Ms Ashmi Manish Sheth

Ashmi Sheth is an art therapist and counsellor based in Mumbai, India. Immensely passionate about the arts, Ashmi strongly believes in the therapeutic power of the arts to heal people and change lives. Her work – poetry, paintings, and digital artwork – reflect her belief and mission to provide people with a safe, unintimidating and empowering form of healing in their struggle towards mental wellness.

As a researcher, Ashmi’s topics of interests include Art psychotherapy and Neuroaesthetics (Psychology of Art). Formerly working as a digital artist in a gaming company since the age of 16, and as a Lead Artist since the age of 18, Ashmi is now the Co-founder and Managing Director of a creative production startup, The Colourful Grey.

Ashmi’s paintings and poetry have been published in a number of creative projects including her poem “just like a flower” in R. J. Hendrickson’s poetry collection – Bloom: Poems of loss, heartbreak, and new beginnings (Available in eBook & paperback formats) and her painting and poetry in the online exhibition “I am a Work of Art,” by the American Art Therapy Association (AATA).