Vividh 2016: Multiple Expressions of Indian Art

landscapes to include narratives. Focusing on issues around displacement in his realistic and
firmly grounded work, he treats the world as a stage. The artist's work has been exhibited in
numerous exhibitions all over the UK, Europe and elsewhere. it is part of significant public and
private collections including the Arts Council of England, Birmingham Museum, British
Museum, Imperial War Museum, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool and Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait
Collection, London. Shanti lives in London and works out of his studio in the city.
SRIDHAR POLURU
Sridhar Poluru born in 1968 in Andhra Pradesh, India studied science and did his B.Sc. from
Nagarjuna University, before turning to art and passed his Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art in first
rank from Andhra University. He worked at Kanoria Centre for Arts in Ahmedabad. The
painter's work comes in multimedia. With charcoal on textile and acrylic on canvas his imagery
focusses on different subjects. The themes vary from day to day life, gender issues such as
women's empowerment, sati, child marriage, girl education and environmental concerns
though he has also created work featuring divine forms and mythology. His work has been
featured in exhibitions held in India. Sridhar currently lives in Ahmedabad, Gujarat and works
from his studio at home.
SUCHI CHIDAMBARAM
Suchi Chidambaram who has her family roots in Southern India shifted her base to London in
1998 where she is based now. Primarily a self taught artist she paints in oil on canvas. Her
imagery offers views of the cities, people, and architecture that she has travelled through. It
absorbs stories that she comes across and the experiences she encounters. The compositions
are not painted in situ, but triggered by her memory of the places, often driven by emotions as
they capture the underlined mood and the narrative. She uses palette knife besides brushes for
her thick impressionistic textured strokes to reveal the rhythm and movement of the people and
the places, shifting between abstract and figurative forms. Her work has been part of shows held
in India and in Europe from where it has found its way into private and corporate collections.
Suchi lives and works in London.