ABOUT ME
WELCOME TO MY STORE AND STORY. HERE I SHARE MY JOURNEY, PROCESS, WHO I AM AND BACKGROUND. ENJOY!
SHITIKA STUDIOS IS DESIGNED AND CREATED BY SHITIKA AGRAWAL. CURRENTLY BASED IN OSLO, NORWAY WITH AN INDIAN ETHNICITY AND BELGIAN UPBRINGING. THIS STUDIO EXPLORES THE NOTION OF JEWELLERY AS ARTWORK AND ITS RELATIONS TO THE BODY. SOME PROJECTS ARE MORE EXPERIMENTATIONAL WITH MATERIALS AND SCALE, HOWEVER STILL FUNCTIONAL AND WEARABLE; AND THIS IS THE KIND OF INSPIRATION THIS STUDIO AIMS TO BRING INTO EVERYDAY WEARABLE JEWELLERY. BY COMBINING THESE ASPECTS AND BY CALLING THEM BODY SCULPTURES, THEY BECOME MORE THAN YOUR TRADITIONAL ADORNMENT PIECES AND ADVANCE INTO THE FUTURE OF JEWELLERY.
MY LITTLE ATELIER
MY BACKGROUND INCLUDES 8+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN JEWELLERY DESIGN AND SILVERSMITHING. AS WELL AS PRODUCTION AND THE KNOW-HOW IN FASHION AND EYEWEAR DESIGN AND CRAFT. I HAVE A MASTERS FROM OSLO NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, A BACHELORS FROM THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS ANTWERP & A FOUNDATION DIPLOMA FROM UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON.
I'VE PARTICIPATED IN MANY EXHIBITIONS, SUCH AS: GALERIE BEYOND ANTWERPEN'18, MUNICH JEWELLERY WEEK'19, CODA PAPER ART'19, OSLO KAMMERMUSIKK FESTIVAL'21, ARTWEAR -SORGENFRI GALLERI'22, UPCOMING: STOCKHOLM FASHION WEEK'23, OSLO DESIGN FAIR'23
THIS WEBSITE IS NOT ONLY FOR SELLING MY JEWELLERY PIECES BUT IT ALSO ACTS AS A PORTFOLIO WHERE I'LL BE PRESENTING MY ARTISTIC PROJECTS AS WELL. HERE I WILL SHARE MY ARTISTIC DIRECTION AND THE MORE SCULPTURAL WORKS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE SAME OR OTHER CONCEPTS-INCLUDING THE PROCESSES. THIS IS A SPACE FOR ME TO GROW AND REACH OUT TO A WIDER AUDIENCE, AND FOR THE AUDIENCE TO BE A PART OF THE JOURNEY AS WELL.
I'LL REGULARLY KEEP THE ARTISTIC PROJECTS UPDATED SO DO BE ON THE LOOKOUT, THIS ALSO INCLUDES EVENTS, SHOWS AND EXHIBITIONS THAT I WILL TAKE PART IN WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE WORK IN REAL LIFE. THIS WILL BE MORE PRESENT ON THE INSTAGRAM PAGE @SHITIKA_STUDIOS
HI! IT'S ME:)
THIS IS ME, THE CREATOR, DESIGNER, MAKER, WEBSITE MAKER...THE LIST GOES ON. I DESIGN, PRODUCE AND MANAGE THIS STUDIO ALL IN MY LITTLE ATELIER IN OSLO. I'VE COME A LONG WAY AND I LOVE TO SHOW MY PROGRESS, NOT ONLY TO SHARE MY STORY BUT ALSO TO INSPIRE OTHERS.
'I STARTED THIS JOURNEY SOME YEARS AGO, NOT KNOWING WHERE IT WOULD LEAD ME. AS I SEE MYSELF GROWING, I WOULDN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING ELSE. DRAWING , DESIGNING AND HANDCRAFTING EACH AND EVERY PIECE FOR OTHERS BRINGS ME GREAT JOY. MY MOTIVATION AND INSPIRATION COMES FROM MANY PLACES, MOSTLY NATURE AND FUTURISTIC AESTHETICS, SOMETIMES EVEN A COMBINATION OF THE TWO. THE CONCEPT OF INDUSTRIAL MODERNITY AS WELL AS ORGANIC FORMS. MY LOVE, EFFORT AND PASSION FOR THIS CRAFT IS ENDLESS AND ITS A DREAM TO BE ABLE TO SHARE IT WITH YOU. I HOPE YOU SEE AND FEEL MY DEDICATION.'
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING:)
