Lily Kak's Art ([email protected])
Women of Color: Healing America
Women of Color: Healing America
Chronicling the COVID-19 pandemic through art, now in its sixth month
August 2020
Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter
The cities of the US erupted in protests against the pandemic of racial injustice in July 2020
Your Breath Counts: Vote!
Your Breath Counts: Vote!
This painting brings together three major experiences in the US during 2020: racial pandemic, Corona pandemic, and the hope of change that voting brings. Fighting for breath is a common thread that runs through all these major events.
June 2020
We the Women
We the Women
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of two events that affected women’s lives significantly: the women’s suffrage in 1920 and the pandemic in 1918. Women voted and wore masks then. History repeated itself in 2020.
May 2020
Heroes Work Here!
April 2020
Heroes Work Here!
April 2020
One World: Alone, Together
March 2020
One World: Alone, Together
March 2020
Snorkeling
Snorkeling
Manisha and Drew
Sikkimese Man in Traditional Attire
Sikkimese Man in Traditional Attire
Photo reference: Shyamal Dutta
Lucille
Lucille
Hendrix
Hendrix
Pink Roses
Pink Roses
Immigrant's Altar
Immigrant's Altar
Stars, Chakras, and Stripes: US-India flag, Krishna playing the flute, Indonesian batik fabric
Koki's Daughter and Family
Koki's Daughter and Family
Karen's Children
Karen's Children
Koki's Grandson
Koki's Grandson
Amani's Grand-Daughter
Amani's Grand-Daughter
Friends
Friends
Meeta's Grand-daughter, Vivika and her friend
Nahed's Grandchildren
Nahed's Grandchildren
Nahed's Grandchildren
Nahed's Grandchildren
Dipika's Daughters
Dipika's Daughters
Gayatree's Daughter
Gayatree's Daughter
Naga Elder
Naga Elder
Indigenous Tribe of Nagaland, North East India.
Photo reference: Shyamal Dutta
Japanese Cherry Blossom Dance
Japanese Cherry Blossom Dance
At National Harbor Cherry Blossom Festival 2019.
Holi Diversity - Indian Spring Festival
Holi Diversity - Indian Spring Festival
Shanti's Bharat Natyam Dance (Cosmic)
Shanti's Bharat Natyam Dance (Cosmic)
Shanti's Bharat Natyam Dance (Circle)
Shanti's Bharat Natyam Dance (Circle)
Shanti's Bharat Natyam Dance (Walk)
Shanti's Bharat Natyam Dance (Walk)
Bharat Natyam Dance, India
Shanti's Bharat Natyam Dance (Squat)
Shanti's Bharat Natyam Dance (Squat)
Bharat Natyam Dance, India
Butterfly
Butterfly
Kensington Concert Friends
Kensington Concert Friends
Kensington summer concert: Blue Book Value Band
Bhamini's Mother
Bhamini's Mother
Based on Bhamini's memory of her mother
Amy: Seeing Eye to Eye
Amy: Seeing Eye to Eye
Amy with a Lemur in Madagascar
Giggling Teens
Giggling Teens
Teens from Mizoram, India
Photo reference: Shyamal Dutta
Idu Mishmi Woman
from Arunachal Pradesh, India
Photo reference: Shyamal Dutta
Idu Mishmi Woman
from Arunachal Pradesh, India
Photo reference: Shyamal Dutta
Exuberance!
Awarded Honorable Mention, Rockville Art League, 2019
Exuberance!
Awarded Honorable Mention, Rockville Art League, 2019
Daughter's Wedding, May 2018
First Prize, Women's Club of Chevy Chase, 2019
Daughter's Wedding, May 2018
First Prize, Women's Club of Chevy Chase, 2019
Great Grandmother
Great Grandmother
Girl Power!
Mid-Atlantic Regional Art Show
Girl Power!
Mid-Atlantic Regional Art Show
Orchids in a Crystal Vase
Awarded First Prize, Kensington Labor Day Art Show, 2017
Orchids in a Crystal Vase
Awarded First Prize, Kensington Labor Day Art Show, 2017
Red White and Blue
Red White and Blue
Awarded Honorable Mention, Kensington Labor Day Art Show, 2018
Joy!
Awarded Second Place, Creative Expressions Art Show, Montgomery Art Association, 2019
Joy!
Awarded Second Place, Creative Expressions Art Show, Montgomery Art Association, 2019
Hummingbird in her Nest
Hummingbird in her Nest
Amanda: Red, White and Blue
Amanda: Red, White and Blue
Amanda: Mountainside
Amanda: Mountainside
Thinking of Ghana
Thinking of Ghana
Read!
Read!
Guarding the Vatican
Guarding the Vatican
Grumpy Neighbor
Grumpy Neighbor
Oslo
Oslo