Education
Master of Science major in Communications Design, Pratt Institute, New York, 2010
Exhibitions
The Nehru Center, High Commission of India, London, UK September 2017
Royal Opera Arcade Gallery, London, UK September 2016
Surmrit Gallery of Art and Design, Jersey City, NJ November 2015
The Juliana Curran Terian Design Center Pavilion, Brooklyn NY, September 2015
Art Mall, New Delhi, India, June 2014
Queens Museum, Queens, NY, January 2014
Crossing Art, Queens, NY, July 2014
The Arthur M. Berger Art Gallery, Manhattanville College, NY, December 2014
Juried Second Annual Alumni Art, Design and Book Fair, September 2013
Contemporary Art Fair, New York, October 2012
Pratt Manhattan Gallery, May 2011
Juried Annual Best Design Showcase at Manhattan Center, New York, May 2010
Pratt Fine Arts Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, December 2007
Honoree Invites, Guest Lectures, Speaking Engagements
Global Status of Women and Girls, Christopher Newport University, VA March 2018 (Why Art as Activism in India is failing)
Guest Lecture at Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA, March 2018
Insight for Creativity by Ashok Vyas, for the TV channel ITV Gold, February, 2018
Kaleidoscope of Art and Design (KADLondon2017), London, UK September 2017
Global Status of Women and Girls, Christopher Newport University, VA March 2017 (Domestic and Dating Violence)
Kelly Wadler, Transformation Radio, April 2016
Wide Angle by Ashok Vyas, for the TV channel ITV Gold, October 2012
Press
National Geographic Society Community, January 2016
National Association of Professional Women, February 2016
Milano NYC What’s Next, November 2015
Women’s Era, April 2014
Trade Reporter, December 2012
Trade Reporter, April 2011
Publications
Memberships and Associations
American Institute of Graphic Arts, AIGA, New York
MOMA, New York
Louvre Museum, Paris
Pratt Institute Alumni Association, New York
New York Public Library, New York
Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, New York
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Bronx, New York
The Norwood Club, New York
Awards
London International Creative HONORARY MENTION, January 2016
Wall Art Installation:
Tippy Tippy Tap Tap
“Smrita Jain has successfully built a creative arts career in a distant land, representing an ethnicity that often rides along traditional and conservative boundaries and... [found] freedom beyond the expected.”
“She wanted to keep [her book Creating Durga] focused on the art of sculpting a diety rather than on details of the religion that inspires them.”
“When you meet the artist you are surely in for a surprise.”