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IAAC Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art of the Diaspora 2015

 
Rochana Dubey
Rochana Dubey
Rochana Dubey
website: www.rochanadubey.com
 

ARTIST STATEMENT
 
“My experiments on canvas have been explorations of my abilities, and attempts at understanding nuances of the rapidly changing social landscape in urban India. Ideals and values instilled during childhood quickly dissolved into a confused youth as my perceptions of life and relationships underwent a dramatic metamorphosis. Women became the dominating protagonists in my stories – bold, sensitive and thought provoking. In their tough and gritty yet sensuous and beautiful avatars, they tread the fine line between tradition and modern. With my new series, “Discoveries”, the attention turns inwards to reflect on a woman’s state of mind in different life-scenarios.

I am a self-taught artist, an autodidact, with a generous endowment of artistic genes. An early recognition of inherent talent generated interest, but traditional academic compulsions took me through college and a bachelor’s degree in literature. Thereafter I was intoxicated with the glamour of a career in fashion and the prospect of entrepreneurship. This landed me in India’s premier fashion institute, NIFT, and spurred me onto a roller coaster ride of the fashion world. Through all this time, the canvas remained my first love and I have come back to it time and again to find expression. From my first series “Spice of Life” to “Relationship Metamorphoses” to the current “Glimpses from the Terabytical Depths of an Uncharted Mind”…..it has been a very interesting journey. ? ? As I settle down in the Big Apple halfway around the globe from my home, I look forward to many productive years of exploration and discovery.” 


 
BIO
Exhibitions:
April, 2014 Communiversity 2014, Princeton University. Exhibition of paintings, prints.
   
Mar, 2014 3rd Annual See.Me : Year In Review See.Me Gallery, New York. An international juried digital group show
https://yirexhibition.see.me/
   
Dec, 2013 Manhattan Arts International, New York. 'SMALL ART BIG IMPACT' An international juried online exhibition Award of Excellence for the work 'Monsoon Musings' http://www.manhattanarts.com/Gallery/SMALL-ART/winners.htm
   
Dec, 2013 Dec, 2013 A.I.R. Gallery, New York. 'Generations IX: The Red/Pink Show' http://www.airgallery.org/images/Generations_PR_Final.pdf
   
Oct’ 2010 Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore, India.
http://www.karnatakachitrakalaparishath.com/parishath/index.html
   
Dec’ 2009 Renaissance Gallerie, Bangalore, India
   
 
 
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