Schandra Singh

Schandra Singh (b.1977) is a first generation American, born in Suffern, NY to immigrant parents. She is the daughter of Anand Singh, an Indian Maharaja and Gisa Singh (née Voigt) an Austrian model. Singh received her BFA from The Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA from Yale University.


Her large-scale paintings show people in relaxing situations as a form of escape from distress. Stylised and satirical, Singh’s oil works appear to be preoccupied by the absurdity of social notions of rest at a time of incredible unrest.


She has been featured in numerous exhibitions in America, Europe and Asia, including: The Saatchi Gallery, London; Sébastien Bertrand, Switzerland; Nature Morte, NY and Berlin; Thomas Erben, NY; MOCA, Shanghai. Her painting about her personal experience of 9/11 has been featured in New York Magazine. The 9/11 painting and other of her works were also featured in Elle Magazine, Vogue India, The Wall St. Journal India, and The Wall St. Journal (United States).