Suhas Roy Radha

March 29, 2013, 4:18 am

Suhas Roy Radha

Suhas Roy's preoccupation is primarily with the female face and form, and his subjects are romanticized, inhabiting the dreamlike world between sensuality and innocence. His work is usually inspired by life around him, but his themes are as much influenced by the everyday world as they are rooted in fantasy.

Born in 1936, Suhas Roy studied at the Indian College of Arts and Draughtsmanship, Calcutta. In 1956, he travelled to France on a Government of France French Cultural Scholarship. In Paris, he studied at the Atelier 17 and the Ecole National Superiere des Beaux Arts. Between 1959-73, he was head of the Graphic

Department at his alma mater. In 1974, he joined Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan, as a lecturer in painting.

He has held numerous solo shows across the country and his works have been exhibited at various print exhibitions and biennales abroad. His paintings were included in important exhibitions like the Asian Graphic Prints Traveling Exhibition, USA, the Tokyo Print Biennale, Japan; Contemporary Indian Art, Yugoslavia; Romania, Czechoslovakia, Hungry, The Central Institute of Modern Art, New Delhi, and the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.

Roy retired in 1996, as the head of the Department of Painting at Kala Bhavan Santiniketan.

He lives and works in Kolkata.

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"The dark side of humanity and cruelty is what leads me in my search of the unknown."

Suhas Roy's preoccupation is primarily with the female face and form, and his subjects are romanticised, inhabiting the dreamlike world between sensuality and innocence. His work is usually inspired by life around him, but his themes are as much influenced by the everyday world as they are rooted in fantasy. The vast and complex texture of life is seen as mystical and dark in his work. The mystical flavour of his works arose fromhis interpretations of the 'unknown'.

It is his craftsmanship and consummate skill that ensure that his richly romantic subjects do not touch extremesyrupy and stereotypical portrayals. Instead, their very patent beauty veers towards melancholic grace and elegance. This graceful portrayal of his subjects has much to do with his choice of materials - his crayons, charcoal and brush have sensitivity and refinement.

Suhas Roy he studied at the Indian College of Arts and Draftsmanship, Calcutta, and under the tutelage of Prof. S.W. Hayter at the Atelier 17 Ecole Superior Des Beaux Arts, Paris. His works have been exhibited all over the world through exhibitions like the Asian Graphic Prints Traveling Exhibition, USA, the Tokyo Print Biennale, Japan, Contemporary Indian Art, Yugoslavia, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Hungry, and Wounds, at the Central Institute Modern Art, New Delhi, and the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. Roy lives and works in Santiniketan where he is the head of the Department of Painting at Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan.

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Maya Burman

March 29, 2013, 4:55 am

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Maya Burman

Maya Burman (born 1971) is a contemporary artist of Indian parentage living in France.She works mainly in pen and ink, and watercolor; her paintings are delicate and usually have a strong fantasy element. The striking

thing about her paintings is the amount of detail in them. In formal terms Maya Burman's paintings have a tapestry like effect where everything is subordinate to patterning, reminiscent of the French art nouveau tradition. The figures have an archetypal aura about them and their rendering in a clean decisive manner has its sources in Picasso's later classical period, his return after the war into an idyllic land inhabited by healthy and young boys of Athenian ideal. Maya Burman, is the daughter of the well-known painter Sakti Burman. She has had several exhibitions of her work in India, France, and the UK, and won several prizes.Ms. Burman lives in Paris but in her paintings she retires to a land of lyricism and allegory

Born in Villeneuve sur Lot, France, 1971.

Currently lives and works in Paris, France.

Qualification

3 years of architecture in Paris.

· Travel for one year in India. Work with the ‘Center for built environment, Kolkota’ for the survey

of North Kolkata, 1993.

Awards

Prix Lucie Rivel, Taylor Foundation (France) 2002.

Award for the watercolour section, Salon de Colombes (France) 2000.

Selected for the Award of the Salon d’ Automne, Paris (France) 2000.

Award of the Fine Art association of Sannois (France) 1998.

Award for young painters section, Salon de Colombes (France) 1997.

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Nantu Behari Das

March 29, 2013, 5:28 am

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Nantu Behari Das

Born 1977.

Nantu has done MVA in Sculpture from the Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.

In creating the current series, Nantu inadvertently brings to the fore his intrinsic childlike temperament.

His children at play are driven from within and therefore, manage to evoke a smile and touch one's heart. He draws a parallel with children and the soft fur they are associated with. Yet, in creating these works of wonder, Nantu juxtaposes the thought of tenderness with a medium as hard as metal, only to create the perfect illusion.

His figures compel you to reach out and feel them. Whether it is a child attempting a somersault or one tackling a ladder, the fur throws out a feeler; and when you actually feel it, it stares you in the face, because of its conflicting revelation. This is the masterstroke of Nantu Bihari Das.

Nantu Behari's organic sculptures are mostly made out of fibreglass, nails and screws. Quantum physics tells

us that apparently solid objects contain vast empty spaces, populated by tiny particles whose individual relationships create the whole, and that a single particle can exist in two separate places during one moment in time.

It is this dichotomy that he expresses by embracing opposites - the tension between humans and nature; the perils of balancing biology and technology; the combination of ancient forms with modern techniques. He further enhances these contradictions by the materials he uses : the form which appears solid and realistic is made using something as quotidian as nails.

Medium and expression are interlinked. One creates the other. His Sculptures grow out of his confrontation with life and reality around him. His works are mostly figurative and expressionist in character.

This unconventional mixed medium induces an air of irony, sarcasm, melancholy, anguish in the expression of his mostly figurative images making them vibrant, at once, with an inner force and turmoil of the outer world.

The ideal of Rabindranath Tagore induced in him to believe that although art is generated from the memory of past tradition, its uniqueness lies in surpassing the tradition and building up new norms through assimilation of contemporary, local and global value.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

Completed B.V.A. (Hons.) in Sculpture with a First Class form Rabindra Bharati University in the year

2004.

Completed M.V.A. in Sculpture with a First Class from the Rabindra Bharati University in the year 2006.

AWARD :

Awarded for best entry sculpture at the Student Annual Art Exhibition of Faculty of Visual Arts Rabindra

Bharati University â€“ 2001, 2003, 2005 & 2006.

Awarded Gold Medal in B.V.A. by Rabindra Bharati University in the year 2004.

Best Sculpture award from All India Fine Arts Exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts for the year 2005.

Best Sculpture Award from All India Fine Arts Exhibition of the West Bengal State Academy of Dance, Music and Visual Arts 2004.

Certificate of Merit from All India Fine Arts Exhibitions of the Academy of fine Arts for the year 2005.

WORKSHOP :

Participation in ''Samhita'' the national level seminar-cum-Workshop held during 16th â€“ 20th November

2004, in Specialization of Sculpture. Organized by College of Art (Government of NCT of Delhi).

Participated in the DOKRA workshop organization by the faculty of visual art (R.B.U) in the Dept. of

Sculpture, from 8th to 18th December, 2003 at Chita Bhaban, Emerald Bower Campur.

Participated in the 'DYE & PRINT ON CLOTH' workshop organized by the Faculty of Visual Arts in the Dept.

of Painting from 7th to 12th March, 2005 at Emerald Bower Campus by Sri Snehangsu Dekhar Das, Designer,

Regional Design & Technical Development Centre, Ministry of Textile. KHOJ â€“ Dec â€“ 2008

Organized by LALIT KALA ACADEMY (Govt. Art College) in Tripura.

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Shyamal Mukherjee

March 29, 2013, 6:26 am

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Shyamal Mukherjee

"SHYAMAL MUKHERJEE: Shyamal Mukherjee is an artist who has spent his entire life in Calcutta, only venturing out to attend showings of his works, and only speaking in Bengali. He was born there in 1961, and spent all of his college years in Santiniketan, first completing his BFA in 1987, and then his MFA in 1989 from the Rabindra Bharati University.

In Mukherjee's work, we see the Bengal School strong figurative tradition being carried ahead and interpreted in a very contemporary idiom. Mukherjee's favourite medium is reverse oil or acrylic painting on transparent acrylic sheets, and he swears that although he may change his themes and subjects, inventing new ones for new shows, he will never give up painting in this medium."

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Ganesh Chougule

March 29, 2013, 6:59 am

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Ganesh Chougule

A.T.D. from Chitrakala Mahavidyalaya Kala Vyavasaya Kendra, Solapur Dip.A.Ed. From Sir J.J. School of Arts, Mumbai
Date of birth :
Place of birth : Pandharpur - Maharashtra

Awards:
B.G. Jagtap Prize – Diploma in pPainting, First in Pune Centre, 1990.
J. D. Gondhalekar Prize – Diploma in Painting, First in Pune centre, 1990.
V. T.Bhalerao Prize – Diploma in Painting, First in Pune Centre, 1990.
Artific (a group of Artists, pune) K. P. V. Kelkar Award, 1991.
Bombay Art Society, 1996,2000 &2005
His Excellency, The Governor of Maharashtra’s Prize and Medal for the best entry from Bombay Art Society, 1997.
Art Society of India, 1999.
V.V. Oke Smriti Art Exhibition Award, Pune, 2000.
AIFACS, New Delhi’s Awards for the best entry from Maharashtra State, 2001.
First Prize & selected for Euro Art tour in ‘The All India Art Teachers’ Art Exhibition’ presented by Camlin Art Foundation., 2002.
Maharashtra state art teacher group mahamandal, present “32nd Art Education Council on the spot competition 2006.

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Ganesh Patil

March 29, 2013, 7:37 am

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Ganesh Patil

Academic Qualification

Art Teachers diploma 2000,
Gov. Diploma in Art 2004,
Dip. in Art Edu. 2005,
All from “Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalaya Pune 30.”

Awards

3rd rank at “National Manav Sanket Akadami” 2003, Ujjain.

Workshops

Anubhav art festival 2005, Pune
Sanskarbharti 2006, Bhor
Chhand Varg 2003, Bhor

Camp's

Sangli, Satara, Nasik, Kholhapur.

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Siddharth Shingade

March 29, 2013, 9:01 am

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Siddharth Shingade

Siddharth Shajirao Shingade’s paintings have a stylized quality to them. The artist creates a personal language, populating his surfaces with tall figures that appear to be wrapped in history, with a million stories to tell. His choice of palette resonates the intimate relationship he shares with his homeland, Marathwada in India. The deep browns and golden yellows draw upon the warmth of its climate as well as its people. The mood in his paintings however is somber, perhaps a reflection of the oppression faced by his people and more so the women of Marathwada.

Born in 1983, Shingade completed his Diploma in Painting from the L.S. Raheja School of Art, Mumbai, in 2006 and his Diploma in Art Education from the Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai in 2007. He held his first solo show ‘Anitya’, presented by Gallery One, at Epicentre, Gurgaon, Haryana, in 2008. His recent group endeavors include those held at Gallery Pradarshak, Mumbai, in 2008; Gallery One, Bangalore, in 2007; Gallery One, Gurgaon, in 2007; Tulika Art Gallery, Mumbai, in 2007, and Veh Art Gallery, Mumbai, also in 2007.

EDUCATION –QUALIFICATION : ATD – 1999-2000

G.D.art Painting – 2006-1st class 1st in order of merit

Dip.A.ED. 2007-08

AWARDS : INDO – JAPANS ASSOC. CERTIFICATE -1999

41st STATE ART SPACIAL AWARD - 2000

42nd STATE ART SPACIAL AWARD – 2001

KALAYATRI AWARD L.S. Raheja – 2002

ALL INDIA PHOTO AND INDUST ASSO.

1st CASH AWARD - 2003

VASAI VIKASINI STATE LAVEL

LANDSCAPE AWARD -2003

STUDENT OF THE YEAR

L.S. Raheja school of Art, Mumbai -2003

MUDRA STATE LAVEL LANSCAPE

1st AWARD -2004

SOUTH CENTRAL ZONE

CERTIFICATE -2005

THE BOMBAY ART SOCIETY

AWARD FOR PAINTING -2005

43rd STATE ART SPECAL AWARD -2005

SELECTION FOR LANDSCAPE CAMP

Neharu Center Art Gallery -2006

KALAPUSPA LANDSCAPE AWARD - 2006

INDIAN ROYAL ACADEMY-

ROYAL SHIELD - 2006

ART SOC. OF INDIA

AWARD FOR LANDSCAPE - 2006

10th KALAWRT INTERNATIONAL ART

FESTIVAL CERTIFICATATE Ujjain - 2006

STUDY TOUR AWARD FOR

LANDSCAPE AND PAINTING - 2006

44th STATE ART AWARD -2007

THE BOMBAY ART SOC.

AWARD AND MADEL for painting -2007

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Nishant Dange

March 29, 2013, 12:22 pm

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Nishant Dange

Artist Nishant Dange was a gold medalist in his art college in Nagpur. The man loves to work in one of the most challenging mediums — charcoal. Nishant says, “Charcoal is my favourite medium. It is very simple and also powerful and strong.

It is also an extremely challenging medium because it is just one black stick that one is working with and there are no other colours. It has its own limitations, but to be able to create something beautiful out of that is extremely satisfying.”

Nishant also asserts that there are very few charcoal artists as it requires lots of practice to grasp this medium.

“I did show few of my works after coming to Mumbai from Nagpur but I wasn’t satisfied with the works I was creating. And hence I didn’t show my works to any galleries. And now after three years of practice I think that I can do a good job with charcoal and hence I am having a solo show.”

Nishant’s paintings in black and white only portray the female form because it is the mystery in the form that intrigues and interests Nishant.

“My paintings are based on the female form, I fuse it with the forms of butterfly and birds as I think that these are inter-related,” explains Nishant. He goes on, “I think the woman’s form is also rather mysterious, I want to experiment and find and learn more of its nuances. I guess I find the female form aesthetic and beautiful.”

In his upcoming show Nishant will display 32 works in all sizes at the price range of Rs30,000going up to Rs 2 lakh. Ask him who inspires him and he says, “My wife Bhumika who is also an artist and her father, Rameshwar Singh, who is a very senior artist from Jaipur and who has had 62 solo shows. So I can say that I get inspiration from home.”

The first year that Nishant came to Mumbai, he had to struggle quite a bit as back then he didn’t know anybody in the art world.

Though he says, “But if your work is good it will definitely get recognition. I have always believed that the artist’s works should do more talking than his words,” ends Nishant.

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Bhumika Takshak

March 29, 2013, 4:36 pm

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Bhumika Takshak

Bhumika Takshak, born on 21st January 1983 in Udaipur (Rajasthan), did BFA in 2004 from International College of Girls, Jaipur and got Master of Fine Arts from Rajasthan School of Arts, Jaipur in 2007. She is presently settled in Mumbai.

Award:

Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademy, Jaipur, 2007

Camps:

Organized by Shangrila art gallery(Trivendrum) at Samrat Hotel, New Delhi, 2008

AIFACS, New Delhi, 2009

Her views about work:

‘Perception is the key to every art’. And my own perception is strongly influenced by the great western artists. What has always fascinated me is the simplification of forms, compositions with bright colours and sometimes strong rhythmical use of lines. I feel my existence with the works of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Picasso, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Botticelli, Toulouse Lautrec, Modigliani, Warhol, Egypt and Greek vessel artists. I have experimented with some of the interesting forms… Rearranging them with my own colours, compositions, script and collages with a sincere hope that it will be cherished by all and provide a new insight….. My painting would blend the past and the present… the East and the West.

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Asit Sarkar

March 29, 2013, 4:40 pm

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Asit Sarkar

Born in 1962 in Durgapur, Burdwan, Asit Sarkar graduated and trained in Kolkata from the Government College of Arts and Crafts in 1988. Asit Sarkar has had many group and solo shows and been vastly appreciated for his aesthetic, soft, sensuous treatment of women, Radhas & Krishnas. He is known for his versatility in various mediums and subjects. His handling of abstracts and semi-abstracts is dexterous.

Women have a special place in his works, they are sensitive beings with a soul who reach out to the viewer in terms of appeal and touch his hearts strings. They spread a feeling of love and happiness and uplift even the darkest of moods.

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Rameshwar Singh

March 29, 2013, 4:46 pm

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Rameshwar Singh

Rameshwar Singh was born in Rajasthan, and received his M.A. in drawing and painting from Udaipur University in 1982. He has a fascination for antiquity. The subject matter may be old-fashioned, but the treatment is novel. His work is very much keeping in tune with times. Through his paintings, he pays tribute to our cultural tradition that, he believes, can never be outdated. Blending he past with the present and striking a right balance in the process has helped him in establishing his identity.

About his work, fellow painter F. N. Souza has commented "His paintings are very compact; there''s a lot in them: figures, forms, and mythological content. Very colourful too.The forms are carefully constructed; there''s craftsmanship in his work, and skill. Sort of magic mantras and womens appear mysteriously in Rameshwar''s paintings.

His main source of inspiration is ancient scriptures, architecture and obviously his own state, Rajasthan, which is rich with art traditions. Old calligraphy, scripts and architecture also seize his mind. These frequently appear in his work. Artifacts like vessels, music instruments, games, toys and prints that speak so much of our rich tradition have a pulsating effect on him.

He paints for deriving aesthetic pleasure. His work is neither a statement on anything nor it means to fight any notions or traditions. There are bodies halved into the shapes of human and animal. Strange objects fly around. An antique Roman clock invariably features somewhere. Everything seems like having been caught in a time warp. A true communication or communion is on between one colour and another, between object and subject and things and thoughts.

Critic Umesh Verma has written, "Singh is a virile painter from Rajasthan. Calligraphic textures and through inner alchemic processing he creates highly decorative folkishly sweet objects and paintings. His process is more or less scientific and has obvious overtones of Rajasthan. Sweetness and mirage are the reason for the

essence of his visuals. He invokes poetic-Lingo."

His canvasses are textured and layered over and over. Perhaps he hates leaving any empty space on canvass and embellishes and decorates every object. He profusely uses different scriptures like Arabic, Persian, Urdu and even English. The couplets used don''t make any statement. They on their own don''t represent anything, but he does not use the symbols for the heck of it. To decipher them, they need to be viewed in totality, keeping in mind the objects painted. Otherwise, they are there for purely decorative purpose. A line with a shadow, cutting across the canvass, gives a sense of perspective to the painting. The concept is similar to one employed in old scrolled miniatures. Lines make a viewer stop and ponder; line-break the monotony and depth. Medium is not a barrier to him.

In the paintings with a mythological theme, he depicts different forms of Lord Ganesha, Lord Krishna, Goddess Durga and the Sun God. Art critic Keshav Malik, who has reviewed his work from early days, writes, "Singh''s apparitions from the cultural past cause nostalgia in viewers. This same dreamscape brims with the personae of charming figments, of birds, fish, beast and humans, of objects from both past and present. Here there are motifs from the foregoing Rajasthani painting as well as images of mundane objects of the day. All these have blended thoroughly." Malik adds, "No feel of over-crowding or of congestion. The ecology of his compositions, in other words, is just right; it suggests the interdependence of each on all, and of live and let live. This at least was the earlier Indian cultural methodology."

In an interview, he told that he does not always go by set patterns. Some of his paintings extend to or beyond the frame. He started with abstract before slowly switching to figurative. May be, he has now come a full circle as he again feels like doing abstract. While concerning about declining art traditions, he feels that puppetry, folk dances, scroll painting, tattoo, etc belong to the rich art tradition. If no attention is provided to their revival, these will simply vanish.

Awards and Honours

National Award, Lalit Kala Akademy, New Delhi, 1984

Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademy, Jaipur 1995

Bombay Art Society 1985, 1987

U.P. State Lalit Kala Akademy Lucknow, 1984

The Indian Akademy of Fine Art, Amritsar, 1983, 1987, 1990

Hyderabad Art Society, Hyderabad, 1984

Ankan kala parishad,Bhilwara,2004

Tulika Kalakar Parishad, Udaipur, 1977, 1980

A.P. Council of Artists, Hyderabad, 1984

Mahakaushal Kala Parishad, Raipur, 1984, 1990

Oriental Art Society, Calcutta, 1985

Karnataka Chitrakala Parishad, Bangalore, 1985

Creators, Ambala Cantt., 1985, 1990

Bharatha Kala Parishad, Hyderabad, 1988

South Central Zone Culture Centre, Nagpur, 1990

Banaras Artists Association, Banaras, 1992

1st Indian Drawing Biennial, The Solids Chandigarh, 1992

Research Scholarship, National Lalit Kala Akademy, New Delhi, 1986

All India Art Biennial of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 1997

All Indian Art Biennial of Rajasthan, Jaipur 2000

Nagridas kala sansthan, Kishangarh, Ajmer,2000

Honour by His Excellency The Governor of Tamil Nadu, 2006

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Anand Panchal

March 29, 2013, 4:51 pm

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Anand Panchal

Born on October 11, 1973 in Latur, Maharashtra, Anand Panchal completed a Diploma in Art Education from the Sir J J School of Art, Mumbai, in 1998. Prior to that, he received a G D Art in Drawing and Painting in 1997 from Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalaya, Pune. He has held several solo and group shows in many cities in India and abroad over the years, such as in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, amongst others. His works are in collection with many art lovers in India and abroad.

Beauty, boldness, brightness and gorgeousness are some of the trademarks of Anand Panchal’s works. Best known for his figurative artworks, Panchal has over the years developed an unique style of his own, mostly paints Brahmins, and children with lots of innocence in them. Panchal’s paintings are quite narrative, showing the unfolding stories of rural life. In most of his paintings we see the figures enjoying each other’s company.

Backgrounds merge with the subject of the painting, one can observe the scripts in the background; animals

and birds; group figures, and also painted singularly. Application of colours is smooth and well finished. The color palette is restricted to reds, blues and oranges. Foreheads are painted with orange or blue, to show the mood. Orange symbolizes spirituality and blue symbolizes calmness and peacefulness. Panchal has painted many panel format works.

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BEENA PRADHAN

March 29, 2013, 4:59 pm

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BEENA PRADHAN

Two wonderful things happened to me when I started painting a decade and a half ago. The primary source of my happiness was that, being self-taught, I did not have to stay within a studious frame of reference. And the second was the realization that the restrictions imposed by a physical setback were not a cause for despondence at all. It made me more determined, opened up my creative vistas, and made my artistic journey a joyous unfettered one.

My experimentation has been with a number of mediums, (watercolour, dry pastel, charcoal, oil and acrylic) as well as with a thematic representation. This has progressed over the years, from portraiture in its purest sense, to capturing the moodscape of India in its vastness, to my current somewhat more complex, figurative, philosophical passage. I endeavour to search every day for a meaningful métier and that leads me to experiment with form, colour, the effect of sound.

The focus in my current work which is rendered in acrylic and in Indian ink is to characterize and capture the lust for life that street musicians display and the musical, oceanic and empathetic reverberations that my emancipated and powerful women capture and convey to the tangential male. If there is a dominance of cobalt blue and cadmium red, it is because they endorse the strong sound that my musicians display when they play their hearts out into lonely nights with scant applause, but plenty of aplomb. These primary bursts of colour and other treatments with ultramarine and ochre as also in monochrome, abet in the creation of the feminine mystique.

My own passion for the piano ekes out different shades of fervour when I paint. My quest continues apace to unravel the machinations of hue, texture and the human psyche.

"Rated as one of the most enlightened new-generation painters of Bengal , in large part because of her extreme devotion and constant effort to explore new horizons of aesthetic thought and imagination." — Galley Joie

Conferred the Best Oil Painting Award at the Academy of Fine Arts, 2004, Beena Pradhan's work graces

collections in the major metropolitan cities of India and in London and New York.

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KANCHANMALA GHOSH

March 29, 2013, 5:07 pm

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KANCHANMALA GHOSH

Born in 1973, Kanchanmala received a Diploma from the Academy of Fine Arts in the Western style of painting in 1999. She has participated in various art exhibitions since and has participated in more than ten solo shows at various prestigious venues.

Apart from executing joyous compositions of flowers, landscapes & figures in vibrant colours on canvas, Kanchanmala concentrates on monochromatic, realistic studies of the male and female form. Her style is dramatic, contemporary & striking and the use of light & shade is skillfully executed.

Whilst creating wonderful portraits primarily in charcoal, Kanchanmala from time to time adds a hint of another colour in various dozes, not only to break the monotony of black & white, but also to highlight the finer nuances underlying the work. These subtle undertones are the foundation of Kanchanmala's well balanced compositions, which inspire her from within & captivate the viewer. Red is a natural follow up from

Kanchanmala's previous show titled Blue. While Blue signified melancholy & pensiveness, Red symbolizes a

shift in mood: passion, vivaciousness & love is what Red stands for. It is a natural & positive step in the process of her evolution as an artist. White was the theme of her last show, emphasizing purity.

She has sold her works in Dubai, Malaysia, London & the USA.

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Peter Gentenaar

April 3, 2013, 5:27 am

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Peter Gentenaar

My interest in paper started while working as a printmaker, when my engravings had such deep relief, that commercial paper could not fill it.

I decided to make my own paper and was helped by Jo Persoon at the Royal Dutch Paper Factory, KNP. He taught me about beaters for making paper pulp and vacuum systems to suck water out of pulp, to make paper. The laboratory beater I used was unable to process long fibers, so I built a beater of my own design.

A paper sheet is thin and strong and, reinforced with very thin ribs of bamboo, can be compared to a leaf. By beating pulp a long time, an extraordinary play of forces occurs during the drying process of my paper sculpture. The paper shrinks considerably, up to 40%, and the force of this puts the non-shrinking bamboo framework under stress, just as a leaf when it drys.

My sculptures start as totally 2-dimensional, colored sheets of pulp laying on my vacuumtable. The forms in my work are caused by pulp drying and shrinking in unison. The simplicity of the material, which is the carrier, the color, the texture and the form, in one, makes working with it wonderful and direct.

To bring paper art to the public and to be inspired by fellow paper artists, I instigated the Holland Paper Biennial in Museum Rijswijk and CODA, Apeldoorn. With friends, Pat and I have published seven books with the first seven Biennials.

Peter Gentenaar

Curriculum Vitae Peter Gentenaar

Born: 13 November 1946, Rijswijk, the Netherlands.

Education:

California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, California, 1969 –1970, MFA

Accademia di Brera, Milano, Italy, 1968 –1969, sculpture.

Vrije Academie, Den Haag, 1964 –1968, painting sculpture and printmaking.

Scholarships and Grants:

The Italian Government 1968, Prins Bernhard Foundation Amsterdam 1969,

Foundation of the Vrijvrouwe van Renswoude the Netherlands 1969

California College of Arts & Crafts tuition scholarships 1969, 1970.

Two experimental year grants of the Ministry of Culture the Netherlands1976 1981

Docent:

De Vrije Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten, painting and drawing, 1974 - 1991

Willem de Kooning College of Arts, Rotterdam, paper- and printmaking 1986 -2011

"In my artwork, I bring my love of nature, its materials and my fascination with technique together.

Coming from a painting orientated culture, I found in paper fiber a material much closer to nature and with much more character than I ever found in paint.

Slowly I turned from a paper user into a paper and pulp maker and while doing so found endless amounts of new possibilities for shapes and forms in paper."

Peter Gentenaar

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Anna Razumovskaya

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Anna Razumovskaya

"My art is a reflection of my life, a reflection of myself...

"...If an artist were asked what he was thinking of while creating his work, he would hardly give a reasonable answer to that question. This process can not be analyzed. It is like a miracle. "

Anna Razumovskaya

Looking at Anna Razumovskaya's works you always getting a feeling of artist sole tension behind the painting... "romanticism" is the word to describe Anna's works...interlacing of a quiet tones with the bright color impact at the end is the trade mark of the artist...abstract elements is the big aspect of every artwork and, in a combination with the sensual dynamics, creates an unforgettable experience for the viewer.

Artist Anna Razumovskaya: graduated from Russian State University For Arts (high-class artist) in 1991. From 1992 to 1995 studied art in Germany, Belgium, Holland. Had personal exhibitions in New York, Paris, Toronto, Amsterdam, Antwerp and Berlin. There are many of Anna's works in private collections in the USA, Canada, Austria, Holland, France, United Kingdom and Australia."

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Olga Roehl

April 3, 2013, 6:13 am

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Olga Roehl

Artistic practice

"I work in different technigues and generes: TEXTILE, ARTISTIC DOLLS ( MODELLING AND TEXTILE ), PAINTING, WATER COLOURS, DESIGN OF PAPER AND TAPESTRY. I HAVE RICH EXPERICENCE IN TEACHING CHILDREN AND ADULTS. MY WORKS ARE EXPRESSIVE, FULL OF LIFE, COLOUR AND JOY. MY DOLLS ARE PARTS OF MYSELF, MY INNER STATES, THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS, MY UNDERSTANDING AND ANSWERS ON THE MAIN QUESTIONS OF HUMAN BEING."

Olga Roehl

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Andrey Ostashov

April 3, 2013, 6:58 am

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Andrey Ostashov - Андрея Осташова

Andrei Ostashov was born in 1970 in Lida (Belarus)

In 1997 he has graduated from Belarusian State Academy of Arts, Department of Sculpture (Minsk, Belarus).

He’s been taking professor G. Muromtsev classes. The diploma work was guided by A. Finsky.

He is a professional sculptor working with stone and bronze. Also deals with drawings (lithography) and graphic works. He is an author of numerous art posters and booklets.

Since 1995 participated in more than 60 solo shows, group exhibitions, plain airs and auctions.

1998-2003 – Tutor of sculpture and composition at State Art College named after A. Glebov (Minsk, Belarus)

Since 1999 member of the Belarusian Union of Artists.

2004-2005 – Tutor of drawing at Belarusian State University’s Social Technologies State Institute, Department of Architecture Design, Minsk, Belarus)

Since 2005 member of Bureau Section of Sculpture, Belarusian Union of Artists

2005 – 2007 - was working together with a magazine “Business Review”, the author of the covers and illustrations to the business edition texts.

In 2009 the author's personal gallery was opened.

Closely works with the galleries in Belarus, Russia, Spain, France and Netherlands.

The author’s works can be found in National Art Museum (Minsk, Belarus), Malaga Art Museum (Spain), numerous galleries and private collections in Belarus, Russia, USA, Germany, Spain, France, Netherlands and Poland.

Live and work in Minsk, Belarus

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Zhu Yi Yong - Zhu YiYong

April 3, 2013, 7:25 am

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Zhu Yi Yong - Zhu Yiyong - 朱毅勇

1957 Born in Chongqing, China

Studied at the Oil Painting Department of the Sichuan Academy of Arts

1980

The monumental painting, Father and Son was selected for the exhibition of Sichuan Young Artists Works
Participated in Second Chinese National Youths Art Exhibition, Received bronze medal, Chinese National Museum of Art, Beijing

Participated in The Sichuan Youths Art Exhibition, Received excellent prize, Sichuan Museum of Art, Chengdu, China

1981

The painting Father and Son won 3rd Prize at the Second China Artist Expo
Participated in Sichuan Fine Arts Institute Selected for Exhibition, Chinese National Museum of Art, Beijing
Graduated from the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, Oil Painting Department in 1982.
Professor at Sichuan Fine Arts Institute
Currently works and lives in Beijing and Chongqing

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R.D. Roy

April 3, 2013, 7:58 am

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R.D. Roy

Artist R.D.Roy was born in Kolkata, India. Passionate about drawing and painting figuratives, landscapes and abstracts in charcoal, oil, watercolor and mixed medium, realistic, stylised and abstracts. He had exhibitions in major cities of India and his works are in private and corporate collections within the country and abroad. Roy is also an expert in 2D-classical as well as flash animation and his illustrations both manual and digital are appreciated widely.

Achievements:

Winner of Camel All India Award for Child Art in 1983.

Winner of President of India Award for Child Artists in the year 1981

Won awards for paintings in Water-Color for consecutively 6 years (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000) in State Annual Art Exhibition, organized by the Govt. of West Bengal

Participated in the All India Annual Art Exhibition organized by the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata (1999, 2000, 2001, 2006)

Pivotal in conducting Workshop on Traditional Cel Animation (10 days each) at Arena Multimedia, Kolkata and for Senior Students of Fine Arts College at Address Art Gallery, Kolkata

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