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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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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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Reviews for Chitra Ramanathan:
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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, Newsletter of the College Art Association, NYC; Volume 30, Number 5, "Solo Exhibition by Artist Members", September 2005
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* PR WEB Worldwide Press Release, “The Artist Chitra Ramanathan to Lecture at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK” September 25, 2005
• * “Artist Chitra Ramanathan receives Hotel Bellagio Las Vegas Commission”, University of Illinois Alumni Newsletter, August 2005
• * Awards and Grants, People in the News, CAA News, Newsletter of the College Art Association, NYC; November 2004
• * PR WEB Worldwide Press Release, December 9, 2004
• * PR WEB Worldwide Press Release, October 27, 2004
• * Academe, People in the News, CAA News, Newsletter of the College Art Association, New York City, Volume 29, Number 4, July 2004
• * "Happy Art", Melissa Merli, Staff Writer, The Champaign-Urbana News Gazette, Champaign, Illinois, USA. Sunday, February 23, 2003
• CAA News, "Solo Exhibition by Artist Members", November 2001
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* The Champaign-Urbana News Gazette, "New Exhibition Series Opens at the Springer Cultural Center, 2000
• * Krish Krishnan, "CHITRA RAMANATHAN" KALA Arts Quarterly, Toronto, Canada, January 2000
• * Levina Melwani, New York Correspondent, India Today Magazine, New York, USA. “IN PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS”, May 1998
• * Louis Rodriguez Aranguren, “PINTORA HINDU CHITRA RAMANATHAN SEDUCE A NEW YORK CON EL EMBRUJO DEL COLOR Y ALEGORIAS METAFISCAS” ("Hindu Painter Chitra Ramanathan Seduces New York with enchantment of color and metaphysical allegories") Nosotros Magazine, New York, USA. April 1995
• * “Midwest Artist Slates Show in N.Y”, India Abroad Magazine, USA. March 31 1995
• * Claude LeSuer, “Six Original Talents at Montserrat Gallery”, ARTSPEAK, New York USA.1995
• * Gordon Dane, “Reviews & Previews” Manhattan Arts International, New York, USA. Autumn, 1995
• * “UI Fine Art Student Wins Grant”, Features; University of Illinois News in Brief, The Champaign-Urbana News Gazette, Champaign, Illinois USA. May 14 1995
• * Gisele Atterberry, “Complexities Abound in ‘Simple’ Works”, The Champaign-Urbana News Gazette, December 3 1993
• * “Chitra Ramanathan: About the Artist”, Gallery 105, Champaign, IL. December 1992
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2009 Exhibitions:
Take Out, 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:
Pre: 2009:
Annual Faculty Exhibition, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. September-October 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
• Annual Faculty Exhibition, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. September 1-October 1, 2007
• Annual Faculty Exhibition, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. August 26-September 29, 2005
• "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, 2003
• FREE GALLERY, "MAJORITY RULES!" (Part 1) Slide Exhibition of Paintings, Glasgow, United Kingdom June 24-July 27, 2002
• "ARTISTS AGAINST AIDS 2002", Tenth Annual Exhibition & Benefit Show, Champaign, Illinois, USA: Paintings /Prints, February 26-March 17, 2002
• * INTERNATIONAL GALLERIES, Urbana, Illinois, USA: Solo Exhibition of Paintings, August 18-September 14, 2001
• MONTSERRAT GALLERY SoHo, Broadway, New York, USA: "Solo Exhibition of Recent Paintings by Chitra Ramanathan", April 22-May 10, 1998
• AGORA GALLERY SoHo, Broadway, New York, USA: Paintings & Sculpture, November 4-November 18, 1995
• MONTSERRAT GALLERY SoHo, Broadway, New York, USA: Solo Exhibtion of Paintings April 22-May 10, 1997
• ARC GALLERY/EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION Chicago, Illinois, USA: Solo Exhibition of Paintings, Prints & Sculpture, May 31-June 25, 1994
• AN ART PLACE, INC. GALLERY Chicago, Illinois, USA: Paintings February 25-March 18, 1994
AWARDS:
• 2006 Viewers Choice Award, Exhibition, Print Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA: “Impromptu Show “ 4 Star Gallery, Indianapolis
• 2004 Awarded site-specific commission by the MGM Mirage, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
• 1994 “Outstanding Achievement in the Painting Discipline” Product Grant Award, LIQUITEX Excellence in Art, Binney & Smith, Inc. USA
• 1995 “Outstanding Achievement in the Painting Discipline,” Product Grant Award,, LIQUITEX Excellence in Art, Binney & Smith, Inc. USA
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