DIPALI BHATTACHARYA
was born in 1952 and graduated from the University of Calcutta in 1972. She graduated from the Govt. College of Art & Crafts, Calcutta in 1974. Between 1976 and 1995 she participated in many group shows in India and abroad.
Dipali has shown solo at Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai and Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi; La Gallery, Dhaka, Bangla Desh; Gallery Belvedere, Singapore.
The British Council sponsored a tour for her to London in 1986; Air India and Rotary Bangalore also sponsored a tour for her to London, New York and San Francisco in 1998. Dipali was guest artist at the Banga Sammelan, Atlanta, 2002.
Her works in oils, acrylics and tempera on canvas, water colours and drawings, mostly in a contemporarily figurative style, are in the collections of the Delhi College of Art, Birla Academy of Fine Arts, Guestkeen Willliams, Tatas, Godrej and in private collections in India, Germany, London, USA and Bangla Desh.
Dipali Bhattacharya lives and works in Kolkata, India.
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SAMIR MONDAL is an alumnus of Govt.College of Arts, Calcutta. He has held several solo shows in major cities of India, and has celebrated twenty five years of exhibiting in the water colour medium. He is known as one of India's most skilful and successful water colourists. He has received many prestigious awards, including the AIFACS, New Delhi, West Bengal State Academy Award (twice), the Academy of Fine Arts Award (twice) and the A.P. Council of Artists Award, Hyderabad. His works are in the collections of the NGMA, New Delhi, Museums of Karnataka, RPG Enterprises, Tata Steel and various other private and public collections. Mondal has participated in many group shows in India and abroad and has held demonstrations of his dexterity with large sized water colours, which are often in vibrant colours.
Mondal lives and works in Mumbai, India. |
M.SHANTHAMANI was born in Mysore, India, in 1967. She obtained her B.A.
in painting from CAVA, Mysore (1983-88) and M.A. (Fine)
in painting from M.S. University, Baroda (1989-91). She has
shown solo in Mumbai (Jehangir Art Gallery), and in
Bangalore (Sakshi Art Gallery).
She works with interesting new media and materials, such as in
"Immaterial Material" organized by Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore,
1995. "Sahmat", Artists Against Communalism, 1992; "Crosscurrents", a three nations' women artists' touring show in Norway, 1997; "Edge of
the Century", exhibition of contemporary Indian art, New Delhi,1999
are some of her group shows. She has received the
Arnawaz Vasudev Charities Scholarship (1996), All India Exhibition
Chitrakala Parishath Award (1996) and the Inlaks Grant.
Her works are in many private and public collections in India and abroad. Shanthamani lives and works in Bangalore, India. |
T. VAIKUNTAM was born in Andhra Pradesh in 1942. His art education includes a diploma in painting from the College of Fine Arts & Architcture, A.P.
He is a senior artist who has worked for many years and is the recipient of several national awards. He has participated in several national exhibitions throughout India and his works are in the collections of the Salarjung Museum and contemporary Art Museum, Hyderabad, NGMA, and Lalit Kala, New Delhi. Vaikuntam has attended numerous art camps around the country and is known for his colourful depiction of tribal people.
He lives and works in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. |
S.G. VASUDEV was born in Mysore in 1941. He graduated from the Govt. College of Arts, Chennai. In 1966, along with some of his colleagues and teachers, he founded the now famous "Cholamandal Artists' Village" on the outskirts of Chennai.
Vasudev has exhibited extensively internationally such as at the Paris Biennale; Biennale Cuba; Drawings International, Yugoslavia; New South Contemporary Paintings & Sculptures, UK, to name a few. He has shown solo in USA, Canada, Germany and in all the major cities of India.
He works with oils on canvas, murals, copper reliefs and tapestry.
Vasudev's works are in the collections of various public and private institutions such as the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi; Lalit Kala Academi, Delhi; Air India; Wipro; Deutsche Bank; Citi Bank among others. He has travelled widely in the U.S., UK and China, at the invitations of the respective governments.
S.G. Vasudev lives and works in Bangalore, India. |