Shikha Rawat

About my artworks:

I try to represents the women in my paintings as I feel. As a woman, I can show their life in a better way. At the same time, I want to display all the chakras of life and display all those events happening in life.
All the chakras of life teach us to live something like, (Mooladhara, Khushina, Manipur, Ahanta, Vishuddha, Anjana, Sahasra). All the chakras are mixed with each other and all these chakras are in harmony with each other. I want to know how to live life through these chakras & how we want to live and how to live. I want to show as a woman.

My medium is mostly charcoal because charcoal is my favorite medium. In that medium, I can display myself very well and present my paintings in the right direction.All chakras have their own special meaning and these chakras are present in many parts of the body and give us energy and with this energy motivate us to grow with energy to live life.And at the same time if I talk about the technique of my paintings, I mostly use dry medium. I use mostly compressed and dry charcoal & dry soft pastel, pencil, black charcoal, pencil charcoal. Eraser somewhere and display different effects in it.Creating such art work makes me feel a very divine and pleasant feeling, through which I can see the thoughts going on in my mind and can show the status of women in society and the way they live their lives.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

Masters in fine, arts (painting )2017 under guidance in Professor “Dr Mridula Sinha” from Banaras Hindu University
Bachelor in fine arts in 2015 from University of Allahabad
Diploma in photography 2014 from University of Allahabad

Art journey and participation

Participate in painting competition conduct by human dignity foundation in 2011
Participate in Mural workshop in Delegacy ,by University of Allahabad (12 to 16 December 2011 )
Participate in Annual art exhibition conduct by University of Allahabad (22 to 23 March 2012 )
Participate in painting competition conduct by ZEECAA foundation in Lucknow (7 – 8 December in 2012 )
Participate in Art competition and seminar by “ABHINAV GROUP OF CUTURETTES”(7th July 2013 )
Participate in painting summer workshop by State Lalit Kala Academy u.p. department of visual art Allhabaad (16 may to 18 June in 2013)
Participate in painting workshop “ULLAS-3” in Allahabad Museum (16 to 20 July 2014 )
Participate in Rangoli competition( 4 feb 2014) University of Allahabad
Participate in art exhibition conduct by University of Allahabad( 5 to 8 December 2014)
Participate in workshop “ANG MAGIC” conduct by Mohammad tofiq on (18 jan 2014 )Allahabad
Participate in ARTIST CAMP conduct by “Kalpsutra Dirgha” in Allahabad (24 to 25 December 2015)

Workshop-

Mughal painting camp conducted by Gyan Pravah by “Dr Ashok Kumar Das” from Santiniketan( 8 to 4th October 2015 )Varanasi
Participate in painting workshop conducted by” Sanskar Bharti “(26 Jan 2016 )
Participate in art competition Swadeshi Mela Kashi( 6 to 15 Fab 2016) Getting 2nd prize ,Varanasi
Participate in “Sanskar Bharti”painting workshop on (8th April 2016 ),Varanasi
Participate in “Shatabdi Mahotsav Faculty of visual arts, Banaras Hindu University in 2016

Group painting exhibition-

Ahiwasi gallery in Varanasi “UBHAYANIST” (20to 22 March 2017 )
Participate in online art competition 36 dayssoftype from (1 April to 7 May 2019 )
Participate in international online painting competition and select in top 100 artist in golden in category in 2019 by “Bindass 8 is group “
Award (hope of water) in regional art exhibition by Lalit Kala Academy Lucknow December 2019
Painting (price of water) select in 34 state Lalit Kala Academy Lucknow in 2019.
Participate in international online watercolor competition 2020 conducted by “Bindas artist group
Participate in international online art competition organised by “GIR VALLEY VILLAGE”(14 April 2020) social distancing …found “BEST ENTRY “
Participate Online National poster competition conduct by SB Sagar Swadeshi Sansthan India 14 April 2020
Painting short listed in “Indian Council for cultural relations ICCR online art competition
Painting select in “soul and spirit art society” online National Art Exhibition (30 May to 15 June 2020 )
Painting select in National painting competition and exhibition conduct by Kala Ankur Academy of art and craft (16 may to 30 May 2020 )
Participate in online. poster competition senior category (1st July to 7 July 2020) by State Museum of Lucknow.
Participate in national online exhibition based on life of “Lord Ram Shri ” conduct by Sanskar Bharti ,Kashi Hindu University Varanasi (5 to 11 August 2020 )
Participate in online painting competition conduct by “NIFAA”(25 August 2020)
Participate in online International art exhibition conduct by(www.smsultan) in Bangladesh 10th August 2020
Participate in MINIRVA online International workshop cum demonstration and exhibition on (17 to August 22 2020 )conducted by MIMT
Participate in online National Art Exhibition and competition organised by Sambhavna Kala Manch (25 August to 5 September 2020 )
Participate in VASAP Art from Heart contest 2020 (21 October 2020)conducted by voice of specially abled people
work select /Participate in Art competition on Atal Bihari Vajpayee 97th birthday anniversary 25 December 2020 conducted by State Lalit Kala Academy ,Lucknow
Participate in national online at camp 20 to 3 December 2020 conducted by Art Today/Art oasis in the association with the Rajasthani Jan Manch
Participate in online International art exhibition Basant organised by Abhitoons creation, Jaipur (16 February 2021)