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Top 10 Alpha Women – Sonal Purohit | CEO & Founder The PaintBrush Art Community (TPBAC)

Her community boasts 367 artists & artisans from around the world.

Sonal Purohit, is an established artist as an abstract, mix media & experimental art. She founded the community for artists through experience. The platforms currently working in art across UAE were too monotonous and limited to exposure for artists and artisans. She has a masters in English literature, self taught artist who established herself as a renowned curator and promoter of art. She was the first to pioneer into Hybrid Online Live Art & Exhibition. TPBAC is the only art community listing on AMAZON in UAE.

In 2022, Sonal Purohit was listed amongst the top 10 rising CEOs in the category of Micro, small and medium enterprises globally. She has been instrumental in bringing canvas art mixed with other art forms of music, skits, fashion and performances. In 2021, she released the first ever coffee table book namely “Art & Artisans” featuring 90 renowned artists globally.

In last 3 years, she has mastered in curating exhibitions with a flavor loved and awaited by all. A total of 18 exhibitions curated by her and 6 of them being hybrid. She also pioneered first of its kind “The Painting Wizard 2022” competition that saw more than 10,000 school students of various age groups as participants. Her art was featured in the book “The Parallel World” in 2021. She was instrumental in doing the first Art Walk with Doctors at the Gulf Medical College, Ajman, UAE. She is known for her unique themes of art exhibitions & platforms which often sets a benchmark for other communities and enterprises.

Currently, her community boasts 367 artists & artisans from around the world who benefit from her open platform policy to promote art. In 2019, she won the prestigious Maharana Awards in Art. She was the first to promote blue collar workers with fabric art with Indian Consulate, where they did fashion show in 2021. Recently her art exhibition thanking UAE Leadership on National Day of UAE called “TESLAM” was the talk of the town. In 2021, she was the first to get medical students of Gulf Medical College wear hand painted Aprons by Internationally renowned Artists and signed by them.

Her curated exhibitions have been regularly featured on Zee TV, Khaleej Times, Gulf News, Gulf Today, Rajasthan Patrika , Dainik Bhaskar, World News Network, England News Portal , Times Now, Mumbai Mirror and likewise. She has been conferred with “The Maharana Award” of excellence in art under the auspices of Rajasthan Foundation, Rajasthan Govt. India. The TPBAC is also involved in charity and CSR activities. In 2024 she was awarded the Entrepreneur of the year in Art by the International Business Summit Awards. She has so far curated 29 exhibitions and launched two books The Art & Artisan and Icons of Art in 2021 and 2023 respectively.

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