Shivy Galtere is a British-born South Asian artist whose paintings use intimate self-portraiture to explore the complexities of identity, grief, and motherhood. Her earlier work is marked by a sense of vulnerability and emotional delicacy, often expressed through dreamlike compositions that navigate themes of loss and personal transformation.
In contrast, Galtere’s recent work adopts a more satirical and playful tone, drawing inspiration from consumer culture, Pop Art, and her experience of living in Los Angeles. Bold colors, exaggerated motifs, and a self-aware humor define this evolving body of work, which continues to center the self-portrait but now with a critical eye turned inward. By interrogating her own complicity in the very systems she critiques, Galtere blurs the line between subject and object, using herself as both muse and mirror to reflect broader questions about identity and self-consumption in contemporary culture.