Chitra Ramanathan, Contemporary artist-Paintings
http://www.chitraramanathan.com
Kunstart: Malerei
Technik: Mischtechnik
Stil: Abstrakt
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* Artist Chitra Ramanathan's extensive body of paintings portraying happiness happiness as a visual entity with a "formless form" emanating through intense colors and varieties of found texture materials
* The artist's paintings on and behind Plexiglas and anodized aluminum
* Predominantly large-scale mixed-media paintings in her unique style of abstraction
Biography:
Born in Thiruvananthapuram, India,Chitra Ramanathan is a contemporary Indian American visual artist and educator. She produces predominantly large scale abstract conceptual mixed media and acrylic paintings, drawings, prints, and site-specific public art installations including murals.
Chitra's body of predominantly large-scale paintings expressed through intense colors and multiple layers of textures, interact with light to "challenge the boundaries of their two-dimensional surfaces". They are inspired by the short-lived beauty of garden blooms and cyclical change in seasons, characteristics that the artist compares with the continually evolving, ephemeral, fleeting and enticingly beautiful happiness' "formless form": a phrase she has coined to describe her concept. The hint of circles almost always present in her paintings signify the cycle of human life: trying times followed by happy phases in a positive sense, and of life and rebirth influenced by her roots from India.
Her paintings on varied medium such as anodized aluminum, Plexiglas, linen, paper and canvas, have been described as "tactile works that resonate with a quiet harmony" and "Simply luxurious" by Manhattan Arts Magazine, New York, reviewing her 1995 exhibition of paintings at Agora Gallery. To quote UIUC Alumini News, "Chitra's paintings exemplify her love of nature as well as the subjectivity of each individual's unique pursuit of happiness. Her painting procedure often entails making mental notes of a scene in nature, including the lighting, colors, and textures. She then uses these impressions in her studio to replicate the subject matter in an abstracted form, using rich physical textures, intense colors, and varied media". Her work has been acquired by individual as well as corporate collectors including education al institutions around the United States and in Europe.
Chitra earned her second Bachelors of Fine Arts in Painting with Honors in 1993 from the The School of Art and Design - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA during which period she also allotted time to study Painting and Art History in Paris, France, with extended time spent at Claude Monet's garden in Giverny, France and other parts of Europe that influenced her later work. She also received a Masters degree in Business Administration from the College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA in 1997. Earlier, she received a Bachelors degree in Fine Arts from Stella Maris College, Chennai, India.
During the mid-1990s Chitra began developing that developed into a thematic series of colorful paintings, and prints in her unique style of abstraction, comparing the mental emotion of happiness as a visual entity defined as fleeting and ephemeral, to short-lived garden blooms and continually evolving seasonal changes. Her rendition of intense colors and varieties of textural materials explored on diverse surfaces such as canvas, Plexiglas, paper or anodized aluminum, when viewed under any light situation visually "challenge or "extend" out beyond the confines of their otherwise two-dimensional surfaces. Her work explores color, line and bring to life varied "formless forms" as she calls her abstracted forms that mysteriously peek out of colorful details, while hints at circles signify the human life cycle. They culminate in compositions and assemblages to form an ongoing dialogue that offers endless possibilities to the viewer imagination.
Vita / Lebenslauf:
Unique features of Chitra Ramananathan's paintings:
* The artist's mixed-media paintings on and behind Plexiglas and anodized aluminum
* Predominantly large-scale paintings
Partial biography source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2993868/bio
Born in Kerala, India, Chitra Ramanathan is a contemporary visual artist, educator and muralist. She is primarily
Personal Information:
Drawing and painting from a very early age, painter, educator and muralist Chitra Ramanathan made her foray into art at a weekend art school for children in Kolkata, India when she was four years old. She entered in competitions through several of which she earned prizes throughout her growing years.
The early successes led to her seeking higher education by earning a Bachelors degree in Fine Arts from Stella Maris College, Chennai India. After moving to the United States in the 1980s, she continued her education in art and earned a second Bachelors degree in Painting with honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1993, followed by a M.B.A in Human Resources and Art Museum Administration in 1997 combined with a summer internship at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, Broadway, New York in 1996. During her undergraduate years, she allotted time to study painting and art History in Paris, France, with extended time spent at Claude Monet's garden in Giverny, France and other parts of Europe that influenced her later work.
About Chitra Ramanathan's body of thematic paintings:
Chitra's body of mixed-media paintings is characterized by intense colors and multiple layers of textures that interact with light to "challenge the boundaries of their two-dimensional surfaces". Short-lived garden blooms inspire her work as also cyclical seasons, both of which the artist compares with the continually evolving, ephemeral, fleeting happiness' "formless form": a phrase she coined to describe her concept. Hints of circles signify the human life cycle, trying times followed by happy phases and of life and rebirth influenced by her roots from India. Her paintings on varied surfaces were described as "tactile works that resonate with a quiet harmony" by Manhattan Arts International magazine, New York in 1995.
A number of her originals from this series are owned by individual collectors and corporations including educational institutions, around the United States and in Europe.
The artist returned to France in 2010, accepting an invitation from Artistay.org to complete a self-directed artist residency at Marnay-sur Seine, completing her month long work in April 2010 by returning to Giverny.
Also an educator, Chitra Ramanathan has taught courses and workshops Acrylics and Mixed media Painting, the predominant mediums of her originals at the Indianapolis Art Center, Indiana, USA and currently as Faculty at the Vero Beach Museum of Art, Florida, USA while accepting freelance projects including visiting artist lectures within the U.S and abroad, public art commissions, teaching study-abroad painting courses, art jury invitations, corporate art loans, or requests for donations to support causes.
She is a current member of Americans for the Arts, and has served in the Committee for Diversity Practices of the College Art Association, New York from 2007-2010 and the Services to Artists Committee from 2003-2006.
Aktivitäten / Ausstellungen:
Exhibitions:
SPOTLIGHT Artists Gallery Opening Night Reception Spotlight Art @ Clowes: Invitational Exhibition: "One Night, One Stage, One Reason" "to raise money for the Indiana AIDS Fund and HIV/AIDS education and prevention". Venue: Clowes Memorial Hall of Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana USA. April 12 – May 24, 2010.
Solo exhibition, GALLERY SEVEN, Pike Performing Arts Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. June 1 - July 2, 2010.
2009:
Bi-annual faculty exhibition, Indianapolis Art Center Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. August 28 - October 4, 2009
Invitational exhibition, The Brevard Art Museum of Arts and Sciences. Melbourne, Florida, USA. May 15 - July 12, 2009
"A Postcard is Worth 1000 Words Exhibition", APW Gallery Long Island City, New York, USA. June 5 - June 29, 2009.
Artist Chitra Ramanathan Joins S1 Artspace, Sheffield, UK
PUBLIC ART: Commissions:
"Picture Windows 2006: Urban Interpretations" July 2006-February 2007: “Picture Windows: Urban Interpretations” was developed by Public Art Indianapolis, a program managed by the Arts Council of Indianapolis and funded by the Indianapolis Cultural Development Commission. Its intent is to bring locally created artwork to high traffic or transitional areas by commissioning artists to produce site-specific work for each window.
Artist Residency:
March-April 2008: Washington Township School Foundation grant commission to create permanent wall mural painting for children in the front lobby of Crooked Creek Elementary School, Marion County, Indianapolis, completed April 5 2008
(Press-Release.com) February 6, 2005 -- The artist and painter Chitra Ramanathan has been featured in "The Artists Bluebook 2004 - 32,000 North American Artists - 16th Century to August 2004"- by Lonnie Pierson Dunbier, Editor.
The book is a 9"x14" spiral bound, 448 page, easy-to-use portable guide and a directory of www.AskART.com artists' database as of August 2004. The directory contains details beginning with the Old Masters dating from the 16th century to biography/artwork descriptions of professional contemporary artists. To quote from www.askART.com, it contains "market values for artworks and other pertinent information at a glance". From the www.askART.com website page "Books on this artist".
Chitra Ramanathan has held several solo and group exhibitions in the United States, notably on Broadway, New York City since 1995, beginning with a major solo exhibition at Chicago's ARC Gallery/Educational Foundation in 1994. Her work was well-received in New York resulting in rave reviews, and several of her mostly large-scale, conceptual mixed media abstract paintings in her signature style that she is known for, are now with collections around the United States and in Europe.
Chitra earned her Bachelors degree in Fine Arts with Honors in Painting and her Masters degree in Business Administration, both from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
For Indianapolis artist Chitra Ramanathan, happiness is a "universally encompassing entity possessing form on a mental level" yet indescribable in terms of physical characteristics."You can never really capture it", you can only express it." "- "Creative Pursuit of Happiness: Paintings Give Form to the Ephemeral", interview by Della Pacheco, the Indianapolis Business Journal, April 9, 2007, section: Women in Business.
"Says a recent collector, an art connoisseur and former staffer of the Indianapolis Museum of Art: "Chitra is a wonderful teacher who helps each individual student. As an artist, she is inspiring. Her work is in great collections, including the Bellagio in Las Vegas. I proudly own one of her works. Anyone would be proud to add one of her works to a collection." Service Category: Artist/ Teacher Year first hired: 2004 (hired more than once)Top Qualities: Expert, High Integrity, Creative"--Alice Irvan, President, AirVanConsulting LLC, Indianapolis. Source: LinkedIn
"E/Motions" Group exhibition at Agora Gallery, Broadyway, New York: Chitra Ramanathan employs paint, anodized aluminum, and Plexiglas to create tactile works that resonate with a quiet harmony. Originally from India, her work reflects that spiritual culture". -Reviews & Previews by Gordon Dane for Manhattan Arts International magazine, New York, Fall 1995
"Chitra's paintings exemplify her love of nature as well as the subjectivity of each individual's unique pursuit of happiness. Her painting procedure often entails making mental notes of a scene in nature, including the lighting, colors, and textures. She then uses these impressions in her studio to replicate the subject matter in an abstracted form, using rich physical textures, intense colors, and varied media". Interview with Chitra Ramanathan, University of Illinois School of Art and Design Alumni Foundation 2005
"Chitra's artwork invokes emotions through her layering of color and texture"- Karla Becker, Indianapolis. Co-author of textbook, "Composing Technical Documents", previously used at Indiana University–Purdue University, Indianapolis.
Saatchi Online: A message from Charles Saactchi:
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 9:39 PM, Charles wrote:
Hello,
Very happy to see your work on the gallery site.
I am thrilled that the standard is so high from such a variety of artists such as yourself, and hope it will be interesting to gallery owners, exhibition curators and collectors to see such diverse work.
All my best,
CCharles Saatchi
visit saatchi-gallery.co.uk The Saatchi Gallery - Contemporary Art in London
MAGAZINE REVIEWS & ARTICLES * Indicates articles)
Artist Chitra Ramanathan Joins S1 Artspace, Sheffield, UK
• * Profile: “Rendezvous Artist”, Profile Article by Kasey Jackson, Indianapolis Star Newspaper’s Fishers|Geist Magazine, Indiana, USA. July/August 2007
• * ”Paintings Give Form to the Ephemeral”, interview/profile: Della Pacheco, the Indianapolis Business Journal, Women in Business Section, April 9-15, 2007
• * Profile: “Secret Success”, Indianapolis Monthly Home Magazine, July 2006
• CAA News, Newsletter of the College Art Association, NYC; Volume 30, Number 5, "Solo Exhibition by Artist Members", September 2005
•* PR WEB Worldwide Press Release, “The Artist Chitra Ramanathan to Lecture at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK” September 25, 2005
• * “Artist Chitra Ramanathan receives Hotel Bellagio Las Vegas Commission”, University of Illinois Alumni Newsletter, August 2005
• * Awards and Grants, People in the News, CAA News, Newsletter of the College Art Association, NYC; November 2004
• * PR WEB Worldwide Press Release, December 9, 2004
• * PR WEB Worldwide Press Release, October 27, 2004
• * Academe, People in the News, CAA News, Newsletter of the College Art Association, New York City, Volume 29, Number 4, July 2004
• * "Happy Art", Melissa Merli, Staff Writer, The Champaign-Urbana News Gazette, Champaign, Illinois, USA. Sunday, February 23, 2003
• CAA News, "Solo Exhibition by Artist Members", November 2001
•* The Champaign-Urbana News Gazette, "New Exhibition Series Opens at the Springer Cultural Center, 2000
• * Krish Krishnan, "CHITRA RAMANATHAN" KALA Arts Quarterly, Toronto, Canada, January 2000
• * Levina Melwani, New York Correspondent, India Today Magazine, New York, USA. “IN PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS”, May 1998
• * Louis Rodriguez Aranguren, “PINTORA HINDU CHITRA RAMANATHAN SEDUCE A NEW YORK CON EL EMBRUJO DEL COLOR Y ALEGORIAS METAFISCAS” ("Hindu Painter Chitra Ramanathan Seduces New York with enchantment of color and metaphysical allegories") Nosotros Magazine, New York, USA. April 1995
• * “Midwest Artist Slates Show in N.Y”, India Abroad Magazine, USA. March 31 1995
• * Claude LeSuer, “Six Original Talents at Montserrat Gallery”, ARTSPEAK, New York USA.1995
• * Gordon Dane, “Reviews & Previews” Manhattan Arts International, New York, USA. Autumn, 1995
• * “UI Fine Art Student Wins Grant”, Features; University of Illinois News in Brief, The Champaign-Urbana News Gazette, Champaign, Illinois USA. May 14 1995
• * Gisele Atterberry, “Complexities Abound in ‘Simple’ Works”, The Champaign-Urbana News Gazette, December 3 1993
• * “Chitra Ramanathan: About the Artist”, Gallery 105, Champaign, IL. December 1992
International artist memberships:
Member, Committee for Diversity Practices, The College Art Association, New York City, New York, U.S.A Term: 2007-2010
Associate Member, S1 Artspace, Sheffield, United Kingdom since August 2009
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A melodious dream
Malerei
Mischtechnik
45 x 60 x 2 cm
2005
Preis: 1.432 Euro
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Public art mural for Elementary School, Indiana
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2008
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Chitra Ramanathan's body of Paintings
2007
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Malerei
Ölmalerei
152 x 121 x 5 cm
2009
Preis: 10.960 Euro
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