Background
She is the daughter of Anand Singh, an Indian Maharaja and Gisa Singh an Austrian model.
She is the daughter of Anand Singh, an Indian Maharaja and Gisa Singh an Austrian model.
Schandra Singh is a first generation American, born in Suffern, New York to immigrant parents. Her large-scale paintings show people in relaxing situations as a form of escape from distress. In April 2013, Singh was the focus of a story on the public radio program This American Life, where she recounted a tale of her correspondence with a mysterious man in London whose autistic son was a fan of her work.
She received her Master of Fine Arts from Yale in 2006.
She is also the sister of actress Sabine Singh. 2009: The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today, The Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom.