Kiran Murdia

Kiran Murdia
Born in Udaipur, 1951

ART EDUCATION

M.A. Drawing and Painting, 1972-University of Udaipur.

AWARDS

State level & National Level

1971   Tulika Kalakar Parishad Udaipur- Gold Medal

1974   Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy Jaipur- State Award.

1976   Tulika Kalakar Parishad Udaipur- Silver Medal.

1980   State Award Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy Jaipur Rajasthan.

1986   State Award Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy Jaipur.

1989   National Award National Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi

SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP

2000                Honoured by Mahaveer Youva Manch, Udaipur.

1985-86          Awarded Research Fellowship for Graphic and worked in Lalit Kala Academy Garhi Studio New Delhi.

1996-97-98    Awarded a Fellowship on Expansion of Mewar Landscape in Contemporary Modern Painting.

DISTINCT EXHIBITION AND GROUP EXHIBITION

1975 - , III Trinnale India an International Art Exhibition by Lalit Kala Academy New Delhi.

1975  - Youth Exhibition National Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.

1978,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992  National Exhibition of Art Lalit Kala Akademi New Delhi 

1985-86  - Youth Exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery Bombay.

1989                Nature and Environment Lalit Kala Academy New Delhi

1989                Bangladesh Binnale International Exhibition at Dhaka.

1990,2002      Bharat Bhavan Print Binnale Interational Exhibition at Bhopal.

1991                Panchamrit Kala Kumbh An International Exhibition of Art New Delhi.

1998                Award Winner's Exhibition National Lalit Kala Academy New Delhi.

1999                Rajasthan Ke Rang-Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy Jaipur.

1971                 Academy of Fine Arts Calcutta

1976,1980,19811982,1983,1985,1986    Bombay Art Society Annual Exhibition.

1980                Mahakosal Kala Parishad Raipur.

1979,1980      Fine Arts Academy Amritsar.

1992                City Bank Show, Bombay.

1998,1999,2000,2001     Birla Academy, Bombay.

1990                 All India Exhibition, Lucknow (U.P.)

1999                 Rajasthan Ke Rang- Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur.

1998                 Exhibition of contemporary artist from Delhi and Rajasthan for the Welfare of Mental Disable Children Exhibition organized by Prayas at A.I.F.A.C.S. Delhi and Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur.

2003                 Kite Show Exhibition organized by Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi.

2004                 Golden Jubilee Exhibition National Lalit Kala Academy, New Dellhi

2004                 Bhopal- Twenty Years Disaster Organized by Sunit Chopra.

2006                 Virasat Utsav, Jaipur organized by Juneja Art Gallery,Jaipur

2008                 All India Opening Show of Gallery Artchill at Amber Palace, Jaipur

2008-2009      Seventh International Engraving Binnale at ILE-De- France

SOLO SHOWS

1972              Shridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi.

1972              Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy, Ravindra Manch, Jaipur.

1986,2005    Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.

1976              Rashtriya Kala Mela Bal Bhawan, New Delhi.

1998              Juneja Art Gallery, Jaipur.

2000              Kala Mela- Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy at Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur.

2002              Information Center, Udaipur.

2003              City Palace, Udaipur.

2008-2009    Juneja  Art Gallery,Jaipur

GROUP SHOWS ORGANISED BY AAJ SOCIETY, UDAIPUR

1979-97     Suchna Kendra, Udaipur.

1980           Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.

1980           Lalit Kala Gallery Ravindra Bhawan, New Delhi.

1981           University Art Gallery, Chandigarh.

1982           Regional Centre Lalit Kala Academy, Madras.

1984           Karnataka Chitra Kala Parishad, Banglore.

1985-86     Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad.

1987           Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.

1993-94     Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.

Since 1998  State Art Exhibition by Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy at Bombay, Delhi, Calcutta, Goa, Madras, Bhuvneshwar, Chandigarh and Nepal.

RAJASTHAN ARTIST GROUP SHOWS

2007          Kaleidoscope Art Gallery, Vadodara.

2008-09    Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi.

2010          Dhoomimal City Gallery, New Delhi.

ABROAD - GROUP SHOWS

1986-87   Stuatgart Art Gallery, Germany.

1990         Kyoto Shiman Gaiko Kyoto, Japan.

1991         Group Show at Kobe, Japan.

1986         Sprit of Indian Art Exhibition in Kuwait.

2001         Musca Art Gallery, Milan Italy (Group Show).

2001         Group Show, Fluda Japan.

2001         Towards Tradition to Modernity at Fluda Art Gallery, Germany.

2012         Rendezvous  Art Gallery, Kyoto , Japan.

ALL INDIA ART CAMPS

1986-87   All India Graphic Camp at Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi & Masxmuller Bhawan, New Delhi Four Weeks.

1990         All India Painters Camp at Jammu Kakshmir Academy Two weeks.

1993         All India Paiters Workshop, Kullu Himachal Pradesh at Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra, lucknow, U.P. One Week.      

1991         All India Artists Camp at "Hastaksher" Jaipur Two weeks.

1997         All India Painters Camp at L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad Two Weeks.

1998         All India Painter Camp, Surajkund Haryana at H.Z.C.,C. and Haryana Tourism Ten days.

1997         All India Multimedia Camp at Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy, Jaipur One Week. 

1998         All Rajasthan Women Artists Camp Shilpgram, Udaipur Chiteri & W.Z.C.C., Udaipur Ten Days.   

1999         All India Women Artist Camp at Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur Ten Days. 

1979         Rajasthan Teachers Summer Training Camp Work as a resources person Udaipur Rajasthan Second Board Education, Ajmer Fourteen Days.

2006         All India Artist camp “Wind, Water, Energy” organized by Urusavti Center of Art, New Delhi at Mumbai. 

2007         National Art Hadoti Utsav , Kota , Rajasthan Art Camp by Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy, Mt. Abu.

2008         National Graphic Camp at Barodra organized by Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi.

2009         National Painters Workshop,Jhawahar Kala Kendra,Jaipur.

2010         Women Artist camp organized by NGO Save the Child at Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur.

2012         Art Camp by Rajasthan Lalit Kala Acadmey, Pushkar Art Camp by Kalaneri Art Gallery, Jaipur.

HONOURS AND OFFICES HELD

Was elected on the General Council of Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy as a Nine Eminent Artists of Rajasthan-1978,1981,1983 and has worked as Program Committee Member of Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy,Jaipur.Member of Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur from 1999-2002. Founder member of AAJ Society (Raj). Retd. Vice Principal Govt. Girls College, Dungarpur, Rajasthan

WORK IN COLLECTIONS

Rajasthan Lalit Kala, Modern Art Gallery Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy Jaipur, Jawahar Kala Kendra Jaipur, Delhi College of Art New Delhi, University Museum Chandigarh University. National Lalit Kala Academy New Delhi C.C.M.B. Hyderabad, Rajasthan Patrika Jaipur R.S.M.M. Udaipur, National Gallery of Modern Art Jaipur House New Delhi, Jammu Kashmir Academy L.V. Prasad Eye Institute Hyderabad, Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra Lucknow U.P.W.Z.C.C.- Udaipur, Haryana tourism, Stuttgart Art Gallery Garmany and in various private collections in India and abroad.