Oil on Canvas
36″ x 48″
Artwork Size: 36″ x 48″
Medium: Painting (Oil on Canvas)
Artwork ID: 8542
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An economist turned painter and a brilliant colorist with a strong individualism in her work, Nayanaa Kanodia can be considered to be the pioneer of the genre of L’Art Naif in India. She has held innumerable shows in India and abroad.
Her paintings are in the collection of major art collectors and corporate houses all over the world.
Musee International D’Naif Art in Paris permanently displays her paintings. She has exhibited and demonstrated her painting techniques at Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
She has been featured in an international publication Women in Art by Reinhard Fuchs, a rare honor for any Indian artist. She was chosen by all the artists of The Commonwealth Countries to have a solo show in their newly renovated complex in London.
Impressed with the social messages being conveyed in her paintings, a consortium of schools in Los Altos, U.S.A. is using her work as a medium of instruction for their students.
She has recently been appointed as a juror for Prisma Art Prize for their Rome Divider in Europe. She is the first Indian on their panel which is an honor not only for her but also for her country.
She is associated with many charitable societies, gives talks and conducts workshops and presentations on art in various organizations and universities. She is also a judge in art competitions. She has attended Art Camps in India, London, Sweden, Italy, Moscow, Greece, Bangkok and Cambodia.
Her work is characterized by the air of whimsy, flat bright polished surfaces and the extraordinary plethora of intricately worked details and patterns.