Puja Kumar

ABOUT THE ARTIST

I work in all the medium but primarily in Watercolour medium.

Passion is what defines everyone and painting is something which does that for me, watercolour to be exact. Being an introvert person, I have chosen my paintings to express my moods and feelings.?

Flowers seem to me as one of the purest forms on the earth never ceases to draw my attention in its natural form. I love to portray flowers, to sync with my emotions, with bright and intense colours. My emotions flow on paper with these colours. I mostly use analogous colours in my paintings. Analogues colours give you the sense of balance and serene. It communicates a message of tranquillity. ?

As a child, I was driven by paints and colours but lost the direction due to studies, jobs & family responsibilities. An Engineer (Masters) by qualification but an Artist from within, I reoriented myself and decided to embrace my passion and haven’t looked back thereafter.   

I bridged the gap with Diploma in Fine Arts after a gap of 17 years since my school. Though I love all the mediums but watercolour attracts me the most. Inspite of being technically complicated, its transparency and natural free flow has always excited me. 

In year 2022 founded a group “Opus International Artist Forum”, a platform for all women artists.

 

Education:

1. One year diploma in fine arts from Himanshu arts Institute, New Delhi in 2014-2015
2. Informal watercolour classes for 6 months from Tarak Shankar, a watercolour artist (2016).
3. Watercolour classes for 6 months from Praween karmakar, a renowned watercolour artist (2017).
4.  Bachelor of Engineering (1998- 2002).
5. Masters of Technology (2003- 2005).

Exhibitions:

1. Group Show: “Spandan International Art Festival, Silent Grandeur, AIFACS, New Delhi”,  

November 2016.

2. Group Show:  “Spectrum 2017 , Kohinoor Continental, Mumbai”,  January 2017
3. Group Show: “International Artist Confest: Artist way to world peace”, KITT University Bhubaneswar, Orissa. April 2017.
4. Artist Camp: “Spandan International Art Festival, Artist Camp, Pondicherry”, June 2017.
5. Group Show: “Spandan International Art Festival, Bwtween Nature and Culture, Pondicherry” June 2017.
6. Two days Art Camp with curator Erum Khan in July 2017.
7. Two days water colour workshop organized by Fabriano in Aquarello in Diamond Harbor, West Bengal.
8. Group Show: “Art n Art, Artizen Art Gallery, New Delhi”, August 2017.
9. Group Show: “Asmi, Gandhi Art Gallery, New Delhi”, December 2017.
10. Participated in “Waves of Colors”, IWS, Bangladesh, March 2018.
11. Group Show: “Famous 48” with curator Jaya Arora in July 2018.
12. Group Show and Workshop, “3 Tune of Art” an International art exhibition organized by Focus Bangladesh, October 2018.
13. Participated in “Kala Spandan Art Fair”, November 2018 in Mumbai.
14. Group Show and Workshop “Wide Canvas” organized by IICAP, Ranchi, December 2018.
15. Participated in 3 days International Residential watercolour workshop, RangaVista, organiged by InWatercolor, India (Indian Chapter of FabrianoInAcquarello), in Musli, Pune, January 2019.
16. Participated in 3 days International Residential watercolour workshop organiged by InWatercolor, India (Indian Chapter of FabrianoInAcquarello), in Tazpur Sea Beach (West Bengal), June 2019.
17. 3 days International Residential watercolour workshop organiged by InWatercolor, India (Indian Chapter of FabrianoInAcquarello), in Kota (West Bengal), January 2020.
18. Exhibited in Fabriano InWatercolor, 2020, Italy.
19. Exhibited in IWS, Bangladesh, 2020
20. Invited as Guest Artist in International Art Exhibition, Sultan Fair -2020, Bangladesh
21. Invited as Guest Artist in “ Solo Painting Exhibition” by Nature Art India 2020
22. Fabriano In Aquerello, 2021
23. Fabriano InAquerello 2022
24. World Art Dubai 2022
25. Participated in an Art fair organised by AWWA (Army welfare Wife Association)
26. Organised an art residential camp for all women artists in kashmir (june 23^rd to 27^th) under the banner of Opus  and collaboration with Indian Army.
27. Organised an art residential camp for all women artist in Khajuraho n Orchha (9^th  to 12^th Nov) Under the banner of Opus
28. Fabriano InAquerello 2023
29. Attended painting holiday in Italy with FabrianoInAcquarello 2023. Did plein air paintings in different country side location of Italy.
30. Solo show in India Habitat Center, New Delhi April 2023
31. Organised all women art residential camp in Chikamagalur under Opus.
32. In parmanent collection of IGCNA, Bangalore