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Some maintain a personal diary, I paint!
The easiest language to express my emotions is thus “art”. Any and every kind of art medium has been inculcated in my routine life.
Born in Koppal,and grew up amidst the ever inspiring environment of Hampi and around, I was always keen on expressing my views through canvas. This led me into the vast ocean called “art”. After completing various courses and degrees in Visual Media Art, I’ve been looking for various opportunities to express and excel my art practice. Process of my artworks are always said to be surreal yet contemporary. “Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen”- these Da Vinci’s words are most appropriate to my work of art. It’s an urge which keeps on growing and keeps me alive to grow along with the growth. This thirst of expressing my emotions is ever growing, more than before and unquenchable.
Currently I live and practice art in Gangavathi near Hampi.
Bheemaraya Devikeri
Visual Artist – Assistant Professor
Visthar Academy of Cultural and Contemporary Studies (Visiting)
Nakula Somana is Dravidian, from the Deccan Plateau born to parents who ran away from pastoral backgrounds to get jobs in big cities. Whilst he isn’t trying his hands at acrobatics, he likes to play the Jewish harp and garden if the Sun hasn’t set yet. He dreams one day of settling close to the mountains, learning to ski or paint, whichever is easy.
At present, he works with found and pedestrian movement and would like to develop choreographic and composition skills. Enjoys visual art and Japanese cuisine in any order that comes by!
Nakula Somana
Facilitator and Resource person | Visthar Academy of Cultural and Contemporary Studies
Kirtana Kumar is an Indian actor, director and film-maker with 35 years stage experience. With her company, Little Jasmine Theatre Project, she creates original works of contemporary Indian theatre. She runs a pedagogical program for young people at Theatre Lab( Youth) and teaches theatre and Interculturality at various institutions. She has curated multiple national symposia on Dramaturgy and Theatre Pedagogy for children,respectively. She writes on art and culture for national papers and magazines. Her latest intermedical work, Nagammas Letters, can be viewed online. She currently serves as chairperson of the board of trustees, Visthar Trust.
Kirtana Kumar
Visiting Lecturer | Visthar Academy of Cultural and Contemporary Studies
I call myself an Artist and Academician believes in empathy. Mind-map is my tool for plotting ideas and communicating through visuals on emergent topics. My diverse experience is an outcome of working from vocational training institutes to leading universities; I have developed my skills in teaching, curriculum development and supporting students’ wellbeing. During the past 17 years of my professional journey.
As a creative thinker, my decision-making process depends on three approaches understanding the existing resources, identifying the gaps, and connecting the dots with innovation. My specializations are visual studies includes creative painting, landscape and human drawings, Assemblages, design thinking and visual research (image making). My artwork has been published and presented globally in journals, conferences, magazines, and newspapers. I have been invited to share my thoughts about the challenges in art education on national platforms.
I am privileged to be connected with a global network and believe in the power of collaborations. Therefore, I am open to working with diverse projects to learn and grow.
Pravin Kumar D
Visiting Lecturer | Visthar Academy of Cultural and Contemporary Studies
Siddarth Selvaraj graduated cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree in communication studies and political science from Gustavus Adolphus College, MN, and a Master’s degree in Film Production from Boston University.
He is currently Co-Founder and Chief Executive of Studio 33, a film production house in Bangalore offering solutions in film & animation. Founded in 2011, Studio 33 is a twenty-person boutique firm with clientele across the world, including Intel, Coca-Cola, Accenture, and Amazon. In parallel with his full-time professional engagements, Siddarth has been active in several artistic and community-based engagements.
For over a decade, he served as the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Renegade Arts and Theatre Society, a not-for-profit community theater production house working on socially relevant theatrical productions. For half a decade he was a member of the Global Shapers Movement, an initiative of the World Economic Forum. He served as curator of the Bangalore Hub in his last year. Over the past two decades, Siddarth has produced over twenty theatrical presentations, several short films and documentaries and has hosted two audio-podcasts – one on issues of justice and peace and the other on film criticism.
Films he has been involved with have screened and won awards at over twenty-five film festivals in the US and India. He has attended conferences and made presentations across the world including New York City, Washington D.C., Geneva, Shanghai, Colombo, New Delhi, Dhaka and Yerevan. Siddarth is also an awardee of the Harold Buchbinder Award for Media Entrepreneurship and completed a year long mentoring program with Jay Roewe, Senior Vice President of Film Production at HBO.
Siddarth Selvaraj
Assistant Visiting lecturer | Visthar Academy of Cultural and Contemporary Studies
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