IMAGINE876 Mural @ 545 Washington St

a woman is painting a brick wall on the sidewalk.
Photograph by Creative Collective

About

Organized by Beyond Walls

IMAGINE (aka Sneha Shrestha) is a Nepali artist who paints mindful mantras in her native language and meshes the aesthetics of Sanskrit scriptures with graffiti influences. Being the first to mesh Nepali Alphabets with American graffiti, she has shown her work in several exhibitions, commissioned works and public walls around the world including Boston, San Francisco, Bali, Istanbul, Geneva and Copenhagen. She has created work for clients such as Harvard University, Reebok, Trip Advisor, Neiman Marcus,Red Bull and Montana Cans.

Sneha graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education with a Master’s degree in Education. She is the founder of Nepal’s first Children’s Art Museum. Currently, she is the Boston Artist in Residence for the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture. She is also the Lead Artist at the MFA and is working as the Arts Manager at the Mittal Institute at Harvard University.

Description from Beyond Walls