Sharmistha Kar, an art practitioner, educator, and researcher from India, currently resides and studies in Montreal, Canada. She holds an MFA from Western University and is presently pursuing doctoral studies in Art Education at Concordia University.
Kar's educational journey commenced in West Bengal, India, and later extended to Hyderabad, where she pursued higher education in Fine Arts at the University of Hyderabad in 2009. She was an invited artist at Space Studio, before returning to Hyderabad in 2012 to join International Institute of Information Technology as Lecturer.
Kar was honoured with the Charles Wallace India Trust Award to do a three-month 'artist in residence' program at Newcastle University, United Kingdom, in 2013. Following her return, she served as a visiting faculty member at Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University in Hyderabad.
Kar's was awarded the Gold Medal in MFA from the University of Hyderabad in 2009 and the Graduate Thesis Research Award for Travel in 2018 at Western University. She also received the Concordia Merit Scholarship, the Power Corporation of Canada Graduate Fellowship, the Out-of-Province Fee Remission in 2022, and the Peter N. Thomson Family Graduate Scholarships in 2024.
She had shown in India, the United Kingdom, the United States, Finland, and Canada.
Sessions auxquelles Sharmistha Kar participe
Samedi 11 Mai, 2024
Learners will use their grasp of shapes to create portraits of people, animals, birds, and other common forms in this dynamic workshop. The ancient art form of "Warli painting" (10th century AD) will be explored while they acquire fundamental skills through the integration of drawing and embroidery methods on the comfortable medium of paper. Crossing cultural barriers, this traditional Indian painting demonstrates the interdependence of community, environment, and humankind. Students' creativ...