Nirmal Raja

Nirmal Raja is an interdisciplinary artist living and working in Milwaukee. She lived in India, South Korea, and Hong Kong before immigrating to the United States thirty years ago. She holds a BA in English literature from St. Francis College in Hyderabad, India; a BFA from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, and an MFA from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. She has participated in solo and group shows in the Midwest, nationally, and internationally.

Raja is the recipient of several awards including Graduate of The Decade from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She received the Mary L. Nohl Fellowship for individual artists for the year 2020 and the Mildred L. Harpole Artists of the Year 2022 award from the Milwaukee Arts Board. She collaborates with other artists and strongly believes in investing energy into her immediate community while also considering the global. She is a mentor for the Milwaukee Artists Resource Network’s mentorship program. She periodically curates exhibitions that bring people from different cultures and backgrounds together.