About
- MY JOURNEY
Learnings of Art
- - As a child, participated in numerous Shankar on-the-spot art competitions. Won prizes
- - Took Painting as a main subject in school under known artists Kanwal Krishna & Devyani Krishna
- - Graphic Art at College of Art, New Delhi
- - Odissi Classical Dancing at Triveni Kala Sangam under Guru Surendranath Jena
- - Mural Designing and Art at Triveni Kala Sangam under Rameshwar Broota
- - Masters in Fine Art from SNDT, Pune
- - Animation at C-DAC, Pune
- - Chau Dance workshop at Kala Chaya with Ileana Citaristi
- - Stained Glass at Massachusets College of Arts, Boston
- - Pottery and Glazing under Nirmala Patwardhan
- - Modern Dance workshop with Nisha Zaveri at Kala Chhaya
- - Film Appreciation at Indira Institute, Pune
- - Portrait workshop with Manjiri More
- - Paper Mache workshop with Bharati Pitre
- - Enamel workshop with Kana Lomror
- - Photography workshop at One School Goa with Anne Fox of Creative School, UK
- - Dance workshop with Anita Ratnam
- - Pottery with Rashmi Bhadkamkar
- - Siporex carving with Nilesh Pawar
- - Mask-making workshop with Heart For Art
Experiments at Work
- - Implemented the Digital Studio, and trained artists on digital platform at Pratibha Advertising
- - Implemented Intranet and Database Management at Pratibha Advertising
- - Conceptualised Touch-screen Kiosk and Database for Kirloskar Bearings
- - Designed and implemented Intranet 'Yantra' for Kirloskar Oil Engines
- - Facilitated use of digital platform and implementation of Oracle
- - Implemented Web presence and Website for Kirloskar Group
- - Convenor of Intach Pune Chapter for 18 years. Now a Patron
- - Board Member and Chairperson of Plan India, an international Child centric NGO for 9 years. Retired in August 2016
- - Convenor of Vasundhara Film Festival, conducted in Pune and 20 cities around India
- - Trustee of Kirloskar Foundation for the past 5 years
- - Have recently joined the Board of India Foundation for the Arts (IFA)
- - Founded Parijat Foundation, an Art Foundation of my own
- - Worked with painted pottery, painted fabrics, stained glass, painted glass and mosaic furniture
- - Presently painting with acrylics on canvas at Imagination Roof with Nilesh Pawar and at my own studio
Self Exploration
- - Studying Vedanta for the past 5 years with Riyaz Bharucha of Vedanta Academy founded by Swami Parthasarthy
- - Completed a 3-year process work internship with Aastha Foundation
- - Attended a meta-lab on male and female within oneself conducted by Aastha foundation
- - Currently working on an installation for a collateral from Pune for the Kochi Biennale 2016 under the curation of Raju Sutar
Support
- - Fibre and traditional wooden Tiger Painting workshop with contemperory artists and craftsmen with Dastkari Haat Samiti
- - Instrumental in starting art camps and sculpture camps at Kirloskar Ferrous Industry a foundry based near Hampi
- - Will be launching a sculpture Biennale at Hampi in 2017
- - New media and contemporary art workshop with TIFA and Khoj foundation
- - Hosted a Christies event in Pune for an auction preview to raise money for Khoj foundation. This included a talk and
discussion on Art and Raza by late Dileep Padgaonkar, an art collector and personal friend of S.H. Raza
- - Organised an introduction evening for Kochi Muziris Biennale which was attended by Bose Krishnamachari, Riyas Komu
and the Curater of the Kochi Muziris Biennale 2016, Sudarshan Shetty
- - Organised three successful art auctions to raise money for Plan projects
- - Collaborated jointly with artist Gurcharan Singh to create work which was auctioned to raise money for 'Khusshi' an NGO
Personal
- - Married with two daughters, has two granddaughters and resides in Pune, India
- - Loves wildlife, camping, walking, travel, culture, dance, reading, and yoga
- - Completed a 3000 km motorbike trip with her spouse riding pillion across Argentina and Chile
- - Attempted climbing Gokyo Ri
- - Trekked in Kishtwar, Jammu; Badrinath and Kedarnath, Hemkund Sahib and Valley of Flowers
- - Is a one star diver certified by CMAS, conducted by Lacadives, Lakshwadeep under Prahlad Kakkar
- - Scuba dived in Lakshwadeep, Mauritius and Thailand