Karma Sirikogar is a Singapore-born, Thai national visual artist and creative director of Indian heritage, working across painting, installation, digital media, and public art. Her practice moves fluidly between traditional and contemporary forms, drawing from abstraction, pattern, and rhythm to explore identity, embodiment, and cultural hybridity.

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She studied Art Direction and Copywriting at RMIT University in Australia, trained in traditional printmaking at Kala Bhavana in India, and completed her MFA in Design-Art at Silpakorn University in Thailand. Her work has been exhibited internationally and is held in public and private collections, including the Art in Embassies Program of the U.S. Department of State. She has participated in over 40 exhibitions, international residencies, and collaborations with brands such as New Balance and Freitag.

Alongside her studio practice, she teaches in the BFA Digital Communication Design programme at Silpakorn University International College.

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Artist statement

My practice is shaped by a third-culture upbringing and a lived experience of multiplicity — cultural, gendered, and personal. I approach abstraction as a way of holding complexity, allowing different identities, histories, and emotional states to coexist within a single visual field.

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Working across painting, drawing, printmaking, murals, and motion, my process is intuitive and responsive. I begin without a fixed plan, allowing form, repetition, and symmetry to emerge through making. This approach is informed by meditation, movement, and an interest in how rhythm and pattern can visualise sound, emotion, and energy.

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Influenced by Eastern philosophy and artists such as Hilma af Klint, Georgia O’Keeffe, and S.H. Raza, I see abstraction as both a formal language and a contemplative space. My work invites viewers to slow down, sit with ambiguity, and sense the quiet harmony that can exist within complexity.