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Viraj Naik
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Although already proficient and established as a printmaker, Vasant Viraj Naik displays a natural flare for watercolours as well as acrylics. His works involve enchanting figures, which reflect his fascination with Greek mythology, and at the same time possess a distinct Goan feel – an influence of his strong roots.
Naik was born in Goa in 1975. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in painting from the Goa College of Art in 1998,...
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Although already proficient and established as a printmaker, Vasant Viraj Naik displays a natural flare for watercolours as well as acrylics. His works involve enchanting figures, which reflect his fascination with Greek mythology, and at the same time possess a distinct Goan feel – an influence of his strong roots.
Naik was born in Goa in 1975. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in painting from the Goa College of Art in 1998, and later, his Master’s degree from the University of Hyderabad in 2000. He has held several solo shows, the most recent ones being, hosted at Travancore Palace by Gallerie Nvya, New Delhi, in 2007; Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, in 2007; Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, in 2006; and Museum Gallery, Mumbai, in 2004. Some of the artist’s group shows include ‘The Scared’, presented by Galleria at Museum Gallery, Mumbai, in 2008; ‘Meandering Membranes’, presented by Empire Art and the Shrine Gallery, New Delhi, at The Taj Bengal, Kolkata, in 2007; ‘Reading Paint’, Gallery Soul Flower, Bangkok, in 2007; and ‘Inaugural Show’, at the Guild Gallery, New York, in 2006.
In 2001, Naik received the Young Artists Scholarship from the Ministry of Culture, and, in 2005, won the Silver Medal at the Anvantika Awards, New Delhi.
Vasant Viraj Naik lives and works in Goa.
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Born
September 27, 1975
Penha de franc, Goa
Education
2000 Master of Fine Arts (Printmaking), University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
1998 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), Goa University
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009 'Fanatical Beings', India Fine...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009 'Fanatical Beings', India Fine Arts, Mumbai
2008 Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2008 'Mythical Menagerie', Galleria, New Delhi
2007 Presented by Gallerie Nvya at Travancore Palace, New Delhi
2007 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006 Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2006 Gallerie Nvya, New Delhi
2004 Museum Gallery, Mumbai
2004 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
2003 Galeria Cidade de Goa, Goa
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 'Skin Deep: The Art of Fibreglass', The Viewing Room, Mumbai
2011 'Aureus 2011', Gallerie Nvya, New Delhi
2010 'Changing Skin', presented by The Fine Art Company at Coomaraswamy Hall, Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalay, Mumbai
2010 'The Evolution of the Species', Institute of Contemporary Indian Art (ICIA), Mumbai
2010 'Black is Beautiful', India Fine Art, Mumbai
2010 'Nine your Mind... 9 Sculptors in Goa', Gallery Beyond, Mumbai
2009 'Far & Wide .... Everywhere You Look', Chawla Art Gallery, New Delhi
2009 'Sacred and Secular', India Fine Art, Mumbai
2009 'New Perspectives of India', Avanthay Contemporary, Zurich
2009 'The Human Animal', jointly presented by Gallery Threshold and Arts I (Religare Arts Initiative) at Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
2009 'The Root of Everything', Gallery Mementos, Bangalore
2009 'Life is A Stage', Institute of Contemporary Indian Art (ICIA), Mumbai
2008 ‘The Scared’, presented by Galleria at Museum Gallery, Mumbai
2008 'Bhasha', The Stainless Gallery, New Delhi
2007 ‘Meandering Membranes’, presented by Empire Art & The Shrine Gallery, New Delhi at The Taj Bengal, Kolkata
2007 ‘Phantasmagorical Beasts’, The Shrine Gallery, New Delhi
2007 ‘Does Size Matter?’, Art Konsult, New Delhi
2007 ‘Reading Paint’, Gallery Soul Flower, Bangkok
2007 ‘Vanity Fair’, Mon Art Gallery, Kolkata
2007 ‘To Serve with Love’, Hyderabad
2007 ‘Paper Love’, Mumbai
2007 ‘Darpan’, New Delhi
2007 'Aparanta', Goa
2006 ‘Inaugural Show’, The Guild, New York
2006 ‘Mark, Etch and Print’, Art Konsult, New Delhi
2006 ‘Take Two – The Chennai Chapter’
2006 ‘Unayan’, Gallerie Nvya, New Delhi
2006 ‘Strangeness’, Anant Art Gallery, Kolkata
2006 ‘Black and White’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006 ‘Inputs’, India Fine Art, Mumbai
2006 ‘Soft and Sharp’, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006 Shristi Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2005 ‘Divine Inspiration’, Mumbai
2005 ‘Project on Theatre and Visual Art’, Goa
2004 ‘Once Upon A Time’, Goa, Mumbai, Baroda
2003 Galeria Cidade de Goa
2000 Minaz Art Gallery, Hyderabad
1997,98,2006 Goa Kala Academy, Goa
Joint Exhibitions
2009 With K Laxma Goud at Gallery Mementos, Bangalore
Participations
2010 Annual Exhibition, Chawla Art Gallery, New Delhi
2009 'The Monsoon Chapter 4', presented by Red Earth in Association with Gallerie Nvya, New Delhi
2008 'Artparis 2008', AbuDhabi presented by Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 'Colors of Goa', Goa Festival, Goa Sadan, New Delhi
2008 'Harvest 2008', organized by Arushi Arts at The Stainless Gallery, New Delhi
Honours and Awards
2008 International Biennial of Mini Prints, Museum of Tetovo, Republic of...
2008 International Biennial of Mini Prints, Museum of Tetovo, Republic of Macedonia
2005 Silver Medal, Avantika, New Delhi
2003 Honorable Mentioned, Fundacao Oriente
2001 Young Artist Scholarship, Ministry of Culture
2000 S. L. Parasher Gold Medal, University of Hyderabad
2000 Nokia Arts Award-Asia Pacific
2000 Gold Medal, Hyderabad Art Society
1998 Merit Scholarship, University of Hyderabad
1997,2000,02 All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS) State Awards
1997,2000 State Art Awards
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Can you tell us a little about how your creative process has developed over the last ten years, since your graduation, and also about the various influences that have shaped your art over this period?
For me, creativity is an ability to test the self in the cosmic world with purity and humanity. It is quite an interesting journey to detach the self from the greedy and materialistic world. If a person...
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Can you tell us a little about how your creative process has developed over the last ten years, since your graduation, and also about the various influences that have shaped your art over this period?
For me, creativity is an ability to test the self in the cosmic world with purity and humanity. It is quite an interesting journey to detach the self from the greedy and materialistic world. If a person is unable to get into meditation with a spiritual journey, than creativity is the easiest process to do so. But, equally, it can be dissolved in to impurity. So the development of art cannot be justified on a calculative basis as mathematics, but involvement, dedication and reasoning with the self. The process is shaping at its own cause and collectively gets inspiration from the past. I cannot be biased by any historical movements with art, but get inspired with the existing practicing artist community and dialogues.
Where do the hybrid creatures that populate your works emerge from? Are they all products of your imagination, or are there any mythic and cultural sources that you draw from?
The myth is a constructive and destructive force in the world. The important factor is to purify the soul with narration of thoughts, recording the day-to-day events of the subconscious mind and active participation of endless imagination. This world is full of various creatures, which we try to overlook without its importance. Once the pencil shows a particular form, the other form is overlapped. As a process, multiple forms are created as individual drama of given space. This even leads to hidden images, which could be the awakening of subconscious mind to create one more world of surrealism. No image is constructive but envelops the form according to time and simultaneously changes to its need. In similarity to Greek myth our own Indian fables of ‘Panchatantra’ are quite effective to hybrid formation, as human moral values are explained with animals. Since the whole process plays a significant role in my concerns of human activity towards world cycle of natural habitats emphasizes preservation and protection or the hybridization will become necessary for next generation.
Are there any messages for the viewers that lie beyond the initial, playful appearance of your works?
I am not an artist who pursues the onlooker to concern my view points and directions. It is the members of society who interact with the works with personal experiences and narrate their own story for cause and happiness. Hence the work is relatively viewer oriented and he is the one explains to me his satisfaction and problems.
How has your training in printmaking affected your practice? Is there a reason you switched to printmaking for your Masters specialization?
I understand the possibilities of printmaking nature, as it is unique in its own right. The possibility of non-satisfaction keeps me thirsty to achieve some goals in life. As we say ‘every answer gives rise to new questions’. Without this there would have been no inventions. For example, Rembrandt van Rijn tried multiple etchings to understand the depth in light. So, I consider printmaking as one of the highest forms of struggle, and one who achieves it will never curse his existence as an individual or justice for salvation.
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