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SONALI SONI

Freelance Artist/Owner,

Sonali Design Studio

By Martha Perez

Sonali Soni is creative. It stands to reason why she is the Creative Art. She pursued a Masters degree in Design with a specialty
Director for San Diego Woman Magazine. Her talent is evident in in Textiles, designing fabrics for fashion houses and others. She
her Sonali Design Studio business portfolio and most certainly in also designed scarves, saris and fabrics for a multitude of uses.
the layout of each issue of San Diego Woman Magazine. “People have faith in me, in my talent. I am asked to do jobs that
are outside the usual, and I deliver a product they are happy with.
I asked her when she recognized her creative side and her reply I like thinking outside the box. As I challenged myself to expand
did not surprise me. “As soon as I could pick up a pencil I started and work with all types of media, my job became very gratifying. It
18 drawing. My mom encouraged me and there were paints around is a passion.”
the house since she was a landscape artist. As a child, I would
pick up magazines to copy images. At school I always took art as Sonali met her husband, Nakul, an engineer, in college. After
an elective.” When Sonali was old enough to venture off to col- a short courtship and wedding, they packed their bags, TWO
lege, she packed her bags and moved to the opposite side of the bags she said emphatically to make her point, and moved to San
country of her birth, India. Diego to start a new life. She received her certification in Digital
Design from the University of California, San Diego. She worked
Her parents always encouraged her to follow her dreams. Sonali for UCSD Cancer Center in charge of digital design, illustrations,
attended college and received her undergraduate degree in presentations and photographs.

"Jewels" Mixed Media on paper