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{{Short description|Indian sculptor}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Shanthamani Muddaiah
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| birth_date = 1967
| birth_place = [[Mysore]], [[Karnataka]], India
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| occupation = Sculptor
| years_active = From 1984
| known_for = [[Sculpture]] and installation artist
| notable_works = www.shanthamani.com
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'''Shanthamani Muddaiah''' is a sculptural artist who uses ephemeral natural materials in her visual art work such as [[paper]] and [[charcoal]] to create, install and display exhibits. Her [[sculpture]]s have been exhibited in many [[Biennale|biennial]] art shows in India and at many international centers. She has received many awards for her works.<ref name=Spinal>{{Cite web|url=http://dailyindiamail.com/?p=31976|title=Spinal fragments fuse Shanthamani's thoughts at biennale|date=5 March 2015|access-date=3 March 2016|publisher=Daily India Mail}}</ref><ref name=Mysore>{{Cite web|url=http://www.crimsonartgallery.com/html/shantamani_m.html|title=Shantamani M|access-date=3 March 2016|publisher=crimsonartgallery.com|archive-date=28 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328133101/http://www.crimsonartgallery.com/html/shantamani_m.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Muddaiah was born in [[Mysore]], Karnataka in 1967. She graduated with a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts]] (BFA) in Painting from [[Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts]], [[Mysore]]. Following this, she obtained her [[Master of Fine Arts]] (MFA) degree in painting from the [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda|M. S. University]] [[Vadodara|Baroda]]. She studied for one year in 2004 for a course in paper-making under the fellowship of the Charles Wallace Scholarship in [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]]. She has also received the National Junior Fellowship from Ministry of Tourism and Culture, [[New Delhi]] for 2006–08.<ref name="Mysore" />

== Work and Exhibits ==
The sculpture titled ''Backbone''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Backbone - Shanthamani Muddaiah|url=https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/backbone-shanthamani-muddaiah/XAFh6l7x9DUNqg|access-date=2021-07-23|website=Google Arts & Culture|language=en}}</ref> made of [[cement]] and luminous cinder in the form of a large spinal column was exhibited at the [[Kochi-Muziris Biennale]] in 2014.<ref name="mathrubhumi">{{citation |title='Back Bone' reminds the menace of carbon use |publisher = Mathrubhumi News |url = http://www.mathrubhumi.com/tv/ReadMore/11880/kochi-muziris-biennale/E}}</ref><ref name="CBinterview">{{citation |title = Interview: Artist Shantamani Muddaiah in conversation with CB Editor-in-Chief K.G |website = YouTube |publisher = Creative Bands | date = March 31, 2015 |access-date = May 31, 2019 |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMez6nGtxLI}}</ref> It measured 7x5x70 ft sculpted in the shape of a [[meander]]ing [[river]]. The inspiration for this art work came from her three months tour along the meandering [[Ganges]] river during 2010, and is considered a metaphor as the "backbone of our culture". Muddaiah also said that an [[anesthesia]] injection to her spine when in labour gave her the idea for the sculpture.<ref name=Spinal/><ref name=Jacob>{{Cite news|last= Jacob |first= Rahul |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/kochi-biennale-art-al-fresco-115021900716_1.html|title=Kochi Biennale: Art al fresco|newspaper= Business Standard India |date=21 February 2015|access-date=3 March 2016|publisher=Business Standard}}</ref><ref name=Madhukar>{{Cite web|last= Madhukar |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/columns/sunday-read/The-big-fat-Indian-art-show/articleshow/45507469.cms|title=The big fat Indian art show - Bangalore Mirror|date=13 December 2014|access-date=3 March 2016|publisher=Bangalore Mirror}}</ref> [[Jitish Kallat]], the curator of the [[Kochi-Muziris Biennale]] 2014 where the sculpture was displayed in [[Kochi]] said it is "as if some long gone history is invoked in the form of this seemingly unearthed [[fossil]]" and that "the use of [[Volcano|volcanic]] rock like [[Scoria|cinder]] is especially very interesting as the porous surface of the material bears some geological traces, and itself appears like fossils".<ref name=Spinal/>

Another notable sculpture is titled ''Metamorphosis Favourite'' which is a sculpture of [[pupa]] that represents the evolution stage between the pupa and the butterfly. It is made from charcoal of wood and pulp of cotton rags. It is suggestive of "decay, morbidity and death".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://colomboartbiennale.com/shanthamani-muddaiah/|title=Colombo Art Biennale 2014:Shanthamani Muddaiah|year=2014|access-date=3 March 2016|publisher=Colombo Art Biennale|archive-date=7 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307205613/http://colomboartbiennale.com/shanthamani-muddaiah/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Over the years, some of her other sculptural exhibits are the ''Frozen Phoenix, Silent Speak, Gestures Speak'' and ''Turning wheel -Tradition unbound'' in India and Sri Lanka. Her sculptures are permanent exhibits at the [[Venkatappa Art Gallery]], of the Karnataka State Museum, Bangalore. Her works are also part of many private galleries.<ref name="Mysore" />

In 2019 she collaborated with [[Settle Stories]] and people of the [[Yorkshire Dales]] to create a new work ''Life in our Hands'' which was a video record of conversations with locals about the life and the history of the [[Craven District|Craven]] district where also created images of the participants' hands through the technique of plaster casting.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/17894972.life-stories-told-hand-sculptures/|title = Life stories told through hand sculptures}}</ref> In the same year, she also came up with another sculpture ''Drop''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Drop by Shanthamani Muddaiah {{!}} Swiss Re Art|url=https://www.swissre.com/about-us/art-at-swiss-re/artworks/muddaiah-KB1219-drop.html|access-date=2021-07-23|website=www.swissre.com|language=en}}</ref>''.'' A visualization of a single drop of ink that is frozen in the moment it touches the ground, it was the memorialization of the significance of each drop. Muddaiah said that the sculpture arose out of her journey from the beginning to the mouth of the river Ganga where she witnessed millions of people offering ''[[Arghya]]'' (Hindu ritual of offering water to a deity). Seeing them cupping hands full of water and offering them back to the river made her see the allegory in the cyclical nature of life.<ref name=":0" />

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