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RMZ FOUNDATIONRMZ FOUNDATION We Care for the Future In helping extend the reach of the art community, RMZ created RMZ Art Foundation (RAF). It is a non-profit foundation creating opportunities

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RMZ FOUNDATIONWe Care for the Future

In helping extend the reach of the art community, RMZ created RMZ Art Foundation (RAF). It is a non-profit foundation creating opportunities through grants and scholarships, while supporting the ideas of emerging and established artists, igniting an emotional and visceral artistic exchange and developing creative practice through residencies and partnerships. The foundation will create Art Walks, Art Galleries at our urban assets and build on initiatives for students and emerging artists across major cities in India.

RMZ Art Foundation aspires to create and expand international cultural alliances, to make each of its collections accessible to broader audiences, to reimagine spaces through contemporary art encompassing sitespecific Installation Art, Sculptures, Paintings, New Media Art to explore collaborative exchanges, publishing and awareness programs and to facilitate each institution’s long term goals.

InitiativesThe vision of RMZ Art Foundation is defined by its initiatives.

Promoting Contemporary ArtAwareness ProgramsOutreach ProgramsRMZ Family LabThe impact of art goes far beyond the aspect of visual appeal. RMZ Art Foundation aims to bring out the essence of art, which is a constant quest for perfection that paves the way towards achieving a state of harmony.

A showcase of inspiring artistic expressionsArt ShowsA Platform to promote emerging, mid-career and established contemporary artists across the globe through art shows showcasing sculptures, installation art, paintings, new media and digital art.

OUTREACH PROGRAMS

Enabling art to reach out and touch lives

Community EngagementThe focus is on creating opportunities for participation in various art programs and initiatives, resulting in a positive impact on the individual and, by extension, on the community at large.

WorkshopsConducted by renowned by significant contemporary artists, these workshops will be a source of inspiration for students of various institutions, including art schools and regular schools.

Guided ToursArt walks for an audience conducted by the artists, to provide unique insights into the world of creativity.

Studio VisitStudents will get an exciting glimpse into the artist’s life, with a visit to an artist’s studio in Bangalore.

- Art WalksVisitors will be invited to engage in a conversational & educative Art Walk conducted by the artist.

-lnter school Competitionslnter school competitions will be held across India allowing new media artworks to be created by the students, fostering an appreciation for artistic endeavors from an early age.

-Art ShowsThe selected works of Interactive Installation Art created by the students during the lnter school competitions will be provided a platform for exposure.

EventsPromoting and educating the public at large about new mediums of art by hosting various festivals with a focus on interactive immersive art, performance art, light and sound and events on art and technology, to name a few.

CollectionsCreating engaging and unique art collections from renowned artists, will allow visitors to indulge in a truly distinctive experience. It will be a setup that will be the first of its kind in the country and is sure to delight art lovers.

AWARENESS PROGRAMSUnveiling a world of exciting possibilities

TalksInteraction between artists and the community will enable discussions on the concepts behind works of art and the exploration of ideas for using innovative mediums for artistic expression.

ScreeningsCapturing the imagination through art films and documentary screenings at film festivals, where movie makers will be invited to showcase their work in a 20-30 day event.

Art WalksArtists will engage with the audience to share their experiences, talk about their ideas, the artworks displayed and mediums explored and their bodies of works.

Grants, Scholarships and FellowshipsOpen calls to support emerging and mid career artists providing opportunity for growth and exposure.

InternshipsProviding internship programs to students of art institutions for various initiatives, such as guided tours, gallery assistance to name a few.

A Journey Into art, science and technology for the whole family

- Art labChildren, along with their families, will be invited to experience the Interactive Installation Artwork, which will enable them to unlock their own imaginations.

- Art Movies ScreeningThe artist’s outlook will be explored through the screening of movies and videos of the artist responsible for the Interactive Installation Artwork on display.

RAF Gallery One of the major highlights of the RMZ Art Foundation is the world class art gallery thathas been designed at RMZ Ecoworld, termed the RAF Gallery. The RAF Gallery would be the hub of creativity, that would periodically house shows from prominent artists of National & International acclaim, besides talks, workshops and such other interactive activities with a focus on visual art in various mediums and forms.

The RAF Gallery represents a passion for all forms of art, forming an integral part of the work environment through breathtaking installations placed throughout the project to create a unique visual impact that leaves a lasting impression.

MAKERS OF MULTIPLES

Printmaking has intrinsic qualities that allow the medium to evolve and permeate into a variety of combined processes. As a set of techniques for producing multiples- woodcut, engraving, etching, lithography and other forms have both maintained their uniqueness and also addressed the requirements of a contemporary milieu. In the Indian context, from the late 19th century until present times, one can see a sea-change in the technology of the multiple with the continual development of digital mediums. This has generated immense creative possibilities, but also fuelled certain confusions with regard to the understanding of a ‘fine-art’ print. The Printmaking workshop 2018 hosted by RMZ foundation was directed towards 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.

Many among the group of artists who participated in the program have been instrumental in setting standards for printmaking practices in India. Laxma Goud, with several decades of committed artistic exploration behind him, creates a distinctive work with deeply etched lines contouring the powerful portrait of a woman. In the untitled work, subtle colours highlight the frank stare of the figure, while the viewer’s eye is led through the ornamentation within the frame. Sonal Vershneya’s etching ‘Permanent Issue’ portrays a commentary on gender, reflecting on contemporary events and connecting them through cryptic symbols left to the audience’s interpretation. ‘Heads’ by Viraj Naik continues the artist’s often satirical observations on complex human/animal nature – the delicately etched lines of each section richly perceivable against the pale paper surface. Jayakumar G. Reddy, in his aquatint etching ‘Project Decoding’ visualises a narrative that mixes the imaginary and real, producing a hybrid atmosphere in which anything is probable. An approach towards surreal representation is also apparent in the untitled print of Walter Emilio D Souza, which seems to personify a throne/chair; he often creates composites of figuration and abstraction within his art.

Nature, with its unbounded and often mysterious vastness comes across strongly in the works of Kavita Nayar and Tejendra Singh Baoni. Nayar embodies a dynamic cloud that extends across the picture plane in ‘Seeds of Love’ and indicates an almost painterly handling of the print medium. Baoni on the other hand brings forth his background in sculptural practice, depicting an organic form alluding at once to elements in the microcosm and macrocosm – ‘Panchabhuta’. Fragments of the existential world construe 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 minimal mapping in Rm Palaniappan’s ‘Still not Arrived’. As a pioneer of printmaking experimentation and international expansion, Palaniappan has inspired several generations of practitioners.

Printmaking is being seen as an extension of new media practices, with artists venturing into fresh 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 adopt non-toxic methods personally as well as within her community studio ‘Chhaap’, displays a poetic 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.

Vivek Vilasini’s vividly coloured ‘Bangalore Blossoms’ presents a micro worldview of organic material resembling flower petals. It appears as a sign for a period of transformation; of familiar languages reorganised into new visual dialects, responding to a changing contemporary scenario. Manjunath Kamath introduces a multitude of simultaneous visual narratives in his work ‘Because of you’; his approach renders a logical interpretation of the interesting tableau difficult, and yet the absurd commentary makes a fascinating human-historical landscape. Baiju Parthan obliquely refers to conflicts of contemporary nationhood in ‘Masquerade’. The poignant image articulates elements of fear, subterfuge, and ultimately escape from boundaries.

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 of a thinking, critical and physical space for art-making and its dissemination. Art is a continuously evolving process and the new can only survive on the experiences and foundations of the old traditions. Indian Printmakers are a case to point and the novelty of their practice thrives as much on traditional methods of printing as on newer technologies advancements. While there has been a rise and fall in the popularity of the medium, both aesthetically and commercially, the intrinsic results of printmaking processes and the tactile quality of its surfaces cannot easily be replicated by any other means.

The woodcut process goes back a long way in history, and two artists chose to carry on the system of surface print production in the workshop. Champa Sharath in her piece ‘People’ develops an instant engagement with various different character portraits - types one might come across in mundane life. The distinct delineation of negative and positive space and the arrangement of black and white, reflects her mastery of the technique. Printmaking requires mechanical processes to a certain extent; it is a social/democratic 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 of multiplication and therefore (inexpensive) distribution. Ravikumar Kashi draws upon socio-political and cultural commentaries through whatever medium he chooses to activate, often symbolising common objects to represent philosophical and universal concepts. In his woodcut ‘Pay Forward’, the street vending cart becomes endowed with hidden meaning, evoking at the same time familiarity, collective memory and intrigue.

There is a movement among practitioners and followers of printmaking, towards an emphasis on inclusive practices and expansion of boundaries. Printmaking has been running on the weight of its own prolific 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 is attempting to create space for a discourse and viewership beyond the economics of art.

Lina Vincent 2018Art Historian, Curator

Baiju Parthanb.1956, Kerala

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, Chennai2012- ReCursor, videos installations, lenticular prints, Gallery OED, Kochi2011- Displacement- Mill Junction part 2, Paintings & Photo works, AICON Gallery, London2010- Mill Junction, Paintings and Photo works, AICON Gallery New York2007- Liquid memory + Rant, Inter-media show, Vadehra Gallery New Delhi2006- Source Code, Large Format paintings, Museum Gallery, Art Musings Gallery, Mumbai

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017- Negotiation in Contested Space - Part I Guild gallery, Mumbai2017- Artstage Singapore- artdistrict-XIII, Singapore2016 - The Journey is the destination, Jehangir Nicholson Foundation Gallery, CSMVS, Mumbai2014- 2015 - The Eye and the Mind, New Interventions in Indian Art, China Art Museum Shanghai & Gaungdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China, organized by NGMA Delhi2014 – Zameen, 13, curated by Ranjit Hoskote, Art District 13, New Delhi 2013 - 50 years of Indian Contemporary, curated by Geeta Kapur, Chemould Prescott Mumbai2011-2012 INDIA!, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB), Rio de Janeiro2010 - Go see India, Vasa Konsthall, Gothenburg, Sweden2010 - The 11th Hour, Tang contemporary art gallery, Beijing, China2009 - Indian Contemporary, Benedictine Museum, Fecamp, France2009 - Beyond Globalization, Pan Asian contemporary show, Beyond Art Space, Beijing, China2008 - Ghost of Souza, Aicon Gallery, New York2008 - Everywhere is war, Bodhi Gallery, Mumbai2008 - 101 Contemporary, Tokyo, Japan2007- Rant + Liquid Memory, Vadehra Art gallery, New Delhi2006 - Altered Realities, (with Shibu Natesan & Chittrovanu Majumdar, Arts India, New York2005 - Kaam, Gallery Artsindia, New York2005 - Paths of Progression, Bodhi Art Gallery, Singapore2005 - Arad biennale, Romania

AWARDS

1981 - Goa Lalit Kala Academy award my merit award

Baiju Parthan lives and works in Mumbai

Migration Masquerade29 x 19 in.

Digital Print on Hahnemuhle PaperEdition of 3

GROUP SHOWS

2005 “Rekha Namana” a show of drawings by various artists in memory of Late.Sri.K.K.Hebbar2000 "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 WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

2017 Lalitkala Academy print making Workshop held at Bangalore,2005 Painting camp held at Spain, of Indian Artists By The Guild Gallery Mumbai2005 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 June2004 Printmaking Workshop held at the Guild Gallery in Mumbai July2002 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, Mumbai2006 Hyderabad and Kansas- USA2004 Sixth Bharath Bhavan International Biennial of Print2001 67th & 68th National Exhibition of Art, Amritsar2001 A.B.V.P. Annual Show Bangalore

Champa Sharath lives and works in Bangalore

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

Champa Sharathb.1979, Mysore, Karnataka

People26 x 18 in.

Woodcut PrintEdition of 3

G.R. Irannab.1970, Karnataka

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 ArtBengaluru, Bengaluru (India); curated by Ranjit Hoskote2014 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 Delh2015 The Eye and The Mind: New Interventions in Indian Art, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou (China) 2015 Chaina Art Museum, Shanghai (China)2015 Minsheng Art museum, Beijing (China), by NGMA New Delhi2015 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 Solanki2014 Unmarked; Collective project at BC Gallery, Kochi Biennale, Kochi (India) 2013 Heritage Transport Museum; curated by Priya Pall2012 The Secret Life of Plants; Exhibit 320, New Delhi; curated by Maya Kóvskaya2011 Giant Elephant; Indian Contemporary Art Exhibition, Gong Art Space, Seoul (Korea)

AWARDS

2008 ABPF Foundation, Signature Art Prize- Singapore Art Museum Jury Award 20082004 Harmony Show, Artist of the Year Award, Mumbai (India)2002 K.K. Hebbar Foundation Award 20022001 State Award from Karnataka Lalit Kala Akademi, Bengaluru (India)

SCHOLARSHIPS, RESIDENCIES AND WORKSHOPS

2003 Residency, George Keyt Foundation, Dambulla, Sri Lanka1999 – 2000 International Scholarship from Charles Wallace India Trust, British CouncilArtist-in-residence, Wimbledon School of Art, London (UK)

The Artist lives and works in New Delhi

Tempered Branches13 x 18 in.

EtchingEdition of 3

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2003 Saffronart Kalaghoda Festival, Mumbai2003 Chitam Art Gallery, Kerala2003 Kanoria Center for Arts. Ahmedabad2003 Nehru Center, The Arts Trust, Mumbai2002 Fine Arts Faculty, Vadodra2002 Nazar Art Gallery, Vadodra2002 Chemould Gallery, Mumbai2001 Fine Art Resources, Mumbai2000 Nehru Center, Mumbai2000 Cymrosa Art Gallery, Mumbai2000 AIFACS, New Delhi

ART CAMPS/ WORKSHOPS/ SYMPOSIUMS & SEMINARS

2018 Graphic Workshop, Kalasketram, Chennai2017 SBI National Art Camp Mahabalipuram & Tanjore2017 Orange County, National Art Camp, Hampi2010 National Art Camp, Bikubhai Art Foundation, Guwahati2008 National Art Camp Alva’s Foundation, Moodabidri2008 National Graphic Workshop, Regional Lalitkala Akedemi, Chennai2007 Graphic Camp, Nagpur2007 Art Camp, Binode Bihari Mukherjee Centenary, Santiniketan, Vishva Bharathi University2007 Oberoi Art Camp, Mumbai

AWARDS

Awarded Inlaks Scholarship 1983-85State 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.

EDUCATION

Master of Arts, Royal College of Art London, U.K Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of BarodaKen school of Art, Bangalore

SELECTED SOLO SHOWS

2002 Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore1996 Renaissance Gallery, Bangalore1991 Gallery 7, Mumbai1990 Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore1988 Gallery 7, Mumbai

Prof. Jayakumar G. Reddyb.1970, Karnataka

Project Decoding13 x 18 in.

EtchingEdition of 3

K. Laxma Goudb. 1940, Nizampur, Medak District, Telangana

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 19672011’, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi2011 Focus Art Gallery Chennai2011 Art Musings, Mumbai2011 ‘Everyday Life’, Focus Art Gallery, Chennai2009 Aicon Gallery, London

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016 In Collaboration Pundole Art Gallery2011-12 ‘Reprise 2011’, Aicon Gallery, New York2011 ‘States of Departure: Progressives to Present Day’, Aicon Gallery, London2011 ‘Anecdotes’, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai2010 ‘Dali’s Elephant’, Aicon Gallery, London2010 ‘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 Sansthan2016 Padma Shri2015 Telangana State Award2015 Life Time achievement Prafulla Dahanukar Award2013 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

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

Untitled13 x 18 in.

EtchingEdition of 3

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.

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 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.

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 Nayarb. 1957, New Delhi

Seeds of Love18 x 13 in.

EtchingEdition of 3

Kavita Shahb. 1962, Baroda

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, Mumbai and Telugu University, Hyderabad, and seminar on “Curator, collector and collective” in Jawahar 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.

Untitled14 x 22 in.Cynotype

Edition of 3

2015 Night Poem & Other Stories” Sakshigallery , Mumbai.2013 Spell of Spill: Utopia of Ecology Curated by Veeranganakumari Solanki palette art gallery New Delhi2013 Dhaka Bainnale, Bangladesh2012 “RED” palette art gallery New Delhi2012 Kiran Nadar Museum of Art

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 DelhiMr. E. alkazi art heritage New DelhiJindal pipes kosikalan MathuraAnd other private collections

Artist lives and work in Delhi.

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 summit2011 “Collective Nouns” Sakshigallery , Mumbai.2010 “Conscious – Sub – Conscious” Gallery Espace, New Delhi.

Selected Group Shows

2016 Revisiting Beauty gallery threshold2016 Tales of two cities , indo srilankan art project 2015 EXCAVATION / ERUPTION Curated by Yashodhara Dalmia

Manjunath Kamathb. 1972, Mangalore, Karnataka

Because of You22 x 19 in.

Digital Print on Hahnemuhle PaperEdition of 3

Ravikumar Kashib. 1968, Bangalore

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 in 2015.

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.

Forward18 x 20 in.

Woodcut PrintEdition 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.

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 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.

Rm. Palaniappanb. 1957, Devakottai-Tamil Nadu

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Sonal Varshneyab. 1985, Uttar Pradesh

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 dehli2016 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 -20132012 Exhibition of Prints, sponsored by Indian Council of Cultural Relations at Bhopal.

Selected Group Shows

2017 “The duo” show at art houz art gallery Chennai2015 Exhibition of” prints and painting”, at jehengir art gallery, at auditorium hall, Mumbai2016 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.2014 Edition print art fair Seoul South Korea. 2014 Asian art show in new dehli in aifacs art gallery.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

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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 centres and Institution.

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.

Prof. Tejendra Singh Baonib. 1964, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh

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Viraj Vassant Naikb. 1975, Goa

Education

2000 Master of Fine Art (Printmaking), University of Hyderabad1998 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, Goa2012 Artist-in-Residence, Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium2011 Junior fellowship (Graphics), Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India2008 International biennial of mini prints, Tetovo, Republic of Macedonia2008 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

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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 Kong2018 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, Mumbai2011 Between One shore and Several Others, Sakhshi Gallery, Mumbai2011 Gallery Sumukha at the Delhi Art Summit 20112010 Between one shore and several others IV, Pundole Gallery, Mumbai2009 Between One shore and several Others III, Birds Gallery, Trivandrum2008 Between One shore and several others II, Arushi Gallery, New Delhi2007 Between One Shore and Several Others, curated by Dr. Alka Pande, presented by Sumukha Gallery, Bangalore at Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Center, New Delhi2001 Between One Shore and Several Others, Contemporary Art Gallery, Lalit Kala Academy. Kochi.

Selected Group Exhibition

2017 Sub-Plots- Laughing in the Vernacular, curated by Meena Vari at National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai2017 ‘But you cannot see them’ Curated by Maya Alison and Bana Kattan at New York University Museum Gallery, Abu Dhabi2017 ‘Homage without a Homage’ curated by Christiana Demarchi at Dubai Art Fair2016 The current Convening #2, by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Academy, Curator Stefanie Hessler2014 Nature: A Good Ideá” Opening 28 of June 11-16 in Trollhättans Konsthall., Sweden2014 City Dwellers: Contemporary Art from India - SAM - Seattle Art Museum

Talks & Presentation

2018 - Art Basel_Conversations_Presentations: Artist Talk | Communism as Common ‘ism’: Artist Perspectives2018 - HASSAN SHARIF: INTEREXCHANGE SYMPOSIUM, Sharjah Art Foundation2017 - 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

Vivek Vilasinib. 1964, Trishur, Kerala

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Walter Emilio D’Souzab. 1957, Mumbai

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.

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, AhmedabadParticipations2010 '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

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 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 artistic influences, preferring to name his debt to his environs...” saffronart.com

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