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Nibha Akireddy '
2020
Oil on Canvas
By Nibha Akireddy '
I painted this painting following the death of my dog. Sourcing imagery from cheap print and Southern nostalgia, Lassie paints a scene of rebirth.
2019
This series is meant to bring inspiration, energy and presence to the broader community during a difficult time of shelter-in-place and quarantine.
Acrylic gouache on Yupo Polypropylene Paper
A surreal portrayal of the cost of modern designer fashion culture.
2015
Scratchboard
This is a picture of the hub of the city getting reflected in the river water.
2021
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
My mother in her monthly kimchi-making ritual, a food that I learned to take pride in despite being initially ashamed of it.
As a landscape photographer, I like to see things in different light. These photos represent my personal interpretation of Stanford.
2017
Photo
This is a painting of inception as an artist recreates a Delacroix masterpiece, “The Death of Sardanapalus” with a little boy looking up in awe.
These pictures were taken during a neurosurgery at Stanford’s Lucile Packard Children hospital.
Digital photography
I was inspired by the stillness of this moment, the warm light, and the beautiful shadows created by the trees. This was based on SF Japantown.
gouache on paper
A Joshua Tree, with its grotesque appearance, instantly demands attention.
2018
Photograph of Landscape
These pieces draw on the rich beauty of Italy to subvert ideas of what Italian art must be (i.e stuck in the Renaissance).
Pen and Marker
Submersion is a painting that experiments with figure in distortion, and blends the organic elements of nature with human form.
Link to Website
I spent 26 days backpacking through Death Valley. When water is scarce, life harder yet more simple, what matters most becomes evident.
song / soundscape
[how I avoid winter quarter: experiments with colors and a palette knife]
Oil Paint on Canvas
The sky disc’s dynamic effects on viewing the sky were photographically documented over the course of a sunrise and a sunset.
Installation: printed plastic sheeting (pictorico), fishing wire
Portrait of my friend, a queer black woman, in her room the night of the 2025 election results.
2024
Acrylic on Canvas
This is a study of Auguste Rodin’s “Bust of St. John the Baptist,” in an attempt to capture the densely textured look of the original.
Charcoal, white chalk on toned paper
Our hands – bridges, sinewy tendons & arteries – among the last parts dissected because of their distinctly human character.
Photography; De-identified photo taken for artistic purposes with permission from anatomy professors.
This piece was made the week before quarantine when everything was uncertain and the weight of not knowing what was to come next hung over our heads.
Boulder & Rope
An experiment with my visual synesthesia, which imparts color on 2D shapes. Here I try to create a sense of foreboding and discomfort.
2016
Digital Visual Art