Vinita Vasu is a visual artist and designer residing in
Delhi
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,
India
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. She directed a short film named ''Beaming Blossom'' which won her a Special Festival Mention Award at the Children's International Cine Festival in the year 2016.
Introduction
In a career spanning over a decade, Vasu has worked in paint and varied media. She paints on walls, fabrics, canvas, paper, fiberglass, bottles, boards, pebbles, and stones. Born in
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...
, and brought up in Delhi, Vasu won all the art competitions she participated in, during her school years. However, she could not pursue a degree in fine art education.
She explains that "In my works colors, shapes and patterns are used to celebrate the journey of life. Although my consciousness is the fundamental source of all my creations, it reflects the phenomenal visual experience of body, mind, and soul."
Woman in Vinita
Her artworks are often a statement against negative perceptions of women from her perspective as someone who grew up in Delhi. In her own words, “There are bondages of various kinds that women everywhere face. In Delhi, where I come from, women cannot walk free at night without fear. But I look at the positive side, at the hope that these women bear rather than dwelling on the dark side.”
Exhibitions
*Group Show at Bhatia Art Gallery, Noida in 2006.
*Painting Exhibition in Junior Level All India Artist at AIFACS, New Delhi In 2006.
*Painting Exhibition at AIFACS (Solo Show) in Nov. 2008.
[Breaking the Silence. Hindustan Times]
Breaking the Silence. 11 October 2011
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*Group Exhibition at Art Mall, New Delhi in Jan. 2009.
*Selection in 80th and 81st Annual All India Art Exhibition at AIFACS, in 2009.
*Selected in Top 75 at All India Art Competition, Raja Ravi Varma's, Rang Rasiya in 2009.
*Solo show at Travancore Art Gallery, New Delhi, Feb. 2010.
Thy Mistike Shi
Thy Mistike Shi, solo show at The Capitol Lounge, Hotel Ashoka, Chanakyapuri, 2011.
References
*Malayala Manorama (Daily dt. 19 September 2011)
*Mathrubhoomi (Daily dt. 19 September 2011)
*Hindustan Times (Dt: 8 October 2011)
Hindustan Times, Breaking the SilenceRussian Embassy
External links
Artist's website
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Indian women painters
Living people
Malayali people
Painters from Kerala
21st-century Indian painters
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Indian women artists
Women artists from Kerala