Sejal Krishnan

Sejal Krishnan is a textile designer whose creative practice has evolved into painting. With two decades of experience in textile design and development, she continues to work as a print designer in the United States. Her background spans print, pattern, and surface design, shaping the way she approaches color, composition, rhythm, and visual texture.

While working within the commercial design world, Krishnan began painting and experimenting with color in her spare time. Painting offered a more personal space for creative expression, allowing her to move beyond the seasonal and commercial demands of design and work with larger surfaces, expressive forms, and greater spontaneity. She developed the technique she uses today after experimenting with various mediums through the years and exhibiting in art shows.

After living in France, Australia, Singapore, and the United States, Krishnan draws inspiration from the visual cultures and experiences encountered through her travels, as well as from her everyday surroundings. Sunsets, meadows, letterforms, and architecture become starting points for layered compositions, where color, splashes, drops, and delicate gold details come together to create expressive abstract works.

Krishnan’s paintings bring together her experience in print, pattern, and surface design with her personal artistic practice, creating space for emotion, memory, and individual interpretation.