artistsandteachers

“HOMAGE TO GURUDEV : Artists as Teachers”

National Camp and workshop – Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath

26^th – 31^st Decemeber 2011

“Homage to Gurudev” is an Artist Camp organized by Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath to recognise the contribution of teachers to the continuing development of art practices, the building of art institutions, and relevant movements pertaining to the arts in our country. The title seeks to remember the passion for teaching that drove the life of the famous Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore whose 150^th birth anniversary is being celebrated this year. The camp will also acknowledge the individual achievements of each participant as an artist in their own right.

The program’s participants include artists from all over the country, practicing diverse forms of art – from painting to sculpture, traditional arts to new-media and printmaking – all of them are either currently teachers, or have been in the profession in the past. The teaching faculty at the BVA and MVA courses at Chitrakala Parishath will also be active participants. The weeklong camp is set to become a platform for the exchange of information, the sharing of insights and experiences, and it gives the artists uninterrupted time to create works of art. These works will be presented in an exhibition that will be inaugurated on the 31^st of December, at the Art Complex at the Parishath.

Participating Artist:

INVITEE ARTISTS

• Prof. V G Andani, Gulbarga

          Born 1947, Keerangi, Gulbarga (Karnataka). Studied at Fine Arts Institute Gulbarga. Founder and         Principal of College of Visual Arts, Gulbarga. Received several honours and awards including State Academy Award of Karnataka, Hyderabad Art society, National Academy of Art – New Delhi 1991. Held many solo shows at Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, New Delhi, Calcutta, Gulbarga and Hubli. Participated in many group shows in major cities. Represented in various major national, international and state exhibitions. Attended many camps and seminars. Contributed several publications. Presently working as President, Karnataka State Academy of Art, Bangalore and Principal MMK College of Visual Arts, Gulbarga.

•  Jai Zharotia, New Delhi

Jai Zharotia was born in a humble craftsman family. His evolution as an artist was a gradual process after he trained himself in the basics of paintings and acquired a Diploma in Art. He reinforced his involvement by studying for another Diploma in Fine Arts. He then joined the College of Art, Delhi as a lecturer in Painting, in the year 1974. In 1979, he participated in the Print Making, Carol Summers. In 1970 he participated in the Smithsonian Printmaking Workshop, Smithsonian Institute Washington DC. He has been honoured as the Senior Fellow in The field of visual Arts, Ministry of HRD Govt. of India in 1998. He has been awarded the National Award, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi in 1993. He retired as Professor & Head of the Department MFA Painting College of Art, New Delhi in year 2005.

PAINTING

•  Prof. Anjani Reddy, Hyderabad

Anjani Reddy holds a National Diploma in Painting from JNTU, Hyderabad. She has beenShe has participated in major exhibitions in India and Abroad viz U K, USA, Hongkong, Singapore, Bangkok, Jakarta, etc organized by Academies, Art Societies and Private Galleries . She has held several Solo shows in Hyderabad, Mumbai, New Delhi etc.  Attended Painting, Multimedia workshops and Artists Camps across India. She has been awarded by the Ladies Circle, India, 50 years celebration award by AIFACS Award, Women’s International Year Award and the All India Art Exhibition Hyderabad Art Society. She recently retired as Professor and Head of the Department

•  Prof. Ajayakumar, Trivendrum, Kerala

Ajayakumar initially being an Economics Graduate from Kerala University, went ahead to pursue his studies in Creative Painting from Faculty of Fine Arts, MS University, Baroda. He joined the College of Fine Arts Kerala in Trivandrum as a Lecturer in 1984 immediately after his Post Graduation. He has been the Principal of the institution since 2002 and he has also been the Secretary of Kerala Lalith Kala Academy twice from 1988-91 and 1996-2001. Apart from his vocation as an artist and teacher, he is multitalented and has the experience of working as a illustrator, designer. He even has scripted a 35mm documentary film on KCS Paniker titled ‘The Rhythm of Colours’ directed by P K Sreenivasan and has been associated with eminent film maker  Shaij N Karun for his Tele Film on KG Subramanyam entitled ‘Moving Focus – A Journey with KG Subramaniyan’. He is a regular contributor of writings on Contemporary art both in English as well as Malayalam. He has received the Gujarat State Lalith Kala Award in 1981, Bombay Art Society Award in 1983, Kerala Lalit Kala Academy Fellowship in 2010.

•  Prof. Pushpa Dullar, Banasthali, Jaipur

She is a Post Graduate from Banasthali Vidyapith (1981), P.G Diploma in Indian Miniature Painting (1981), Ph. D from Rajasthan University, Jaipur (1995). She is the recipient of Rajasthan Lalitkala Academy – Senior Artist Honour (2004), Bharat Jyoti Award by I.I.F.S (2006), Glory of India Award by I.I.S.A (2006) amongst several others. She has completed 2 Minor Research Project, has published several Research papers and has also conducted workshops. She has had solo shows at Banasthali Vidyapith (1982), Mumbai (2003), Dungagarh, Bikaner (2004) and Udaipur (2005). She has also been a part of group shows held at Banasthali Vidyapith, Jaipur, Delhi, Chandigarh, Ujjain, Indonesian Embassy (Delhi)etc. Her works are in various collections in India and abroad. She is currently Professor and Head, in Department of Visual Art, Banasthali University.

•  A. L. Aparajithan, Chennai
•  Gayathri Desai, Dharwad

SCULPTURE

•  Prof. Pankaj Panwar, Shantiniketan
•  Prof. Shiba Prasad Choudhry, Chattisgarh
•  Sukhjeet Singh Kukkal, Kashmir
•  Rishi Barua, Assam/ Shantiniketan
•  Rabi Narayan Rath, Orissa
•  Srinivas Reddy, Hyderabad

Srinivas Reddy was born in Suryapet, Andhra Pradesh. Following his graduation in fine arts from JNT University, Hyderabad he further specialized in ceramic sculpture from Faculty of Fine Arts, M. S University of Baroda, Vadodara in 1990. Srinivas Reddy is an artist who is at ease with several different media of visual art like Terracotta, fibre glass, bronze, stone and painting. This has been possible due to his unrelenting efforts in the field for the past twenty years. For Srinivas, art is, a process, like life itself – continuous and ever changing, challenging and yet with umpteen possibilities. This belief lead him good stead towards consistent experimentation. His endeavours were honoured with a National Award. He has been an active participant of several camps, workshops, group shows as well as curated shows. His works are in the collection of National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, Lalitkala Academy, Chennai, Kerala Lalitkala Academy and in several collections outside India.

APPLIED ART:

•  Dr. Deepak John Mathew, Ahmedabad

Deepak John Mathew holds a BFA in Painting from Fine Arts College, Trivandrum and MA in Graphic Arts from MS University, Baroda. He then joined the Faculty training program at NID. He even holds a Ph.D in Design Education. He has a vast experience in the field of Photography and along with his teaching; he has also been working independently as a freelance art photographer for various organizations, magazines and publications. He has even curated exhibitions like that of renowned photographer Henri Cartier Bresson at Design Gallery, NID, curated exhibition of photographs by Anne Maniglieir at NID and also curated an exhibition of photographs of Raghu Rai. He is a faculty at National Institute of Design and is also a visiting faculty to various institutions like D & A College, New Zealand, University for the creative arts, Farnham U.K, , IIT Kanpur, IPSA Rajkot and several more. He has conducted several workshops and has undertaken several projects in Photography. He has had three solo shows and has been a part of many important exhibitions in India and abroad. He has also received scholarships and awards like the Inlaks Award, Photography award by India Habitat Center and a grant from UKERI for developing a program at NID in collaboration with University for Creative Arts, UK.

GRAPHIC ART:

•  Basawaraj Musavalagi, Mysore
•  Hanuman Kambli, Goa

         Born in 1956 in Goa, Hanuman Kambli is one of India’s leading mid-career artists. His work is of great interest because he has a very personal way to express something quintessentially Indian at the same time that he express something modern. Obtained BFA Degree in Fine Art at College of Art, University of Bombay and MFA and Post Graduate Degree in Fine Art Print Making Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati University, Shantiniketan, West Bengal. Additionally, he attended the courses ‘Artist in Residence’ at The Wimbledon School of Art, London & ‘Artist in Residence’ at the Western Michigan University – USA. on Fulbright Fellowship. He had numerous solo and group exhibitions in India and abroad (i.e. Cuba, Japan, Spain, Taiwan, Slovenia, Poland, USA). He is a recipient of several awards: Fellowship from the Goa College of Art; Merit Scholarship from the State Academy – Goa; Prizes State art Exhibitions – Goa; ‘Group 8 ‘ Medal, All India Exhibition of Prints – New Delhi; Honourable mention, All India Exhibition of Prints – Chandigarh; ‘Research Grant’ from Lalit Kala Academy – New Delhi; The Charles Wallace India Trust Art Award; ‘Fulbright Scholar’ to U.S.A. His paintings and drawings have been placed in several state and private collections in India and other countries.

•  Arpan Mukherjee, Shantiniketan
•  Mahesh Singh, Jaipur
•  Vijay Bagodi, Baroda

NEW MEDIA:

•  Sanchayan Ghosh, Shantiniketan

Sanchayan Ghosh holds a Bachelors and Masters in Fine Arts from Kala Bhavan, Viswa Bharati. He has been a new media artist and has been working on installations, site specific work and also on community based activity. He has also been a recipient of grant from KHOJ international Artists Association for the Project AAKIL AARSI – a community art activity with the Santal community in the neighbourhood of Visva bahrati.  as a part of Negotiating Routes: Ecologies of the Byways, 2011, Charles Wallace India Trust fellowship 2003-04 in Spike Island, Bristol, England. He has also conducted several workshops in New Media and site specific performances with various institutions. He has been a part of several exhibitions and has worked on site specific installations in india as well as abroad.

•  Gautam Das, Shantiniketan

Completed BFA in 1988 from Kala Bhavana( School of Fine Arts), Visva Bharati, Santiniketan. He is the recipient of National Scholarship from the Ministry of Human Resource & Development from (1988-1990), Birla Academy of Art and Culture sponsored show (1989). Participant in the Asia Ceramic Network workshop and seminar in South Korea and Malaysia,  Charles Wallace Trust Scholarship to visit and work at the College of Art, Herriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland (1998), Participant of the International Triennial Workshop in New Delhi (2001),  participated in a Cultural Exchange Workshop held in Silpakorn University,Thailand and Visva Bharati (2005), Recipient of the Academy of Fine Arts Award in (1987, 1988) He has had several solo shows and participated in many group shows and art workshops of repute in India and abroad. He is a member of the faculty, Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati University and lives and work in Santiniketan.

CURATORS:

• Leena Vincent Sunish, Bangalore
• Sandhya Annaiah, Bangalore