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Born in Mumbai, India, Patel immigrated to Pennsylvania with her family at age eleven. She holds a BA from the Penn
State University and an MFA from Tyler School of Arts (Temple University). Her paintings have been exhibited in New York, Providence, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Ohio, Virginia, Chicago, Dubai, Panama, Portugal, and Mexico. From 2003 to 2006, her paintings were displayed at the American Embassy in Panama’s ambassador house, and in 2005, she was asked to lead workshops in schools and art centers, creating collaborative art installations based on everyday objects in her personal life. Collin Powell and Laura Bush invited her to honor American artists at the White House in 2005, alongside other artists and gallerists. She worked on the public project America’s Chinatown Voices at Columbus Park in New York City, organized by the Asian American Art Center in 2008 and 2009. Three hundred panels illustrating
stories of Asian Americans in New York were publicly displayed
in Chinatown New York City. The Philadelphia Museum of Art proudly exhibited two of her paintings from 2002 to 2008. She has has held a residency with Triangle Arts.
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