DHAARNA JAISINGHANI

Dhaarana’s inspirational flow for beautiful form of mural art is her father and guru well known painter, muralist and renowned percussionist P Khemraj ji, she graduated from Delhi College of Arts, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts and is a painter with a passion for singing, her murals can be seen at spaces in most of the corporate houses and public sector enterprises.

She has won many accolades nationally and internationally, was the winner of Young Upcoming Artist of the Year 2004 in Seoul, Korea.

Dhaarna, has worked in co-operation with architects, designers, art commissions and corporate representatives and strongly believes that her art should involve challenge and inspire the viewer, It should not simply adorn but integrate with its architectural surroundings.

untitled . acrylic paint on canvas . 60 by 60 inch . 2015

“As an artist I use various mediums as an aide-memoire, each colour and brushstroke having a significant meaning to me personally and figuratively”

Divyam Raghunath’s practice is concerned with perception and identity both personal and cultural, whether using traditional canvas surface, digital platform, found materiel or performance art highlighting the corporeal, all gestures and movements are ripe for use on plane of his work.

Altering the perception….about art, is his driving force.

Divyam graduated from Lasalle College Of The Arts Singapore with a BA (Hons.) degree from Goldsmiths University Of London and is based in India and currently an Art Director at Leo Burnett.

Divyaman Singh feels truly at home when surrounded by dense forests and high mountains and his love and deep bond with nature was strengthened while growing up in Chaugain village in Buxar district of Bihar and despite being placed in urban spaces that’s where his heart still lies and his paintings depict emotions and natural beauty which is a parallelly flowing experience within him always.

His artworks are clearly suggestive of many transitions flowing within and yet his static self lies where his home is.

Dr. Abhishek Gaurav is a practitioner in internal medicine and has always been passionate about photography from his teenage years and being in a boarding school where almost everyone had a different rangefinder camera during the nineties, Abhishek never missed his turn to try out another lens and another view.

World around him which is always short of a healing touch…offers him several instances of that sudden capture moment and most of his captured visuals are about that sudden special moment which arrives with an element of surprise.

His subjects are mostly drawn from nature of things and way they self-form to perform…years after photography isn’t merely a hobby but a beautiful way for Dr. Abhishek to unwind and escape from the stresses of his demanding profession, he finds solace in the beauty of nature and the intricacies of human emotion that he captures through his lens and intends to inspire others to slow down….observe reflections of beautiful floating moments.

Photography has taught him to observe and appreciate the small things in life, which has translated into a more compassionate approach towards his patients, he believes that its very important to find the right balance and himself adopts the approach which lets him strike a perfect one between his profession and passion and in the long run Doc Ted as he’s widely known… wants to spend more time behind the lens…make an everlasting impact in the world.

Gareema Shankar’s story is amazingly interesting. It is quite usual for people to come to love a sport that they discover; rather unusually, some discover themselves, thanks to the sport they have taken up. She points out that two moments stand out in her life so far: scottish terrain . digital print . 10 by 17 inch . 2023 resilience . digital print . 10 by 17 inch . 2023 country side . digital print . 10 by 17 inch . 2023 courage . digital print . 10 by 17 inch . 2023

“The first is the birth of my son. And the second is the memory of my father hugging me in London after I completed the London-Edinburgh-London course last year. He told me he had never imagined seeing me complete the course” she recalls.

In the five years, she has not only clocked 55000km on her bicycles, become the first Indian woman to acquire the Super Randonneur title by biking 1500km in six days, completed the challenging London-Edinburg-London ride, a test of mental and physical resilience – and become a subject of a documentary on Indian women cyclists.

Garima has signed up to compete at Paris-Brest-Paris later this year.

Hajra Ahmad’s childhood was spent travelling and living between Nepal and India. She attended the Welham Girls’ School, a boarding school located in the Himalayan foothills. Hajra has always enjoyed travelling and has lived and worked in many different places throughout her life.

Since completing a BA in English from Lady Shri Ram in New Delhi, Hajra went on to Ooty to study photography, learning from some of the best in the industry. While at Ooty she specialised in wildlife, travel and portrait photography. Following her studies, Hajra worked as a freelance photographer, later joining SUJÁN Luxury as a full time photographer. This role evolved into other creative roles, before she returned to freelance photography, full-time.

Presently, Hajra does freelance photography for various brands such as Lena Ladakh, magazines such as Conde Nast, Nat Geo UK and hotels such as SUJAN among others. Her work is varied and has grown over the years with a focus on travel and lifestyle.

Hajra currently lives and works in Ladakh where she is also running Shel Ladakh with her family.

Roohi Kapur is an artist who draws inspiration from the profusion of nature that her birthplace Assam bestowed upon her. Having worked as a trainer and specialised in art therapy her lens is towards the blend of therapy and art that can help all of us rise to be in touch with an inner poise that evokes a spirit of gentle endurance amidst conflicting circumstances. She has led training workshops for teachers and students across India and created learning modules on creativity, emotional intelligence and art therapy.

Roohi was part of a group art exhibition at AIFACS, and her works have also featured in several private previews.

Himanshu Agarwal is a nature lover and photographer based in New Delhi who left his corporate career to pursue his passion for wildlife photography. He travels frequently to the wilderness to capture rare and stunning moments with flora and fauna in Indian, Asian, and African jungles.

According to Himanshu, wildlife photography is an immensely demanding yet satisfying genre that requires immense patience, technical know-how, and skill. Challenges he faces include unpredictable subjects, harsh environments, limited access to wildlife parks, and technical hurdles such as lighting, camera settings, and composition species - ii . watercolour on paper . 11 by 10 inch . 2021 species - iii . watercolour on paper . 11 by 10 inch . 2021 species - v . watercolour on paper . 11 by 10 inch . 2021 species - iv . watercolour on paper . 11 by 10 inch . 2021 species - vi . watercolour on paper . 11 by 10 inch . 2021 along the foliage window . water colour on paper . 16 by 12 inch . 2023 essence of smile . water colour on paper . 16 by 12 inch . 2023 a guarded pathway . water

Nonetheless, the sense of accomplishment that comes with capturing a unique or rare moment in nature continually inspires and motivates Himanshu to enhance his abilities and techniques to the next level.

Jagjit Singh is an educationist by profession: returned to Welham Boys’ School as a teacher for environmental studies and fine arts in 1993.

Aged trees on the school campus inspired him to write the book ‘A Nature Walk Welham’ and thereafter students remember him as a passionate ornithologist and he’s one of the selected few illustrators cum author in this field… which is a rare combination: a true naturalist by heart!

The works featured in this series are a compilation of Himalayan Landscapes that seem to reflect on the artist’s personal experiences. Though they may be positioned as watercolor landscapes, Kunal Batra’s paintings lie in the realm of narratives – articulating emotion and evoking human responses through form and color.

Through the imagery he takes his viewers on his journey, detailing the softness of snow, the brilliance of sunlight, billowing clouds, wet pebbles rounded by flowing waters, wandering pathways, and picturesque local architecture. Expressive lines contour the rugged terrain, mapping the topography and leading the eye through the scenery. The crispness of atmosphere is tangible through the translucent tones. The works carry an element of the imaginary, illustrating something beyond that which appears on the surface. As with anything embracing the grandeur and beauty of nature, the landscapes achieve a sense of timelessness; they envelop the echoes and silences of eons gone by.

Malvika Singh is a deeply spiritual personality and her work, primarily as an artist of abstract paintings, reflects her mind, orientation and creativity.

Her range of colours and the harmonisation of various hues symbolises the myriad moods of nature and the abstract.

She endeavours to present through her work the divinity and the joys of the Universe- it’s dance, it’s music and glory.

One can sense a flow of Divine Energy through the interplay of her colours which calms the soul, brightens the sights and above all sparks optimism in the eyes of the beholder.

Manish’s journey has been long and interesting…from being a core medical professional to being a professor at a prestigious medical school in California state, he’s always kept his love for art more than alive and vividly remembers the way he was able to present his first art piece, made by secretly mixing left over oil paint on a scrap paper when he was barely ten and at that time artists in his own family inspired him deeply.

Manish developed a distinctive painting style that consistently grew with age and is clearly visible in his renderings and he was one of the finest and most skilled artists at Welham Boys School Dehradun during the eighties and as a senior cult figure, inspired many youngsters into diverse art related disciplines.

Manish is planning to devote more hours into his art practice and wishes to study outdoor light and landscapes with an emphasis on botanical plants around California state where he currently resides.

Delhi and Jaipur based architect Mukul Goyal, specialises in landscape design and has conceptualized and created some interesting resorts across the country especially in Rajasthan and his specialization under renowned Indian landscape architect NG Shastri enabled him to join Architecture Department MNIT Jaipur as an Associate Professor, for more than a decade Mukul taught Landscape Design and Fine Arts related subjects.

Mukul was trained at Government College Of Architecture Lucknow, that was initially part of the Lucknow Fine Arts College and going back to his unforgettable days at Welham Boys School where he was interested in Art and Theatre, opted for ‘Carpentry’ co-curricular activity wherein boys crafted articulately designed wooden furniture and accessories.

As an educator Mukul continues to visit universities in India and other overseas countries : in 2017 he lectured students at the Cambridge and one year later at the Bandung University Indonesia and for his contribution to architecture and architectural education Mukul has been awarded several times and presently is co-editor of the Indian Institute of Architects Journal: The National Magazine of Architects and Chairman of ‘Arcasia Committee On Professional Practice In Asia.

Muzammil Hussain’s artwork has been awarded several times during his formative years and at the university, He won an art competition by The Arts University Of Bournemouth and which gave him the possibility to study art and design for an year in the UK and his stay in UK gave him multiplicity of perspective to the contemporary art world and it’s here he realised the need to transform his practice and indulge into deeper concept driven projects.

Muzammil later joined Art Academy in the Netherlands which had a good history of painters and here he faced several drawbacks and obstacles during the journey of completing bachelors, he evolved with the support of his professors with self-afflicted challenges that he formulated for himself… dedicated hard work won him The Buning Brongers Award and The Hanze Scholarship: He continues to be based at The Netherlands.

Nikita Gambhir is a self-taught abstractionist and feels that being a mother of two adorable kids.. naturally involves continuous balancing acts between the two and she feels that the act of balancing is quite inbuilt in her and that’s indeed a beautiful reflection to balance the outer inevitable and the unseen inner.

She loves experimenting with inflow of ideas and wants to explore far unknown realms using basic materiel which is why Nikita loves creating textures on canvas plane and believes that her abstractions have some kind of intuitive outreach maybe with her two children and helps her communicate with them and as she says: way of water . acrylic wall putty mixed with talcum powder, pva glue and acrylic paint . 12 by 12 inch . 2023 green blooms . water colour on canson cold pressed paper . 8 by 6 inch . 2020 dreaming under the stars . moulding paste, soil mixture, acrylic paint and aerosol spray . 18 by 14 inch . 2023 wild fire . water colour on canson cold pressed paper . 8 by 6 inch . 2020 overarching themes - ii . digital print on fine art canvas with archival spray . 18 by 14 inch . 2023 overarching themes - iii . digital print on fine art canvas with archival spray . 18 by 14 inch . 2023 overarching themes - iv . digital print on fine art canvas with archival spray .

My abstract art is very intuitive and personal, it’s filled with hope and gratitude for the beautiful and colourful world we live in. It explores darkness and light, happiness and sadness - It’s full of beautiful imperfections and simple moments of joy.

Nirupama Sekhri (1987 batch, Welham Girls) teaches English and communications, and has recently forayed into amateur photography and curation. She is exploring Delhi with two walking groups and is fascinated by arches, which are prominently visible in heritage buildings between the 12th and 19th centuries - used with great versatility, range and stylefour of which are shown here.

18 by 14 inch . 2023 overarching themes - v . digital print on fine art canvas with archival spray .

18 by 14 inch . 2023

How can the built and unbuilt environment manifest the living heritage of Saharanpur’s wood handicraft cluster?

What are the analogies that can be drawn between a product and the built environement used for its making?

Architect Saakshar Makhija is trained at the School Of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal. During his formative years he explored graphic design, content writing and architectural photography: all with his in-depth knowledge of graphic interface and design related mechanisms.

Saakshar loves devising solutions to deep rooted problems and especially formulating time saving measures and remedies, parallelly adopting an approach that is much needed for his profession. His curiosity often becomes a guide to identify ‘needs’ in the social framework.

In the future he wants to utilize architecture as medium to re-fill resources and give back to the society and in practice he has followed a bottom-up approach to design where the built and unbuilt environment is designed for the community as well as along the community. His undergraduate thesis project, ‘Reinvigorating the Lives of Wood Handicraft Workers

Through a Skill Development and Exhibition Centre, Saharanpur Uttar Pradesh’- has been awarded by Council of Architecture (COA) and Indian Institute of Architects (IIA), MP chapter.

Saakshar currently works to bring about a desirable impact in clients’ lives while following a similar approach in his design process.

Planking

Storage

Hands-on Gallery

Sanding Carving Joining Storage Packaging

CarvingPutting Buffing Polishing Cutting

MezzanineLvl.

Entry

WorkshopZoneGroundLvl.

Secondary Working Spaces

Open to Sky

Primary Working Spaces

Storage view towards the exposition zone & waterbody highlighting brick jaalis

Sejal Surendra Sood is a performance artist who uses her canvas to explore the meditative nature of dance and the very movement that underwrites it, breaking it into transformational and reflective experiences. Her exhibitions are experimental and not just a static viewing of either the canvas or the dance. In an effort to expand her canvas Sejal has redefined performance by blurring the line between the performance stage and the spectator. These experiments in dance have fuelled her canvases.

Sejal dwells artistically in a world that acknowledges no boundaries between art, dance and everyday life. Hers is a stretched canvas that incorporates her movements as a dancer just as easily it does her brush strokes. For her, dance is a an all-encompassing experience going beyond mere movement and into the realm of the spiritual. She sees the cosmic dance of creation even in a meditative silence. With a degree in Mathematics from the prestigious Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT), the artist explains that Mathematics is what gives wings to her creations…

Sejal’s work is profound in a sense that everything seems to be right there as per precisionist calculation, without stating in numbers and flowing straight from the subconscious mind.

“My imagination is the most powerful thing that I have. And that imagination was created by studying mathematics. If I had studied art I don’t think I would have fostered such a deep imagination because in Mathematics you are thinking of everything that is not there. It is pure imagination and curiosity without ego, abstraction without dilution and a depth of knowledge that has no bounds”

“The lesser-known yet rich heritage of my Pahari culture of Kashmir sparked the zeal to paint and photograph in early childhood, giving me an intuitive sense of colours and compositions”

This young artist has always associated his town’s mighty Himalayas and breath-taking nature with the purest form of art and that’s his best guide.

Those unforgettable years at Welham Boys School Dehradun helped Shoaib strengthen skills as he was able to devote lot of time enhancing painting skills and somehow exploratively he was able to develop love for film making and decided to proceed with his dream and pursued fil making at the New York Film Academy in LA.

Shoaib is based at Los Angles City and has worked as film director and production designer in several interesting projects: After completing his first narrative short film in 2021, The Enchanted Phiran, he is excited to release his latest short film : Beads Of Breath …Saason Ki Maala sometime this year

Shoaib continues his love for painting.

Sudeep Chaudhuri is a graphic designer, illustrator, scenographer and educator. Based in New Delhi, he enjoys experimenting and developing narratives across disciplines. He is a graduate of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.

He currently leads design teams delivering world class experiences for Adobe’s customers. Developing and driving strategic direction, objectives, and operational processes. Sudeep helps maintain the organisation’s vision across products. He serves the teams on Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Xd, Machine Intelligence and New Technologies, Digital Video and Audio. In the past, Sudeep provided design leadership on Adobe Acrobat, helping modernise it for a new generation of customers.

Sudeep established the multi-disciplinary design studio OH! in 2002. He has worked across a spectrum of branding, naming, package design, web design, events, and exhibition projects. His clients have included Turner Entertainment Networks Asia, Tehelka, The French Embassy in India, Institut Français, the British Council New Delhi, UNDP, Japan Foundation, Film Heritage Foundation, AB InBev, Serendipity Arts Foundation, Jawahar punctuations . archival digital print on paper . 8 by 12 inch . 2011 filtered through our mind as it becomes part of a sophisticated network, trillions of intricate synapses transform the image. It is registered momentarily. Lost unless regurgitated in an effort of its revival. A certain cluster of neurons gives out a desperate cry. HANDS. It is a follow-through gesture that leaves a mark /during-after/ its synthesis, palpable. MAGIC.

Kala Kendra, Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Co, The Malayala Manorama Group, Bl^nk, Jazz Utsav, and the Sant Nirankar Mission Museum, amongst others.

EYES. external image. Absorption. Transformation. Registration.

Vaishali Gupta, a graduate of Delhi College of Art, New Delhi, successfully runs a twelve year old multidisciplinary art studio, Springflies Design.

Ever evolving as an artist, She parallelly set up Resin Artworks in 2018, pursuing her imagination and creativity into various art forms, “Resin Artworks” has led her to create one-of-a-kind murals, wall art and furniture and much more. Experimenting with material comes naturally to Vaishali and she plays with diverse medium such as wood, metal, plaster of paris and at times semi-precious stones to explore the mineral aspect.

In the past Vaishali Gupta worked as a design consultant with Vivek Sahni Designs and India Today group. Ever the interesting colourist, juxtaposition of vibrant lively colours and unpredictable material sets her apart as a skilled visualiser and there is sense of wonder… and surrounded joy of chance discovery, visibly evident in her work which she entirely enjoys.

Holding an optimistic view on her work and vision, Gupta has also come to be known for her path-breaking work in graphic design, merchandising and painting and her work is always a fine balance between traditional and contemporary vision.

Over the years she has worked with numerous prestigious clients.

Vibhor Sogani, born in Jaipur, Rajasthan, is one of India’s leading creative professional. A noted alumnus of the prestigious National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, he has made a prominent mark in the area of light and art installations.

One of his most well-known recognizable creation is the largest public art installation of India, the ‘Sprouts’. This forty feet high marvellous art installation is spread over six acres of greens and lies between the flyovers at AIIMS crossing, Delhi.

Sprouts was government of New Delhi’s initiative aimed at beautification of Delhi and effectively project modern Delhi as an evolving world city.

‘Joy’ a thirty feet high public art installation in Dubai UAE is Vibhor’s another stunning artwork aesthetically installed at one of the most significant junction of Dubai Creek Harbour.

Currently, besides India, he is engaged in largescale public art installation projects in the US and UAE.

Over the years Vibhor’s work has been exhibited in various design and art shows in India and overseas destinations like Australia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, S. Africa, Singapore, UAE, Germany etc.

His exhibitions have often been supported by government of India and the governments of several other overseas countries: recipient of many honours, Vibhor has also been awarded ‘Indian Art Icon of the Year 2014’ in Singapore.

Vibhor Sogani has served as a government nominated member of governing body of the India Design Council. About the Featured Artwork… ‘Shunya’

Concept:

This work is a part of an ongoing series ‘Shunya’

The work explores the voidthe space that is not… Our constant endeavour for spiritual liberation… To become shunya by releasing the ego, desires and attachments.

The one who contemplates on ‘Shunya’ is absorbed into space that leads to enlightenment…

Material – Stainless Steel Dimension – 4 ft diameter parallel event - i parallel event - ii parallel event - iii parallel event - iv