Artist Chitra Ramanathan Receives Viewers' Award in "The Impromptu Art Show"
Added: (Wed May 03 2006)
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April 29, 2006
4 Star Art Gallery in Indianapolis hosted the Impromptu Show in April where the artist Chitra Ramanathan received the "Honorable Mention in Painting" Award through Viewers' vote. In other news, the artist, who completed an invitational postgraduate lecture tour to speak about her career and painting techniques at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, England in 2005, has been once again invited to submit three of her signature colourful textural abstract paintings paintings to the Royal Academy of Arts' Summer Exhibition, 2006.
A professional artist and educator, the U.S.A based artist Chitra Ramanathan is most known for her mixed media textural colorful mural-like abstract paintings that are often very large. Her numerous works are with private, corporate and public collections around the United States and in Europe. Chitra's anodized aluminum and unique plexiglas paintings have been described as "tactile works that resonate with a quiet harmony" and ..."originally from India, her work reflects the spiritulity of her culture" by Manhattan Arts, New York.
Following the renovation of the Hotel Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada, two mixed media textural paintings, each measuring 4 feet by six feet in dimension commissioned of Chitra Ramanthan by the MGM Mirage Design Group were created in the artists' signature style of abstract painting and are on permanent display at the entrance of the Cafe Bellagio located inside the Conservatory and Botanical Gardens of the Bellagio, since October 2004.
The University of Illinois College of Fine and Applied Arts' August 2005 Publication elaborates, "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".
Chitra received her Bachelors in Painting with Honours and her M.B.A in Art Museum Administration and Human Resources from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Currently Art Faculty, Department of Painting at the Indianapolis Art Center, Chitra was invited by Professor Maurice Cockrill RA, to lecture at the Royal Academy of Arts, London in October 2005 where she spoke about her career experiences and painting techniques to Maurice Cockrill and postgraduate art students and conducted individual student tutorials.
Chitra Ramanathan's popular paintings and biographies can be accessed at the following links:
www.galleries-online.co.uk/artistgallery.cfm?content=images&;;;artistid=134
www.avisen-avk.com/chitra_ramanathan.htm
www.askart.com/artist/R/chitra_ramanathan.asp?ID=130159
www.indyarts.org/artist_detail.aspx?id=144&;;;ty=alp&lr=r
www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/c/chitraramanathan/
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