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| | name = Geeta Vadhera | | | name = Geeta Vadhera |
| | alma_mater = [[College of Art, Delhi]] | | | alma_mater = [[College of Art, Delhi]] |
| | | website = https://geetavadhera.in/ |
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| '''Geeta Vadhera''' is a contemporary artist from [[Gurgaon]], a suburb of [[New Delhi]], [[India]]. | | '''Geeta Vadhera''' is an Indian artist. She has exhibited her oil paintings and has published a book of poetry. |
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| ==Early years and education==
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| Geeta was educated at the [[College of Art, Delhi]] and started her career with the government owned Cottage Industries, where she worked on commercial assignments.
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| A chance project with a [[London]]-based design house lead on to projects with [[Pierre Cardin]] and [[Christian Dior]], amongst other design houses. She had already started working with her mentor, Nehru Fellowship Awardee, [[Narendra Srivastava]]. Soon, Geeta left the world of commercial design to start focusing on her real love - painting. Her first exhibition, on concrete poetry, the poetry in the Devnagri script, "Ansh" was held at [[AIFACS]], [[New Delhi]], accompanied by a book of the same name. Ansh was a step in the letterist movement. The work was received by the father of [[concrete poetry]] and international concrete poetry expert, [[Eugen Gomringer]], and is permanently placed in the archives in [[Selbe, Germany]].
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| == The First International Exhibitions ==
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| At that time, The [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]], then headed by Amb. P.A. Nazareth, was seeking Indian artists to showcase in their cultural exchange programs to [[Europe]]. Geeta's works were selected for their unique [[India]]n ness and ability to relate to Indian scriptures. Her initial exhibitions in Europe were on the Rig Veda, the Isovasya Upanishad and The Bhagwad Geeta. The shows were very well received and commercial exhibitions in Europe followed.
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| == The Festival of Arts ==
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| In the late 1980s Indian Prime Minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]] dreamed up the grand scale "Apna Utsav" - a festival to showcase the best of the Indian arts to the urban Indian audience. Geeta played an important role in the creative planning for this event. The Festival of Arts in [[Singapore]] followed, where she experimented with body painting alongside leading ballet artist, Karen Clarke.
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| Geeta also at this time worked with several leading Indian publishers as creative consultant and designer/ illustrator. Her 5 series book "An Introduction to Art" is used by several schools in India as prescribed text for learning art.
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| == Programs and Exhibitions ==
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| 35 exhibitions have been held by Geeta in diverse locations such as [[Paris]], [[Tours]], [[Bonn]], [[Nice]], [[Canberra]], [[Singapore]], [[Chandigarh]], [[Mumbai]], [[Chennai]], [[Bangalore]], [[Kolkata]], [[New Delhi]].<ref>[http://www.imagesofeyes.com/vadhera.htm Geeta Vadhera of India Oil Paintings Images of Eyes Gallery<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> She was elected Fellow of [[Royal Society of Arts]] in 2003 and was awarded [[Bharat Nirman]] award.<ref>[http://www.cyberadsstudio.com/SPEAR/new-artists/Geeta-Vadhera/ Geeta Vadhera at SPEAR Art Museum:::Famous Paintings from Geeta Vadhera<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>[[File:Mainvichmain.jpg|thumb|Main Vich Main from Jogia Dhoop Series]]
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| Geeta was the first person to work on the poetry within the Devnagri script in her anthology on Concrete Poetry titled, Ansh. Plates from these are permanently placed in the international archives of Concrete Poetry in Selbe, Germany.
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| Her initial works on Kabir’s Sakhis, the Bhagvad Geeta and the Isovasya Upanishad were remarkable for their fusion of an Indian spiritual thought with Visual Art.
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| Geeta Vadhera's "Jogia Dhoop" series was exhibited first in 2003 and comprises calligraphic paintings based on the writings of the Sufi saints—[[Rumi]], [[Bulleh Shah]], [[Kabir]], Shah Niaz, and Shah Taaji amongst others. The painting on the right, "Main Vich Main", is from this series. In this poem, Bulleh Shah says, ever since I became one with the Almighty, I, as myself, ceased to exist: "Jadon di main jogi di hoi, main vich main na rah gai koi". This particular painting is in a private collection in the UK.
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| In 2006, Geeta's work, Waqt Waqfa, from the "Tharro Thar" collection was auctioned by Christie's in New York at the Indo American Arts Council art auction prior to the sixth film festival to benefit the Indian arts.<ref>[http://www.iaac.us/sixth_film_festival2006/Geeta_Vadhera.htm SIXTH ANNUAL IAAC FILM FESTIVAL: NOV 1-5, 2006<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| | == Early life == |
| | Geeta Vadhera was born in India to a father who was a poet and a mother who was an artist.<ref name="Pao">{{cite news |last1=Pao |first1=Yee Mei |title=An artist's absolute view of the universe |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19880610-1.2.83.20.4?ST=1&AT=search&k=Geeta%20Vadhera&QT=geeta,vadhera&oref=article |access-date=4 March 2022 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |date=10 June 1988 |language=en-SG}}</ref> She studied for a Bachelor of Arts at the [[College of Art, Delhi]] and undertook further research in France and Germany.<ref name="Dass">{{cite news |last1=Dass |first1=Prabhavathi |title=Artist with a poet's heart |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19871023-1.2.63.17.9?ST=1&AT=search&k=Geeta%20Vadhera&QT=geeta,vadhera&oref=article |access-date=4 March 2022 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |date=23 October 1987 |language=en-SG}}</ref> |
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| "Shah Shabad" is a series based on the works of Bulleh Shah, who was a Punjabi Sufi poet, a humanist and philosopher from the 17th Century. | | == Career == |
| "Qalb Qudrat" an exhibition at the heart of nature was exhibited at the Jumeirah Emirates Tower, Dubai . | | Geeta has shown her artworks in Asia, Australia and Europe.<ref name="Khaleej">{{cite news |title=Straight from the heart |url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/article/straight-from-the-heart-4 |access-date=4 March 2022 |work=[[Khaleej Times]] |date=7 October 2011 |language=en}}</ref> In 1986, she showed her paintings at the Orchard Point Gallery in Singapore and the following year at the [[Funan Centre]].<ref name="Srinivasan">{{cite news |last1=Srinivasan |first1=Radhika |title=Translating philosophy into pictures |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19860513-1.2.67.25.3?ST=1&AT=search&k=Geeta%20Vadhera&QT=geeta,vadhera&oref=article |access-date=4 March 2022 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |date=13 May 1986 |language=en-SG}}</ref><ref name="Dass" /> In 1988, she exhibited 24 paintings at the Arts Festival Fringe.<ref name="Pao" /> In 2011, she took her oil paintings to Dubai.<ref name="Khaleej" /> Her art has been inspired by the [[Sufi poetry]] of [[Bulleh Shah]] and the ''[[Isha Upanishad]]''.<ref name="Shah">{{cite journal |last1=Shah |first1=Zeeshan Jawed |title=Preserving Sufi Poetry through Visual Arts |journal=International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews |date=2015 |volume=2 |issue=4 |url=http://ijrar.com/upload_issue/ijrar_issue_221.pdf}}</ref><ref name="Srinivasan" /> |
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| == Awards and Positions == | | Geeta has a studio and gallery in [[Gurugram]], a satellite city of [[New Delhi]].<ref name="DTG">{{cite web |last1=Showker |first1=Fred |title=The Art and Visions of Geeta Vadhera |url=https://graphic-design.com/wp-content/uploads/graphic-design.com/Gallery/vadhera/index.html |website=DT&G Magazine |access-date=4 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="BA">{{cite web |title=Geeta Vadhera|url=http://www.babelearte.it/tipoartista.asp?arid=513&lid=# |website=Babele Arte |access-date=4 March 2022}}</ref> She published a book of poetry written in Hindi, entitled ''Ansh'' (''A Part of Me'') and also has written books about art for children.<ref name="Dass" /><ref name="IBI">{{cite book |title=Indian Book Industry |date=1989 |publisher=Sterling Publishers |page=31 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Indian_Book_Industry/IQfjAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> In 2021, she addressed a [[Horasis]] event discussing art after the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]].<ref name="RtW">{{cite web |title=Run The World Events |url=https://www.runtheworld.today/app/c/HorasisIndiaMeeting |website=Run the World |access-date=4 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> |
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| * Vice President, Lioness Club
| | == Awards and recognition == |
| * Member, All India Women’s Association
| | Geeta received the Bharat Nirman super achiever award in 1995.<ref name="Bharat Nirman">{{cite web |title=Super Achiever Awards |url=https://bharatnirman.org/awards.html |website=Bharat Nirman |access-date=16 February 2022}}</ref> |
| * Member, India International Center
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| * Managing Trustee, Sarvodaya International Trust
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| * Chief Designer and Fashion Co ordinator, Export Division, Central Cottage Industries Corporation, New Delhi
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| * Creative planner, Festival of Arts, New Delhi – produced curtain raiser audio visual – which was presented to Mr. Rajiv Gandhi, then Prime Minister
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| * TV producer with Doordarshan India – produced weekly “Arts Diary”
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| * Radio producer with All India Radio and BBC External Services, New Delhi.
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| * Released Book titled ” Ansh”; an anthology of pœms based on Concrete Pœtry
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| * Released series of 5 books – “An Introduction to Art” conceived and designed for children
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| * Awarded Bharat Nirman Award for important contribution in the field of Art, New Delhi
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| ==See also== | | ==See also== |
| [[Modern Indian painting]] | | [[Modern Indian painting]] |
| Geeta Vadhera on a panel discussion on promoting India’s artistic inspiration post COVID sponsored by CII and Horasis
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| < https://www.cii.in/ResourceDetails.aspx?enc=EX8s5lxpzv72XnDxpbmRfPy0cND0bZO8s7sRX0XnPfIHxP8Z8Rov5G60bQuVthPJNuMiqGZEfJhDx2BAjCdpV3UzDl9z8j3RmK44XFLUtFowCk2PuJZl5b9BPWv2SQI3lversYY7emZnkmKJY/2JB0YBJQkfM9HeQuBcD9qs0SiHv/nmYggKycknbfaxdHER>
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| <https://horasis.org/horasis-india-meeting/>
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| Watch the panel discussion here < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAtRLhwqSpA&list=PLxI3Fz5ugBVyd4utiYVGfhUmNJvuQITBA&index=16>
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
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| 5.< https://www.ecured.cu/Geeta_Vadhera>
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| 6. < https://www.delhievents.com/2008/02/painting-exhibition-dahleez-by-eminent.html?m=1>
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| 7.< https://books.google.co.in/books?id=9a55fFNbsT0C&pg=PT7&lpg=PT7&dq=geeta+vadhera&source=bl&ots=1-h-C7Dm-0&sig=ACfU3U3fAOPxWRbjyFirv8g_jgf82lYhdA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi8lb6XyL7yAhXy-nMBHQVTBLE4PBDoAXoECAYQAg#v=onepage&q=geeta%20vadhera&f=false>
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| 9. <http://bharatnirman.org/awards.html> 1995 awardee
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| 10.<https://www.artmajeur.com/geetavadhera>
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| 11. < https://www.artwanted.com/geetavadhera/profile/>
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| 12. < http://meetingbenches.com/2018/03/geeta-vadhera-indian-painter-meaning-wordless/>
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| [[Category:University of Delhi alumni]] | | [[Category:Delhi University alumni]] |
| [[Category:Women artists from Delhi]] | | [[Category:Women artists from Delhi]] |
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