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kanchan
chander
Born 1957 in Delhi, Kanchan received her formal training in Painting and Printmaking at various
institutions and in different continents including the College of Art at Delhi, Kunsthochschule
at Berlin, Ecole Des Beaux Arts in Paris and Art School at Santiago in Chile. Later she joined the
Delhi College of Art first on a research fellowship and then as a teacher for a few years before
turning freelance. Her earlier work was primarily in print making featuring tribal imagery of
the Shakti cult while in her subsequent work she took to collage and brightly painted female
torsos, bedecked with sequins, silver leaf and beads, portraying the fertility, the erotic and the
sensuousness of female form and her multiple roles in life. This infatuation with feminine issues
and body has now expanded to incorporate other female legends mainly Freda Kahlo, mixing
embellishments, photographs, drawing with painting on canvas, wood and other material.
Accolades to her credit include AIFACS Delhi and Print Biennale Bradford UK awards. Her
work has been exhibited in many solo and group exhibitions in India and other countries
including Australia, London and Nepal and found its place in varied collections including the
V&A London, Fukuoka Museum Japan, Mumbai Airport and Air India amongst others. The
artist lives and works in Delhi.
There is only One God. He is Omnipresent. There is only one race- the race of
Mankind. As one catches up with age - one turns towards spirituality and Sai
offers solace to us all.
Jai Sai | 30” x 18” | Mixed Media on canvas | 2010
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