About Me
Hello!Audrey Bharucha is a multi-media artist living in New York City. She is pursuing her BFA in Art Therapy at Endicott College in Beverly, MA. At Endicott, Audrey has made the Dean's list, is the President of the Creative Arts Therapy Club, and is in the Kappa Pi Art Honors society.
In her home state, Audrey has worked at Spark NYC as a teaching artist with kids ages 4-12, as well as at Upper East Side Rehabilitation and Nursing Home with a geriatric population as a creative art specialist. She likes to work with a variety of populations in many settings. Her art tends to focus on expressionism and aspects of her everyday life with portraits, landscapes, collages, and sculptures. Outside of the studio, she loves going to new places and hanging out with people she's close to, whether in New York City or up in New England. In the future, after graduating in the spring of 2027, Audrey will be pursuing a master's in art therapy to become a board-certified professional in the art therapy field.
Artist Statement
I am a multimedia artist working with an intuitive style in painting, collage, and sculpture. Expressivism allows me to be free with my brush strokes when painting and creating in order to broaden my artistic perspective and not work so tightly and specifically. This type of art style allows me to use my work to reach people who have hidden disabilities. Being comfortable with myself and my learning disability can be a mental challenge. However, my self-esteem has grown over time, through relationships and art. My work is uplifting to remind others that they are not alone in what they carry.
Working in a gestural technique challenges my perfectionism, opening space for multiple possibilities instead of a singular style. My current body of work explores psychological and emotional growth, using portraiture and symbolic forms to reflect the unseen of lived experiences. Painting is my preferred medium because I am able to use brush strokes to bring my vision and ideas to life and have them arrive on the surface. My hands are intentional when layering different marks with oil paint on the canvas. Though each brushstroke is a separate movement, together they manifest my tone and intention for each work. When I really focus on my art, I am centered in the moment of every step of the process. As an art therapist in training, it’s important to be interested in and exposed to a variety of techniques and materials, such as collage and sculpture.
My work promotes empathy and positivity for anyone who may want to feel more comfortable in who they are. With the current cultural and social climate, people have become more open about their mental health and learning disabilities, advocating for more mental health resources. Based on well-known artists today, my work matters because there haven't been too many artists who portray the uplifting aspects of a hidden disability, like a learning disability, in their artwork. I hope to invoke a healing, empathetic response to my work because it's important not to feel alone in who you are. My work needs to be relatable, especially with everyday struggles that help people connect to my art. At its core, overall, my approach is necessary because it creates space for visual empathy with invisible disabilities through a fluid approach.
