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.