Breathing Spaces

Collaborative ceramic works by Rahul Kumar and Chetnaa. Paintings by Kaushik Saha
November 24, 2018 - December 31, 2018 

Breathing Spaces | Rahul Kumar & Chetna 

Rahul Kumar:- Rahul has been in clay for 24 years. He completed his masters from USA on a Fulbright Scholarship in 2008 and received the Charles Wallace award to study in the UK in 2013. He has had 7 solo shows in the US and India (including with Threshold Art Gallery, Cymroza Art Gallery, Art Heritage, and Apparao Galleries). His works have been auctioned at Sotheby's London in 2012 and is a three-time recipient of the AIFACS National Award. In 2014 Rahul received the Junior Fellowship for Excellence in the Field of Visual Arts by the Government of India. Published critiques include essays authored by Kishore Singh, Roobina Karode, Aman Nath, and Keshav Malik. He collaborated with RAQS Media Collective for a work that was part their solo show at the NGMA-Delhi. A large-scale ceramic installation, funded by India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) was showcased as a special curated project at the India Art Fair 2015 edition. His works are part of prestigious collections in India and abroad, including India Habitat Centre and Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA). Rahul was recently named as one of the five-Indian-ceramic-artists-you-need-to-know by the Architecture Digest, the leading international design journal and have been honoured by the Bharat Nirman Foundation for his contributions in the field of art.

Rahul retired from the corporate world after having spent significant time with global consulting and business research organizations. Most recently, he was the head of an e- commerce start up for visual art and anchored a television show for a national entertainment network. Rahul has curated residencies and art exhibits. He is currently the consulting editor and columnist with leading art and design publications and writer for a national newspaper on art and culture.

 

Chetnaa:- Lines can make you wait... Lines can hold you back...

Lines can set you free...


Lines can keep you together... Lines can set you apart...

But eventually what matters are the lines that you leave behind...


The journey of a moving point, is recorded by the trail it leaves behind, geometrically known as a Line. A point can be considered to be the inception of everything present in nature; therefore, a line proves to be an inevitable part of our existence.


Born and brought up in Delhi, Chetnaa completed her Master’s degrees in Painting from the College of Art in the city.


The core of her art focuses on geometricism and lines reflective of the urban metroscape. Her drawings and paintings, formed by moving points, and their grouping and ungrouping, take on an abstract oeuvre as they are then developed into unified compositions. The concept of her lines is straight and simple and yet balanced in its discourse.


She has been a part of many exhibitions in India and outside India, Delhi, Scotland, China, Chandigarh, Bangalore, Brussels to name a few.

The artist has received AIFACS, All India Drawing Award, Emerging Artist of the Year by Glenfiddich and Best College Art Award, Special mention Award, SCZCC, Nagpur. Her works are in the collection of the College of Art Museum, Museum of Sacred Arts, Belgium as well as other private collectors in India and abroad.