A Gift for Khoj Edition III
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a gift for khoj edition III 18 artists have contributed 5 original signed artworks as a gift for khoj 5 unique portfolios with 18 original artworks are available*. DETAILS OF DONATION The drawing/painting portfolio can be booked on a 50% advance donation. It will be shipped against full payment. Shipping costs will be extra. All donations are exempt from Income Tax under 80G (5) (VI) of the Income Tax Act, 1961. ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TOWARDS Acquring & refurbishing the Khoj buildings in Khirkhee. Developing a corpus fund for KHOJ which will allow KHOJ to function independently in the long term. FOR BOOkiNG PLEASE CONTACT Email: [email protected] / [email protected] Phone: +91 11 29545274 / +91 11 65655873 Mobile: +91 9810327436 / +91 9871308043 *The portfolio of original artworks may not be sold until December 31, 2013 Adip Dutta Aditya Pande Archana Hande Ashim Purkayastha Debnath Basu Gargi Raina Hema Upadhyay Imran Qureshi contributing artists Jagannath Panda Madhvi Parekh Manisha Parekh Manu Parekh Prajakta Potnis Paula Sengupta Reena Saini Kallat Rohini Devasher Sarnath Banerjee Vasudha Thozhur Adip Dutta Drawings from Khasta Katha, adapted from plebian, salacious literature brush & ink on paper, silk screen | 12” x 9” | 2011 Adip Dutta was born in 1970. He received a Bachelor’s and Master degree from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. He is currently a member of Faculty of Visual Arts at Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. He also received the Rabindra Bharati Annual Exhibition Award for Sculpture (1998, 2000) and the Charles Wallace Scholarship (2002). His public installation Celestial Angels was installed in New Delhi at IGI Airport Metro Link (2010). His works have been exhibited in shows, group and individual in London, USA and India. The artist lives and works in Kolkata. Aditya Pande Untitled ball pen on paper | 13” x 13” | 2011 Aditya Pande was born in 1976. He graduated from the National Institute of Design in 2005. His solo exhibitions include a show at Alexia Goethe Gallery, London in collaboration with Gallery Nature Morte, New Delhi (2009) and at Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai (2008). He has also exhibited in group shows around the world in New York, Berlin, Spain, Switzerland & Shanghai among others. Aditya lives and works in New Delhi, India. Archana Hande “Bambaiya” painted woodcut on cloth 100% cotton | 12”x 12” | 2011 Archana Hande, born 1979, lives and works out of Bangalore and Mumbai. She has a B.F.A from Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, and an M.F.A from M. S. University, Baroda. She is recipient of the Charles Wallace India Trust Arts Award in 2000. Hande has had solo exhibitions at Z2O/Sara Zanin Gallery in Rome, Gallery Chemould and Lakeeren in Mumbai and Nature Morte & JNU in Delhi amongst others. Her works have also been in important group shows like Incheon Women Artists’ Biennale, Korea; Guangzhou Triennial, China; NIFCA, Helsinki. Her project www.arrangeurownmarriage.com, a web and installation project that investigates the Institution of arranged marriages within traditional societal structures is particularly noteworhty. She has been part of the World Social Forum as an organizer. Ashim Purkaystha Untitled watercolour on paper | 12” x 12” | 2011 Ashim Purkaystha was born in Digboi, Assam. He received a Masters from Kala Bhavan, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan 1987-92 Bachelors from Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan. He has been awarded The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award 2004, New York, USA and 2001 The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award, Canada. He has exhibited solo shows across the country. He has had several group shows in India as well as Italy, Melbourne, Dubai, Bangladesh. Ashim Lives and works in New Delhi. Debnath Basu Untitled industrial graphite powder on paper | 12” x 12” | 2011 Debnath Basu was born 1961, in West Bengal. He obtained his bachelor and masters both from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. Select Solo Exhibitions include 2007 Aicon Gallery, Palo Alto 1995 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai. He has also shown in several group shows across the country. Debnath lives and works in Howrah, West Bengal. Gargi Raina Instruments of Precision & Persuasion gouache on paper | 7” x 10” | 2011 Gargi Raina was born 1961 in New Delhi. She has received her Master’s from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat and Bachelors from The College of Arts, New Delhi. Her most recent solo show was held in 2007 at Bodhi Art, New Delhi, she has also held several solo shows in Mumbai and Vadodara. She has exhibited widely in group shows in India and abroad. She was at a residency at Taipei Artists Village, Taiwan in 2002. Gargi lives and works in Vadodara, Gujarat. Hema Upadhyay Untitled acrylic, gouache and photographs on printed acid free paper 12” x 12.5” | 2011 Hema Upadhyay was born in 1972, Baroda, India. She did her B. F. A. (Painting) and her M. F. A. (Print Making) both from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda. Her most recent solo exhibition was in 2010 at the Studio la Città, in Verona, she has also held solos in India as well as Rome and Singapore among others. She has exhibited across the globe in Paris, Helsinki, Stockholm, Nagoya, Oslo, London,New York and others. Hema Lives and works in Mumbai. Imran Qureshi Untitled ink on paper | 12” x 12” | 2011 Muhammad Imran Qureshi was born in 1972 in Pakistan. He received a Bachelors of Fine Arts from the National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan. He was a artists in residence at the Liverpool School of Arts, John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom (2001) and at the College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (2001). He has exhibited widely across the world in London, USA, France, Germany, Australia, India & Pakistan amongst many more. He was recently the prize winning artists at the Sharjah Biennale in 2010. Jagannath Panda Metropolis of Mirage mixed media collage | 12” x 8.5” | 2011 Jagannath Panda was born in Bhubaneswar, Orissa. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in sculpture at the B. K. College of Arts and Crafts (1991), and his Master’s degree at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M. S. University, Baroda (1994). He served as a visiting researcher at the Fukuoka University of Education, Fukuoka, Japan, 1997 and also completed another master’s degree in sculpture from the Royal College of Art, London, 2002. Panda has had solo shows at Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai, 2007; Berkeley Square Gallery and Saffronart Online, London, 2006; Nature Morte, New Delhi, 2005 and Zamoca Foundation Gallery, Tokyo, 1998 among many others. The artist lives and works in New Delhi. Madhvi Parekh Drawing 1,2,3,4,5 pen & ink on paper | 12” x 12” | 2011 Madhvi Parekh was born in Sanjaya, a village in Gujarat (1942). Madhvi Parekh reflects her rural influences in her stylized folk art. A self- taught artist, Madhvi’s work has its inspiration in rural India, while her style is contemporary. Influenced by artists such as Paul Klee and Clemente, her subjects have a freshness and spontaneity to them which lend it a surreal, dreamlike quality. She has been exhibiting her work since 1972, all over the world and has more close to a hundred solo and group shows to her credit. Manisha Parekh Through the Key-Hole 1,2,3,4,5 graphite on fabriano paper | 12” x 12” | 2011 Manisha Parekh was born in 1964. She received a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Painting from M.S. University, Baroda and a Master’s degree in Painting from the Royal College of Art, London. Having exhibited widely across the world, she is also a recipient of the Erasmus Award - Hochschule der Kunste, Berlin, Germany in 1993; the Lalit Kala Akademi Award in Printmaking in 1991; and an INLAKS Foundation Scholarship. Her work is represented in several public and private collections including the Lalit Kala Akademi, Ahmedabad; INLAKS Foundation, London; Royal College of Art, London; Peabody-Essex Museum, Boston; and the Jehangir Nicolson Collection, Mumbai. Manisha lives and works in New Delhi. Manu Parekh Image 1,2,3,4,5 acrylic on paper | 12” x 12” | 2011 Manu Parekh was born in 1939 in Gujarat. He completed a Diploma in Drawing and Painting from the Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, in 1962. Manu Parekh’s early work explored the relationships between man and nature, his colors and forms exude a volatile energy that can barely be contained within the confines of his canvas, and become an extension of the artist’s personality. He has exhibited widely in India and across the globe. Parekh was awarded the President of India’s Silver Plaque in 1972; and the Padma Shree from the Government of India in 1992. The artist lives and works in New Delhi. Prajakta Potnis Cobwebs 1,2,3,4,5 acrylic on paper | 12” x 12” | 2011 Prajakta Potnis was born in 1980 in Thane and completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Fine Art from the Sir J.J. School of Art in Mumbai. She has participated in several group shows, the more recent ones being at Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi,2007; Bombay Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2007; Gallery Soulflower, Bangkok, 2007; Grosvenor Vadehra, London, 2007 among others. In 2003-04, Potnis received the Inlaks Fine Arts Award, and in 2001-03, she was awarded a Young Artist Scholarship by the Department of Culture of the Government of India. Prajakta Potnis lives and works in Mumbai. Paula Sengupta For one month only…1,2,3,4,5 watercolour & archival ink on canson paper | 12” x 12” | 2011 Dr. Paula Sengupta was born in 1967 and is an artist, academician, and writer.