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Artist Statement:
Chitra Ramanathan, in her own
words:
Through my body of work I
portray the subject of
happiness as a visual
interpretation. To achieve
this goal, I employ intense,
vibrant colors combining them
with intricate textural
materials, arriving at
predominantly large collages
that convey the universal
mental emotion. Since
happiness has no recognizable
form, I refer to the hint of
figures and circular
ima...gery as 'formless
forms", a phrase I have coined
to describe the abstract
imagery. As happiness is a
lifelong pursuit and yet could
be elusive as an ongoing goal
in the human life cycle, I
refer to the feeling as
fleeting and temporary,
comparing the emotion to
continually evolving ephemeral
garden blooms and cyclical
seasons in nature, as both are
transient, changing and
evolving.
Though my current body of work
is conceptual with mixed-media
collage and acrylics as prime
mediums, I am equally
comfortable with portrait and
landscape painting and drawing
or painting with pencil,
charcoal or oil since I have
experimented with different
mediums since early childhood.
Serendipity intervening
however, some large public art
commissions I have completed
in recent years have been
requested after viewing my
conceptual work with
organizations requesting that
I replicate ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Selected Exhibitions:
2010
SPOTLIGHT Artists Gallery
Opening Night Reception
Spotlight Art @ Clowes:
Invitational Exhibition: "One
Night, One Stage, One Reason"
"to raise money for the
Indiana AIDS Fund and HIV/AIDS
education and prevention".
Venue: Clowes Memorial Hall of
Butler University,
Indianapolis, Indiana USA.
April 12 – May 24, 2010.
Solo ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Commissions:
Artist Residency:
Invitational artist residency
at Champagne Ardenne, France,
April 2010. Grant by Camac -
Centre D'Art - Marnay Art
Centre, France and
Transcultural International
Exchange in the Arts
March-April 2008: Washington
Township School Foundation
grant commission to create
permanent wall mural painting
for children in the front
lobby of ...
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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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