Shanta Samanta, Sculptor — The Art of Strength. Almost all of her sculptures center on women, not simply as beautiful figures, but as symbols of sacrifice, resilience, nurturing, strength, struggle and transformation. 'Each form I create is a tribute to the spirit of womanhood.' — Shanta Samanta

Featured Works

Freedom — a monumental stainless-steel figure releasing birds from open hands, installed outdoors against an evening sky

Freedom

Stainless steel

Kalpavruksha — bronze and brass-wire tree sculpture rooted in a woman's silhouette, bare branches spreading above a round dark-green marble base

Kalpavruksha

Bronze, brass & copper

Alasya Kanya I — bronze seated figure with both arms raised straight up, hands nearly touching in a tall triangular silhouette

Alasya Kanya I

Bronze

A Page From Our Family Album — three children's heads and arms emerging from a cracked bronze egg

A Page From Our Family Album

Bronze

Sanjeevani — a bronze figure flying over a cityscape, a stone balanced in one hand and a mobile phone in the other

Sanjeevani — An Endless Journey

Bronze

Conversation — three life-size figures in green swimsuits seated on an outdoor ledge, one holding a drink, building backdrop

Conversation

Epoxy resin, life-size

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The Full Body of Work

Nine Series, Three Decades

From childhood memory to mythology to a monumental public sculpture in stainless steel — each series traces a different facet of womanhood.

Kalpavruksha — bronze and brass-wire tree sculpture rooted in a woman's silhouette, bare branches spreading above a round dark-green marble base

Kalpavruksha

Lady with a Mirror III — bronze seated figure in mint-green patina dress, one arm arced overhead holding a small mirror

Shringar

A Page From Our Family Album — three children's heads and arms emerging from a cracked bronze egg

Whispers of Innocence

An Object Study — a bronze seated girl in a mint-green dress on a wooden stool, holding a small object

Object Study

Sanjeevani — a bronze figure flying over a cityscape, a stone balanced in one hand and a mobile phone in the other

Sanjeevani

Manuscript Series — three terracotta and bronze relief panels on dark wood, each with a circular relief scene of a goddess slaying a demon

Manuscript & Mythology

Shackled — a bronze bust adorned with a flower, wearing a barbed-wire necklace in place of a diamond pendant

Shackled

Freedom — a monumental stainless-steel figure releasing birds from open hands, installed outdoors against an evening sky

Freedom

Conversation III — three small bronze figures in mint-green dresses seated on a plinth edge, legs dangling

Conversation

Living Tapestry — a textile wall hanging of blue and green fabric strips forming sky, water and greenery, with yellow appliqué crocodiles

Living Tapestry

Beyond the Studio

Public Art & Park Projects

Monumental, site-specific commissions built to stand outdoors, year-round, in the public realm.

Freedom — a monumental stainless-steel figure releasing birds from open hands, installed outdoors against an evening sky

Freedom

Stainless steel · Harni Sculpture Park, Vadodara

A New Monumental Commission

A public sculpture for Zydus Industries, Ahmedabad — currently in fabrication.

Photograph coming soon

Dr. Shanta M. Sarvaiya, bronze sculptor, in her studio

In Her Words

“Many of my Bronze creations are like a poetry of innocence of childhood and the wisdom and maturity of womanhood.”

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Fine Arts, Sculpture Department, The M.S. University of Baroda. Trained under Prof. Dhruv Mistry and Prof. Raghav Kaneria at the Faculty of Fine Arts, The M.S. University of Baroda.

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  • AIFACS Award, New Delhi
  • AIFACS Millennium All India Art Award, Ahmedabad
  • Gujarat State Lalit Kala Akademi Awards
  • India Art Fair
  • Dubai Art Fair
  • Singapore Art Fair

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Nine series, three decades of practice — from childhood memory to mythology to a monumental public sculpture in stainless steel.

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