RMZ FOUNDATION We Care for the Future Events OUTREACH PROGRAMS A Journey Into art, science and technology for the Promoting and educating the public at large whole family In helping extend the reach of the art community, about new mediums of art by hosting various Enabling art to reach out and touch lives RMZ created RMZ Art Foundation (RAF). It is a non- festivals with a focus on interactive immersive art, - Art lab profit foundation creating opportunities through performance art, light and sound and events on art Community Engagement Children, along with their families, will be invited grants and scholarships, while supporting the and technology, to name a few. The focus is on creating opportunities for to experience the Interactive Installation Artwork, ideas of emerging and established artists, igniting participation in various art programs and initiatives, which will enable them to unlock their own an emotional and visceral artistic exchange and Collections resulting in a positive impact on the individual and, imaginations. developing creative practice through residencies Creating engaging and unique art collections from by extension, on the community at large. and partnerships. The foundation will create Art renowned artists, will allow visitors to indulge in a - Art Movies Screening Walks, Art Galleries at our urban assets and build on truly distinctive experience. It will be a setup that Workshops The artist’s outlook will be explored through initiatives for students and emerging artists across will be the first of its kind in the country and is sure Conducted by renowned by significant contemporary the screening of movies and videos of the artist major cities in India. to delight art lovers. artists, these workshops will be a source of responsible for the Interactive Installation Artwork inspiration for students of various institutions, on display. RMZ Art Foundation aspires to create and expand AWARENESS PROGRAMS including art schools and regular schools. international cultural alliances, to make each of Unveiling a world of exciting possibilities RAF Gallery One of the major highlights of the RMZ its collections accessible to broader audiences, Guided Tours Art Foundation is the world class art gallery that to reimagine spaces through contemporary Talks Art walks for an audience conducted by the artists, to has been designed at RMZ Ecoworld, termed the art encompassing sitespecific Installation Art, Interaction between artists and the community will provide unique insights into the world of creativity. RAF Gallery. The RAF Gallery would be the hub of Sculptures, Paintings, New Media Art to explore enable discussions on the concepts behind works of creativity, that would periodically house shows collaborative exchanges, publishing and awareness art and the exploration of ideas for using innovative Studio Visit from prominent artists of National & International programs and to facilitate each institution’s long mediums for artistic expression. Students will get an exciting glimpse into the artist’s acclaim, besides talks, workshops and such other term goals. life, with a visit to an artist’s studio in Bangalore. interactive activities with a focus on visual art in Screenings various mediums and forms. Initiatives Capturing the imagination through art films and - Art Walks The vision of RMZ Art Foundation is defined by its documentary screenings at film festivals, where Visitors will be invited to engage in a conversational The RAF Gallery represents a passion for all initiatives. movie makers will be invited to showcase their work & educative Art Walk conducted by the artist. forms of art, forming an integral part of the work in a 20-30 day event. environment through breathtaking installations Promoting Contemporary Art -lnter school Competitions placed throughout the project to create a unique Awareness Programs lnter school competitions will be held across India Outreach Programs Art Walks visual impact that leaves a lasting impression. allowing new media artworks to be created by RMZ Family Lab Artists will engage with the audience to share their The impact of art goes far beyond the aspect of experiences, talk about their ideas, the artworks the students, fostering an appreciation for artistic visual appeal. RMZ Art Foundation aims to bring displayed and mediums explored and their bodies endeavors from an early age. out the essence of art, which is a constant quest for of works. perfection that paves the way towards achieving a -Art Shows state of harmony. Grants, Scholarships and Fellowships The selected works of Interactive Installation Art Open calls to support emerging and mid career created by the students during the lnter school A showcase of inspiring artistic expressions artists providing opportunity for growth and competitions will be provided a platform for Art Shows exposure. exposure. A Platform to promote emerging, mid-career and established contemporary artists across the globe Internships through art shows showcasing sculptures, installation Providing internship programs to students of art art, paintings, new media and digitalart. institutions for various initiatives, such as guided tours, gallery assistance to name a few. MAKERS OF MULTIPLES Vivek Vilasini’s vividly coloured ‘Bangalore Blossoms’ presents a micro worldview of organic material Printmaking has intrinsic qualities that allow the medium to evolve and permeate into a variety of combined resembling flower petals. It appears as a sign for a period of transformation; of familiar languages reorganised processes. As a set of techniques for producing multiples- woodcut, engraving, etching, lithography and into new visual dialects, responding to a changing contemporary scenario. Manjunath Kamath introduces other forms have both maintained their uniqueness and also addressed the requirements of a contemporary a multitude of simultaneous visual narratives in his work ‘Because of you’; his approach renders a logical milieu. In the Indian context, from the late 19th century until present times, one can see a sea-change in interpretation of the interesting tableau difficult, and yet the absurd commentary makes a fascinating the technology of the multiple with the continual development of digital mediums. This has generated human-historical landscape. Baiju Parthan obliquely refers to conflicts of contemporary nationhood in immense creative possibilities, but also fuelled certain confusions with regard to the understanding ‘Masquerade’. The poignant image articulates elements of fear, subterfuge, and ultimately escape from of a ‘fine-art’ print. The Printmaking workshop 2018 hosted by RMZ foundation was directed towards boundaries. establishing a comprehensive experience of the medium’s many possibilities. The workshop also found a critical balance between honouring the authenticity of tradition and encouraging experimentation. Through this workshop (and others), RMZ Foundation is helping to build awareness and connoisseurship for printmaking as well as providing spaces for artists to practice. There is a need to appreciate the availability Many among the group of artists who participated in the program have been instrumental in setting of a thinking, critical and physical space for art-making and its dissemination. Art is a continuously evolving standards for printmaking practices in India. Laxma Goud, with several decades of committed artistic process and the new can only survive on the experiences and foundations of the old traditions. Indian exploration behind him, creates a distinctive work with deeply etched lines contouring thepowerful Printmakers are a case to point and the novelty of their practice thrives as much on traditional methods portrait of a woman. In the untitled work, subtle colours highlight the frank stare of the figure, while the of printing as on newer technologies advancements. While there has been a rise and fall in the popularity viewer’s eye is led through the ornamentation within the frame. Sonal Vershneya’s etching ‘Permanent of the medium, both aesthetically and commercially, the intrinsic results of printmaking processes and the Issue’ portrays a commentary on gender, reflecting on contemporary events and connecting them through tactile quality of its surfaces cannot easily be replicated by any other means. cryptic symbols left to the audience’s interpretation. ‘Heads’ by Viraj Naik continues the artist’soften satirical observations on complex human/animal nature – the delicately etched lines of each section richly The woodcut process goes back a long way in history, and two artists chose to carry on the system of surface perceivable against the pale paper surface. Jayakumar G. Reddy, in his aquatint etching ‘Project Decoding’ print production in the workshop. Champa Sharath in her piece ‘People’ develops an instant engagement visualises a narrative that mixes the imaginary and real, producing a hybrid atmosphere in which anything with various different character portraits - types one might come across in mundane life. The distinct is probable. An approach towards surreal representation is also apparent in the untitled print of Walter delineation of negative and positive space and the arrangement of black and white, reflects her mastery Emilio D Souza, which seems to personify a throne/chair; he often creates composites of figuration and of the technique. Printmaking requires mechanical processes to a certain extent; it is a social/democratic abstraction within his art. medium often driven by community practice and collaboration. The versatility of the woodcut medium has often been used in the cause of political propaganda and social commentary, due to its immense possibility Nature, with its unbounded and often mysterious vastness comes across strongly in the works of Kavita of multiplication and therefore (inexpensive) distribution. Ravikumar Kashi draws upon socio-political and Nayar and Tejendra Singh Baoni. Nayar embodies a dynamic cloud that extends across the picture plane cultural commentaries through whatever medium he chooses to activate, often symbolising common in ‘Seeds of Love’ and indicates an almost painterly handling of the print medium. Baoni on the other objects to represent philosophical and universal concepts. In his woodcut ‘Pay Forward’, the street vending hand brings forth his background in sculptural practice, depicting an organic form alluding at once to cart becomes endowed with hidden meaning, evoking at the same time familiarity, collective memory and elements in the microcosm and macrocosm – ‘Panchabhuta’. Fragments of the existential world construe intrigue. different meanings in G.R. Iranna’s work – in ‘Tempered Branches’ he peels off the outer layers of a visual construct to present the bare minimum. Time and space, motion and suspension are traced through the There is a movement among practitioners and followers of printmaking, towards an emphasis on inclusive minimal mapping in Rm Palaniappan’s ‘Still not Arrived’. As a pioneer of printmaking experimentation and practices and expansion of boundaries. Printmaking has been running on the weight of its own prolific international expansion, Palaniappan has inspired several generations of practitioners. history in the Sub-continent, and is now embarking on new journeys – adjusting and responding to the complex forms of expression existing today. In this milieu of multiple forms of artist production, printmaking Printmaking is being seen as an extension of new media practices, with artists venturing into fresh is attempting to create space for a discourse and viewership beyond the economics of art. territories with alternative materials. Practices now encourage innovation alongside discourse, as well as more environmentally safe methods that are gaining popularity. Kavita Shah, who has been attempting to Lina Vincent 2018 adopt non-toxic methods personally as well as within her community studio ‘Chhaap’, displays a poetic Art Historian, Curator confluence of the built and organic world within her untitled cyanotype that utilises a layering of photo- transfer techniques.
The group of artists in the workshop brought together diverse styles, approaches, critical standpoints and conceptual frameworks that resulted in a veritable melting pot of artworks. Emphasising an idea that the gaps between disciplines are narrowing down considerably, several artists enjoy the combined explorations of science and aesthetics, politics and printing, and many other interdisciplinary spaces. EDUCATION
Bachelors Degree in Painting -B.F.A Postgraduate Diploma -Comparative Mythology Bachelors Degree Botany -B.Sc. Master of Arts Philosophy-MA
SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 –Necessary Illusions, paintings, video installations, lenticular prints Art Musings, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 2015 - ReCursor (3), Sumukha Gallery Bangalore 2013- ReCursor, video installations, lenticular prints, Gallery Veda, Chennai 2012- ReCursor, videos installations, lenticular prints, Gallery OED, Kochi 2011- Displacement- Mill Junction part 2, Paintings & Photo works, AICON Gallery, London 2010- Mill Junction, Paintings and Photo works, AICON Gallery New York 2007- Liquid memory + Rant, Inter-media show, Vadehra Gallery New Delhi 2006- Source Code, Large Format paintings, Museum Gallery, Art Musings Gallery, Mumbai
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017- Negotiation in Contested Space - Part I Guild gallery, Mumbai 2017- Artstage Singapore- artdistrict-XIII, Singapore Baiju Parthan 2016 - The Journey is the destination, Jehangir Nicholson Foundation Gallery, CSMVS, Mumbai 2014- 2015 - The Eye and the Mind, New Interventions in Indian Art, China Art Museum Shanghai & b.1956, Kerala Gaungdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China, organized by NGMA Delhi 2014 – Zameen, 13, curated by Ranjit Hoskote, Art District 13, New Delhi 2013 - 50 years of Indian Contemporary, curated by Geeta Kapur, Chemould Prescott Mumbai 2011-2012 INDIA!, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB), Rio de Janeiro 2010 - Go see India, Vasa Konsthall, Gothenburg, Sweden 2010 - The 11th Hour, Tang contemporary art gallery, Beijing, China 2009 - Indian Contemporary, Benedictine Museum, Fecamp, France 2009 - Beyond Globalization, Pan Asian contemporary show, Beyond Art Space, Beijing, China 2008 - Ghost of Souza, Aicon Gallery, New York 2008 - Everywhere is war, Bodhi Gallery, Mumbai 2008 - 101 Contemporary, Tokyo, Japan 2007- Rant + Liquid Memory, Vadehra Art gallery, New Delhi 2006 - Altered Realities, (with Shibu Natesan & Chittrovanu Majumdar, Arts India, New York 2005 - Kaam, Gallery Artsindia, New York 2005 - Paths of Progression, Bodhi Art Gallery, Singapore 2005 - Arad biennale, Romania
AWARDS
1981 - Goa Lalit Kala Academy award my merit award
Baiju Parthan lives and works in Mumbai Migration Masquerade 29 x 19 in. Digital Print on Hahnemuhle Paper Edition of 3 EDUCATION
2003 M.F.A in Printmaking from Facuulty of Fine Arts- M.S.University, Baroda 2000 B.F.A. in Printmaking-C.A.V.A. University of Mysore
SOLO SHOWS
2006 Exhibition of Woodcut prints at Shrishti Art Gallery- Hyderabad
2005 Exhibition of Graphic Prints presented by Gallery Sumukha held at Welcom Art Gallery at the ITC Hotel Windsor Sheraton & Towers GROUP SHOWS
2005 “Rekha Namana” a show of drawings by various artists in memory of Late.Sri.K.K.Hebbar 2000 "SRUJANA", Exhibition of Prints and Paintings at CAVA Art Gallery, Mysore
SCHOLARSHIPS
2003 - 2005 National Scholarship givenby the Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Central Govt. of India 1998 - 1999 Karnataka State Lalithkala Academy Scholarship Champa Sharath WORKSHOPS ATTENDED b.1979, Mysore, Karnataka 2017 Lalitkala Academy print making Workshop held at Bangalore, 2005 Painting camp held at Spain, of Indian Artists By The Guild Gallery Mumbai 2005 Painting Camp for Woman Artists conducted by P.A.G (Progressive Artists Group- Kerala) at Kottayam. (Wagaman)- Kerala, 2004 Workshop on Printmaking held at Gallery Sumukha Bangalore June 2004 Printmaking Workshop held at the Guild Gallery in Mumbai July 2002 West Zone Cultural Center(WZCC) in collaboration with Lucknow Lalith Kala Academy held at Jaipur
SELECTED PARTICIPATIONS
2006 “MARK, ETCH AND PRINT”, a show of prints held at Delhi “FOOTPRINTS”, a group show of women printmakers, curated by Kavitha Shah, Bangalore, Mumbai 2006 Hyderabad and Kansas- USA 2004 Sixth Bharath Bhavan International Biennial of Print 2001 67th & 68th National Exhibition of Art, Amritsar 2001 A.B.V.P. Annual Show Bangalore
Champa Sharath lives and works in Bangalore People 26 x 18 in. Woodcut Print Edition of 3 EDUCATION
1999: Studied at Wimbledon School of Art, London 1994: M.F.A. Painting from College of Art, Delhi 1992: B.F.A. Painting from College of Visual Art, Gulbarga
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2017 The primordial Ash, Aicon Gallery, New York. 2017 Ether is all that is, Gallery Espace New Delhi, Essay By Roobina Karode. 2016 And the last shall be the first: G R Iranna, Works 1995-2015; National Gallery of Modern Art Bengaluru, Bengaluru (India); curated by Ranjit Hoskote 2014 Tempered Branches; AICON Gallery, New York (USA) 2012 Limning Heterotopias: A Journey into G.R. Iranna’s Shadows of the In‐Between; Gallery Espace, New Delhi (India)
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2016 Forming in the pupil of an Eye, Kochi Muziris Biennale , curated by Sudarshan Shetty. 2016 The Eye and The Mind: New Interventions in Indian Art, NGMA New Delhi, New Delh 2015 The Eye and The Mind: New Interventions in Indian Art, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou (China) G.R. Iranna 2015 Chaina Art Museum, Shanghai (China) 2015 Minsheng Art museum, Beijing (China), by NGMA New Delhi b.1970, Karnataka 2015 Musée de la Toile de Jouy, L’Espace d’art contemporain, Paris (France) 2014 Incidents of Phenomena; India, Italy (Spazio Cerere Roma), Myanmar; curated by Veerangana Solanki 2014 Unmarked; Collective project at BC Gallery, Kochi Biennale, Kochi (India) 2013 Heritage Transport Museum; curated by Priya Pall 2012 The Secret Life of Plants; Exhibit 320, New Delhi; curated by Maya Kóvskaya 2011 Giant Elephant; Indian Contemporary Art Exhibition, Gong Art Space, Seoul (Korea)
AWARDS
2008 ABPF Foundation, Signature Art Prize- Singapore Art Museum Jury Award 2008 2004 Harmony Show, Artist of the Year Award, Mumbai (India) 2002 K.K. Hebbar Foundation Award 2002 2001 State Award from Karnataka Lalit Kala Akademi, Bengaluru (India)
SCHOLARSHIPS, RESIDENCIES AND WORKSHOPS
2003 Residency, George Keyt Foundation, Dambulla, Sri Lanka 1999 – 2000 International Scholarship from Charles Wallace India Trust, British Council Artist-in-residence, Wimbledon School of Art, London (UK)
The Artist lives and works in New Delhi Tempered Branches 13 x 18 in. Etching Edition of 3
EDUCATION
Master of Arts, Royal College of Art London, U.K Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Ken school of Art, Bangalore
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2002 Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore 1996 Renaissance Gallery, Bangalore 1991 Gallery 7, Mumbai 1990 Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore 1988 Gallery 7, Mumbai
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2003 Saffronart Kalaghoda Festival, Mumbai 2003 Chitam Art Gallery, Kerala 2003 Kanoria Center for Arts. Ahmedabad 2003 Nehru Center, The Arts Trust, Mumbai 2002 Fine Arts Faculty, Vadodra 2002 Nazar Art Gallery, Vadodra 2002 Chemould Gallery, Mumbai 2001 Fine Art Resources, Mumbai Prof. Jayakumar G. Reddy 2000 Nehru Center, Mumbai 2000 Cymrosa Art Gallery, Mumbai b.1970, Karnataka 2000 AIFACS, New Delhi
ART CAMPS/ WORKSHOPS/ SYMPOSIUMS & SEMINARS
2018 Graphic Workshop, Kalasketram, Chennai 2017 SBI National Art Camp Mahabalipuram & Tanjore 2017 Orange County, National Art Camp, Hampi 2010 National Art Camp, Bikubhai Art Foundation, Guwahati 2008 National Art Camp Alva’s Foundation, Moodabidri 2008 National Graphic Workshop, Regional Lalitkala Akedemi, Chennai 2007 Graphic Camp, Nagpur 2007 Art Camp, Binode Bihari Mukherjee Centenary, Santiniketan, Vishva Bharathi University 2007 Oberoi Art Camp, Mumbai
AWARDS
Awarded Inlaks Scholarship 1983-85 State Lalitkala Award in 1980, 1983 & 1987
Jayakumar Reddy is a Professor and Head - Department of Visual Arts, Bangalore University and lives and works in Bangalore. Project Decoding 13 x 18 in. Etching Edition of 3 EDUCATION
1958-62 Diploma (Drawing and Painting ), Government College of Fine Arts and Architecture, Hyderabad. 1963-65 With State Scholarship studied Mural Designing, Painting and Drawing under Prof.K.G.Subramanyan at Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Lalitkala Akademi, Chennai An Inner Retrospective by Gallery Sumukha 2016 Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore (An Inner Retrospective) 2012 ‘K.Laxma Goud: Etchings, Drawings, Water colour, Pen and Ink, Acrylic, Sculptures and Mixed Media Works Period 1967 2011’, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi 2011 Focus Art Gallery Chennai 2011 Art Musings, Mumbai 2011 ‘Everyday Life’, Focus Art Gallery, Chennai 2009 Aicon Gallery, London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 In Collaboration Pundole Art Gallery K. Laxma Goud 2011-12 ‘Reprise 2011’, Aicon Gallery, New York 2011 ‘States of Departure: Progressives to Present Day’, Aicon Gallery, London b. 1940, Nizampur, Medak District, Telangana 2011 ‘Anecdotes’, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai 2010 ‘Dali’s Elephant’, Aicon Gallery, London 2010 ‘Modern Folk: The Folk Art Roots of the Modernist Avant-Garde’, Aicon Gallery, New York
COLLECTIONS
Ebrahim Alkazi & Art Heritage, New Delhi, Masanori Fukuoka & Glenbarra Art Museum, Himeji, JapanSalarjung Museum, Hyderabad, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, USA., Griffelkunst, Hamburg, Germany, Chester & Davida Herwitz Collection, USA. Lalit Kala Academi, New Delhi, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, among others
HONORS & AWARDS
2017 Raja Ravi Varma Sanman “Chitranjali” By Megh Mandal Sansthan 2016 Padma Shri 2015 Telangana State Award 2015 Life Time achievement Prafulla Dahanukar Award 2013 received prestigious Gagan Abani Puraskar from Vishwa Bharati University Santiniketan for outstanding contribution to art for the year 2012.
The artist lives and works in Hyderabad Untitled 13 x 18 in. Etching Edition of 3 Born 1957 Working in this field over the past three and a half decades. She works in all the mediums with equal ease, be it oil or acrylic on canvas, lithography, etchings, serigraphy or pastels on paper. She is forever trying to innovate and discover herself through her works. As an artist her works evolve a sense of capturing an emotional realm of experience, individual and holistic. Her expression of art is the rendering of the intangible which permeates through the spirit of nature in which her technique is a medium to reach the pictorial expression -’A means to an end’, thus delving into the various mediums as an adventurous practice that combines technique with pictorial aspects. Kavita received her BFA at Santiniketan (west Bengal)1974-79,MFA from College of Art ,1987-89 New Delhi.In 1984 Recepient of Research Grant by Lalit Kala Akademy. Awarded French Govt. scholarship to work in lithography & etchings at Cite International Des Arts & Ecole des Beaux Arts in1985-86. In 1990 she worked under a master printer in serigraphy in Luxembourg with creative Fund fellowship .In 1996 she went to Ruskin School of Art ,Oxford(England)as a senior fellow with the fellowship of Charles Wallace India Trust. Works have been shown at major international shows including the International Triennale of prints in Grenchen, Switzerland; Print Biennale in Japan; Bharat Bhawan in Bhopal , India; International Prints Exhibition in Poland ;Print Biennale of Gyor in Hungary, Athens in Greece and 1st Print Biennale of Lalit Kala Akademi,Delhi. Kavita Nayar Recipient of the senior and junior fellowships from the ministry of culture in India.In 2001 awarded the Honourable Mention in the 44thNational exhibition by Lalit Kala Akademi. Invited to participate b. 1957, New Delhi in the 10th Triennale of India in 2001.She has held many solo shows in India & abroad including the Otterbien University in Columbus, Ohio,USA,Bose Pacia Modern in New York,USA ,Oxford University in England and Mahatma Gandhi Inst. In Mauritius. Attended International Workshops in Sweden, Paris, Mauritius , Hungary, Beijing ,Athens, Seoul in South Korea,Bhutan and Dhaka . In 2008 interacted with students by giving a presentation on print making at Westerville ,Columbus in USA.In 2016 presented a paper in Gunarapulos museum and School of Fine Arts in Athens .
On the academic level has been contributing to the Fine art and design instituitions as a visiting Professor at the College of Art in New Delhi, South Delhi Polytechnique, National Inst.Of Fashion Technology in New Delhi, Mahatma Gandhi Institute in Mauritius and the Dept.of Fine Arts in Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi. Part time faculty in Sri Auribindo Ist.of Art and Culture .She is invited by various institutions to conduct workshops for the students in Painting and Print -Making .Invited as jury member in various important art Institutions and Akademies in India,including the Trade Fair Authority to judge Pavillions .
Kavita’s works are in the collections of museums in India ,Bangladesh,Paris , Poland ,Germany, Sweden and United States. Also in major corporate houses, Museums in India and abroad, including the Panchvati Hall in Prime minister’s House in New Delhi. She has curated many exhibitions in Print making under the banner of “Multiple Encounters”.Was one of the founder members of Indian Print Maker’s Guild .
Kavita is a Trustee of Kala Sakshi Memorial Trust which gives scholarships and mentoring programmes to young talented students from fine arts colleges of India. She lives and works in New Delhi. Seeds of Love 18 x 13 in. Etching Edition of 3 Kavita Shah is a visual artist, painter, print maker, educationist, Art manager and a founder member of Chhaap Foundation for Printmaking Trust. She coordinates many projects and workshops at Chhaap studio to bring awareness for limited edition original prints since last 19 years. She was also on the Board of ResArtis, Amsterdam, Netherlands for six years.
She has taught in Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda, conducted workshops for NID, APEID, Engineering College, Fashion Technology and been Associate professor in college of Architecture for nine years.
Kavita has participated in major juried shows in India, such as National exhibitions, XI- Triennial-India and Bharat Bhavan Print biennial. She has received awards from state level shows organized by Lalitkala Academi, of Gujarat, Karnataka and AIFACS. She has compiled many international print portfolios and exchanges: Footprints- on women Print makers, Ganjifa-on the deck of cards, Snakes and Ladders and very recently on the game of Chess in a book format. She presented Footprint folio in SGC, Kansas city in 2007 and many cities in India. Ganjifa folio was shown at Impact 6, UWE, Bristol, UK. In 2015 she curated show for the China Art Academy, first Print Biennial in Hangzhou in conjunction to Impact 9 conference.
Kavita has given talk on contemporary print making in India in Mohile Parekh Center for Visual Arts, Mumbai and Impact 5, Tallinn Estonia, SAIC Chicago, USA, Participated in panel for the Print colloquium in NGMA, Kavita Shah Mumbai and Telugu University, Hyderabad, and seminar on “Curator, collector and collective” in Jawahar b. 1962, Baroda Kala Kendra, Jaipur. She was artist- in- residence in Finland and Italy and have worked in private print studios such as La couriere et Frelaut, Paris and Print Making Workshop with Robert Blackburn, New York, USA. She was ATSA fellow for 2014-15 for which she did secondment with GlogauAir in Berlin for a month in 2015
From 2016 she has been consultant and curator for the print workshop at Jawahar Kala Kendra, to refurbish their print making workshop and organize programs, residency etc.
Kavita lives and works in Baroda. Untitled 14 x 22 in. Cynotype Edition of 3 Education
1989 – 1994 : BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) from Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts, Mysore. 2002 : Artist in residence - School of Art & Design, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, UK.
Selected Solo Shows
2015 “As Far as I Know” SCAD Museum of art, Savannah GA 2015 Postponed poems Gallery Espace, New Delhi. 2012 India art summit 2011 “Collective Nouns” Sakshigallery , Mumbai. 2010 “Conscious – Sub – Conscious” Gallery Espace, New Delhi.
Selected Group Shows
2016 Revisiting Beauty gallery threshold 2016 Tales of two cities , indo srilankan art project 2015 EXCAVATION / ERUPTION Curated by Yashodhara Dalmia 2015 Night Poem & Other Stories” Sakshigallery , Mumbai. 2013 Spell of Spill: Utopia of Ecology Curated by Veeranganakumari Solanki palette art gallery New Delhi 2013 Dhaka Bainnale, Bangladesh 2012 “RED” palette art gallery New Delhi Manjunath Kamath 2012 Kiran Nadar Museum of Art b. 1972, Mangalore, Karnataka New media projects & installations
2000 Let me fool you-interactive art project, print etc .com Max Muller bhavan New Delhi. 2002 Digital film screening at ugc hall Cardiff UK. 2004 Animated sketch book gallery espace New Delhi. 2000 ‘To be continued’ animated art work jyothi aditorium Baroda
Selected Workshops/ Camps
2008 Sculpture camp ,gallery sumukha Bangalore. 2007 Ram Kinkar Baij Memorial Art Workshop, Orissa. 2007 Metal Sculpture workshop, gallery threshold.
COLLECTION
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi Mr. E. alkazi art heritage New Delhi Jindal pipes kosikalan Mathura And other private collections
Artist lives and work in Delhi. Because of You 22 x 19 in. Digital Print on Hahnemuhle Paper Edition of 3 Ravikumar Kashi is an artist who works in different mediums such as painting, sculpture, photography and installation. His works combine or cut across defined expectations from these mediums. His idea / concept driven works are layered and connect with the viewer in multiple ways. Desire, decay and transformation are a major concern in his works along with introspection.
Kashi was born in Bangalore in 1968. He completed his B.F.A. from College of Fine Arts, Bangalore in 1988; M.F.A. from Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda in 1990; and M.A. in English from Mysore University, in 1995. He learnt handmade papermaking from Glasgow School of Art, U.K. He also learnt Hanji, traditional Korean papermaking, from Jang Ji Bang, Korea. He has held solo show of his works in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Delhi in India and London, Palo Alto and Shanghai. He has also shown his works in various curated shows across the world in museums, biennales, art fairs and galleries. He has received National award from Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi in 2001 and two awards from Karnataka Lalit Kala Academy 1990, 1999 and one from Karnataka Shilpa Kala Academy for his works in 2000. He has received first prize in ‘Ventipertrenta’, International Festival of Digital Art 2017, Museo Internazionale Dinamico de Arte Contemporanea, Italy.
He writes on art in Kannada and English. Two of his books, ‘Anukta’ and ‘Kannele’ have been published from Akshsra Prakashana, Heggodu. His book ‘Kannele’ has received Karnataka Sahitya Academy award Ravikumar Kashi in 2015.
b. 1968, Bangalore He also teaches at RV School of Architecture, Acharya School of Design and Azim Premji University as visiting faculty.
Kashi lives and works in Bangalore. Forward 18 x 20 in. Woodcut Print Edition of 3 An alumnus of the Govt. College of Arts Crafts, Chennai with Fine Arts Paintings and Post graduate with Industrial Design Ceramic; and he studied advanced Lithography in Tamarind Institute (USA) during 1991 and was the Artist in Residence at the Oxford University in 1996. A recipient of several awards, honours and residencies including the Fulbright Grant, Charles Wallace India Trust grant, International Visitorship programme of USIS, and Senior Fellowship, Govt. of India, he was invited to visit France & Germany and United states by the Cultural wing of those countries and Australia by the invitation of Min. Ext. Affairs, Govt. of Australia.
He has visited several museums and galleries in USA, UK, France, Germany, Australia, Sweden, and to Italy, Turkey, Greece and Croatia. The awards that reached him were: National Award, President of India’s Silver Plaque, RAZA
Foundation for Visual Arts and International Prints Biennales of Bhopal and Taiwan.
He was invited by several international universities and art institutions to conduct workshops in print-making including Art Academy of Cincinnati, University of New Mexico, Indiana State University, Bloomington Kansas State University, Royal College of Arts, London and M.S. University, Baroda. His works are included in many important auctions including Christie’s, Sotheby’s, Osian’s and Bonhams and Bid &Hammer. Rm. Palaniappan He has participated in numerous international prints exhibitions and important national level curated exhibitions by invitation; held 19 one man shows across the country and also two in Holland, two in United b. 1957, Devakottai-Tamil Nadu States and two in U.K. He has curated several exhibition including ‘Major Trends in Indian Art’, a cross section of Indian Art after independent, the special exhibition organized for Govt. of India by the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi to commemorate the golden Jubilee of India’s independence in 1997 and also served as International Commissioner in 1995 and member of the international Jury in 2008 for Bharat Bhavan International Prints Biennale, 1995 and 2008 also a member of the jury (for the primary selection) in the National Exhibition of Art 2008
His works are in prestigious collections including National Gallery of Modern Art & Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi; British Museum & Victoria Albert Museum- London; Oxford University, Oxford; Cincinnati Art Museum, Tamarind Institute, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, and Library of Congress, Washington- USA; Taipei Art Museum, Taiwan; Boras Museum, Sweden; K. Art, korea
His works and articles were published in numerous books catalogues and art magazines around the world and most recently in ‘A guide to 101 Modern & contemporary Indian Artists of India’, book complied by Amirta Jhaveri, ‘India 20, conversation with contemporary artists’, the book written by Anupa Mehta and ‘Freedom’ Sixty years after independence book authored by group of eminent personalities published by Art & heritage Foundation
He served as Regional Secretary of the Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow and Chennai Since 1997 till his retirement at June 2017 and also served as Director in Charge, South Zone Cultural Centre, Tanjavur, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India. Rm. Palaniappan lives and works in Chennai. Still not arrived 18 x 13 in. Etching Edition of 3 Education
2007 M.V.A. In Print Making from Lalit kala Sansthan, Agra University, Agra.
Selected Solo Shows
2016 Exhibition of etching prints, “POPUP SHOW “curated by kanika anand, parked-at & limon by new dehli 2016 Exhibition of etching prints, “AMBUBACHI” curated by museum of goa, Goa 2015 Exhibition of etching prints, “the heroine’s last dreams”, apparao infinity art gallery Chennai. 2014 Exhibition of prints, triveni art gallery, New Delhi. 2013 Exhibition of prints, sponsored by nirmal kuhad rainbow art gallery at Hyderabad -2013 2012 Exhibition of Prints, sponsored by Indian Council of Cultural Relations at Bhopal. Selected Group Shows
2017 “The duo” show at art houz art gallery Chennai 2015 Exhibition of” prints and painting”, at jehengir art gallery, at auditorium hall, Mumbai 2016 Confluence a curatorial Endeavour show by banayan residency Hyderabad 2015 ART Heritage art gallery summer show new Delhi. 2014 Women’s day art show best art college New Delhi. Sonal Varshneya 2014 Edition print art fair Seoul South Korea. 2014 Asian art show in new dehli in aifacs art gallery. b. 1985, Uttar Pradesh 2013 Residency show in art gallery in daejone South Korea.
Selected Awards
2017 National level award, merit award Karnataka lalit kala academy Bangalore. 2016 Mahua art gallery, all India award by Bangalore. 2015 National level art exhibition, SCZCC Nagpur sponsorship, for solo show grand. 2013 National level art exhibition, lalit kala academy, Odisha. 2013 All India art exhibition lalit kala academy lucknow. 2012 International Award at International Biennial Print Exhibition, Taiwan.
Collections
Art houz art gallery Chennai. National Museum of Taiwan. International Print Society, China. International Print Center, Serbia. South Central Cultural Zone, Nagpur. Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi. Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal. Biennale international d’estampe contemporaries de Trios River’s Canada.
Sonal lives and works in Lucknow Permanent Issue 18 x 13 in. Etching Edition of 3 Education
Tejendra Singh Baoni is born in Rewa in the family of traditional court artist. Studied BFA(1985 )– MFA(1987) in Sculpture art at Kalabhavan, Vishwabharati University Shantiniketan and went on to complete Post Graduate in sculpture at the Kent Institute of Art and Design, Canterbury, England.
Research project in metal Sculpture and Technology at Regies Centre College of Art, University of Minnesota, Minnoplise USA. He was awarded the Charles Wallace India Trust Award in 1994-95, as well as prestigious Fulbright Award and Fellowship in Plastic Art 2003-04. Special recognition by former Prime Minister for his excellence in Field of Visual Arts
Awards & Scholarship
1987: All India Karnataka Chitakala Parishath award. 1995: All India Madhya Pradesh Kala Parishath Award. 1985-86: Award under the National Scholarship Scheme of U.G.C, H.R.D, Govt of India. 2006: Assessment Profile: EXCELLENT (Graded by H.R.D – College for Leadership and Human Resource Development. He is also board member and governing body of several Universities and Institutions. He is also invited As Honorary jury in National Lalitkala Academy, alliance Francis and prestigious art Prof. Tejendra Singh Baoni centres and Institution. b. 1964, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh Presently he is Professor in Sculpture and Principal at The College of Fine Art, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat, Bangalore. Baoni’s work is in the collection of the Herbert Read Art Gallery, UK, The National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi and many private collections in India and abroad. He has had several solo shows and been invited to participate in prestigious group shows in India and abroad.
Prof. Baoni lives and works in Bangalore. Panchabhuta 18 x 13 in. Etching Edition of 3 Education
2000 Master of Fine Art (Printmaking), University of Hyderabad 1998 Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting), Goa University
Solo Shows
2017 ‘Ambrosia de Fabulae’ The Art Walkway, Park Hyatt, Hyderabad. 2013 ‘Hybridization’India Fine Art, Mumbai. 2010 ‘Seize on’, Apparao galleries, Chennai, India. 2009 ‘Fanatical Beings’, India Fine Art, Mumbai. 2008 ‘Mythical Menagerie’, Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong. 2007 ‘Speaking of otherness’, Pundole Art gallery, Mumbai. 2007 ‘Landscape with possible monsters’, Travancore Palace, New Delhi. 2006 ‘Blue ants’, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. 2004 ‘Anxiety’, Museum Gallery, Mumbai. 2003 ‘Metamorphosis’, Galeria Cidade de Goa, Goa.
Selected Scholarships/ Awards
2016 Prafulla Dahanukar south west zone Gold medal, Goa 2012 Artist-in-Residence, Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium Viraj Vassant Naik 2011 Junior fellowship (Graphics), Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India 2008 International biennial of mini prints, Tetovo, Republic of Macedonia b. 1975, Goa 2008 Yuva kala srujan puraskar, Ministry of Art & Culture, Goa
Selected Participation
2017 13th International Graphic Art Biennial Dry Point, Uzice, Serbia; 2017 11th Biennale de la Gravure de Liège, La Boverie, Liège, Belgium; 2017 13th Biennale Internazionale per L’Incisione, Acqui Terme, Italy; 2016 4th Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland, Romania; 2016 Onpaper contest.com, Barcelona; 2016 The International Biennial Print Exhibit: 2016 ROC Taiwan;
Selected Workshops
National printmaking (etching) camp, Goa, 2015. LV Prasad Eye Hospital Painting camp, Hyderabad, India, 2016. National Art Conclave, SMNR University, Lucknow, India, 2016. Meraki printmaking workshop, Hyderabad, India 2016. Cajueiro Art Residency, Gallery Gitanjali, Goa, India, 2017. Art Ichol Printmaking residency workshop, Maihar, Madhya Pradesh, India 2017. And many others
Viraj lives and works in Goa Heads 18 x 13 in. Etching Edition of 3 Education
All India Marine College, Kochi (1984) Political Science, Kerala University (1987) Studied Sculptural practices from Traditional Craftsmen.
Selected Solo Exhibition
2018 Gallery Sakshi at the Art Basel, Hong Kong 2018 Between One shore and Several Others, Gallery 1x1, Dubai 2014 “.... and for those sing their national anthem in somebody else’s mother tongue” Sakhshi Gallery, Mumbai 2011 Between One shore and Several Others, Sakhshi Gallery, Mumbai 2011 Gallery Sumukha at the Delhi Art Summit 2011 2010 Between one shore and several others IV, Pundole Gallery, Mumbai 2009 Between One shore and several Others III, Birds Gallery, Trivandrum 2008 Between One shore and several others II, Arushi Gallery, New Delhi 2007 Between One Shore and Several Others, curated by Dr. Alka Pande, presented by Sumukha Gallery, Bangalore at Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Center, New Delhi 2001 Between One Shore and Several Others, Contemporary Art Gallery, Lalit Kala Academy. Kochi. Vivek Vilasini Selected Group Exhibition b. 1964, Trishur, Kerala 2017 Sub-Plots- Laughing in the Vernacular, curated by Meena Vari at National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai 2017 ‘But you cannot see them’ Curated by Maya Alison and Bana Kattan at New York University Museum Gallery, Abu Dhabi 2017 ‘Homage without a Homage’ curated by Christiana Demarchi at Dubai Art Fair 2016 The current Convening #2, by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Academy, Curator Stefanie Hessler 2014 Nature: A Good Ideá” Opening 28 of June 11-16 in Trollhättans Konsthall., Sweden 2014 City Dwellers: Contemporary Art from India - SAM - Seattle Art Museum
Talks & Presentation
2018 - Art Basel_Conversations_Presentations: Artist Talk | Communism as Common ‘ism’: Artist Perspectives 2018 - HASSAN SHARIF: INTEREXCHANGE SYMPOSIUM, Sharjah Art Foundation 2017 - Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary and TBA21–Academy to be part of The Current Convening #2 December 13–15, 2016 Fort Kochi, Kerala, India
Vivek, Works in the collection of Kadist Collection, 21 C, Hermes Collection, Toronto Museum, Arco Foundation Spain, Singapore Art Museum and other major national and international private collections.
Vivek lives and works from Bangalore, Kochi and Kerala Bangalore Blossoms 18 x 17 in. each Digital Print on Hahnemuhle Paper Edition of 3 Education
“Born and brought up in Mumbai, Walter D’Souza originally enroled in St. Xavier’s to receive a BA in Economics. Dissatisfied with the curriculum, he decided to move to Baroda, where he joined the Faculty of Fine Arts. He speaks favorably of his time in Baroda. The school drew students from all parts of India, providing him with insight into artistic trends around the country.Moreover, students were not divided by discipline, and D’Souza himself roomed with a biochemist for three of his years in Baroda.
D’Souza graduated in painting, completing a post-graduate course in print-making in 1983. He describes prints as his “take-off point from them I move on” He first became attracted to the medium on viewing metal engravings based on Durer’s, “These were strong images for me,” he remarks. When he embarked on an art career, he explored all forms: sculpture, painting, drawing, etc.
He gained exposure to print-making through his brother, an avid pop art fan who would bring home posters, books, and album covers. Seeing Warhol’s soup cans and Monroes, D’Souza became interested Walter Emilio D’Souza in the possibilities of print-making, an interest that his brother encouraged. In fact, screen printing was quite popular during the 1960s and 70s. Beyond these early exposures to art, D’Souza is hesitant to name b. 1957, Mumbai artistic influences, preferring to name his debt to his environs...” saffronart.com
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011-12 'Back to School: Baroda 1979-89', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai 2011 'Back to School: Baroda 1979-89', Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi 2010 '1.2.3.4.5...In the Line of Fire', Lemongrasshopper, Ahmedabad Participations 2010 'Contemporary Printmaking In India', presented by Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai
Walter lives and works in Ahmedabad, Gujarat Untitled 18 x 13 in. each Etching Edition of 3 The Gallery The Bay, Campus 8 RMZ Ecoworld Doddakannahalli Village Sarjapur - Marathahalli Outer Ring Road Bangalore - 560 037