Brahma Swaroop

BRAHMA SWAROOP

DATE OF BIRTH: 1^st August, 1975 Azamgarh (U.P.) India.

QUALIFICATION:

• 1996 B.F.A. in Pottery Ceramic & Design (Gold Medalist) form B.H.U. Varanasi.
• 1998 M.F.A. in Pottery Ceramic & Design (Gold Medalist) form B.H.U. Varanasi.

AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIP:

• 1996, 1998 Gold Medal Award form B.H.U. Varanasi.
• 1998 12^th All India Studio Pottery Exhibition Organized by AIFACS, New Delhi.
• 2006 Highly Commanded Certificate Award, All India Fine Art, Amritsar.
• 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Merit Scholarship Faculty of Visual Arts, B.H.U. Varanasi.
• 1996- 1998 Ministry of HRD, Department of Culture Government of India, New Delhi.
• 2000- 2001 State Scholarship by State Lalit Kala Academy Lucknow.
• 2004- 2006 Junior Fellowship Ministry of HRD, Department of Culture Government of India, New Delhi.

SOLO SHOW:

• 1999 Exhibition of Ceramics At State Lalit Kala Academy Lal Baradari Bhawan, Lucknow.
• 2000 Exhibition of Ceramic At Abc Art Gallery Varanasi.
• 2001 Exhibition of Ceramic At Lalit Kala Academy, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi.
• 2002 Exhibition of Ceramics At State Lalit Kala Academy Lal Baradari Bhawan, Lucknow.
• 2004 Exhibition of Ceramic Sponsored By Art Heritage Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi.

GROUP SHOW:

• 2000 ‘Kala Path’ At Jawahar Kala Kendra Jaipur, Rajasthan.
• 2001 Working Artist Exhibition at Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra, Lucknow.
• 2002 Working Artist Exhibition at Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra, Lucknow.
• 2003 Working Artist Exhibition at Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra, Lucknow.
• 2004 ‘Palette/Palate Passion’ Organized by apparao Gallery Chennai at New Delhi.
• 2005 Indian Contemporary Art Exhibition organiezed by Lalit Kala Academy New Delhi, at Nicosia Cyprus.
• 2007 ‘Ceramic Excellence’ India Habituate Center New Delhi.
• 2008 New Teachers Art Work Exhibition at Faculty of Visual Arts, B.H.U. Varanasi.
• 2012 Uttarayan Art Exhibition at Faculty of Visual Arts, BHU, Varanasi.
• 2015 Akhil Bhartiya Maati Shilp Exhibition MRITTIKA-3, at Bharat Bhavan Bhopal (M.P.)
• 2010 “Golden Earth” Ceramic Show Collaboration with Delhi Blue Pottery Trust (India) & AIC (Australia)

CAMPS/WORKSHOP:

• 1996 All India Art Student Camp Faculty of Visual Arts, B.H.U
• 2003 A Regional Ceramic Camp Organized by Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra, Lucknow.
• 2004 ‘Harmony Ceramic Camp’ Organized by N.C.Z.C.C. Allhabad and State Lalit Kala Academy.
• 2005 International Artist Camp (Ceramics Discipline) Organized by Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi.
• 2009 National “Ceramic Mural Camp” Organized by Lalit Kala Academy, Bhubaneswar, Orrisa.
• 2010 National Ceramic Camp Organized by Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi at Bharat Bhavan Bhopal (M.P.)
• 2010 “Inter Regional Workshop” Organized by Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, at Lalit Kala Academy Lucknow.
• 2012 National Ceramic Camp Organized by Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi at Bharat Bhavan Bhopal (M.P.

PARTICIPATIONS:

• 1998 21^st Annual Art Exhibition State Lalit Kala Academy, Lucknow.
• 1998, 2000, 2002 12^th, 13^th, 14^th All India Studio Pottery Exhibition organized by AIFACS, New Delhi.
• 2001 State Level Exhibition of AIFACS, organized by U.P State Lalit Kala Academy Lucknow.
• 2001 “Earth for Animals” a Ceramic Show by Animals for the People New Delhi.
• 2001, 2002, 2003 Working Artist Exhibition at Rastriy Lalit Kala Kendra Lucknow.
• 2004 10^th All India Art Exhibition organized by U.P. State Lalit Kala Academy Lucknow.
• 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 46^th, 47^th, 48^th, 50^th National Exhibition of Art, New Delhi. Arranged by Lalit Kala Academy.
• 2005 Second Beijing International Art Biennale China.
• 2015 III International Ceramic Triennial, UNICUM-2015
• 2016 Latvia International Ceramic Biennale Martinsons Award
• 2016 Centre of International Modern Art, Kolkata.

COLLECTIONS:

• Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra Lucknow (U.P) India.
• Embassy of Israel, New Delhi.
• Private Collections Portugal, Netherlands, Korea & All over India.
• C.Z.C.C. Allahabad (U.P).
• Lalit Kala Academy (National Gallery of Art) New Delhi.
• Second Beijing International Art Biennale China.
• Lalit kala Academy Bhubaneswar.
• Bharat Bhawan Bhopal, M.P.

EXPERIENCE:

• Freelance Ceramic Artist from past10 year.
• Worked as a Guest Faculty at Govt. College of Architecture, Lucknow.
• Programme Incharge of Lucknow Study Center for Certificate in Craft & Design (Pottery) Programme of IGNOU, New Dehli.
• 2001, 2003, 2004 Appointed as an External Examiner for Subject Pottery Ceramic & Design form B.H.U. Varanasi.
• AT PRESENT Assistant Professor in Pottery Ceramic, Deptt. of Plastic Arts, Faculty of Visual Arts, B.H.U. Varanasi- 221005