Geeta Vadhera

Geeta Vadhera is an Indian artist. She has exhibited her oil paintings and has published a book of poetry.

Geeta Vadhera
Alma materCollege of Art, Delhi
Websitehttps://geetavadhera.in/

Early life

Geeta Vadhera was born in India to a father who was a poet and a mother who was an artist.[1] She studied for a Bachelor of Arts at the College of Art, Delhi and undertook further research in France and Germany.[2]

Career

Geeta has shown her artworks in Asia, Australia and Europe.[3] In 1986, she showed her paintings at the Orchard Point Gallery in Singapore and the following year at the Funan Centre.[4][2] In 1988, she exhibited 24 paintings at the Arts Festival Fringe.[1] In 2011, she took her oil paintings to Dubai.[3] Her art has been inspired by the Sufi poetry of Bulleh Shah and the Isha Upanishad.[5][4]

Geeta has a studio and gallery in Gurugram, a satellite city of New Delhi.[6][7] She published a book of poetry written in Hindi, entitled Ansh (A Part of Me) and also has written books about art for children.[2][8] In 2021, she addressed a Horasis event discussing art after the COVID-19 pandemic in India.[9]

Awards and recognition

Geeta received the Bharat Nirman super achiever award in 1995.[10]

See also

Modern Indian painting

References
  1. Pao, Yee Mei (10 June 1988). "An artist's absolute view of the universe". The Straits Times. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  2. Dass, Prabhavathi (23 October 1987). "Artist with a poet's heart". The Straits Times. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  3. "Straight from the heart". Khaleej Times. 7 October 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  4. Srinivasan, Radhika (13 May 1986). "Translating philosophy into pictures". The Straits Times. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  5. Shah, Zeeshan Jawed (2015). "Preserving Sufi Poetry through Visual Arts" (PDF). International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews. 2 (4).
  6. Showker, Fred. "The Art and Visions of Geeta Vadhera". DT&G Magazine. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  7. "Geeta Vadhera". Babele Arte. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  8. Indian Book Industry. Sterling Publishers. 1989. p. 31.
  9. "Run The World Events". Run the World. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  10. "Super Achiever Awards". Bharat Nirman. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
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