Emerging Artist of the Year award 2016

Emerging Artist of the year award 2016


This is again that time of the year when we are buzzing with lots of activity around, emails coming in, phone is ringing with the queries What is the last date of uploading the art works? Whats the procedure .. is there any different application process to apply for this award program? 

Anxiety and excitement  all around and needless to say; we enjoy the sincerity of the artists and their enthusiasm!

EAY 2016 is the 5th edition of a very successful tradition started by bestcollegeart.com and supported by #Glenfiddichindia since its inception stage. Though, Glenfiddich has been supporting art globally for a longer time and have been inviting artist for attending the residency from almost over 17 countries. We began our journey in year 2012 with Juhika Devi Bhanjdeo being our first winner who went and won lots of appreciation post her residency program for the work she did at Scotland and back here in India. The same continued with Yuvan Bothisathuvar, Chennai based artist in spite of huge language barrier but with his grit and sheer hard work, he learnt a great deal.
Chetnaa Verma was a third edition winner and forth edition (last year winner) was Krupa Makhija and is currently preparing for her solo show at one of the most contemporary art space 'Art District XIII, here at New Delhi.
This is indeed a phenomenal platform for any young artist to showcase their art work and get an opportunity to work along with several other international artists. An online initiative supporting young Indian artist has come a long way and its just a beginning.

Cheers!
Anu

Artist of the Month

Mukesh Salvi work statement Spending his early days in the streets of the beautiful city of Udaipur (Rajasthan), Mukesh Salvi has grown up wandering aimlessly on the bicycle and wondering deep about life and its little ways. He has spent hours in the playgrounds, playing games and often got lost in his own world of fantasy. However, the best time that he has spent was at home, with his family; quarrels with his siblings. He clearly remembers his days at school— classmates.

Mukesh salvi paintings are nostalgic, depicting the rural people he grew up among est. His source of inspiration has been the live of the people from his village. He has created dramatic canvases –Blue, black and white on a red background. His work, done in a fine figurative genre, stands out for its firm line work coupled with a sense of style, on a bold arresting background. His works is a telling statement of our times, typifying the modern concern for our surroundings. The artist's medium of expression is acrylic on canvas. His figurative work has a dream like quality about it. Bold colors coupled with pastel shades give it a textural feel. He strives to establish the harmony between people and their environment of Nature.

 Drawing inspiration from the feeling of nostalgia, Mukesh Salvi has created his new series of canvases— 'My Feelings'. The series depict elementary feelings of human beings, which is a mixed bag of both happy and sad. Mukesh Salvi's choice of palette is something worth looking our for. In most of his works, bold strokes of vivid colors are evident. Patterns in a hazy background with humans resembling puppets, make an appearance in Mukesh Salvi's works. His artworks bring forth deep feelings, which are depicted using surreal figures in various postures. From the very beginning, lines have been the foundation of his paintings. Working with lines and other shapes, Mukesh Salvi has painted different moments. While painting, the artist makes sure that all the elements compliment each other and their amalgamation bring a pleasant essence to his works.

Best wishes 

Mukesh Salvi

June 2014

Artist of the Month

I graduated B.F.A painting in M.M.K College of visual art,gulbarga.Exhibited my art works in group exibhition(2002) in same college named 'flying colors' and attended much workshops like 'cardboard intaglio,paper making,clay modeling,ceramic camp(2003) Art is the endless creativity that no one can reach its peak point, i am luckier to have knowledge in that. firstly i am lover of nature, reason behind my success is my confidence. Before i paint i don't panic about its success just impart my complete idea in that. I never retire in viewing beauty of my arts to the world till my last breathe. I enough enjoy looking to my arts rather thinking of its sale Each of my paintings differ form other paintings of mine think............................................... it might be gods gift.



Achievement :
*Gold medal in cartooning *Silver medal in cartooning *Shield achieved in Sruthi Sahithya Mela,Raichur

Best Wishes

Bhemsen Gadwal

May 2014

Artist of the Month

World is not as vast as the art is, which is inside us, there are lots of medium to express it. Meena took colours and brushes to express this beauty. Her feeling is signature of unexpressed personal sentiment of human being, capturing the colours of different phases and moments of life. She gives a practical shape to her inner creativity in all her works.

Though she was born at Imphal, Manipur- A small state in North-East India region, her carrier started in Delhi. Being in Delhi gave her the opportunity to see different cultures and life styles of all over the world. She has been always inspired by local and world cultural & arts events, her main focus has been on capturing the daily activities of Indian women mainly the tribal women of Manipur. Traditional touch can be seen in most of her works. She completed a research on the condition of women & child, the beauty of the Tribal women and the expression of their innocent faces and the events which reflects her personal experiences. She brings the things, objects which surrounds her to connect with women in her works. The bright colours like yellow, orange, cadmium red, bright blue etc can be seen much in her beautiful paintings. The distinctive heavily designed clothes make her painting more attractive.

Meena brings most of Indian festive celebration in her works like Holi though she concentrates on the existence of tribal community. She loves to work on their culture, day to days life, festival, elements which attract them and beautiful landscape of hilly regions.

Achivements:

·         Gold Medallist of BFA (Painting) 2011 JamiaMilliaIslamia New Delhi

·         Participated in many Exhibitions and Art Camps across the country.

Exhibitions:

Group Show by:

• GliteriArti, sponsor by Times of India at DLF Cyber City Gurgoan 2013
• Renge Art Walk at Club Aralias, DLF Golf Links, Gurgoan 2013
• GROUP SHOW at
• Golf Club, Gurgoan, 2012
• Mumbai, 2012
• Renge Art Walk at DLF Emporio, Delhi,2012
• Renge Art Walk at DLF Golf and Country Club, Gurgoan,2012
• Travencore Palace, Delhi 2011.
• M.F.Hussain, Delhi,2011
• BARODARA,Gujarat,2010
• AIFACS,Delhi,2010
• M.F.HUSSAIN,Delhi,2009

Camps:

• North-East Artists Camp, Bangalore, organized by Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi,2012
• Srinagar Art Camp, Kashmir,2011

She has a studio at Maharani Bagh, New Delhi. She has private collector at India and USA.

Best Wishes

Laishram Meena

April 2014

Artist of the Month

Talented artist M Singh brings the abstract world to life through his colorful and strong brush strokes, creating a mood that oscillates between meditative and exuberant. He expresses himself through both abstract and figurative works. In his abstract work, he feels ideas flow through color on paper. Figurative paintings help him give shape to ideas and be innovative and expressive, while religious paintings are the source of positive energies in his life.

Self-taught artist M. Singh, born in 1979, brings the abstract world to life through his colourful brush strokes that creates a mood that oscillates between meditative and exuberant. He expresses himself through both abstract and figurative works. In his abstract work he feels ideas flow th hrough colour on paper. Different colours used indicate different pictures of life. He uses various colours to explain all possible phases of life. Figurative paintings help him give shape to ideas and be inventive and expressive while religious paintings are the source of positive energies in his life. Painting is his meditation; his path to self discovery, He finds silence in the noise of colour and form, tranquility to him is creating a picture. Qualification B. Com, Self Artist Exhibitions 2013 Indiaartcollectors (Online Show) 2013 Indiaartideas (Online Show) 2012 Renaissance Art Gallerie, Bangalore 2012 Indiaartcolletors.com (Online Show) 2012 Chitra Kala Parishath, Bangalore (Ananth Arts) 2012 Indiaartcolletors.com (Featured Artist) 2011 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 2009- 2011 Concern India Art Foundation, Mumbai 2009 Indiaartcollectors.com (Artist of Month) 2008, 09 The Art Society of India, Mumbai 2009 Bombay Art Society, Mumbai. 2007, 08, 09, 2010 Gallery Art Point, Mumbai 2007 Nehru Centre, Mumbai 2007 Bombay Art Society, Mumbai Participations 2010 Gallerytoday, USA 2009 Surabhi Nag Art foundation, Ishanya Mall, Pune 2007 Camlin Art Foundation, Mumbai 2005 S. C. Z. C. C. Nagpur. Private collections in India and Abroad.

Achievement :
Exhibitions 2013 Indiaartcollectors (Online Show) 2013 Indiaartideas (Online Show) 2012 Renaissance Art Gallerie, Bangalore 2012 Indiaartcolletors.com (Online Show) 2012 Chitra Kala Parishath, Bangalore (Ananth Arts) 2012 Indiaartcolletors.com (Featured Artist) 2011 Je ehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 2009- 2011 Concern India Art Foundation, Mumbai 2009 Indiaartcollectors.com (Artist of Month) 2008, 09 The Art Society of India, Mumbai 2009 Bombay Art Society, Mumbai. 2007, 08, 09, 2010 Gallery Art Point, Mumbai 2007 Nehru Centre, Mumbai 2007 Bombay Art Society, Mumbai Participations 2010 Gallerytoday, USA 2009 Surabhi Nag Art foundation, Ishanya Mall, Pune 2007 Camlin Art Foundation, Mumbai 2005 S. C. Z. C. C. Nagpur Collections Private collections in India and Abroad.
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Best Wishes

M. Singh

March 2014

Artist of the Month

An artist by aptitude, instinctive experimentation & creative application. Art is the sole justification for not letting the noise of other people drown my own inner voice.....It's a meditation...a way of life. Diploma in Interior Designing Diploma in Marketing Management (BVB, Chandigarh) Diploma in Advanced Computer Applications B. Com. from Punjab University, Chd. Artist by Aptitude, Instinctive Experimentation, Creative application My inspiration and the guiding force has always come from within me….my inner voice. The realiszation that Art is less about this earthy world and more about the heavenly or the spiritual one seems to have had an overriding effect on any other passion I have had in life. I have found I could express with colors and shapes what I found hard to do in any other way. ACHIEVEMENTS | HONOURS | AWARDS: Participating artist – ‘United Art Fair-2012’, New Delhi Creative, Professional use of less popular mediums – Soft and Oil Pastels using discerning and subtle techniques which has invited appreciation from the artist faculty and art connoisseurs, resulting in perennial workshops in schools and colleges all over Punjab. NIE Student award for National Awareness Advertising- the Times of India, New Delhi. All India Camel Color contest- 1st prize and various merit awards. Dr. D.K. Ghosh artist award, New Delhi. Logo and stationery designing for business houses in India and abroad. EXHIBITIONS: SOLO EXHIBITION: ‘Colors of Life - A perspective’ Gallery ‘Artmosphere’, Ludhiana 2012 Hotel City Heart Sarovar Portico, Ludhiana Nov 2011 Gallery ‘Artmosphere’, Ludhiana 2011 Dr. Stya Paul Art Gallery’, Virsa Vihar, Jalandhar 2011 Art Gallery, Indian Academy of Fine Arts, Amritsar 2011 GROUP EXHIBITION: ‘Art Times, Coomarswamy Hall – Museum, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai, Nov 2013 ‘Summation of Perspectives’ Art Gallery, Punjab Kala Bhawan, Chandigarh Oct 2013 ‘Addicted to Art’ Gallery Artmosphere, Ludhiana Feb-Mar 2013 ‘Sync’ – in harmony with art, Epicentre, Gurgaon April 2013 ‘Artist’s Speak’, Punjab Kala Bhawan, Chandigarh May 2013 ‘Cocktail Colors’ Gallery ‘Artmosphere’, Ludhiana Nov-Dec 2012 ‘United Art Fair’, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi Sept 2012 Lalit Kala Academy Annual Exhhibition, Dr. MS Randhawa Art Gallery, PAU, Ludhiana, 2012 Lalit Kala Academy Annual Exhibition, Punjab Art Council, Chandigarh, 2011

Best Wishes
Tejinder ladi Singh
February 2014

Artist of the Month

Rajesh Ram Born in Jharkhand, 1978 Living and working in Delhi,INDIA Education: M.F.A, College of art, Delhi, 2011 B.F.A from College of art and crafts, Patna,Bihar, 2002 Art appreciation National Museum, New Delhi, 2007 Exhibition: National exhibition,2013 Contested terrain as a collat teral event to the ongoing kochi muziris biennale at Hallegua Hall tangerine art space,kochi,2013 “United art fair”2012,2013 “Small is big”at darbar hall,Kochi,2012,2013 “Art chennai” art fair at ‘latitude 28’,2012 “India art fair”presented by gallery ‘latitude 28’,2012 “.com” ‘ past, present, future’ at the art alley, The Surya, curetted lovy singh 2012 “Style file” Kolkata 2011 'Save humanity by saving Mother Earth' Birla academy, kolkota 2012 “Continuum” Encapsulating the best of Contemporary Indian, presented by gallery ‘latitude 28’ Singapore 2011 India Art Collective ,online art fair, presented by gallery ‘latitude 28’,2011 “32 mind creative” “Andpersand magazine, New Delhi, 2011 “Miniscule Marvel” BMB gallery, Bombay,2011 “The Annual” at gallery latitude-28, New Delhi, 2011 “Artiger” arts for the tiger, Rastrapati bhavan, New Delhi, 2010 “Common wealth show” Ravindra bhavan,Delhi,2010 “Creating commonwealth” gallery ragini,Delhi, 2010 “Art mart” Epicenter, curated by shusma Bahl ,Gurgaon,2010 Curated by Farad Husain, art kunsult,Delhi,2010 “Hyphenated practices”, FICA, vadhera art gallery, Delhi,2009. “Far and wide Every where you look”, chawla art gallery,2010. “India rising”, Ati art gallery, 2010 “Vicissitudes of the constructed image”,Tangerine art space,2010. Group show,shridharini gallery,presented by Apparao gallery, curated by Amit Jain.,2009 RE-CLAIM/RE-CITE/RE-CYCLE, Bose Pacia, Kolkata, 2009 “East Village”, curated by Subodh Gupta, project 88, Mumbai, 2009 The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today, Saatchi gallery, London, 2010 RE-CLAIM/RE-CITE/RE-CYCLE, Seven Art and Latitude 28, 2009 “With Best Intention”, shridharini gallery, New Delhi, presented by Anant Art gallery. Rising star, BMW studio, presented by Nitanjali art gallery, NewDelhi “Manthan” curated by Shusma Bahl, Alliance Francis, New Delhi,2009 “city breathes/city breeds”, 1x1 gallery, Dubai, 2009 “A wonderful world”, stainless gallery,presented by Nitanjali Art gallery,2009 “ ANANYA”, Bajaj capital art house, Visual art gallery,2008 “ Popular reality”,curated by Ranjita Chaney, Jam jar gallery, Dubai,2008 “10 ML of contemporary Needed”, FICA, Travancore gallery, New Delhi,2008 “Art odyssey” presented by Aparajita Jain, studio 333, California, 2008 Group show,svorfsky museum,presented kala gallery, Austria,2008 “Trends and Trivia-an Indian story”,curated by Bhavana Kakar, Hung Kong, 2008 Charity show, Grand Hayat Hotel, curated by Shusma Bahl,2008 “Millennium Turks-Envisaging contemporary of India”, curated by Bhavana Kakar, Trident Hilton, Gurgaon, 2008 “Polyphonies”,curated by Alka Pande ,Kala gallery, Austria,2007 “Fact & Fiction”, SW1 gallery, London, presented by Art piligrim, 2007 “Recent works”, Gallery 88, Mumbai, 2007 “New Paradigms” Gallery Roman Rolland,Threshold gallery, New Delhi,2006 “variation” state Gallery of Fine arts,Hydrabad,2006 46th National Exhibition of Art,Kochi,kerala,2004 Group show, Habitat center ,Open Palmcourt,,New Delhi,2004 Group show,Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi,2003 AIFACS State exhibition,Patna, Bihar,2000 All India Art Exhibition,lalit kalla academy, Lucknow,1999.

Best wishes

Rajesh Ram

January 2014 

Artist Of The Month

My current body of works in oil are based on naturescapes which draw their inspirations from my essential roots to the Indian culture and nature. My connection with nature is very deep and goes a long a way back to my childhood. In my paintings I mingle literary inspiration with those vital experiences of my life. The distinct play of colors and textures of different seasons, blooming of different flowers and sprouting leaves, interplay of light and shade in the sky in different time of the year - all have a role to play in my vision. Also I draw lot of inspiration from the noble prize winning Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore’s songs and poetry on nature.


The whole process of creation can be summed up in four stages:

1. Preparation (which is here synonymous to experience and observation)

2. Marination of thought and idea

3. The AHA moment – the defining moment when I suddenly get a real vision or clarity which I can use to change the blank canvas

4. The creative process – the “job” of painting itself.

I never draw or plan before a painting has started, it starts spontaneously once the vision has dawned, and I keep working on it, applying and re-applying colors, writing and pasting, stripping and scratching and whipping the surface until I get the desired effect.

And once the job is finished, I like to leave it to people’s imagination and feelings: to the “right brain”, rather than to their “left hemispheric stuff” like knowledge and understanding.

Best wishes
Aditi Chakraborty
December 2013

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Indian Contemporary Art – A Blend of Traditional Yet Modern Art Form

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Artist Of The Month

Since my child hood I was trying to express my dream with colours on paper. I had not faced any bindings from my parents. They have always inspired me to grow up with my dreams, so at first I want to thank my parents because without their support I could not walk smoothly to my journey of an artist.                                                                                    I completed my graduation from Government College of Art & Craft (Kolkata) on 2003. After completion of my Bachelor Degree on visual arts I decided to work as full time artist though it was not so easier for me. Sometimes I need to work as commission based for carrying out of my daily expenses. At that time I faced so many travails but they did not destroy my ambition.                                                                                                                
Since 1998 to 2013 I participated in several group shows in India like Kolkata, Delhi, Gurgaon, Mumbai (Harmony art foundation), Chennai (Art world), Bangalore, Nagpur, and also in abroad like Bangladesh (Dhaka), Dubai.   I also conduct solo show at TAJ BENGAL HOTEL Kolkata. I participated in some painting workshops.                                                                                                                                                      
Private collections are made, like in HOTEL ITC SONARBANGLA Kolkata, HOTEL OBEROI GURGAON, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangladesh, Dubai, U.S.A etc. Now I working as a full time painter in my own studio.  
                                                                                                                 
Every human has feelings and a sensitive human always feel every moments of nature, some cause of globalization our global atmosphere have now so many changed which is so worried for our life of earth. Every human being should think about it. I always love nature, believes that colour is a universal language of expression and nature have endless colour.                                                                                                                                                                                      
Though I don’t use colour to illustrate theme. Colour itself is my theme. Colour has existence of its own, it generates emotion and atmosphere whether happiness, melancholy warmth, buoyancy of serenity. Emotion of joy, sorrow, anger have a language in colour and nature encompasses all, that is colour. Nature herself is a composition of countless colours and it is the tones and nuances of these that I try to capture in my paintings after all I inspired by nature.            

Best wishes

Shuvankar Maitra

November 2013

Artist of The Month

  I graduated in painting from Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (CAVA), University of Mysore, Karnataka in 2007 and (MFA) will be completing Masters in painting this year. Initially from my school days I had interest in painting. In those days I was just expressing myself through painting. That time I had no idea about life of painting and the effect of it, but after my schooling,  I came to know about BFA degree, and I joined the course to get some degree. These 5 years of journey was the turning point of my life where I started thinking about developing my skills and started utilizing the time and work. I met different kind of people with different goals in life, which helped me to distinguish myself and due to nice environment I could able to establish myself. I went on practicing different things in paintings. My friends circles is like a rainbow with full of different colors, each have its own meaning, effect and its own destiny in life, due to all this I could able to take up and reach this first step of my life. 

Currently l have my own art practices in Bangalore, Karnataka, India and have been exhibiting my work of art at various cities in India.
I greatly get inspired by the common man’s eco system and you get to see them in my art work. In other words, experiences of People around me inspire me. My creations comprises of Nature, Common Man - his needs, complex and symbiotic equations. I visualize them with a different perspective and bringing them on my canvas gives me great joy. Through my paintings I try to connect and relive some experiences that we all have lived in different phases of life. A glimpse of my inspirations can be seen in my work from highlighting the spirit of survival of a vegetable vendor dreaming to give a better life to his family, to a picturesque depiction of day to life in an apartment where in there is so much variety in something which looks so similar, to capturing  the feeling of eternal search that lingers on whenever we visit a roadside book shop and finally a more serious effort to depict a current socio economic issue of corruption, and its impact on common man.

I have learnt if we have patience and dedication we can achieve anything in life. This is all my because of my friends, parents and my surroundings.

Best college art gives me immense pleasure to be associated with BCA which offers a gigantic platform for artists from various horizons. I feel greatly encouraged to seize every opportunity at BCA in exhibiting my works and getting to know other artists from various genres. I look forward to a long lasting association with BCA. 

 I really thank my friends, colleagues and especially my parents without their support nothing was possible.

Best wishes

Shivanand Shyagoti

October 2013

                                                                 

Artist Of The Month

Mukesh Salvi work statement Spending his early days in the streets of the beautiful city of Udaipur (Rajasthan), Mukesh Salvi has grown up wandering aimlessly on the bicycle and wondering deep about life and its little ways. He has spent hours in the playgrounds, playing games and often got lost in his own world of fantasy. However, the best time that he has spent was at home, with his family; quarrels with his siblings. He clearly remembers his days at school— classmates.

Mukesh salvi paintings are nostalgic, depicting the rural people he grew up among est. His source of inspiration has been the live of the people from his village. He has created dramatic canvases –Blue, black and white on a red background. His work, done in a fine figurative genre, stands out for its firm line work coupled with a sense of style, on a bold arresting background. His works is a telling statement of our times, typifying the modern concern for our surroundings. The artist's medium of expression is acrylic on canvas. His figurative work has a dream like quality about it. Bold colors coupled with pastel shades give it a textural feel. He strives to establish the harmony between people and their environment of Nature.

 Drawing inspiration from the feeling of nostalgia, Mukesh Salvi has created his new series of canvases— 'My Feelings'. The series depict elementary feelings of human beings, which is a mixed bag of both happy and sad. Mukesh Salvi's choice of palette is something worth looking our for. In most of his works, bold strokes of vivid colors are evident. Patterns in a hazy background with humans resembling puppets, make an appearance in Mukesh Salvi's works. His artworks bring forth deep feelings, which are depicted using surreal figures in various postures. From the very beginning, lines have been the foundation of his paintings. Working with lines and other shapes, Mukesh Salvi has painted different moments. While painting, the artist makes sure that all the elements compliment each other and their amalgamation bring a pleasant essence to his works.

Best wishes 

Mukesh Salvi

September 2013

Artist Of The Month

Uma Bardhan completed her Bachelor of Arts , from University of Calcutta followed by diploma in fine arts from Birla Academy of Art andCulture, West Bengal under the tutelage of eminent artists including Late SreeMakhanDutta Gupta in oil color and SreeManiklal Banerjee.
She specializes in figurative paintings / landscapes in water color on silk, Oil on canvas & recently Water soluble oil paintings on canvas.

In her own words, “God is the Supreme Creator of thie Universe and I as an artist take extreme pleasure in reflecting his creation in their actual form.”

Among her several awards, First prize in Water Color from Govt. of West Bengal deserves special mention.

She has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in prominent galleries in different parts of India.

Her major solo shows includes shows in AIFACS ,Tagore Art Gallery , Academy of Fine Arts , Eye on Art etc.

Participated in various important group shows held across the country including the ones in Jehangir Art Gallery Mumbai, India Habitat Center, Lalit Kala, Sridharani Art Gallery in Delhi , Gallery Chemould in Kolkata, Epicenter in Gurgaon ,ChitrakalaParishad in Bangalore among few.

Her works are included in many discriminating private art collections throughout India and abroad.
To promote arts and work closely with the youth she founded Kalangan – a school of arts at Kolkata.

Best Wishes
Uma Bardhan
July 2013

Artist Of The Month

Manoj Kachangal born in Shadhora, Madhya Pradesh, India on July 5, 1979. He did MFA in painting from Institute of Fine Arts, Indore in 2003.In 2001 Madhya Pradesh Kala Parishad, Bhopal honoured him with Raza award.

His art works were auctioned at Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai – 2006 and Millennium Turks at Hotel Trident Hilton, Gurgaon – 2008.

There are over 20 major solo shows including Sublime Lands curated by Johny ML, Visual Arts Gallery, New Delhi – 2012, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai – 2009, Apparo Art Gallery, Chennai – 2009, The Doors of Perception curated by Vinod Bhardwaj, Visual Arts Gallery, New Delhi – 2008, In Search of the Abyss curated by Bhavana Kakar, Mon Art Gallerie, Kolkata – 2008, Dharati – Amber curated by Moit Jain, Dhoomimal Art Center, New Delhi –2007, Antaryatra, Nehru Center Art Gallery, Mumbai – 2007, A Consecration of Space, Marvel Art Gallery, Ahmedabad – 2006.

Participated in various important group shows held across the country including the ones in Tao Art Gallery, Cima Art Gallery, Emami Chisel Art, Crimson the Art Resource, Jammat Art Gallery, Gallerie Nvya, Art Konsult, Religare Arts Initiative and in some group shows outside the country.

Kachangal also has participated in many significant art camps.A book on the art of Kachangal “Doors of Perception, art of Manoj Kachangal” edited by Ratnottama Sengupta was published by Bharatiya Jnanpith, New Delhi, in 2008. Also a documentary film on Kachangal “Doors of Perception, art of Manoj Kachangal” was produced by Kalaroop Films (2008), which was directed by Pravesh Bhardwaj.

The artist’s works are in the collection of Raza Foundation, Sunil Mittal of Airtel, Birla Academy of Art and Culture Kolkata, AIFACS New Delhi, Kala Parishad Bhopal, NCZCC Allahabad, Gifa Indore, ITM Gwalior; Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi; Antonio Helio Waszyk, CMD, Nestle India Limited; Gary Bennet, CEO, Max New York Life & India Glycols Limited. His works are also in various private collections in Nepal, Germany, France, USA and UAE.

 

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Manoj Kachangal

Solo Show 'Spirit in Culture' by 'Juhikadevi Bhanjdeo'

Bestcollegeart.com  brings to you the coverage of the very well-viewed and highly appreciated show 'Spirit in Culture' presented by Glenfiddich & Bestcollegeart.com. 

The show was the first solo-exhibition by Juhikadevi Bhanjdeo, the winner of the the first 'Emerging Artist of the Year 2012 Award' held at Nature Morte, The Oberoi, Gurgaon on 5th April 2013.

 Juhika was the one lucky and very talented artist, who was awarded with a prize money of Rs 10 lacs last year and was sent on a 3 months residency to Scotland where she practiced her arts in a more elaborate way. All the works of Juhikadevi, which she accomplished in Scotland, as a part of her residency were displayed there.

Scroll through some of her works and the media coverage of the show. Cheers!

Juhikadevi with her artwork

Peter Nagy at the show

Mr Kapil Chopra at the show

Juhikadevi with her artwork

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An arty affair

(From left)The jury Kapil Chopra, Andy Fairgrieve, Swapan Seth, NitinBhayana, Peter Nagy, Rajiv Bhatia, JitenThukral, SumirTagra and Veer Munshi

What might world-class whisky and art have in common? Well, though making good whisky can be scientifically explained, it remains in the realm of art that's executed by skilled craftsmen. "So the qualities required for making good art and good whisky are not dissimilar!" said the kilt-clad Andy Fairgrieve of Glenfiddich, who was in India for a purpose.

Glenfiddich (the single malt Scotch whisky) has collaborated withbestcollegeart.com, an online Indian art gallery, to hunt down promising new Indian artists for its prestigious Artists in Residence Programme (AiR). The award called 'Emerging Artist of the Year' is in its second edition this year. AiR culls eight artists from across the globe each year, who are invited to Scotland for a three-month residency.

For this year's award, a top-notch nine-member jury including leading artists and collectors, besides Andy Fairgrieve, co-ordinator of the programme, picked 625 artists who feature in bestcollegeart.com.

From among them, the best five were shortlisted as finalists and feted at an evening dedicated to them. Sharing the stage were fresh new names — Chennai's Yuvan Bothisathuvar, Shivanand Shyagoti from Bangalore, Calcutta's Sumantra Mukherjee, Delhi-based visual artist Ankush Safaya and Gurgaon-based Poorvesh Patel. The event, dubbed as 'Five For The Future', was held at art gallery Nature Morte at The Oberoi, Gurgaon, where their works were displayed.

Kapil Chopra, president, The Oberoi Group with winner YuvanBothisathuvar

A bashful Bothisathuvar was declared the 'Emerging Artist of the Year' for his amazing work in paper/newsprint. Bothisathuvar has just earned himself an award which carries a total value of Rs 10 lakh including one lakh in cash, a residency in Scotland courtesy Glenfiddich, a monthly stipend, material allowances, travel, accommodation and – to top it all – a solo show at Nature Morte in 2014. Soon, Bothisathuvar will set off for Dufftown, home to the Glenfiddich distillery, and take inspiration from his surroundings and create his artwork.

Kapil Chopra, mentor, bestcollegeart.comand president, The Oberoi Group, said: "The award seeks out the next generation of artists and also nurtures and supports emerging talent." Chopra's bestcollegeart.com, by the way, is a veritable hotbed where young Indian contemporary artists reach out to collectors. Artworks are priced between Rs 60,000 and Rs 2.7 lakh.

The task of short-listing the five best artists from among the 625 (and a total of some 2,500 artworks) fell on a hotshot jury that spent months before arriving at the five final names. The jury comprised Chopra, Fairgrieve, Peter Nagy, director of Nature Morte, artists Veer Munshi, Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra, art collectors Rajshree Pathy, Swapan Seth, Nitin Bhayana and Rajiv Bhatia, director, William Grant & Sons, India sub-continent.

Last year's winner of the 'Emerging Artist of the Year' award, textile artist Juhikadevi Bhanjdeo, is still feeling the after-effects of her stint in Dufftown: "It proved life-changing for me," she gushed. She used the money to start her own studio in India.

By Samita Bhatia

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130414/jsp/graphiti/16782187.jsp