Nayanaa Kanodia

Nayanaa Kanodia can be considered to be the pioneer of the L' art Naif in India . One of the few contemporary naive artists of India , she completed her graduation form Lady Shri Ram College , New Delhi , in Economics-Honours. She won the National Scholarship of the Government. An Economist turned painter, Nayanaa is entirely a self-taught artist except for a year's apprenticeship with Anjolie Ela Menon.

She has exhibited widely in India and abroad, especially in London and Paris on Museums and in Art Galleries . In 1998, she was selected by The Commonwealth Institute, London all the artists of the Commonwealth Countries to hold a solo show in their extensively renovated complex. In 2001, she was invited by Victoria and Albert Museum , London to exhibit her work and to give a demonstration of her painting techniques. Nayanaa is the first Indian of non-British origin whose work is in the collection of a UK Museum, "Paintings in Hospitals". She has also conducted art camps in India and abroad. Her work features prominently in collections and in several auctions of Indian Contemporary Art internationally.

Code: NK-01 Artist Name: Nayanaa Kanodia Style: Gouache on Paper Size: 15" x 11" Request Info