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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 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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Exhibitions for Chitra Ramanathan:
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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 2007
* “Chitra Ramanathan: Recent Paintings”, Retrospective Solo Exhibition, Indianapolis Arts Garden, Indiana, USA. January 1-31, 2006
“Naturally Inspired” Art exhibition of “en plein air” paintings, White River Gardens, Indianapolis, USA. September 1-November 19, 2006
”Impromptu Show”, 4 Star Gallery Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. April 2006
Bi-annual Faculty Exhibition, Indianapolis Art Center Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. August 26-September 29, 2005 September-October 2007
"Nine", Exhibition of Paintings, Springer Cultural Center Champaign, Illinois, USA. April 18-30, 2003
"ARTISTS AGAINST •AIDS" 2003 Eleventh Annual Exhibition, Champaign, Illinois, USA. Paintings.April 19-May 4, 2002
"ARTISTS AGAINST AIDS" 2002 Tenth Annual Exhibition & Benefit Show, Champaign, Illinois, USA. Paintings /Prints February 26 - March 17, 2003
INTERNATIONAL GALLERIES, Urbana, Illinois, USA: Solo exhibition of paintings, August 18 - September 14, 2001
* MONTSERRAT GALLERY SoHo, Broadway, New York, USA: Solo exhibition. "Recent Paintings". April 22 - May 10, 1998
* MONTSERRAT GALLERY SoHo, Broadway, New York, USA: Paintings. April 22 - May 10, 1997
Agora Gallery SoHo, Broadway, New York, USA: Paintings & Sculpture. November 4 - November 18, 1995
MONTSERRAT GALLERY SoHo, Broadway, New York, USA: Paintings. April 22-May 10, 1995
*Arc Gallery /Educational Foundation, Chicago Illinois, USA: Solo exhibition. Paintings, Prints & Sculpture. May 31-June 25, 1994
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