Karishma Wadhwa
Qualification
Bachelors Degree in Arts – Chennai University
Diploma from The Institute of Fine Arts - Chennai
Diploma in fashion design from I.N.I.F.D (Certified by Institute di Moda Burgo, Italy)
Certified Yoga instructor - YPCP by Ayush Ministry
Award
• 2019 October - Mumbai Art Fair – 1 among 5 artists to win the award of ‘Outstanding Art
Display’ out of over 300 artists participating in the show.
• 2020 June - Royal Talens award- Watercolours - Netherlands
Solo Shows –
• 2019 May - Opus - Experience and Interpret – Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
• 2017 December - Opus - Experience and Interpret – Trident Art Walk, Mumbai
• 2015 October - Aabha -The Light - ICONART Gallery, Hyderabad
Group shows –
2020 October - World Art Dubai - Dubai
2020 -September – Colors of Life, CPAA -Mumbai
2020 August – OnArt by Mojarto – Virtual art fair
2020 January – Art35, Nine Fish Art Gallery, Mumbai
2020 January – India Art Festival, Mumbai
2019 October – Mumbai Art Fair, Mumbai
2019 June - State Gallery of Art, Telangana
2019 May - Icon Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2019 January - India Art Festival, Mumbai
2018 October - India Art Festival, Delhi
2018 June - State Gallery of Art, Telangana
2018 June - Chatak, The monsoon show, Mumbai
2018 February - Icon Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2018 February - India Art Festival, Mumbai
2017 February - Khajuraho International Art Festival, Khajuraho
2017 February - Pryaas, Haryana
2016 October - Index, Mumbai
2016 June - Aakar, Artist Centre, Mumbai
2016 May - Summer Symphony, Gurgaon
2016 March - Free Strokes, Gurgaon
2016 February - Artist Centre, Exhibition Of Drawings & Paintings, Mumbai
2016 January - New Beginnings, New Delhi
2015 December - Motley Hues 2, Chandigarh
2015 November - Ray of Hope - American Embassy, New Delhi
2015 September - International Paintings Exhibition, Jamini Roy Art Gallery, Kolkata
2015 April - Motley Hues, Chandigarh
2014 December - Veda Art Gallery, Chennai
2014 December - Art File - Fine Art Consultancy, Chandigarh
2014 November - Aroma 7 - Coomarswamy Hall, Mumbai
2014 May - Hues2 - Coomaraswami Hall, Mumbai
2013 December - India Art Festival - Nehru Center, Mumbai
2013 October - Prarambh - Ravindra Natya Mandir, Mumbai
Art Installations -
• Chembur Festival 2014, Mumbai - "Captive" An Artistic Human Figure, a philosophical &
local cultural representation
• Chembur Festival 2015, Mumbai - "It's a Girl" A box of sweets celebrating the Girl Child
• Chembur Festival 2016, Mumbai – “Bollywood Handi”
• SNDT College of Engineering – “The world is your stage”
Other notable credits -
• Featuring in ARTS ILLUSTRATED magazine - August September 2017
• Florence Biennale 2017 – Qualifier
• All India Art Competition & Exhibition 2018 – State Gallery of Art, Govt. of Telangana,
Selected by Jury with special accolade
• Little India Art foundation Calendar Award – Featured in 2019 calendar
• All India Art Competition & Exhibition 2019 – State Gallery of Art, Govt. of Telangana,
Selected by Jury with special accolade
• Recognised by Kapil Dev’s Khushi Foundation for support and contribution to the foundation
2020 July
About my work -
I have worked extensively across various subjects & mediums, which include figurative, landscapes
& abstracts on canvas & paper, using charcoals, watercolors, acrylics and oil paints.
My latest series of paintings titled “OPUS” are an abstract representation of cityscapes.
No matter where you go in the world, HOME remains a rich embodiment of memories and
aspirations. The same is depicted through a vista of structures and colors on canvas, each alone on
its own yet connected to the larger community.
This abstract series in oil paints, aims to be a personal process, inviting the viewers to experience &
interpret the same, relative to their own journey.
