Artist Information:
Chitra Ramanathan
Fortville, IN
United States
Member Since: Jun 2009
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Artist Statement:
Statement
Happiness... it lies in the
joy of achievement, in the
thrill of creative effort -
Vincent Van Gogh
My present career as a
conceptual artist emerged
after I received my Bachelors
degree in Painting in the
1990s. An opportunity for a
solo exhibition at the Arc
Gallery/Educational Foundation
at Chicago in 1994 was
followed by exhibitions at
different art galleries on
Broadway's Soho District, New
York City, New York that
earned me many a praise from
critics. During this time, I
received the Binney and Smith
Inc. Liquitex Student Grant
Award for 1994 and 1995. The
award is a designation for
"Outstanding achievement in
the Painting discipline".
In the meantime, I began
developing what emerged as a
thematic body of paintings
comparing the mental emotion
of Happiness as a visual
entity as fleeting and
ephemeral, to short-lived
garden blooms and continually
evolving seasons. My usage of
intense colors and variety of
textural materials when
combined with any light
situation visually"challenge"
the boundaries of their
two-dimensional surfaces. The
abstract figuration alluding
to human forms and the
presence of circles in my work
signify ongoing human
life-cycle, trying phases
followed by happy spells in a
positive ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Selected Exhibitions
2009 Exhibitions:
Invitational exhibition, The
Brevard Art Museum ,
Melbourne, Florida, USA. May
15 - July 12, 2009.
"A Postcard is Worth 1000
Words Exhibition", APW Gallery
Long Island City, New York,
USA. June 5 - June 29, 2009:
Past:
Bi-annual Faculty Exhibition,
Indianapolis Art Center,
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
September ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
MAGAZINE REVIEWS & ARTICLES *
Indicates articles)
• * Profile: “Rendezvous
Artist”, Profile Article,
Indianapolis Star
Newspaper’s Fishers>Geist
Magazine, July/August 2007
• * ”Paintings Give Form
to the Ephemeral”,
interview/profile,
Indianapolis Business Journal,
Women in Business Section,
April 9-15, 2007
• * Indianapolis Monthly
Home Magazine, Profile:
“Secret Success”, July
2006
• CAA News, ...
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Collections:
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Commissions:
Artist Residency:
March-April 2008: Washington
Township School Foundation
grant commission to create
permanent wall mural painting
for children in the front
lobby of Crooked Creek
Elementary School, Marion
County, Indianapolis,
completed April 5 2008
Commissions:
"Picture Windows 2006: Urban
Interpretations" July
2006-February 2007:
“Picture Windows: Urban
Interpretations” was ...
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Chitra Ramanathan's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Chitra Ramanathan's Portfolio. Browse Ramanathan's body of work: Statement
Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort - Vincent Van Gogh
My present career as a conceptual artist emerged after I received my Bachelors degree in Painting in the 1990s. An opportunity for a solo exhibition at the Arc Gallery/Educational Foundation at Chicago in 1994 was followed by exhibitions at different art galleries on Broadway's Soho District, New York City, New York that earned me many a praise from critics. During this time, I received the Binney and Smith Inc. Liquitex Student Grant Award for 1994 and 1995. The award is ... |
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