Meryl Shapiro is a New York City based Visual Artist. She creates handcrafted relics that infuse the aesthetics and ethos of the ancient and contemporary. Her work combines classic motifs with cultural influences from around the world. Each piece is spontaneous, diverse, and one of a kind. Her work consists of paintings, mixed media prints, and jewelry imbued with a primitive yet refined elegance and reflect the dualities of nature and culture. Taking an artistic and painterly approach to her design work, both her jewelry and artworks influence one another and are developed in tandem.