Rupy C. Tut is a San Francisco based visual artist exploring the themes of identity and displacement through her paintings. Rupy retains a strong connection to her Punjabi Sikh background and it continues ot inspire and guide her artwork. Her art depicts the decorative Mughal Miniature style and integrates her experience with her own immigration to the United States as a pre-teen.

 

In 2011, Rupy was invited to present her work and be on the creative panel at the SikhLens Film and Art Festival at Chapman University, CA. Her journey as a professional artist has taken her work to several retail shows and group shows in the United States. Her work has been featured as part of Art for Partition, an art show organized by the 1947 Partition Archive to highlight artwork that explored the theme of partition.

 

Rupy has constantly ventured outside the transitional realm for artists in her genre. With a Masters in Public Health (MPH), she has looked to ground her work on translational community-oriented projects and successful cross-platform collaborations. Rupy's work has been part of a musical show, "Komagata Maru", which explored the themes of identity and immigration. She continues ot collaborate with performing artists and creatives from other fields.

 

In 2013, she produced a book cover depicting the traditional and contemporary identities of Sikh American women for Her Name is Kaur: Sikh American Women write about Love, Faith, and Courage. The book soon became Amazon’s no.1 seller among the Sikh-related books.

 

Rupy continues to receive further training in Mughal Miniature painting in the United States and from the Prince’s School of Traditional Arts in London, England. Her work is a part of public and private collections and continues to be featured in various blogs and e-magazines in the US and abroad.

 

To keep her artistic energy thriving, Rupy enjoys taking a few months every year to travel and find new inspirations around the world. She also enjoys exploring the beauty and balance of calligraphy in Punjabi and English.