Biography
NOHI MEHROTRA
Born in Kanpur, India | Based in Jersey City, NJ
Nohi Mehrotra is a multidisciplinary visual artist and intuitive energy healer who experiences partial synesthesia, where music unfolds as a spectrum of vibrant colors before her eyes. She infuses her paintings with a channeled spiritual language called Light Language, which transcends traditional communication to convey subconscious messages. Using this unique sensory and intuitive perception, she transforms sound and energy into visual symphonies on canvas.
Nohi’s artistic journey is deeply rooted in her rich Indian upbringing. The enchanting melodies of Sufi and Hindustani Classical music, along with the vibrant textiles that surrounded her, have left an indelible mark on her work.
In addition to her painting practice, Nohi is a skilled ceramist, having trained under renowned Turkish masters Mehmet Gürsoy and Mehmet Yildrim. Her pottery blends cultural traditions with a meditative approach to clay.
She ventured to New York in 2011 to pursue her visual arts career, studying at the School of Visual Arts and The Art Students League. In 2019, she was featured painting live in the documentary Dialogues with Zuleyha, collaborating with a music therapist to offer audiences an immersive healing experience. Nohi’s works are in private global collections in India, Turkey, Texas, New York and New Jersey.
When not creating art, Nohi teaches yoga, meditation, and the art of healing.
Two/Three Person Exhibitions
2023 “Is/Is Not” at EONTA SPACE, Jersey City, NJ
2021 “Follow Spot” with Thomas Carlson, Firmament Gallery, at Nimbus Arts Centre Jersey City, NJ
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Micro-Solo at Barsky Gallery, Hoboken, NJ
2021 “The Arrival-Expressions of Nohi” Hamilton Square Condominiums, Jersey City, NJ
2020 “Awakening” at A Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2018 “Sound To Silence” at The Nilson Gallery, Monmouth Museum, NJ
Group Exhibitions
2024 Art House Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2023 The Centre for Contemporary Arts, Bedminster, NJ
2023 Art House Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2022 Barsky Gallery, Westfield, NJ
2022 EONTA Space, Jersey City, NJ
2022 Firmament Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2021 Proto Gallery, Hoboken, NJ
2021 Issyra Gallery, Hoboken, NJ
2019-2021 The Conference Board Head Quarters, NYC
2020 Monmouth Museum Virtual Gallery, NJ
2019 Port Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
2019 107 Bowers Gallery & Art Space, Jersey City, NJ
2018 JCAST HQ Pop up Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2017 Galeria ESPAI B, Barcelona, Spain
2017 Estudio Nomada, Barcelona, Spain
2016 Phyllis Harriman Gallery, NYC
2015 4th Annual Spring Art Exhibition, Grand Central Corps., NYC
2015 Phyllis Harriman Gallery, NYC
2014 Phyllis Harriman Gallery, NYC
Awards/Grants
2020 South Asian Artist Resiliency Fund by The India Art Centre
2018 Jerry Goldstein Foundation Artist Merit and Achievement Award
2017 Xavier Gonzalez and Ethel Edwards Travel Grant
2015 Reginald Marsh and Felicia Meyers Scholarship
Documentary
2019 Featured in “Dialogues with Zuleyha” filmed in Turkey and screened at Yarat Contemporary Art Space, Azerbaijan and Czech Republic.
Artist Talk
December 2023 The Centre for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ
May 2018 Nilson Gallery, Monmouth Museum
Press
2024 Jerseycitytimes.com – Studio Tour’24
2023 JerseyArtFeatures.com – Celebrating the work of Contemporary Indo-American Artists with ‘Kendra’
2023 NJ.com-Sift through the assumptive gaze in Eonta Space’s ‘Is / Is Not.
2022 Jersey City Times- The “Troublemakers” of EONTA Space Reopen With a Roomful of Good Trouble.
2021 Silverman Group presents art opening “The Arrival-Expressions of Nohi”
2019 LINEA – Studio Notes from the Art Students League of New York – “Vidhi Mehrotra Garden of Eden- Recipient of the Xavier Gonzales and Ethel Edwards Travel Grant”
2017 The Atelier Magazine – Interconnectedness “A painting by Vidhi Mehrotra”
2018 Various Newspaper Media Group – “Monmouth Museum Presents – Sound to Silence -Vidhi Mehrotra”
2016 LINEA – Studio Notes from the Art Students League of New York – “Vidhi Mehrotra – Blue Recipient of the Reginald Marsh And Felicia Meyers Scholarship”
Art Residency
Sep 2017 Hannacc, Spain
Oct 2017 Mas Els Igols, Spain
Art Education
2022-2023 Diploma in Art Therapy
2014-2017 The Art Students League of NY
2012-2017 Continuing Education at The School of Visual Arts, NYC
Other Education
2007 MBA, Indira School of Management Studies, India
2003 Bachelor of Information Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India