Point Cook woman Anindita Banerjee made a bold life decision when she left a career in the IT industry to become a professional artist.
Bannerjee, who had previously completed an MBA specialising in human resources, said she started her art studio in 2012.
“Then about six months after that I gave up my job and dedicated all of my energy to my passion,” she said.
In addition to having a studio, these days Banerjee is an art teacher and is studying for a PhD in creative arts at Deakin University.
“Yes, it has been a tough journey, as any career change would be I guess, but I would not trade it for anything else,” she said.
An artwork by Banerjee, titled FADE, was last month voted as the winner of the People’s Choice Award at the Wyndham Art Prize exhibition.
“When I found out that FADE had won the Wyndham Art Prize I felt happy, excited and more than anything else it was a reassurance to me that I was going in the right path,” she said.
“Every time a work gets accepted in an exhibition, every time I am invited to participate in talks, every time somebody asks me about my research, I feel happy.”
Banerjee said art was a mode of expression for her.
“We often have very complex thoughts in our minds which are difficult to express fearlessly, I express them through my artworks,” she said.
“And it is this freedom of expression that I enjoy the most while creating art.”
