Hem Raj's Page

Website

www.hemrajartist.com

Relationship status

married

College / University

Delhi college of art

Program

M F A

Graduation

12 March 1993

Member type

Artist

If you're an artist, what kind of art do you make?

Painting

I am...

Hem Raj



Date of Birth 6th June, 1968 (Delhi)



QUALIFICATION


1991 BFA in Painting from College of Art, New Delhi with 1st division.

1993 MFA in Painting from College of Art, New Delhi with 1st Division.



COMPUTER EDUCATION


1999 Photoshop, CorelDraw, Premier, T.V. Paint, Elastic Reality, 3D Studio, 2D, 3D, Animation, DOS.



AWARD


1991 First Prize: Annual Exhibition of College of Art, New Delhi.

1992 Ravi Jain Memorial Foundation Award organized by Dhoomi Mal Art Gallery.

1992 All India Award from AIFACS.

1993 Pandit Ravi Shankar Award from College of Art, New Delhi.

1995 All India Award from Chitra Kala Parishad, Bangalore.

2000 42nd National Award from Lalit Kala Academy, Delhi



SCHOLARSHIP


1993-94 Lalit Kala Research Grant in Painting

1997-99 Junior Research Fellowship from HRD.

2001 Research Scholarship in Painting - Kanoria Centre for Art.



SOLO SHOW


1993 LTG Art Gallery

1994 Dhoomi Mal Gallery

1994 Jahangir Art Gallery

1995 Alliance Franchaise de Delhi

1996 Shridharani Art Gallery

2001 Son Et Lumiere, Mumbai

2001 Shridharani Art Gallery, Delhi

2001 Delhi Art Gallery

2003 Blue Moon, Germany

2004 Galeria Muller and Plate, Germany

2005 Galeria Muller and Plate, Germany



GROUP SHOWS


1992 Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur organized by ‘IPTA’.

1992 Green Wood Art Gallery

1992 Gallery Espace

1992 Group Show in Denmark

1993 Duet Show in Gallery Jharokha

1994-1999 Dhoomi Mal Gallery

1995 Lalit Kala Rabindra Bhawan

1998 Enter Art Gallery, Korea

1999-2004 Galeria Muller and Plate, Germany

2002 Joy of Life - Painting Exhibition, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi

2002 Kalanjali Art Gallery, Delhi

2003 Indian Abstract Art at Shridharani

Art Gallery – Indian Forum of Creative Artist

2003 Kite show – Dhoomi Mal Art Center

2003 ‘Project Time’, Painting Exhibition, Belgium, Europe

2003 Painting Show by Birla Academy

2003 Painting Show at Hyatt Regency Hotel by Damayanti

2003 International Miniatures Print Exhibition, Belgium.

2003 Indian Painting Exhibition at Galeria Borowski, Germany.

2003 Painting exhibition at Stadtische Galeria at Aserlohn

2005 Nandan Art Gallery, Kolkata

2007 Group show in Korea

2007 Delhi Art Gallery,New Delhi

2007 Doomi Mal Art Gallery,New Delhi, India

2007 Jung Art Gallery, South Korea

2007 Shanti Art Gallery, South Korea

2007 70 years of Dhoomimal Art Gallery

2007 Garhi artist,Art Exhibition Organized by Lalit Kala Academy Delhi



WORKS EXHIBITED AT


1990-1992 Annual Art Exhibition AIFACS

1992 India Youth Art Exhibition organized by Sahitya Kala Parishad.

1992 Bansi Parimool Memorial Exhibition AIFACS.

1992 All India Exhibition, Kanpur

1993, 2000 National Art Exhibition orgsnised by Lalit Kala Academy

2001 Exhibition of Delhi Artists,by Birla Academi of Art and culture,Kolkatta.

1993 All India Exhibition in Jaipur

1993-1994 In Search for Talent in Vadhera Art Gallery

1995 All India Exhibition organized by Chitra Kala Parishad, Bangalore.

2003 ‘Art and Fashion’by Damyanti Art Gallery New Delhi



2004 Golden Jubilee,Lalit Kala Akademy

2006 XI Trienale India

2006 Group show at India Habitat,Orgnised by Doomi mal art Gallery,New Delhi

2007 Art Aouction organized by Doomi Mal Art Gallery

2008 Art action organized by Help Age Ngo,Delhi





CAMP & KALA MELA



1990 Western Egg-Tampera workshop College of Art.

1990 Enamelling Workshop College of Art.

1992 Artist Camp organised by Sahitya Kala Parishad in Delhi

1992 Kala Mela organized by Lalit Kala Academy, Madras

1992 Children Workshop organized by Sahitya Kala Parishad.

1993 Sumi Painting workshop College of Art, New Delhi

1994 Painting and Sculpture Symposium on International Level organized by the Ideal fine Art Society, Karnataka.

1997 Drawing Camp by The ‘Earth Colors’, New Delhi

1999 Art Awareness Camp, Kota

2001 Painting Camp organized by Dhoomi Mal at Massourie

2002 Painting Camp organized by Baba Paint at Massourie

2002 International Art Symposium at Gyor (Hungary) under Cultural Exchange Programme)



COLLECTION
“ College of Art, Delhi

“ Sahitya Kala Parishad Delhi

“ Lalit Kala Academy, Madras

“ The Ideal Fine Art Society, Karnataka

“ Modern Art Gallery, New Delhi

“ Enter Art Gallery, Korea

“ Galeria Muller and Plate, Germany

“ Dhoomi Mal Art Gallery, New Delhi

“ Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi

“ Wrosi Muveszeti Museum, Gyor, Hungary

“ Borowski Art Gallery, Germany

Jung art Gallery,Korea

Shanti art Gallery,Korea



Member



Academy of Visual Media,Trust for promotion of art and Photography.



Film

Documentary film on me and My Art Directed by Mr. H. K. Handa for Delhi Doordarshan



Documentary film on me and My Art Directed by Mrs. Nilofar from Delhi Doordarshan



Art Auctions

Bonhams

Kushi Ngo

Doomi mal

Trieveda fine Art

Help age NGO, New Delhi

About my artwork

Bear with me



I have been exploring the realm of the abstract form the very beginning of my art career. Public recognition of my work came when I won a scholarship award at the first Ravi Jain Annual in 1993. That was straight after my academic career. But I never look back. Seeing progress in the realm of abstractionism, Dhoomimal Gallery gave an opening to me and my first solo show met with unexpected success. This propelled me to explore the realm of the abstract still further. Ever since then my path has been that of exploration and coming up with new equations of form and space. For form acquires meaning only in terms of space. Also, how imageries, with a number of abstract form, are structured in spatial terms and how they are inter – related and integrated. A lot goes into such structuring. For this happens without a prior design, without a theme or concept. In fact there is no destination to arrive at till one has arrived at a spot where he has to stay, this far and no further.

Starting and arriving … that is the journey of the abstractionist Forms used in as abstract work might be familiar. But their structuring into a viable image has been my prime concern all along and it has been a real task to make the unfamiliar, that is to say , acceptable after awhile – after due understanding and appreciation on the part of audience. Needless to say here, that I have to create my own audience every time & offer my work for public viewing. Puzzled looks, condescending looks assessing and assimilating looks have been my lot in the art world. But I have to leave my past behind. Every new phase in my work is really not the growth of my work but the growth of my sensibility and my ability to create and in this my past work is no guide. Every time I have to break a new ground. In fact and deed every art show of mine is a new proposal in formal relations needing public vetting and I can say by now that I have been getting their endorsement.


My forthcoming show is an exercise in offering new formal relations in tone and texture and in spatial structuring. It is meant to create wider ground for abstract art and for furthering new sensibilities. For without the development of such sensibilities on the part of the audience abstract act could not be gauged and appreciated. It is like classical music. The audiences have to

Know the rages or the symphony structures. My effort always is to enter into a dialogue with my audience (as I do with my space, form and colors).





Meaningful interaction with my work is a priori to understand my work and abstract art in general. An abstractionist therefore has to effort for the initiation of such dialogue through his work. And it is an endless process. It goes on through the artist’s creative period and when it stops, questions might be raised about an artist’s creativity. But my on part I am sure that such a moment has not arrived yet. I have miles and miles to go before I sleep and my audience of course has to keep up with my work

I am sure this will go on … my search and my audience’s patience and effort to bear with me




Hem Raj

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