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{{Infobox artist
| birth_date = 1956
| birth_place = Mysore, India
| known_for = Painting
| education = College of Arts and Craft, Chennai (Madras), India and Croydon School of Art and Design, London, UK
| notable_works = Beyond Pain: An Afterlife
}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}
{{orphan|date=September 2017}}

'''Vasudha Thozhur''' is an interdisciplinary artist, focusing mainly on painting. She is currently a professor in the Department of Art and Performing Art in [[Shiv Nadar University]], [[Noida]]. She has also collaborated with ''Himmat'', an activist organisation based in Vatva, [[Ahmedabad]], an organisation that works with the survivors of the [[2002 Gujarat riots|Gujarat Riots]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://khojworkshop.org/participant/vasudha-thozhur/|title=Vasudha Thozhur « KHOJ|website=khojworkshop.org|access-date=2017-09-16}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Thozhur was born on 14 October 1956 in [[Mysore]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.saffronart.com/artists/vasudha-thozhur|title=Vasudha Thozhur|website=Saffronart|access-date=2017-09-16}}</ref> From 1981-1997, she lived and worked in [[Chennai]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.latitude28.com/index.php/artists/artistdetail/142/cv|title=Artists|website=www.latitude28.com|access-date=2017-09-16}}</ref>

== Education ==
Thozhur did her training in [[Chennai]]. In 1979, she completed her diploma in painting from the College of Arts and Crafts in Chennai. She did her post diploma in painting from the [[Croydon School of Art|Croydon School]] of Art and Design, United Kingdom.<ref name=":0" /> She did her residency Shaddon Mills Visual Arts Centre, [[Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency)|Carlisle]] and Gasworks Studios, [[London]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://snu.edu.in/humanitiessocialsciences/vasudha_thozhur_profile.aspx|title=Shiv Nadar University :: Schools :: Humanities and Social Sciences :: Faculty|website=snu.edu.in|access-date=2017-09-16}}</ref> In 1988, she received the Central Lalit Kala Academy Research Grant and in 1989, she received the Ministry of Culture Fellowship for Artists. In 1996, she was the recipient of the French Government Scholarship and The Charles Wallace Grant.<ref name=":2" />

== Career ==
Thozhur has not restricted herself to a single medium of expression. She works with oil as well as [[Watercolor painting|water colours]]. Her art is such that it is open to multiple interpretations. One of her exhibitions included a two-person show at the [[Cité internationale des arts|Cite Internationale des Arts]], Paris.<ref name=":0" /> She received two grants from the [[India Foundation for the Arts]], Bangalore, in 2004 – 2006 and 2009 – 2011, to support her research projects, ‘The Himmat Workshops', which began in January 2004.<ref name=":1" />

Her work has been extensively based on the [[2002 Gujarat riots|Gujarat Riots]], which took place in [[Naroda Patiya massacre|Naroda Patiya]], where she collaborated with the survivors of the massacre who lost their family members, for a project titled ‘Beyond Pain – An Afterlife’. A residency at [[KHOJ, International Artists' Association|Khoj]] supported the project.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiaifa.org/vasudha-thozhur.html-2|title=Vasudha Thozhur {{!}} India Foundation for the Arts|website=www.indiaifa.org|access-date=2017-09-16}}</ref> The project was sponsored by [[India Foundation for the Arts]] (IFA), and supported by Himmat.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Beyond Pain: An Afterlife {{!}} July 11 & 31, 2013 {{!}} Mumbai {{!}} India Foundation for the Arts|url=http://indiaifa.org/events/beyond-pain-afterlife-july-11-31-2013-mumbai.html|access-date=2021-03-28|website=indiaifa.org}}</ref> Her project depicted collective trauma and the consequences of the massacre on the lives of the survivors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theweekendleader.com/Culture/1686/beyond-pain.html|title=Beyond pain|website=www.theweekendleader.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-16}}</ref>

Some more of her works include: ‘Voices Against Violence’, Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU, [[Vadodara]]. (2002); ‘Diverge’, curated by [[Geeta Kapur]] and Chaitanya Sambrani at the [[National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai|National Gallery of Modern Art]], [[Mumbai]] (2003); ‘Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India’, curated by Chaitanya Sambrani and supported by [[Art Gallery of Western Australia]] and [[Asia Society|The Asia Society]], [[New York City|New York]] (2004); solo show ‘Untouchable’ at Sakshi Gallery Mumbai and Vadehra Art Gallery, [[New Delhi]] (2007); Workshops at Khoj, New Delhi: ‘Imagine Peace’ (April 2009), and workshop/discussion around community projects (October 2009); Represented at The India Art Summit by Sakshi Gallery (2011); solo show ‘The Anatomy of Celebration" at Latitude 28, New Delhi (2012) and solo show ‘Beyond Pain: An Afterlife’ at Sakshi Gallery and Project 88, Mumbai, in collaboration with Himmat (2013).<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Daniel|first=Lakshmi Priya|title=Signatures of a Collective Self: A Study of Select Contemporary Women Artists from South India|journal=Journal of International Women's Studies|volume=18 |issue=1|pages=52}}</ref>

Besides a career in the arts, she has also taught as visiting faculty at [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda|MS University]] Vadodara, [[National Institute of Design]] Ahmedabad and Indian Institute of Crafts & Design, [[Jaipur]].<ref name=":1" />

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