Ahalya Mandana is a Chicago-based artist and photographer whose work includes watercolor paintings, digital art, and mixed media. She enjoys painting and drawing quirky and light-hearted scenes from Chicago and Evanston, especially ones that involve dogs and cats.

Ahalya is a research engineer by profession and obtained an MS in Robotics degree from Northwestern University in Evanston. She is a self-taught artist and photographer and likes to spend her free time drawing, painting and exploring different neighborhoods in Chicago with her camera. She is interested in street photography and portraits for special occasions.