Artist-Scholar-Curator
working in New Delhi, IndiaProfile
- Well-known professional with regular presentations & participations in symposia, Art shows & Events, by various Organizations like Indian International Centre (IIC), India Habitat Centre (IHC), Universities and private Bodies.
- As Scholar - many publications & paper presentations at National and International Symposia.
- As Curator - curating Art Exhibitions and organizing events related to the Arts, Heritage, Culture, lifestyle & health.
- As Artist - regularly exhibiting through Art shows & participations in national & international shows. Several awards and commendations. Regular commissioned works
- Works in many collections including National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi & Tama Art University, Tokyo.
- Current conceptual focus on nature-human habitat, environment and climate change, materials include waste material & found objects
- As Educator - extensive Teaching at National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) New Delhi, also for 5 years at School of Planning & Architecture (SPA), New Delhi
- Visiting Research Professor, for a year at International Research Centre for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, Japan.
Education
- Ph.D. 2003 and M.A. 1993 in History of Art,
- National Museum Institute of History of Art, Conservation & Museology, National Museum, New Delhi
Awarded Chancellor’s Gold Medal in M.A.-1st position in University with distinction
Ph.D. thesis “Nature in Japanese Art with special reference to Sesshū Tōyō” - Japan Foundation Fellowship, to study at Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, 1998-99
- B.F.A. (Bachelor of Fine Arts), College of Art, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 1981
- Awarded UN scholarship for final year studies in College
- Senior Cambridge / Indian School Certificate, Mater Dei Convent School, New Delhi 1974.
Languages known: English, Hindi, German (basic), Japanese (JLPT IV, studied at JCIC, New Delhi)
Work in recent and last few years
- Illustrated Talk “Japanese Anime Appeal, Manga Mania in India” organized by & at St Stephens College, University of Delhi, 3 Oct 2025. an event of Japan Month 2025
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihk0KyIQ8BU
- Art exhibition “Ode to Planet Earth” at IHC, May 2025
- Illustrated Talk “Japanese Design Aesthetics Interwoven with Nature & Sustainability” organized online by Lotus & Chrysanthemum Trust, March 2025
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2S5oaN4pfg
- Art exhibition “Sumi-e, Sabi, Mottainai” at Purple Streak Centre for Arts, 2024. an event of Japan Month 2024
- Illustrated Talk at IIC on “Kinetic Kawaii Kulture” 2024. an event of Japan Month 2024
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PoIXSX_BQQ
- Conceptualized and organized 3 events, promoting Japan-India friendship & exchanges, under aegis of and at Indian International Centre (IIC), endorsed by Embassy of Japan in India:
- International online art exhibition “Ikigai - Japan-India Dialogues in Arts” Jan 2023
https://purplestreak.wixsite.com/ikigaijapanindiaart
Inaugural webinar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu-aGOMeGoA - International Symposium “Japan-India Synergy: Vision 2052” Nov’22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osB9lfcB_14
Illustrated Talk by this author “Japan-India Cultural Investments” Oct’22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJAjwXp5XBo
In the wake of Covid-19, conceptualized & organized series of talks on lifestyle & health
multi-disciplinary approach, including the Arts as therapy, under aegis of and at IIC
Few of the speakers in 2022-2023: Dr Arvinder Soin, Liver specialist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjbq9SQ_UrQ
Dr Vandana Shiva, Environmentalist; Ms. Saswati Sen, Classical Indian Dancer; H.H. Tai Situ Rimpoche.
- Art Exhibition “Labyrinth: Earth, Environment, Climate Change” IIC, New Delhi, 2019.
artworks & installations in Mixed media including waste material and found objects,
Work during Covid restrictions
Conceptualized & Curated International Online Art Exhibition under aegis of IIC, on IIC’s web platform, Jan 2021
“Urmila Enchanted Mother”
https://urmilafoundation10.wixsite.com/urmilaartexhibition
Inaugural Webinar “The Act of Creation”- Panel presentations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K1CtO9kSxs
Cue marker for Anu Jindal’s presentation from 6:30 to 18:10 minutes.
Selected PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, RESEARCH
- Paper presented, Environment Friendly Design for Sustainable Living: Japanese Role Model, at International Symposium “Japan-India Synergy: Vision 2052”, IIC, New Delhi, 2022.
cue marker for this presentation in video 5:06:30 – 5:23:00. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osB9lfcB_14
- Illustrated Lecture, Japan-India Cultural Investments, IIC, New Delhi, 2022.
- Presenter on My Experiences in Japan as a Japan Foundation Fellow, at Japan Foundation Fellows Seminar, New Delhi, 2018.
- Paper presented, Hiroshi Yamada’s woodcuts on India, in panel presentation, at AAS-in-Asia conference, by Association for Asian Studies, USA & Ashoka University, India, held in New Delhi, 2016.
- Paper presented & published, The Desert Environment on China’s Silk Road: Dunhuang, Oasis towns & Cultural Property, at Golden Jubilee Conference of Indian Association for the Study of Conservation of Cultural Property, in collaboration with Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, New Delhi, 28 Nov 2016
- Paper published, Cultural Environment of Unified Silla and the Seokugram Cave Temple. published in Buddhism in East Asia: Continuity & Change in the Great Tradition. eds S. Thapa & A. Sharma, 2013
- Research on Indian Islamic Art, for American Publisher, 2012
- Paper published, Japanese Zen monk Sesshū Tōyō's Art. published in "Buddhism in East Asia" ed. Prof Anita Sharma, Vidyanidhi Prakashan, Delhi, 2012
- Series of 4 Illustrated talks on, Japanese Art & Sculpture, IIC and IHC, New Delhi, 2012.
- Seminar presented, Ideals of Feminine Beauty: Portrayal in Ukiyo-e and Indian Miniature Painting, at International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, Japan, 2010
- Paper presented, Aesthetics of Ukiyo-e as a product of the Technique of Woodcut Printmaking, at International Ukiyo-e Society’s International Symposium, Keio University, Tokyo, 2009.
- Paper presented & published, Contemporary Art Currents between Japan and India, at International Symposium by International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, held at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2009. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/198398633.pdf
- Paper published & published, Ukiyo-e: From Mundane to the Magnificent in 'Japan the Living Culture' 2009.
- Paper presented & published, Zen Aesthetics as reflected in Muromachi Japan's Suiboku-ga, at Indo-Japan Seminar on Buddhist Philosophy 'Buddhist Thought & Culture' Delhi, 2005
- Paper presented & published, Impact of Zen Buddhism on Suiboku-ga, at International Conference ‘India & East Asia: Learning from Each Other’, Dept. of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi. 2004
- Paper presented & published, Monuments of Delhi, at Conference on ‘Conservation of Heritage Monuments,’ National Museum, New Delhi, 1994.
- Researcher on Indian Crafts for "Golden Eye" exhibition held in London, organized by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, 1984.