TEACHING

Shruti is an adjunct professor of Drawing and Painting at South Seattle College.
She also teaches at Pratt Fine Arts Center and Kirkland Art Center along with mentoring students from her own studio both online and in person.

ONLINE One on one coaching/mentoring: Shruti guides adults and teen students on their subject of interest in their chosen medium. Join anywhere from the world in a mutually available time.
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ONLINE Weekly Private/Semi private lessons: Students are mentored through online interactive demonstration, presentation and one on one feedback sessions.
Classes are taught online in a mutually convenient time from Shruti's studio in Seattle, WA. You can join from anywhere in the world.
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Ongoing Classes
Youth Drawing and Painting Intensive: Sundays, 3-4:30pm PST (In person at Shruti's Studio
Shruti Ghatak Studio

Florals
Tuesdays, May 20-June 17 (no class on June 10th)
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Pratt Fine Arts Center

Upcoming Classes:

Course Title: Contemporary Portraiture: A Global Lens on Painting the Head

Workshop Description:

This 5-week, in-person workshop is geared towards intermediate artists who want to expand their portrait painting practice beyond capturing a simple likeness. Blending traditional skills with contemporary approaches and global influences, students will focus on the human head as both a formal structure and a powerful subject of identity and expression.
Instead, participants will work from carefully selected photographic references and direct observation of their own reflection in mirrors. These sources will support a deeper exploration of form, volume, and spatial relationships, while encouraging students to view the head as an integral element of a broader visual composition.

Through guided practice, students will explore how to interpret the head using basic shapes, defined planes, and energetic mark-making, laying the groundwork for a more deliberate and expressive approach to portrait painting.
By the end of the workshop, participants will have created a compelling series of portrait studies and developed greater confidence in global visual literacy.

Ideal For:

Intermediate-level artists with foundational drawing and painting skills who are interested in developing a more personal, expressive, and globally-aware approach to painting.

Schedule: Saturdays 2-5pm, May 31-June 21
Last session: Sunday, 9am-Noon, June 29

Location: Shruti Ghatak Art Studio


Palette Knife Painting: Spring Intensive: Unleashing Texture and Expression
Tuesday and Thursday, June 10 - 12, 2025
Kirkland Arts Center

Shruti Ghatak was born and raised in India and received her Master of Fine arts degree in Painting from New York Studio School, NY and an MS in Organic Chemistry (specialized in Color technology) from Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India. She has an interdisciplinary background and studied both Science and Art with the belief that crossing boundary sometimes open up new ways of seeing. 

Themes addressed in her works are the tension of personal struggle with alienation, social inequality, juxtaposition of folklore and mythology with contemporary culture and memory. She enjoys drawing and painting a variety of subjects from life, memory and imagination including figures, landscapes, still life and portraits. 

She exhibited nationally and internationally including Hackett Mill Gallery, CA, Prince Street Gallery, NYC, Montclaire Art Museum, NJ. Birla Academy of Art and Culture, India, Ganges Art Gallery, India, Shoreline City Hall Gallery, Gallery 110 and Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle. She is represented by Gallery 110 in Seattle, WA.

Shruti currently lives and works in Seattle, WA. She is an adjunct professor of Drawing and Painting at South Seattle College. She is also a teaching artist at Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle Art Museum, and Kirkland Arts Center and also runs classes from her home studio where she teaches classes to youth and adults from beginning to advanced level. She is a passionate teacher and taught and lectured at many premiere art museums and institutes such as Seattle Art Museum, Dale and Chihuly Garden and Glass Museum, Museum of Flight, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Amazon and Microsoft. During the pandemic her classes shifted online to a much broader audience across the globe. So, it is possible to learn from her if you live in Seattle or somewhere else. Connect through the contact page of the website to know her availability.