# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sajitha-r-shankar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:13:42.654Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sajitha-r-shankar"
name: "Sajitha R. Shankar"
slug: "sajitha-r-shankar"
description: "Sajitha R. Shankhar  is an internationally acclaimed contemporary artist from India. Her paintings are featured in numerous public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore; the National Gallery of Modern Art; the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts; Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhim; and the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art. Her preferred medium is charcoal and acrylic on paper. Her most recent installation is titled Tantric Yoni, a painting made out of turmeric, vermilion powder, rice powder, and burnt husk of paddy. The painting was created for the 2013 One Billion Rising campaign in Kochi."
tagline: "Indian painter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Artist_sajita_sankar.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1967-12-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.09
  momentum:             15
  historical:           4.867998666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "സജിത ശങ്കർ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "সজিতা আর শংকর"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sajitha_R._Shankar"
    title: "Sajitha R. Shankar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A4_%E0%B0%86%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D._%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "సజిత ఆర్. శంకర్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ସାଜିତା ଆର. ଶଙ୍କର"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%B0._%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B0"
    title: "ਸਜਿਤਾ ਆਰ. ਸ਼ੰਕਰ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13114999"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump