Shanti Gore is a Wellington-based artist who grew up in the forested neighbourhoods of Titirangi, Auckland. Working across oils, acrylics, watercolours, and linocut printing, her practice is a rich exploration of natural forms, myth, and visual storytelling.

Shanti has been painting and drawing since childhood, but her artistic expression deepened after university when she returned to painting as a form of emotional processing, escapism, and reflection. Deeply influenced by gothic literature and 20th-century illustration, her most meaningful works often carry a slightly unsettling, psychological edge — images that speak to the viewer on both conscious and subconscious levels.

For Shanti, painting is more than visual; it’s a way to communicate what words cannot. Her pieces invite viewers into imagined worlds that blend the poetic with the personal — expressing sensations, symbols, and stories with quiet potency.