometric art.
Given his intense absorption in nature and love for open wide spaces, his landscapes are a feast for the senses. We hope you will join in and explore his world of thoughts and ideas, autistic perceptions – all expressed through his paintings.
His artworks have been arranged in 5 Galleries: Abstract, Modern, Contemporary, Landscape & Geometric. They are listed with their dimensions and medium for sale in The Shop of the portal.
The label of the webstore is Suhrid’s sign. He considers ‘Suhrid’ as his art signage and relates to his pet name, Chintu as his name by which he is generally addressed.
Art Story
Suhrid does not follow any textbook or principles while doing his art.
For him it is a play of colors and interaction of an array of brushes, sponges, rollers, palette knifes. His strokes are bold and vigorous and he loves to paint with acrylics and water colours on Canvases, Grana Fina paper and Fabriano. His paintings are fluid and open to interpretation. He paints for several hours each week with golden era Hindi movie songs playing in the background. His Studio has a liberal spread of easels and colour.
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Art Journey
Identity
Suhrid began his art journey after his admission to Vasant Valley School (VVS) at the age of 8. The Special Section of the school called the ‘Blue Room’ was a nurturing haven for him, it valued his attachment to colors and harvested this modality to the fullest. They gave him an Easel, his drawing papers and of course colors. He was encouraged to explore his special interest, it became his identity. In any conversation about Suhrid, this was the pre-eminent point.
Planet Autism
Suhrid’s first exhibition was at the age of 12 at the Open Palm Court Gallery, India Habitat Centre, organised by Action for Autism (AFA) in New Delhi. His works were selected through a review process for a group show titled, ‘Views From Planet Autism 2017’. The proceeds from artworks sale was donated to AFA, It was also Suhrid’s first exposure to an art gallery. Thereafter, the momentum of his work increased.
Kapilaya
Held at Arpana Caur Art Gallery (April 27-29, 2019), it was an integrated group show of Neurotypical and Autistic children drawn from the top private Schools of New Delhi. Suhrid’s exhibits were abstract acrylics on canvas and incorporated his signature use of raw and rough blends of colour. The sale proceeds were given to support needy children.
Reboot
2020-21 was an extremely bad year for Suhrid. Diagnosed with co-occurring Epilepsy at the age of 9, Suhrid had been seizure free for six years under the treatment plan of Prof. (Dr) M.V Padma Srivastava, HoD, Neurology, AIIMS. Then in 2020, began a cluster outbreak of seizures, he had 21 of them between May 2020-July 2021. He was hospitalized thrice; once in Medanta & twice at AIIMS. Many paintings in this collection were made by him during this phase of acute crisis. Again, he was lovingly restored to health and work life by Dr Srivastava. Suhrid has been seizure free since July-end, 2021.
Ravi Jain Memorial Foundation
Union Minister of State (MoS) for Skill development & Entrepreneurship, Electronics and Information Technology, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar opened the exhibition on September 29, 2022. Won the Special Jury Recognition award from Distinguished Artist, Anjolie E. Menon. Suhrid’s three exhibited works were part of the charity auction Called ‘Colours of Joy’, which also featured Drawings, Paintings, Print & Sculptures of Pre-Independence, Modern Masters, Contemporary & Autistic Artists and was held on Februray 12, 2023 at The Lalit. All three works of Suhrid attracted bids and found buyers.
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1004, New Delhi House, 27 Barakhamba Road,
New Delhi – 110 001, India
+91-011-2331-8888, +91-9868-275-358
