SAMARPAN

An economist turned painter and a brilliant colourist with a strong individualism in her work, Nayanaa Kanodia can be considered to be the pioneer of the genre of L’Art Naif in India. She has held innumerable shows in India and abroad.
Her paintings are in the collection of major art collectors and corporate houses all over the world. Musee International D’Naif Art in Paris permanently displays her paintings. She has exhibited and demonstrated her painting techniques in Victoria and Albert Museum in London. She was the first Indian whose paintings were selected in Paintings In Hospitals.
She has been featured in an international publication Women in Art by Reinhard Fuchs, a rare honour for any Indian artist.
She was chosen from all the artists of The Commonwealth Countries to have a solo show in their newly renovated complex in London.

Studied
M.A. In Painting from University of Udaipur, 1970.
Ph.D. in Painting from Sukhadia University, Udaipur, 1996.

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Teaching Fine Art between1970-2007 , was Head of department in Painting, Rajasthan School of Art , Jaipur between 1988-2007.
Member Executive Board and General Council National Akademi of Fine Art New Delhi between 2000-2008 and also member for Finance Committee, Publication committee, Triennial Committee.
Member Executive Board and GC Rajasthan Lalit Kal Akademi,Jaipur between 1971-2002.
President Jan Kala Sahitya Manch Sansathan, a leading NGO, Jaipur since 1994.
Vice President Takhman 28 a group of experimental artists since 1971.
Treasurer Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi ,Jaipur for 4 years.
Member advisory committee WZCC,Udaipur , CZCC,Alahabad , Jawahar Kala Kendra Jaipur,Beneshwar Lok Vikas Sansthan, Rajasthan, Neerja Modi Visual and Performing Art Centre,Jaipur, Vyom Art Centre,Jaipur .Regional Centre LKA,Lucknow and some important committees constituted by National Akademi, Rajasthan Government ,Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi, Director College Education and Rajasthan School of Art,Jaipur.
Member Rajasthan Forum a cultural organization of Rajasthan.
Board of Study for Fine Art Education Rajasthan University and Sukhadia University, Udaipur.

Laxman aelay is born in 1965 at Kadirenigudem village of Telangana, Aelay Laxman is highly reputed artist for his contemporary depictions of the rural Telangana imagery. Like many other successful artists, he too started his artistic journey as a sign board artist and illustrator before coming to the mainstream art. Now, Awarded PhD from The English and Foreign Languages University, Laxman completed his Masters in Painting from Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University, Hyderabad and worked as an Art director for films. He is credited with numerous important shows and was part of several art camps held in India and abroad.
Laxman’s vibrant quasi-realistic paintings and arduously drawn imagery evoke a sense of apprehension and nostalgia. His men and women in typical Telangana attire proclaim their cultural identity. His first solo show in 90’ was titled, ‘Images of Kadirenigudem’, on the name of his native village. From then on, the representation of Telangana life in all its vitality and vigor become his personal visual idiom even in his recent one man show, ‘Fellow Travellers’ in 2014. The paintings at his very recent solo show in Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, titled ‘Fellow Travellers’ demonstrate highly skillful renditions of portraits layered with imagery taken from folk arts of Nakashi, Kalamkari, Paithan etc. These larger than life size hyper realistic images of street performers, itinerant bards and tantalizing common people are built and rebuilt over multiple layers of motifs that burst from his subconscious memory revealing predicaments of oppressed communities.

Nawal Kishore did his education in B.F.A. in 2000 & M.F.A. in 2004 in painting from Lucknow College of Arts & Crafts, Lucknow, (U.P.) & Art Appreciation course from State Museum, Lucknow (1999)
He worked on the Research Grant of Lalit Kala Academi, New Delhi in Garhi art studio, New Delhi 2001-02
He has done 25 solo shows in India and abroad.
His works have been exhibited in a number of group shows at State Lalit Kala Academi, Lucknow, Lalit Kala Academi, New Delhi, Gurgaon (Haryana), Noida, Allahabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Mumbai, Singapore, Dubai, America (U.S.A.) & in PRESIDENT HOUSE-NEW DELHI.His paintings were also a part of Auction at Art Bangalore (2012) org. by Christel House, Bangalore (AP) in 2012.

The narrative is fragmented and reconstructed to cater to my visual expanse, where strong flat hues are embellished with intricate patterns and designs…the central characters occupy the canvas, leaving vast negative spaces on which I draw meticulous imagery. The imagery is inspired from ancient stories, particularly from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. The potent rendition of the narratives is entirely fresh and allows the viewer to interact with each character, while decoding the web of imagery.’A university gold medallist, Bolgum Nagesh Goud graduated from JNT University, Hyderabad, with a degree in Fine Arts. In a career spanning over 26 years, he has been honoured on multiple occasions by the Hyderabad Art Society and the Lalita Kala Samithi in Siddipet. Recently, he turned to curation with GAJA – an elephant sculpture group show held in Hyderabad.

Sanjukta is a Mumbai based Well known Eminent Artist,  a painter, a dreamer, who cannot but yearns to create something new every moment of her life! She is an MBA  in Sales and Marketing with a Diploma in International Business. She took to her true inner calling for Art, after a short promising stint in the Corporate sector. Blessed with a keen sense of aesthetic dexterity in various skills and absolute command over the medium she uses, she has been able to carve a niche for herself in the present Contemporary Art scenario.