Salma Arastu

Salma Arastu[1] (born 1950, Rajasthan, India) is an internationally exhibited woman artist known for her unique global perspective, reflecting her diverse cultural background and experiences. Born in Rajasthan, India, Aratsu pursued her formal education in Fine Arts at Maharaja Sayajirao University in Baroda, India. She was raised in the Sindhi and Hindu traditions and later embraced Islam and moved to the USA in 1986, currently residing in California. As a woman, artist, and mother, Arastu's creative endeavors aim to foster harmony and express the universality of humanity through various art forms, including paintings, sculpture, and poetry.[2][3][4][5][6] She has also worked extensively with calligraphy and produces greeting cards for the American Muslim community.[7]

Arastu has been exhibiting her paintings for over last forty five years in India, Iran, Kuwait, Germany and the United States, having more than sixty solo and group exhibitions.[4][6][8] Furthermore, her work has been placed in many museums around world for example, State Museum of Art, Harrisburg, PA, Museum Of Modern Art, Hyderabad, India, Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis, Missouri, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, 9/11 Memorial Museum, New York, NY, Islamic Museum of Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[3][9][1] Her exhibitions have been held in notable places e.g. Stanford Art Spaces, Stanford University, Art Museum, Radford University,[10][11][12] and she has earned several awards for her work.[3][13][14][15]

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