Ujwala Prabhu

The journey of understanding and making art for me is a continuous learning process: Improving existing skills, learning new ones and most of all growing with the practice, experiments and experience. Drawing and painting are an integral part of my life, something I am passionate about. I look forward to it everyday and enjoy the work immensely. Maya documents the road traveled thus far.

People, their moods, expressions, interactions and emotions have been an ongoing source of curiosity and interest to me. This is reflected in the subjects I choose. Every effort is made to capture emotions and add something of what I feel towards the subject to the work at hand. I love to experiment and use a variety of medium ranging from oil, charcoal, printmaking, clay to the digital medium. Regardless, my focus remains fixed on the human figure.

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Group Shows:
"Jhaal Muri", an Art & Photography Exhibition on Bangladesh Street Life. Bay's Galleria, Dhaka. November 8th - 23rd, 2008

13th Asian Art Biennale 2008, a key art event in the region, organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka showcasing the art of established and young artists from 27 countries, October 21-November 19, 2008

Kormoshala Chapchitra Pradarshini, a group show of prints at the Gallery Chitrak based on work produced by workshop participants and a few guest artists, June 13th-18th, 2008.

In Search of Beautiful Impressions, a group show of prints with participation from leading artists and students of the Institute of Fine Art, Dhaka. June 2nd-4th, 2008 at the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts

Friends & Faces, a Two Women Show, March 16th - 31st, 2008, Dhaka at the Standard Chartered Bank Art Gallery.

SHAKO Group exhibition and Poetry reading to mark International Womens Day, March 7 & 8th, 2008, Dhaka, Bangladesh hosted by Rubana Huq of Monsoon Letters.

UNWA Juried Silent Art Auction at the Mascara Ball 2007 to raise funds for the Hurricane Sidr Relief Fund. Held on December 7th at Pan Pacific, Hotel Sonargaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Education:
Art
Painting from Life, Composition, Color with Philip Lawrence Sherrod, The Art Students League New York, New York, August 2008

Sculpture : Modelling with Clay with Barney Hodes, The Art Students League New York, New York, August 2008

Printmaking workshop with well known artist Shahid Kabir at University Of Development Alternative (UODA), Dhaka. May 30 & 31st, 2008

Printmaking workshop "In Search of Beautiful Impressions" with Professors Nirmalendu Das and Pinaki Barua from Vishwa Bharati, Shantiniketan organised and held at the Institute of Fine Arts, Dhaka, sponsored by the Bengal Foundation. May 18th - 24th, 2008.

Creative Drawing & Art Appreciation with Javed Jalil, Dhaka, Nov 2007.

Life Drawing with Kuhu Plamondon, Dhaka, June 2007
Painting from Life, Portraiture, Composition, Color with

Mary Beth McKenzie, The Art Students League New York, New York, July 2006

Audited the BFA Painting & Sculpture programs, College of Art, New Delhi, 2005-06

Art Classes with Ebenezer Sunder Singh, Sangeet Shyamala, New Delhi, Feb -Apr 2005

General
Business Management, Marketing and Finance, XLRI, Jamshedpur, 1987-89

i have a keen interest in drawing, painting and sculpture. you can find some of my work on Maya, draw the line and Flickr .

Art resources and links that I’ve found useful are being put together on BlogSchmlog.

Another area of interest is in all the changes that are taking place on the net – the move from desktops to handhelds, dumb terminals and tablets. Blog under construction at techno.blah.gy

Lastly, I’m putting togther my recipes at Rasbhara Recipes