| Kajal Nalwa, has been painting for
as far back as she can remember. Born in Kolkata, India
she moved with her shipping family to Chennai and then
Sri Lanka . Kajal spent eight years at The Lawrence
School Sanawar, a beautiful school in the hills of Himachal
Pradesh.
Kajal Nalwa is one of the few artists in India who
have carved their niche in the field of painting. Her
style of painting not only includes ordinary paintings
but figurative paintings, landscape paintings and flower
paintings.
Kajal Nalwa, has been painting for as far back as she
can remember.Born in Kolkata [India] she moved with
her shipping family to Chennai and then Sri Lanka.
Kajal spent eight years at The Lawrence School Sanawar,
a beautiful school in the hills of Himachal Pradesh
where art was her subject. She then attended college
at Sophia Polytechic Mumbai, where she studied Textile
Design. Marriage to an Army Officer, took her to all
corners of India. This has had a major influence in
her work as varied aspects of the country formed an
unconscious impression on her.
Kajal,uses the medium of water colours and oil on canvas
solely using pallete knife.The main theme of her work
is nature,using colour to translate nature into an art
form.She likes to show women in harmony with their natural
surroundings and she also does landscapes.
Exhibitions
- 2006 At Art Entrance, Mumbai.
- 2005, 03, 02 At Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
- 2004 At India International Centre, New Delhi.
- 2000 At Art Folio, Chandigarh.
- 2005,04,03,02,00, 1999 At Art Junction, New Delhi.
- 2005 At Ontario, Canada).
- 2005 At Mumbai.
- 2002 Participating artist in ARTIST MEET OF SAARC
COUNTRIES
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