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Chameli Ramachandran
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Chameli Ramachandran was born to Chinese and Indian parents at Santiniketan in 1940. Her name, derived from the jasmine flower that was popular there for its sweet fragrance, was given to her by Santiniketan’s famous artist and poet-in-residence Rabindranath Tagore.
All of Ramachandran’s works reflect her admiration for nature, a subject that has always enthralled her. Her strong connections with China and India, home to two of...
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Chameli Ramachandran was born to Chinese and Indian parents at Santiniketan in 1940. Her name, derived from the jasmine flower that was popular there for its sweet fragrance, was given to her by Santiniketan’s famous artist and poet-in-residence Rabindranath Tagore.
All of Ramachandran’s works reflect her admiration for nature, a subject that has always enthralled her. Her strong connections with China and India, home to two of the world’s most historically significant cultures, are also evident in her paintings, which adeptly unite the lush, abundant landscapes of Bengal with the pensive, meditative quality of ancient Chinese philosophy.
Ramachandran’s sensitive compositions capture the gentle, discreet amity of natural elements such as breeze and light, as they play with leaves and flowers. The hushed rustling of the trees and the sun’s translucent rays bouncing off the soft concave surfaces of flower petals is brought to life by her masterful amalgamation of metallic pigments with ink. The evanescence of pain and pleasure may also be sensed in her works, as turbulent waves crash against lonesome rocks, coconut palms sway gently in the breeze, and lotus flowers float calmly in a pond.
Ramachandran was educated at Kala Bhavan and Visva-Bharati University at Santiniketan, where she received her Diploma in Fine Arts in 1960, and a Master’s degree in Ancient Indian History and Culture in 1966. Her first solo shows were held at Habiart Gallery, New Delhi, in 1993 and Nazar Gallery in Baroda in, 1998. Her most recent solo and group shows include those held at Grosvenor Vadehra, London, in 2008; Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, in 2005 and Visual Arts Gallery, New Delhi, in 2003.
The artist lives in works in New Delhi.
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Born
1940
Santiniketan, West Bengal
Education
1966 Master of Arts (Ancient Indian History and Culture), Visva Bharati Univeristy, Santiniketan
1960 Diploma in Fine Arts and Crafts, Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitons
2012 'Water & Earth Trans -...
Selected Solo Exhibitons
2012 'Water & Earth Trans - Formations', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010 'Trees', as part of India International Centre Experience: Annual Festival of India International Centre, New Delhi
2008 'A Confluence of Distilled Essences', Grosvenor Vadehra, London
2005 'In the Silence of the Soul', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2001 'Santiniketan Within',
1993 Habiart Gallery, New Delhi
1998 Nazar Art Gallery, Baroda
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 'Ideas of the Sublime', presented by Vadehra Art Gallery at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2011 'The Lost Sparrow', presented by Gallery Threshold at Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2010 '10 x 10', Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
2010 'Paper Trails', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2009-10 'Unclaimed Spaces', Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
2008 ‘Celebrating Sara’, Sumukha Art Gallery, Chennai
2005 'Still-Life: The Inscrutable Genre', Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
2003 ‘Reclaiming the Lotus', organized by Apparao Galleries at Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
2003 'Solitude', organized by Apparao Galleries at India Habitat Centre with Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust, New Delhi
2003 'A Celebration of Colour', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi; Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2002 'Landscapes', ArtMotif, New Delhi
2002 'Lok Raag', organized by Art Pilgrim at Ravindra Bhavan, New Delhi
2000 ‘Art Space 2000', Barn Gallery, England
2000 'Special Millennium Show', Art Today, New Delhi
1998 Rama Krishna Sarada Mission Centenary Exhibition, Kolkata
1997 'Gift for India', organized by SAHMAT at Rabindra Bhavan at New Delhi and Mumbai
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