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About the artist:
Nupur Kundu was born in 1975 in New Delhi, Nupur did her BFA in painting from the College of Art, New Delhi. She is also an avid dancer and achieved Sangeet Bhaskar in Indian Classical Dance (Kathak) from Chandigarh University. Nupur renders nature as well as emotive moods through organic motifs, geometrical forms, repetitive brushstrokes and careful layering of impasto paint. Her palette mirrors her desire to embody ambivalent feelings of despair, joy and hope for the future in her art. The mesmerizing harmonies of blues, greens, and crimson tide currents, creating a synergy of airy, feathery blues with deeper sapphires, reminding us of dyes extracted from plants and flowers. Nupur is a translator of great hope, and at the same time she also conveys the magic of inspiration that must come from within. She has been featured in India Today Magazine’s 30th Anniversary Issue amongst 30 young successful achievers. Nupur has also worked closely with special children by conducting workshops. She has held Multi-Media workshops for the British Council of India; IFFCO; Tihar Jail, New Delhi. She has also judged various Art Competitions – For the Times of India (NIE), for Hindustan Times (PACE) etc. She has had a number of Solo and Group Exhibitions both at National and International levels since 1997.