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Artist Statement -



: ‘My personal philosophy is to open people’s minds to the beauty of our times and the scenes of everyday life around us.’-usha

Artist Exhibitions



Upcoming Exhibition-
- 8th March Womens's Day Special show at Chitra Kala Parishad - Bangalore.



Past Exhibitions and achievements_

- 2013- ‘LAYA’ – Rhythms of Nature and Dance – group art show at Chitra Kala Parishath.Art Complex. Bengaluru- 4th to 10th Oct 2013.
- 2013 – ‘Melange’ group art show in aid of the ISPTD ( Indian Society for Performers and Teachers of Dance) 13th Sept to 10th Oct at Sublime Art Gallery Bengaluru.
- 2013 – BBC News Hangout – participated by invitation, in discussion on ‘What makes Art Iconic’ on 5th June 2013.
- 2012 – 23rd to 27th March ‘ArtWave’ group art show by 35 artists at Chitra Kala Parishad – Bengaluru.
- 2011 – Group art show ‘The Drawing Room Musings’- along with her students of art class. - 16th May to 25th May at Karnataka Chitra Kala Parishad. Bengaluru.

- 2010- 10th Feb – Served as Judge of ‘Abstract Art’ competition at the Bishop Cottons Girls College – Bangalore.
- 2010 – 5th Feb - Awarded ‘Woman Entrepreneur in the field of Art’ by the students of Bishop Cottons Girls Collage during ‘Entrepreneurs Week’.
- 2010 – 17th and 18th January - Participated in the ‘Art and Social Media’ Workshop – Bangalore.
- 2009 – Nov 8th and 9th - Group display of paintings at prestigious ‘Bangalore Club’ – Bangalore.
- 2009 – May 3rd to 13th, ‘Prathibimba’ group show at ‘Renaissance Art Gallery, Bangalore.
- ‘En plein air’ art camp at Lal Bagh – Bangalore, as member of ‘Bangalore Art Forum’.
- 2009 - Solo show at Chitra Kala Parishath called ‘Body Language’ from 1st to 8th February.
- 2008-2009 – Traveling Group shows at Jodhpur ('Palette Symphony of art Gallery Jan 4th to 24th '); Jaipur,(14th March to 24th March); Calcutta('GC Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery' Dec 29th to Jan 10th); and Goa, as member of the ‘Scribble artists association’- Hyderabad.
- 2008 - Finalist –for Nationwide Art competition –Kala Sangati – Hyderabad.
- 2007 - Solo show at the ‘Trinity Acres and Woods’ Community in December.
- 2007 - Joint show at ‘Chitra Kala Parishad’ Bangalore in May.
- 2007 – Her paintings ‘Green Earth and Red Oil’ and the ‘Water Lilies’ were selected by the US based Gallery Front.com Art organization for their ‘Peak Oil’ project and published in the Sept-Oct 2007 issue of their Art Magazine.
- 2005 - Participaiton in ‘Chitra Santhe’ at Chitra Kala Parishad.
- 1998 – Organized and participated in ‘Rajastani miniature painting’ workshop by renowned artist Shri Uma Shankar Sharma.
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Artist Usha Shantharam is an international artist, and her paintings are collected world over from countries like India, US, UK, South Africa,Australia,Holland and Greece....

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