Prema Vivarta 5
by Rewa Walia , New Zealand
WxH: 30.00 x 40.00 inch ( 76.20 x 101.60 cm )
Type of Artwork :
Painting
Shipped as : Stretched
Prema Vivarta 5
by Rewa Walia , New Zealand
Artwork Details
About The Artwork
Love which is moving counter clockwise in a very special way. Generally love turns clockwise, but here it is experienced in a very special manner. Year 2026. “Abstract Originals” presents a body of contemporary abstract painting that has evolved over a lifetime of searching for an authentic visual language. Across swirling forms and richly textured surfaces, these works map an inner terrain where movement, energy, and emotion are held in tension and release.
As an Indian-born artist living in New Zealand, my practice moves between cultures while remaining deeply rooted in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition. The spirals, scratches, and layered grounds in these paintings become a global visual language of energy and devotion—equally at home in an international contemporary art context and in dialogue with traditional spiritual thought.
For collectors and curators, this series offers a distinctive synthesis:
textured abstract works that carry the rigor of a contemporary practice while drawing from a rich Indian cultural and devotional lineage. Each painting is an original, a singular meditation where the unseen currents of feeling and faith are made visible through gesture, rhythm, and surface.
Viewed together, these abstracts form an evolving archive of a diasporic artist’s journey—rooted in tradition, articulated through a contemporary abstract vocabulary, and resonant with collectors seeking work that bridges cultures, histories, and inner states.
About The Artist
Rewa Walia - Christchurch, New Zealand
My work is a meditation on the ecstatic pain of spiritual separation, the richness of cultural heritage, and the transformative power of love. I believe that art can be both a personal sanctuary and a catalyst for dialogue—bridging worlds, generations, and hearts. In my practice, separation from the divine is not simply sorrowful, but a profound, transformative ecstasy.
CV
Rasa Manjari ( Rewa Walia ) Born in 1971 in Mumbai, India. Resides and works in Christchurch, New Zealand
Education:
2011: Certificate in Applied film making, NZ Film Academy, Auckland, New Zealand.
2003: Diploma of Creative Advertising Media Design School, Auckland, New Zealand.
1992: Bachelor of Fine Arts Sir J.J Inst. of Applied Arts, Mumbai, India.
Projects: 2019 - 2020: Rewa Gallery: Studio / Gallery space, Auckland, New Zealand
Selected Solo exhibitions:
2020: Rewa Gallery, “Red” Performance, Installation, Video, Auckland, New Zealand
2019: Rewa Gallery, “Transcendental doodles” Paintings, Auckland, New Zealand
2019: Rewa Gallery, “I can be someone else” Paintings, Video, Installation, Auckland, New Zealand
2018: Healing hills art space, “ I’m not this body” Performance Morni Hills, India
2018: Healing hills art space, “Abducted, site specific Performance” Morni Hills, India
2013: Queenstown lakes district council. “After the earth shook” Paintings Queenstown, New Zealand
2012: "Shiv sangam" A performance on cultural unity, funded by Auckland council, Creative communities scheme. Auckland, New Zealand
2009: Pop up show, “Joker series" Auckland, New Zealand
1996: “Faces” Mumbai, India
Selected Group exhibitions:
2010: "Joker series" Indian International Contemporary Art. “Parampara” Delhi, India
2010: “Mere sapno ka school” Independent Art Film, The Museum Gallery, Mumbai. India
2011: “Being Kiwi”, The Small packages, Auckland, New Zealand
2011: “Mere Sapno ka school” Independent Art Film, Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal, India
2011: Fundraising for Warkworth Welsford Hospice , Auckland, New Zealand
2011: “The Mind “ , How diversity works , Artstation, Auckland, New Zealand
2013: “Joker series” Habitat centre, New Delhi, India
2013: “Canvas of India” The State Art Gallery, Hyderabad, India.
2014: Vienna Showcase , Palais Scho?nborn, Vienna
2014: Fire arts centre of Chicago, USA
2014: 1st Italian Biennale of creativity , Verona, Palaexpo.
2014: “The Power of Perception” Creative Concept Inc, New York
2016: “Global Art Expose’, Kalanirvana, Hyderabad, India
2016: “Shiva Shakti’, Jehangir Art Gallery, India
2017: Biennale, New digital art biennale. A pavilion of The Wrong
2023: “What are you looking at? Vol 3. Linwood Arts centre, Christchurch, New Zealand
Selected Residencies:
2014: International Art Residency, Konya, Turkey
2014: Ostraka International Art residency, Egypt
2014: 3rd Kiar Redidency, Bhubaneswar, India
2013: Press club of Odisha , Bhubaneswar, India Selected press:
Shipping & Returns
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