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"DEVI"

by Imagine

The meditative work of Nepali artist Sneha Shrestha, aka Imagine, "meshes the aesthetics of Sanskrit scriptures with graffiti influences." A passionate supporter of Asian art Imagine established Nepal's first Children's Art Museum, and at Harvard where she earned a Master's Degree she works as a program manager for the South Asia Institute. In St Pete, Florida in 2022 for the annual Shine Mural Festival Imagine dedicated this piece to her mother. Devi is her mother's middle name and also means goddess in Sanskrit. For this work Imagine stacked the names of her last three immigration forms, grateful to have inherited a share of the fierce energy of her mother that helped her get through the arduous process. 

LOCATION: 240 Dr MLK Jr St N, St Petersburg, FL 33705