Ananya Vinayak Sharma is a painter and visual artist. She is currently pursuing her BFA at The School of the Art institute of Chicago focusing on painting. She is originally from New Delhi, India. Her work revolves around abstract Impressionism, photography and mix media but has elements of ceramics and sculpture. It focusses on loud, colourful and personally emotional pieces that are a part of her practice. She has worked as a design intern where she illustrated content for People for Action, a NGO that works in improving secondary education in India.