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Press Release US India Artist Exchange
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Monday, Dec 20, 2010
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Lakeside gallery west is pleased to announce the selection of 2 artists for residence program beginning Ooctober 1st 2010. These artists selected from many applicants are not the first exchange artists from India to show at Lakeside gallery. In 1990 Lakeside hosted Latika Katt and Jagdish Chintala, both of whom have gone on to very honored hieghts in the art world, both in India and abroad.
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This time the artists are Soumya Chavan and Satadru Banduri. Now just quickly a little information on these artists points of interest.
Soumya Manjunath Chavan has achieved a doctorate from the Bangalore University in 2002, after completing BFA and MFA studies at the College of Fine Arts in Bangalore. Her doctoral research on "visual aspects of sankara's philosophy and its relevance to contemporary tantric artists" has led her paintings on their path to Lakeside and beyond. Also a muralist having created 27 murals in her home town of Bengaluru leads one to speculate what will the artist create during her 21 day residency at Lakeside gallery west?
Satadru Sovan Banduri is not a complete stranger to the U.S. Having been awarded a fulbright scholarship from the University of California Santa Cruz in 2007. He has also completed BFA and MFA studies at Visva Bharati, Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan, West Bengal. Satadru is not only a painter but also a multi-disciplinary artist which includes video and installation to his repetoir of artistic talent. Truly someone to watch in a multi- cultural globalized art world.
With that said can you please mark and save the date of October 16th as these artists prepare for and display their most recent creations from their residence at Lakeside gallery west.
Yes, opening night Saturday October 16 3:00 until 8:00 pm CST. Don't miss it.
US-India artist exchange: initiated in 1990 by John D. Wilson and Dial Gidwani founding president American Institute of Sindhulogy (www.sindhulogy.org , now a full fledged endeavor spearheaded by Arnab Paul. U.S. artists Ray Kerciu and Mike Mcgee traveled to India in January 2009 making connections and planting seeds for further exchanges with their homebase at California State University in Fullerton. Please read more about US-India artist exchange at http://us-indiaartculturecenter.org/pages/home
Special thanks to Air India for their support and continued help in the exchange program!!
To be announced: "Meet The Artists Night" the artists in residence from India will be giving a slide show and lecture on their works and insight to what it’s like to be an artist from India. Speculated date October 8th, 5pm.
Also a quick note of thanks to Micheal and Judith Sawyier for hosting the artists.
For more information and updates visit the Lakeside gallery news website.
UPDATE: You can now browse the photo slideshow showcasing the successful program's highlights. Mike and G. Ray's online blog is also available.
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