Poonu Kulkarni is an Indian abstract artist based in Bangalore. She uses a diverse range of tools, mediums, and techniques to explore the themes of nature and individual and shared cultural and spiritual human experiences in contemporary society. She’s been a physical artist since early childhood and has been pushing the boundaries of digital art since 2022. Her works have been exhibited in many countries around the world.

I had an art mentor growing up who introduced me to the foundational skills required for watercolor, acrylic, and oil painting. My earlier physical artworks were created using oil, acrylic, and watercolor mediums, with an emphasis on landscapes. I have won several art contests and have taken part in group exhibitions growing up. But it was only in my early twenties that I got an opportunity to truly hone my artistic skills. While at university in Bangalore, I enrolled for additional certifications and diplomas, spaced across two years, after university hours, in various creative fields like fashion design, interior design, jewelry design, and pottery. These creative courses helped me get an in-depth knowledge of color, texture, composition, and other elements of design and their practical application, irrespective of the creative canvas being used to depict them. Since 2022, I’ve embraced the blockchain technology, tokenizing my digital and physical works as NFTs, and have participated in multiple group exhibitions within the crypto-art space.

My distinctive artistic style is influenced by abstraction and is built on the foundation of abstract expressionism. The Indian, East Asian, and Western artists who influenced my artistic style and perspective are S. H. Raza, Yoyoi Kusama, Basquiat, Helen Frankenthaler, Clyfford Still, Joan Mitchell, Willem de Kooning, Cy Twombly, and Mark Rothko. I take a lot of cues from my Indian heritage and a mix of Eastern and Western cultural influences for my artistic building process. Travel, movies, photography, and music have all played a significant role in my creative journey and have shaped the manner in which colors, patterns, texture, compositions, and other elements of design are used in my digital and physical abstract works.

My art is mostly spontaneous and intuitive. I use multiple different mediums, such as oil, acrylics, watercolor, and digital, to create my artworks. I believe that working in a single medium is restrictive to my artistic process. However, my NFT portfolio has been created primarily using diverse digital tools and techniques, aligning with the digital-native space. No AI has been used in the creation of my artworks.

2025 - On 1000 billboards, “Flowers grow back, even after they are stepped on. So will you,” curated by Artcrush Gallery for ‘Spotlight of the Month’ for March, Belgium

2025 - Group Exhibition, “The Curves of Eiffel,” curated as a part of the “Threads of Modernity” event and showcased at the Good News Studio satellite show at Artverse Gallery during NFT Paris 2025, Paris

2024 - Group Exhibition, “Moss on Rocks,” Curated by Gamma.io for ‘Inscribing Miami 2024,’ Miami Art Week, Miami

2024 - Group Exhibition, “A Beautiful Contradiction,” an online group exhibition published in a collective art book entitled "Bloom: A Floral Exploration”

2024 - Group Exhibition, “Space Walk,” curated by Meta Betties for ‘Interstellar Overdrive: The Art of Space Exploration,’ The Canvas 3.0 Gallery, NYC

2024 - Group Exhibition, “Prema,” curated by One Love Art Dao for ‘One Love NYC Art Exhibition,’ The Canvas 3.0 Gallery, during NFT NYC week, NYC

2024 - Group Exhibition, “La Dolce Vita,” North Javits, curated by NFT NYC, NYC

2024 - Group Exhibitions: “Divine Love Story of Eternity” and “Mitra” were exhibited in the CODA XIV and CODA XVI Solana Exhibitions.

2024 - Group Exhibition, “Sakura,” NFTopia, Bern, Switzerland

2023 - Group Exhibition, “The Divine Love Story of Eternity,” curated by Unfold Gallery, Miami Art Week, Miami

2023 - Group Exhibition, “We Carry The World,” WXw3 Exhibit, a Makersplace initiative featuring 50 women artists in web3, NFT Paris, Paris