Shaurya Kumar | In A Sacred Land a Traveller... | Gold leaf, reduction drawing on Rives BFK| 11.5†x9â€
"This concept invites the artists into the most poignant studies of inner worlds that we can touch, feel and that moves us. In searing intensity, the invitation to share personal singularities of what is most valued opens up different realms to rediscover the intensity of the physical, material and imaginary worlds. These new realities reveal its fathomings through each artwork and allow us to live more intensely through its experience", adds curator, Tunty Chauhan.
Participating artists include Achia Anzi, Anindita Bhattacharya, Hansika Sharma, Indrapramit Roy, Pandit Khairnar, Rahul Inamdar, Rajendra Tiku, Shanthi Swaroopini, Shaurya Kumar and V. Ramesh. Threshold Art Gallery's GOLD exhibition invites you into the most poignant studies of inner worlds that we can touch, feel and that moves us. In searing intensity, the invitation to share personal singularities of what is most valued opens up different realms to rediscover the intensity of the physical, material and imaginary worlds. These new realities reveal its fathomings through each artwork and allow us to live more intensely through its experience.
Anindita Bhattacharya (b 1985), has been living and exhibiting in New Delhi since she obtained her MFA from the famed Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU Baroda, in 2009. She is a Gold medallist of the Nasreen Mohammedi Award from Prestigious Maharaja Sayaji Rao University in Baroda. Her important exhibitions include her solo show Carrion Culture and Other Stories, ’19 at Threshold Art Gallery, New Delhi & her work was displayed at Abu Dhabi Art 2020 & India Art Fair '20 ‘19 & ‘18 .
Pandit Khairnar Born in 1968, Trained at Y.K.M. Aurangabad and later at L. S. Raheja School of Art Mumbai, in 1992, Khairnar’spaintings are non-naturalistic and non-narrative. By incorporating large areas of color into his works that envelop the viewer, he creates his color field paintings as vistas for introspection and as intermediaries to an aesthetic experience of personal memory.Solo Exhibition “Between Light and Shadow: Travels Through An Indian Landscape”atThreshold Art Gallery, New Delhi. February –March ’22; Cosmic BalanceThreshold Art Gallery,New Delhi ‘18, Solo Exhibition at Volte Gallery, Mumbai '12; The Sheltering Sky’ Gallery–7, Mumbai in'05; Solo exhibition withBombay Art gallery 2006 and 2001; Sans TacheArt Gallery, Mumbai 1998; ‘First Solo Show’ at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 1996.He was represented by Volte at India Art Fair 2016.He was represented by Gallery Threshold at the India Art Fair, 2019 and 2020 and at Abu Dhabi Art 2020.
Shaurya Kumar (b 1979) a native of Delhi, India, has been involved in numerous prestigious research projects, like “The Paintings of India” and "Handmade in India”. His work has been exhibited widely across the US and abroad including venues like Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai; Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai, NIU Art Museum, IL; Seoul Museum, Seoul; Queens Museum, NYC; LACDA, Los Angeles; Guanlan Printmaking Base, China; India Art Fair; Dubai Art Fair and Poznan Art Week, Poland, Aicon Gallery,
New York.
Hansika Sharma (b-1992) 2010-2014 National Institute of Fashion Technology, Major Textile Design, Himachal Pradesh. She worked as Reliance Trend Developer of their first Home Collection, Bangalore in 2013 & on a project on Rejuvenation of discarded Craft tools and restoration of fabric waste as premium collection, with Rajka Designs, Ahmedabad 2014. 2014-2016 she worked as a Visual Merchandiser and Art Direction with Urban Ladder, Bangalore.
V. Ramesh (1958) was born in Andhra Pradesh and graduated in Fine Arts from M.S. University, Baroda following it with a Post-Graduation in Fine Arts from the same university. He received the Junior Fellowship from the Department of Culture in1990-93, Sanskriti Award in 1993 and a Senior Fellowship, Department of Culture in 1995- 97.V.Ramesh is the first practicing artist to be invited to show solo at the National Gallery Of Modern Art, Bangalore in 2014. Solo show Remembrances of Voices Past at Katzen Arts Center, American University Museum, Washington in Apr- May 2015. He taught at the Department of Fine Arts, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, since 1985.
Date 21-04-2022