About Hemavathy Guha

Everybody needs a source of income and I feel being Born in Tamilnadu and brought up in New Delhi, India, Hemavathy Guha had her fine art education from the college of Arts and Crafts, Chennai. After her college, she returned to Delhi where she joined the graphics section of Garhi artists’ studios, New Delhi in 1987. She worked diligently in printmaking for several years, while simultaneously pursuing her painting. Hema worked extensively in the various tenets of printmaking like etching, woodcut, intaglio and litho. Many experimental works were also produced combining these media and also taking out prints on different kinds of paper. Her works have been exhibited in several international biennales and triennials and she has also been invited to send works to various print exhibitions. Notable among them are 20th International biennale of graphic art, Slovenia, International biennale of graphic art, Bitola, Second international mini print exhibition, Beograd, International Biennale of Graphic art, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, Asian Print art exh. Korea, and Sharjah, international biennale. In 2002, she was invited to have a solo exhibition of her works in Romania which was the first exhibition of an Indian artist in that country. In 2004, she was selected at an international level to participate in a visiting artists residency in New foundland, Canada. She has received Vadhera art gallery’s first Young artists award, Junior Fellowship form the Ministry Of human resource and development, Govt of India, in 1997-99 in the field of printmaking and Senior fellowship in Painting for 2008-2010. In 2007, she participated in the Indian printmakers exhibition at Frank Museum, U.S. and also a women artists exhibition curated by Anjoli Ela Menon in 2008. Her works are in the collection Lalit kala Akademi, New Delhi , NGMA, New Delhi and international print Museums in Poland, Slovenia, and Emami Chisel, Kolkatta. She is also the recipient of All India award by All India fine arts and crafts society, New Delhi, India for best painting,2010 and 2014. Currently she is engaged in working with mixed media using domestic elements like needle and thread, paper, and recycled items, painting and also making short video films which have been exhibited widely. Most of her works from the initial days have dealt with issues of women on different levels, be it the problems of rural or urban women and she has used various medium like wood cut, painting and also short films to depict their plight and stories. She gets her inspiration from her surroundings, both at a national and global level. In her works, she has taken a lot of inspiration from the folk and transitory art of India. Having observed the lines and dots in our traditional arts from childhood, these have entered her works unconsciously. The dots and lines accentuate the contours of the human figures and other motives and at the same time de individualize the figures. Her works may be described as global and contemporary in thought which have their roots in our folk arts in terms of color and technique. Being a freelance artist, I should sell my works and generate income. Artfinder will give me an opportunity to showcase and sell my artworks to a wider audience.