An economist turned painter, a brilliant colorist with a strong individualism in her work, Nayanaa Kanodia can be considered to be the pioneer of the genre of L’Art Naif in India. Her impressive and illustrious journey is a story of talent, passion and vision. Seeing her international path –breaking record has culminated in her being invited by The Brick Lane Gallery, London to exhibit in their prestigious gallery space from 30 Oct. – 11 Nov. 2019.
 Musee International D’Naif Art in Paris permanently displays her paintings. She has exhibited and demonstrated her painting techniques in Victoria and Albert Museum in London. She has been featured in an international book WOMEN IN ART by Reinhard Fuchs, a great honor to be selected amongst the world’s most talented female artists. She was chosen from all the artists of The Commonwealth Countries to have a solo show in their newly renovated complex in London in 1998 .Deeply impressed with the social messages being conveyed in her paintings, a consortium of schools in Los Altos, U.S.A. has been using her creative paintings as a medium of instruction to their students.
Her paintings are in public and private collections all over the world. She is actively associated with several reputed charitable societies and judges art competitions at a senior level. She is also the proud recipient of the National Scholarship of the Govt. of India in Economics (Honors).
 Having a French leave or absenteeism from formal training in art enabled Nayanaa to bring patterns of strong individualism into her work long before it was considered a redefining approach for unique and contemporary artists of today. This guided her to avoid the hierarchy of labels by the art world such as a ‘high and lowbrow’ circumspect to attach itself towards Kanodia’s art and to present the dynamics of social reality in the concrete frames of virtuality. She has portrayed India’s culture – past and present -as no artist has done before on such a huge time frame. This will be a visual record for generations to come.
 Her work is characterized by the air of whimsy, flat bright polished surfaces and the extraordinary plethora of intricately worked details and patterns. Her paintings intend to make you feel that you are watching a snapshot of life at maximum preposterousness , exuberant and bursting with energy, idiosyncrasy and absurdity.
She aims to draw the viewers’ attention through her work to several social issues which the economically and socio-culturally transforming nations face such as global warming, gender discrimination, social inequality to name a few.
Nayanaa says, ”When the world that disturbs me and the world of which I have an intimate understanding of our amalgamated and absorbed, a new artistic dialect is created. The conversation I hope to create in my work is a certain truth of life and on a deeper level, a well thought philosophy. Individuals may interpret my paintings in vastly disparate ways and each view will be equally logical and plausible, thought provoking and intriguing. A picture of the moment is built up in which whole histories and relationships are made visible. My paintings are all about time, and time in paintings is movement stilled.”