Vogue India – November Issue

So lovely to be featured in Vogue India’s November issue, and had a nice chat with Shriya Zamindar about my work and the Hellmouth pieces.

Artist Janine Shroff channels the morbid to expose the macabre in society

In her layered fantasy landscapes, artist Janine Shroff takes on the role of a voyeur to dispel fallacies around gender politics, sexual identity and fertility through the female gaze

BY SHRIYA ZAMINDAR, 22 November 2022

@janineshroff has a deep loyalty towards her craft. She creates art for art’s sake and is clear about drawing boundaries between her bread-winning day job as an #illustrator and the unbridled artistic pursuits that claim her post her 9-to-5 grind. “In a way, I have deliberately compartmentalised my work. I was told repeatedly by algorithms and censorship that there are some things you can’t share. For me, painting is about the self and reflecting internally. Work is about what other people want, whereas painting is the literal opposite; it’s completely selfish,” she explains.

Via Vogue India

Full article online here

Published by Janine Shroff

Designer & Painter based in London. I specialise in UI/UX, branding, hand-drawn illustration & painting.

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