Mukta Avachat
Mukta A. Avachat Shirke
Birth Date: 28th August 1985.
Education:
- G. D. Arts (drawing & painting)/[first class] 2006
- M. A. painting first class first in SNDT university Pune 2008
- Drawing and Painting Workshop in LARA (London Atelier of Representational Art) 2014, UK
Work Experience:
- Worked as Assistant Lecturer for three years at BVA Department of SNDT Women’s University, Pune
- 2012- passed NET exam
- Currently pursuing PhD. at SNDT Women’s University, Pune
Awards:
- 2017: Prafulla Dahanukar Art Foundation’s City Award for Pune
- 2016: Prafulla Dahanukar Art Foundation’s All India Special Award for Still Life Painting
- 2015: Prafulla Dahanukar Art Foundation’s All India Special Award for Oil Painting
- 2011: The Bombay Art society Pardeshi fund Award for Portrait painting
- 2010: Pandit Satwalekar Award for contribution in art
- 2009: The Art Society of India Raja Ravi Verma award and featured on catalogue
- 2007: The Art society of India for best work donated P.Survo
- 2006: Bombay art society, Kalavishkar .com mumbai award for judges’ choice
- 2005: The Chitari Academy of Arts, pune
- 2003: The Chitari Academy of Arts,
- 2002: The Chitari Academy of Arts, prize for still life
Juried Exhibitions:
- 2012: The Art Society of India
- 2011: The Bombay Art society
- 2011: The Art Society of India
- 2010: The Art Society of India
- 2009: The Bombay Art Society
- 2007: The 10th western region art exhibition held by the camlin foundation
- 2006: The monsoon show held by the Jehangir art gallery,two drawings selected
- 2002: The Art Society of India
Camps:
- 2016- National Woman Artist Camp by Lalit Kala Academy Delhi and NGO Artscapes, Chandigarh
- 2014-National Woman Artist Camp by Lalit Kala Academy, Karnataka and Gulbarga University
- 2009-Studio Akshay & Mystic Village 3rd national camp Coastal Karnatak
- Landscape camps by sanskar bharti
- ‘Save the Lake’ environmental camp at model colony Pune
- The only woman artist invited by the state government to paint on the subject ‘ Mumbai Never Sleeps’ post Terrorist attacks in Mumbai along with eminent artists Suhas Bahulkar, Dattatray Padekar and other seven artists.
Group exhibitions:
- 2017: Made of Mettle of Women artists at Art2Day Gallery, Pune
- 2015: Artist Couple Exhibition, Darpan ArtGallery, Pune
- 2013: Gallery Ayatana Pune
- 2012: Darpan art gallery by venus traders Pune
- 2012: Arvee gallery Pune
- 2012: Sula wine show Nashik
- 2012: Tilting art gallery womens show
- 2011: two man show with aditya shirke Art2Day gallery
- 2011: ART WITH HEART charity show Pune
- 2009: Ray Art Gallery, Pune
- 2009: Shlok art Lokmat
- 2009: Art 2day Gallery, Pune
- 2009: Jehangir Art Gallery
- 2009: India Art Gallery
- 2009: Art Fusion Show Nehru Centre Art Gallery, Mumbai
- 2008: Art 2day Gallery, Pune
- 2008: Indian Artists Network, Jakarta
- 2008: India art Gallery
- 2008: Nehru Centre Art Gallery, Mumbai
- 2008: India Art Gallery, Pune
Demonstrations:
- Portrait demonstration in oil at Tilak Smarak Mandir
- Portrait demonstration in oil at the Art2day gallery ,pune
- First lady artist Portrait demonstration in pastel at the Art Society of India, Mumbai
- Figure painting in dry pastel at Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalaya , pune
- Portrait demonstration in oil at SNDT university Pune
2011: interview with my artist husband Mr. Aditya Shirke on DD National TV
Other:
- 2017 – Did a Poster presentation at International conference on Creativity and Cognition in Bengaluru (Bangalore), won the best poster award
- 2017- Paper presentation at National camp in Lucknow
- 2017- Paper presentation at national camp in Aurangabad
