Press Release
New Delhi
4th of January 2010
Manavi Prabha showcases her latest paintings between 15th & 17th of January 2010
The latest oils on canvas will be exhibited at Travancore Palace, KG Marg, New Delhi
The latest paintings of Manavi Prabha, a promising young artist from New Delhi will be exhibited at Travancore Palace, KG Marg, between 15th and 17th of January, 2010. The timings for the exhibition will be 11.00 am to 7.00 pm, each day.There will be a collection of 20 Oils on canvas paintings on display.
Manavi is a Gold Medalist in her Masters of Art Degree and is currently pursuing her Research in Art. Her Ph.D topic is on "Child Art : Art & its importance". She is passionate towards her art and specializes in contemporary and representative oil paintings.
Manavi‘s early work included illustrating seven books for children published by Bookman India. Also, her miniature work is in the collection of Indian Navy, Cochin.
About Manavi Prabha:
Manavi‘s passion for drawing came at a very early age, being influenced by the illustrative style and cartoon work of “Archies comics†specially the character Jughead.
Manavi studied art throughout her formal education. She earned a Bachelor in Art degree in Drawing and Painting in the year 1995 and received a Gold Medal award for her Masters in Art degree in the year 1998. She is presently pursuing a Ph. D. (Research work on “Child Art- Art and its importanceâ€).
Manavi also trained professionally and took a Diploma in commercial Art from Delhi Polytechnic and a Diploma in Animation from MAAC besides undertaking a Certificate course on “India: Art and Culture†from National Museum Institute of History of Art, Conservation and Museology. She has also attended various art workshops organised by the likes of FICCI etc.
Manavi‘s early work included illustrating seven books for children published by Bookman India and contributions to various web based digital magazines. She has also drawn story boards for some commercials as a free-lance artist. Earlier she also used to do clay sculptures and was associated with theatre as well.
Manavi made the transition from line to brush in the year 1998 and subsequently got herself associated with Triveni Kala Sangam, Delhi and also became a life member of Dr. PC Barua Art Gallery. Manavi has continued painting out of her own studio in Noida.
Her miniature work is in the collection of Indian Navy, Cochin. In 2006, she won a Special Award for her oil on canvas “The Life†at the art exhibition ´Kala Sangam‘.
Although Manavi says that the computer will never replace the feeling of brush on canvas or pen on paper, her ability to use the tools of both traditional and digital mediums has opened further windows of opportunity for her. Her paintings are really about her exploration of the contours of life through color, canvas, and brushes.
Manavi‘s current work is a collection of contemporary and representative oil paintings. She is exhibiting her current work together with some of her earlier works at Travancore Palace, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi from January 15 to January 17, 2010.
Some of the people who are acquainted with Manavi's works have the following to say:
"Here is an artist who is not confined to any one theme and has done some of the widest subjects of paintings that I have seen"
Vivek Mehra Executive Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers
"This artist brings freshness to a cluttered field of artists and her strength lies in the vividness of colours and the lifelike objects in her canvasses"
Neha Gupt- Director, Boeing India
"The paintings by this artist can be appreciated by the commoner as well as the connoisseur, which is rare"
Joebin Devassy- Radio Jockey, "Take off", AIR FM Rainbow .
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