Emerging Printmaker Grants 2023
Jury
Archana Hande
Archana Hande was born in 1970 in Bangalore, to a technocrats who balanced a traditional belief system and cosmopolitanism in an industrial town in a post- independent industrial town Rourkela where she did her early education. Rourkela, the town, with its colonial heritage of hierarchical cityscape, modernist-nationalist zeal for developmental construction and the impending political upheaval of the landless, was bursting at the seams. Archana trained at the Bengal School at Santiniketan (1986-1991) and Baroda (1991-1993) narrative at the MS University.
She has been awarded the Charles Wallace India Trust Arts Awards, Residency in Glasgow school of arts in the year 2000 and Research Residency, Pro Helvetia, Switzerland 2010. Archana is an artist, independent curator, and teacher. Her many solo shows include: ‘I am a Landscape Painter’: Bombay; ‘The Golden Feral Trail’: Perth and Laverton, which was part of the reciprocal exchange program, Western Australia; 2014-16; ‘All is Fair in Magic White’: Delhi & Rome 2010; and her online project ‘www.arrangeurownmarriage.com’ which was part of the Majlis Cultures fellowship program was shown in Bombay, China, Finland, Sweden. Archana Hande currently lives and works in Bangalore.
Jayati Mukherjee
Jayati Mukherjee writes on art, specifically on Printmaking. After completing her degree in Painting from College of Art, New Delhi, she went on to do her Master’s and PhD in Printmaking from Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. Jayati has worked in the IT industry for 12 years, and practices Printmaking intermittently. She lives and works in Baroda.
Neeraj Singh Khandka
Neeraj Singh Khandka (b 1983) is an artist living and practicing in Delhi. He has done his BFA from Govt. College of Art, Chandigarh, and MFA from Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan. Some of his notable exhibitions include Art Heritage on the Threshold of Time: Immersion 2022, Delhi Art Week; “Yours in Truth,” Space 118 Show 2022, curated by Saloni Doshi; Living in the Dark Night Curated by Paula Sengupta at Gallery Espace 2022; Home: A Dwelling, curated by Sanjana Shah at Tao Art gallery Mumbai, 2020; State of the Art/ Art in the State, curated by Johny ML at Kerala LKA 2020; Green Dreams online show 2020; The Bombay Art Society 129th All India Annual Art Exhibition (2020-21); CIMA (2021–22); 59th, 60th , 62nd, 63rd National Exhibition of Art by Lalit Kala Akademi( 2020-2021); Bangkok Triennale International Print and Drawing Exhibition (2018); 3rd Biennale International De Mini Print Argentina (2018); 1st & 2nd International Print Biennial by Lalit Kala Akademi.
Dr. Rajkumar Mazinder
Dr. Rajkumar Mazinder was born in Assam in 1965 and completed his B.F.A in Painting at Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan and an M.F.A. in Graphic Arts from M. S. University of Baroda and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Visual Arts from Assam University, Silchar, 2015. He did three solo shows at the State Art Gallery, Guwahati, 1990; State Art Gallery, Guwahati, 1993; Siralu/Furrow, Exhibition Hall, M.S. University, Baroda, 2000; Tribute to Mahatma, State Art Gallery, Guwahati, 2007. He participated in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997 & 2007 National Exhibition of Art, organised by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. He has been awarded “Europe Art Tour” of Paris, Venice, Florence, and Rome in All India Art Exhibition 2014 and Eastern Region Art Exhibition at Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata organized by Camel Art Foundation, Mumbai. He is the author of “Shilpokala:Oitihya aru Adhunikota” (ISBN: 978-93-85230-67-3) . Dr. Rajkumar Mazinder lives and teaches in the Department of Visual Arts, Assam University, Silchar.
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G. Rahul
NORTH ZONE
G. Rahul completed his undergraduate studies at the College of Art, Delhi University and his Master’s in printmaking from MSU, Baroda. His artwork captures the essence of daily life, expressing his personal experiences and observations.
Rahul’s works have been featured in various group exhibitions, including the Kochi Biennale student edition in 2020, Abir First Take 2020 and Siddalinga Fine Art Society (R) Vijayapur, Karnataka.
His art showcases keen observation and skill in drawing, painting and printmaking, capturing complex emotions and stories within work.
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Kumar Misal
WEST ZONE
Kumar Misal is a visual artist and printmaker from India. He completed his education from the Sir JJ School of Art, Mumbai.
His practice questions and depicts various issues concerning farmers through a dialectical triad of printmaking, papermaking, and drawing.
He also established his own printmaking studio in Kolhapur, named Frames Art Studio. He participated in group exhibitions across the country and abroad. Art for hope, Art Incept, New Delhi; Student Biennale,2020; Inception Grant Show, Delhi, 2021; Biennial Printing, Italy 2020.
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Lali Makhal
EAST ZONE
Lali Makhal was born in the village of Chhota Mukundapur and later moved to Kolkata for studies and work. She completed her B.F.A and M.F.A from Rabindra Bharati University in Printmaking.
Lali has loved hairdos from childhood. Her Mother used to tie a bun in her hair each afternoon and embellished it with flowers and flower garlands. Her passion for hairdos eventually became the primary subject of her work.
She has actively participated in Artist residencies, workshops, and exhibitions. Some of her important participation are the 55th and 56th Annual Exhibitions of the Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata; Art Family 1st All India Online Art Exhibition, 2021. She also won the Shri K.K Bangla Memorial Prize inManorama Young Printmaker Award 2021, organized by India Printmaker House.
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Naveen Tungana
SOUTH ZONE
Naveen Tungana completed his B.F.A in printmaking in 2021 from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, and his Masters from Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, in Printmaking in 2023.
Born and brought up in a farming family, Tungana was closely associated with farming. He used to go to the field with his father and experience the challenges that farmers dealt with every day, i.e., climate conditions, availability of resources, and water quality.
Taking inspiration from his experience and the ritualistic practices that are often performed by the framers in the hope of bringing good luck, Tungana tries to explore the underlying meaning between belief system and lifestyle in his practice.
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LIVING A DARK NIGHT 