Bhavna Mehta

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Bhavna Mehta (born 1968) is an Indian-American visual artist specializing in cut paper and embroidery. [1] She has exhibited widely throughout Southern California and lives and works in San Diego, CA.

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Early life

Mehta was born in Ahmednagar, India. At age seven she contracted polio, which forced her into a wheelchair. [2] She completed a B.A. in physics from Ahmednagar College in 1987 and a M.S. in electronic science at University of Poona in 1989. [3]

At age 22, Mehta immigrated to the United States. [2] [3] In 1993, she earned a second master's degree, in computer science, from California State University, Northridge. She began working as a software engineer for Nokia in San Diego. She married George Cunningham, another software engineer, in 2000. [3] Laid off in 2006, she was soon hired by Motorola, but was laid off again in 2008. [2]

Having achieved a degree of financial security, she decided in 2008 to try a career as an artist. After exploring various media, she enrolled in a paper-cutting workshop led by paper artist Béatrice Coron  [ fr ] at the Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. [3]

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