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"Today art is commercialized, but even so, it is far more personal and satisfying…I always wait for my paintings to surprise me."
Born into a creative family is not her claim to fame. For a long time Brinda Miller Chudasama was stuck churning out popular patterns for Khatau mills, being a part of the designing team there. Her longing to move away from symmetry and repetitive work and experiment with various shapes and forms was so...
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"Today art is commercialized, but even so, it is far more personal and satisfying…I always wait for my paintings to surprise me."
Born into a creative family is not her claim to fame. For a long time Brinda Miller Chudasama was stuck churning out popular patterns for Khatau mills, being a part of the designing team there. Her longing to move away from symmetry and repetitive work and experiment with various shapes and forms was so strong that Brinda quit her job to follow her love for art and took too painting as a profession.
She started off by painting landscapes in conservative monochromatic colors. Her first exhibition being a complete sell out was an inspiration for Brinda and she decided to take painting up as a profession and studied drawing and painting at the Parsons School of Design, New York.
This is where she learnt the art of quick figurative drawings. These images, according to her, are far more compulsive in their effect on the viewer. If one was to trace her work through the years one would notice that where she was pre-occupied with birds, mountains and landscapes in pastels in her formative years as a painter. Brinda later moved on to realistic art with her landscapes and her current fixation is with abstraction, as can be seen in her skyscapes. In fact, her work can now be called a combination of realism and abstraction.
Most of Brinda`s paintings are a reflection of the inspiration her visits to New York, Africa and in India evoked. "You will see Egyptian faces, Mexican figures, African heads and warm, earthy Indian colors in my work. My work is a true reflection of what I am - impulsive and spontaneous," she says.
Of late, it is glasswork that has caught her fancy. Faces with the fiery combination of colors; glass, especially, appeals to her, as there is a lot more to experiment within this medium, and it breathes creativity. You need not use it on the wall she says, "You can use it as a panel, as a window, even on the coffee table." Her faces on glass are like masks. Ask her about it and she says, "Isn`t that what urban life is all about - masks operating at different levels?"
Apart from glasswork, Brinda has created many murals both here and abroad and has experimented with various mediums like acrylic, corrugated cardboard, cloth and metallic paper. She excels in mixed media - oils, acrylics and collages. Multimedia techniques are also one of her favorites and she is known to use material in a collage to create three -dimensional effects. She has also adapted the technique of batik to her painting and this brings on a completely new dimension to her work.
Acrylic, according to her, is a versatile medium. It can be opaque as well as transparent. I have employed techniques like `discharge`, `elimination` and `resist` to let the colors work on different levels. This she says, "you can do only with acrylic as it renders a peculiar 3-D, uneven and complex feel to it."
Be it her paintings with faces or her latest craze, art on glass, her paintings display a completely abstract expressionism, her figures too are completely abstract.
Brinda`s paintings have multiple interpretations, the artist admits that she herself never paints with the end in mind. "I wait for my paintings to surprise me. I don`t paint specific figures or human activity; they flow from my feelings." She says. Along with paintings, she has tried her hand at several other things like sculpting and installation art.
From drawing floral prints as a designer for a textile company, to creating landscapes, and now abstract figurative paintings, Brinda has displayed her penchant for variety over the years.
Brinda lives and works in Mumbai.
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Born
1960
Mumbai
Education
1980 Drawing and Painting, Parsons School of Design, New York
1979 Diploma in Textile Design, Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2013 'Adrenaline Rush', Tao Art...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2013 'Adrenaline Rush', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2011 'Paradigm Shift, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 'ChromaZone', presented by Tao Art Gallery at Museum Gallery, Mumbai
2005 Museum Art Gallery, Mumbai
2005 Visual Arts Gallery, New Delhi
2003 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1999 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1995 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1990 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
1989 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
1987 Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi
1987 Grindlays Bank, Mumbai
1986 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
1984 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
1982 Urja Art Gallery, Baroda
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 'Point and Line to Plane VI', Gallery Beyond, Mumbai
2006 Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006 Polka Art Gallery, New Delhi
2006 Reflections Art Gallery, Hong Kong
2006 Gallery Beyond, Mumbai
2006 "OTT" - Moonsive, New Delhi
2005 ‘Present Future’, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
2005 'Water', Blue Sea, Mumbai
2004 Colors of India, Dubai
2004 ‘Affordable Art’, Artists’ Centre, Mumbai
2004 Cancer Patients Aid Association - Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
2004 ‘Ulitarian Art’, organized by the British Council at Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai
2002 ‘Shakti’, Hacienda Art Gallery and Gallery Art Beyond, Mumbai
2002 ‘Art Mela’, organized by RPG at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2002 ‘Colors of India’, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai
2002 ‘Inaugural Show’, The Fine Art Company, Mumbai
2002 ‘Inaugural Show’, Jewels on Canvas, Mumbai
2002 ‘Inaugural Show’, Primary Colors, Mumbai
2002 ‘Inaugural Show’, Chimera Art Gallery, Mumbai
2002 ‘Inaugural Show’, Hermitage Art Gallery, Mumbai
2002 Art Works Inspired by Picasso, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
2000 International Women’s Day with CP Gallery, Chennai
2000 ‘Nayika’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2000 Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
1999 ‘Art Jamboree’, Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai
1999,2000 ‘Miniature Format Show’, Sans Tache Art Gallery, Mumbai
1999-2002 ‘Art Access Week’, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai
1996-2001 ‘Harmony Show’, Mumbai
Participations
2012 'Small is Beautiful', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2012 'Synergy 2012', 12th Anniversary Show, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2002,01 Kala Ghoda Art Festival, Mumbai
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PAST StoryLTD AUCTIONS
Showing
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Lot 48
Details
Absolute Tuesdays
21 September 2021
Autumn Equinox
Mixed media on metal
12 x 12 in
Winning bid
$203
Rs 14,640
(Inclusive of buyer's premium)
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Lot 7
Details
Times Art Fest Auction
25-26 January 2021
Let There be Light
Mixed media on canvas
24 x 24 in
Winning bid
$2,664
Rs 1,91,840
(Inclusive of buyer's premium)
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