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Geetha kekobad (nee salonke) grow up among the plants, animals, colors and sounds of her native village in Karnataka. Following six years of study in Dharwad, Ahmedabad and Bangalore, she is qualified both as an artist and an art teacher. Since then she has worked steadily, winning a string of awards as well as contributing to group and solo exhibitions, camps and art projects, national and international. she has written art columns for a variety of daily and monthly publication. She is involved with the NGO-SEWA (Self Employed Women’s Association) ‘Artist and Artisan together’ in Ahmedabad. Painting folk tales onto fabric which is then completed by embroidery, she has painted murals for colleges and other institutions. Her drawings have been published: one was chosen for the cover of a novel, “Letters for Paul” by Anu Kumar, her paintings are in a large number of galleries and private collections in India and abroad.
AWARDS
2000 Certificate of Merit, Avantika International Art Show, New Delhi
2000 Certificate of Recognition for participation with distinction in Nokia Art
Awards – Asia Pacific, Singapore
1999 50 Years Independence Day Award, A.B.V.P.,Bangalore
1996 Karnataka Artist Award, Janapada Kala Mela, BasavanaBagewadi
1996 1st prize in State Level, Education for Women, Bangalore
1995 National Art Gallery Contest S.C.Z.C.C., Nagpur Maharashtra
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 ‘Face to Face’ Mantra Art Gallery Ahmedabad
2009 ‘Time to Time and Their Value’ Installation, Art Chalet Ahmedabad.
2008 Exchange Art, Hovinkartano art Exhibition Centre, Finland
2007 Yearning for love” Sponsored show, Studio Vasant art gallery New Delhi
2007 ‘Travels of the spirit 1st’ Art Chalet, Ahmedabad
2007 ‘Travels of the spirit 2nd’ Fine Art Gallery, M.S. University, Vadodara
2007 INDIAA. NETGallery, Sponsored show, Royal Le Meridian. Mumbai
2006 ‘Woman Mother Neture’ Ravishankr raval Gallery,Gujarat Lalit Kala academy, Ahmedabad
2005 Colours & Forms 2005’, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat, Bangalore
2002 ‘Vaishak’ Artists’ Centre Art Gallery, Mumbai (Karnataka Lalithakala
Academy financed
2001 Colours of India’, Sponsored show, Art Chambers Art Gallery, Goa
2000 Expresso Café Coffee Day Sponsored show, ‘Shresta’ Art Gallery, Bangalore
2000 Anweshakaru Sponsored Art Show at Govt. Art Gallery , Dharwad

International Symposium, ART CAMP
2010 ‘2nd International symposium of Modern Art’ Wagner Foundation Serbia
2010 Fairy tale in Landscape -Landart Liptov International symposium Slovakia
2010 Ambient Exterior LM 2010, International symposium liptovisky Mikulas Slovakia
2010 18th Ludvig International Syposium, Nagykanizsa - Hungary
2009 ‘Hudek-4th’ symposium international art camp, Croatia /Austria
2009 ‘Mayer-Symposium’ International art Camp, st Michael Austria
2008 ‘Centu-Rays-2008’, international Art Symposium, Karnataka. India

GROUP EXHIBITIONS, National & International
2010 “IL PAESE SENZA PUNTA” the Arts and Industry Museum Foundation Omegna, Itali
2009 ‘spirit of pleasure’Women’s Artist show Contemporary gallery, Ahmedabad
2009 ‘Mayer Syposium’ Organized, Art and Cultural Academy St. Michael, Vienna.
2009 ‘Notte Rosa’(Pink night)women artists exposition about India, women’s
association, Galassia curetted show of, Corsico Italy
2008 ‘Blanche Nere’(black-white), Street art magazine, Rivista D’Arte Di Strada, Italy
2008 International “Centu-Rays-2008”, Department of Architecture, organized show
Birla Auditorium ,Tumkur, Karnataka.
2008 ‘Rainbow Expressions’, gallery organized show StudioVasanat Gallery Delhi
2008 ‘Large format 6’x6’, gallery organized show StudioVasanat Gallery Delhi
2007 Women’s Annual group show, StudioVasanat Gallery New Delhi
2007 Two women’s group show, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat, Bangalore
2006 ‘3dimension’ three women’s group show at lokayatha gallery New Delhi
2006 ‘panch kanya’ five women’s group show at shristhi gallery Hydrebad
2006 Gujarat state lalit kala Academy Annual Group Show, Ahmedabad
2006 ‘Kaleidoscope art gallery organized Annual Group Show Vadodara
2006 ‘Colourama’Indian Women Artist-06, Art Chamber Gallery, Goa
2005 ‘Celebrations’ Annual Group Show Marvel Art Gallery, Ahmedabad
2005 ‘Indian Contemporary Women Artists’(ICWA) ArtistCentre Art Gallery Mumbai
2005 ‘Indian Contemporary Women Artists’ (ICWA) Museum art gallery mumbai
2005 Art Chambers gallery organized Group Exhibition in Goa
2001-02 ‘Tourist & Tourism in Goa’ sponsored by Art House Gallery, Goa
2001 ‘Children After Midnight’ – 54th Independence Day Group Show by Café Coffee
Day, Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore
2000-1 Café Coffee Day Annual Group Show, Bangalore
1999 Ken School of Art Group Show, Bangalore
1995-to-97, Rashtriya Kalamela, New Delhi, Kolkata & Bangalore
1995 ‘Sirigandha’ Traditional Exhibition, Govt. Art Gallery, Dharwad
1994 State Level Water Colour Painting Exhibition (Vijaya Mahanthesh Kala Kendra),
Hubli Group Show at Minijigi Art Gallery, Hubli
MURAL Works in Ahmedabad
2005 H L Commerce College,
2005 Sports Club of Gujarat,(Colour Mural on Wall)
2006 st Xavier’s College. (Aluminum Mural on Wall, Stained Glass, Fiberglass)

ART COLUMNIST
2004-05 ‘In EE Sanje’ Kannada Evening Daily, Bangalore, Vijaya Karnataka
Kannada Daily and ‘Udayavani’ Kannada Daily

ARTIST RESIDENCY

2008 Free ship, Kanoria Center for Arts, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad
1998, studio work Kanoria Center for Arts, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad
1996-97 K. B. Kulkarni Sudio, Belguam

PAINTINGS PUBLISHED
2005 Jak\cket Cover of book(Letters for paul) by Anu Kumar’s, Mapin Publications,
Ahmedabad
2000-1 “Bhavana” Kannada Monthly Magazine. Ed. Jayanth Kaikini, VRL Publishing
House, Hubli & Bangalore(Karnataka)
2010 Online magazine "NovoSlovo" Magazine for culture, art and society
http://www.novoslovo.com/Art/Introspection/Geetha_Kekobad.html

SOCIAL PROJECT, & ART ACTIVITIES
2010 ‘Woman and Green’ International Mail Art , ArtChalet Ahmedabad
2009 ‘Art Exchange’ indoRomanian (Geetha Kekobad &Maria Balia)
2008 ‘Trans Cultural exchange’ & Educational programs. The Tile Project,
Destination: the world. organizations as UNESCO, The State Department’s Art in
Embassies Program & the Asian Cultural Council.
Kanoria Center for Arts. Ahmedabad.
2005 ‘Artist & Artisan Together’ Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA),NGO
Ahmedabad
2005-08 ‘art camp for children’ Annually Organizing.at Kallhar ‘Art Chalet’ Ahmedabad.

ART CAMPS
2003 Platinum Jubilee Day & Artist Day – Collaboration with Karnataka & Delhi
Lalithakala Academy, Bangalore
2003 Artist & Theater by Nataranga and Lalithakala Academy, Bangalore
2001 P.R. Thippeswamy Memorial Artists Camp, Bangalore 2000 Sponsored by Bharath
Yathra Kendra at Sunvally Club, Bangalore
2000 ‘Kargil Relief Fund’, Cottage Industries Emporium, Bangalore
1999 World Aids Campaign, Bangalore

1999 ‘Kinnala’ Art Camp, in Yavanika, Bangalore
1998 ‘Leather Puppet Camp’, Balabalaga, Dharwad
1998 50 Years of Indian Independence, organized by Karnataka Lalithakala Academy at
Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore
1994-5-6 Study of Monuments at Hampi, Vijayanagar
1993 Graphic Workshop – Karnataka State Level, Hubli

PARTICIPATION IN INDIA & INTERNATIONAL
2009 ‘Venti Perventi’ 20”x20” Group Show Terza Edizione, Napoli, Italy
2009 ‘The Others and I’ (Io, gli Altri) symposium Mail art Turin’s Italy
2009 ‘water Fall’ Artist Collaboration & Fhoto contributing Installation,
Nave Gallery, Somerville, Art Gallery Ripustus, Finland,
2009 ‘Rang Rasiya Freedom of Expression’ Movement All India Art Competition
2008 “It’s Fabulous…It’s Mind Blowing.” Group Show,Studio Vasanat Gallery,Delhi
2007 ‘Fontainhas’ Festival of the arts, Heritage Action Group ,GOA
2006 ‘DNA Network’ organized, Indian artist camp in Mumbai
2006 ‘Celebrations of India’art show, New Delhi
2004-05 ‘Bangalore Habba’(Bangalore Festival)
2004 ‘Soujanya Maasa’ (Courtesy Month), KSRTC & BMTC, Bangalore,
2003 11th Annual Art Exhibition, Chitram Art Gallery, Cochin
2003 7th Karnataka Kalamela, Bangalore
2003 Karnataka ‘Chitrasanthe’ Bangalore
2003 to 08 Artists Center Annual Show, Kalagoda, Mumbai
2002-3 The 110th All India Annual Art Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai
2000 K. K. Hebbar Memorial Art Exhibition, Bangalore
2000 Shilpakala Academy Annual Art Exhibition, Bangalore
2000 Art for a Cause – FORHD 2003, Art in Contemporary Society, Bangalore
2000 PR Thippeswamy Memorial Art Exhibition, Bangalore
1999 3rd All India Art Exhibition, Shahabad. Karnataka
1996 Janapada Kalamela, Karnataka State Level Art Exhibition at
Basavanabagewadi
1996 Education for Women, Karnataka State Level Art Competition, Bangalore
1995-05 All India Art Contest, S.C.Z.C.C.,Nagpur Mharashtra
1995to2002 Karnataka Lalithakala Academy Annual Shows at Bangalore, Dharwad & Bellary
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At 13:24 on March 17, 2011, Ajit Vahadane said…: Dear Artists friends,

Indian artists network will hold it's 11th Indian art exhibition at National Art

gallery of Indonesia from 23rd June till 3rd July 2011.

Artists can participate in exhibition and / or just the catalog for year 2011

Please send your full resume in word file and images of your artworks

to admin@indianfinearts.com as well as ajitsvahadane@gmail.com

Complete details and rules and regulations can be read at NEXT EXHIBITION

section of our websitewww.indianfinearts.com or you can click on

http://www.indianartistsnetwork.com/nxt_int_exhibition.asp

Our exhibitions are a not-for-profit activity and held through contributions from artists and full money is given to artists whose paintings are sold. We connect art buyers with artists directly

Your's Sincerely,

Ajit Vahadane
Organiser,
Indian and International artists network

At 16:34 on June 10, 2009, Artflute said…: Hope you have joined us. Do let me know if you have any problems.
Neeraj

At 23:42 on May 2, 2009, Artflute said…: Hi Geeta,
Thanks for joining our group. Hope to see you on Artflute.com
Regards, Neeraj

At 14:57 on March 29, 2009, chaitya dhanvi shah said…: hi hows u...
hows ur work goin on

At 13:10 on March 3, 2009, PRAMOD KUMAR said…: see my paintings

At 20:55 on January 25, 2009, Ajit Vahadane said…: Dear artist friend,
We wish to dazzle Indonesia art lovers with great art from Indian artists.
We have started accepting entries for the selection process for our 9th Indian art exhibition in Taman Ismail Marzuki,Indonesia's most famous Cultural complex in Jakarta for Art exhibitions/Dance/Theatre/Music .

For full details visit our website www.indianfinearts.com and see NEXT EXHIBITION section on the top of the website or go to the link http://www.indianartistsnetwork.com/nxt_int_exhibition.asp

Participation in exhibition

Participation fee per artwork per artist
1) Rs.20000 for 7 days exhibition in Jakarta
2) Rs.25000 for 14 days exhibition in Jakarta

Contributions are spent on Framing in Indonesia / art gallery charges / media publicity / Inauguration party / Invitations cards / Traveling and transportation / communications /etc

Price tags carry full contact details of each artist and art buyers can directly contact artists and negotiate the prices if they wish. If paintings are sold, 100% sales amount is sent to artists without any deductions or commission to anyone including us.

Participation only in catalogues

1) Rs.7000 per full one A-4 page / one artwork / one artist per page
2) USD 200 for artists from foreign countries

Your full A-4 size page will have one of your artworks image and your full contact details. Korean art buyers contacted all our artists who participated in our Jakarta exhibition through our catalogues and bought more than 70 paintings directly from artists. Catalogues will be printed only if there are enough paid entries to cover the cost of catalogues. Korean art buyers contacted our artists after getting all contact details from our catalogues. Many art buyers from Indonesia and Singapore have contacted our artists to buy their artworks directly from them.

Selected Artists contributing and participating in the exhibition will be put into catalogues free of charge.

Catalogues is the best option for sculptors / ceramic artists / Installations artists as it is expensive to take these heavy objects abroad

Highlights of the exhibitions abroad

1)All artists complete contact details will be printed on price tags of paintings during the exhibition. We have sold more than 100 paintings so far in our exhibitions and in 2008 we sold 16 paintings and full amount has been paid to all artists. After the exhibition is over in Jakarta ,many artists have requested us to keep their paintings in Jakarta which will be sold through art dealers/art galleries/auction houses in Jakarta who take 35% commission on sales.

2) All art buyers are encouraged to directly contact you from exhibition hall itself

3)If paintings are sold,100% amount goes to respective artists without any deductions-No commission to anyone including us.

4)Full support of Indian Embassy and Indian cultural centre in Jakarta who every year arrange a grand opening ceremony and call all important VIPs and Indonesian and Indian business leaders. This year a grand dance program and a lavish dinner party was arranged for us by Indian Embassy and JNICC. We are deeply thankful to JNICC and Indian Embassy who encourage us every year.

5) Massive Publicity was in various media.

A) Our exhibition was given one full page in Monthly program bulletin by TIM and 2000 were distributed to their regular mailing list. Rest of 8000 pamphlets were distributed throughout the city from various places.
B) Newsletter of Indian cultural centre published our exhibition news in their monthly issue
C) Invitation cards were sent to all major websites and yahoo groups connected with Indonesia. Please see following websites and yahoo groups.

a) www.artsindonesia.com
b) www.rovinginsight.org
c) www.indoindians.com
d) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Friends_of_india_abroad/
e) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OurArtistsFriendsExhibitions/
f) 3 more art related yahoo groups in Indonesia

These websites may have removed our exhibition from their websites but we have taken all prints of those items if anyone wants to see them.
D) Thousands of emails were sent to all art lovers , friends and cultural related personalities
E) Following newspapers gave us wide publicity-All newspaper cuttings are available
1) Jakarta post-Indonesia’s biggest no.1 English newspaper-Two days news items and 7days in WHERE TO GO IN JAKARTA section for 7 times
2) Kompas-Indonesia’s No.1 Bahasa Indonesia newspaper
3) Media Indonesia-Indonesia’s Major newspaper
4) 1/3 Page advertisement in Visual Art Magazine –Indonesia’s biggest Art magazine
5) Nine huge banners were put up at strategic locations in TIM complex so that no one who enters TIM complex miss the banners.

6) Because of our communication efforts, majority of 15 Indian artists went to Olympic art events during Olympics games in Beijing in China. Four Indonesian and one Brirish artists also got selected for Olympics because of us.Olympics Art organizing committee has thanked us for our efforts by email and had even invited us to China and sent us Visa too but I could not go because of exhibition in Jakarta

Many Indian artists have applied for Switzerland residency program and Asian paintings award by Sovereign foundation in Hongkong.Wishing our artist all the best.

7)This is a Not-for-profit activity and selling paintings is not our goal even though we try hard for it. Connecting artists with art buyers and art galleries abroad is our MAIN GOAL. Those artists who are looking for SALE ONLY need not apply for the exhibition as they may get frustrated if there is no sale.
In 2007 more than 70 paintings were bought by Korean art buyers directly from artists who participated in our Jakarta exhibition. There was no commission paid to anyone including us. All artists directly dealt with Korean art buyers themselves. Korean art buyers contacted our artists after getting all contact details from our catalogues.

8) Your contribution per painting will be Rs.20000 for 7 days exhibition and Rs.25000 for two weeks exhibition. We do Framing / Media publicity Air freight / Transportation / Invitation cards / Inauguration function and huge banners for publicity in TIM complex

9) We keep on sending information to all Indian artists in India and abroad about all new chances that our artists may apply for Competitions /awards / scholarships / residency programs in the world

10) We had successfully participated in Art Singapore in 2007 and Art expo Malaysia in 2009.Please ask us about them if you are serious about participating there.

11) I am returning from Jakarta in Feb.2009 and will return all artists paintings which were not sold during exhibition in 2008 except those artists who have not paid their contributions.

12)Certificates signed by H.E.Indian Ambassador Me.Biren Nanda and Mr.Singh , Director of Indian cultural centre in Jakarta will sent to all artists who participated in 2008

Please send your resumes in word file and images of your artworks in jpeg files to admin@indianfinearts.com for the selection process

Full report of exhibition will be sent to all artists who apply for exhibition in 2009.Artists can see paintings and exhibition photographs on our website www.indianfinearts.com

Thanking you and wishing you a highly creative and peaceful new year 2009

Yours Sincerely

Ajit Vahadane
admin@indianfinearts.com
www.indianfinearts.com
Mobile-9821656016

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