Artist Profile
Sujata Dere completed her formal art education from the prestigious Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai in 1979, where she
was awarded a scholarship for merit in her second year. She is an awardee of the Maharashtra State Art Exhibition, India.
Sujata’s works, which have been showcased in many significant exhibitions, have won both critical and popular acclaim.
An intrinsic part of private collections all over India, the Middle East, Europe and the US. Her first solo exhibition was
held at the India International Centre in New Delhi in December 1992., followed by several other solo and group shows
of repute both in India and abroad, Widely travelled in India, Europe and the US, the artist spent 2004-05 as a member
of the Art League School, Old Town Alexandria, Virginia.
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Sujata has experimented with various mediums from ceramics and clay to charcoal, pastels, ink acrylics and now mixed
media. Constantly enriching the repertoire of her artistic palette, her search for a deeper meaning in life has propelled
her to delve into the mysteries of the mind, nature and the universe. Metamorphosing in a deeply meditative series of
serene Lotus Ponds and the graceful form of the Horse as poetic beings embodying all that is instinctual and intuitive;
Horses speak to that part of our souls that long for a connection with nature, with something larger and wiser than
ourselves. Her interest in various methods of healing and a need to reach out and touch people’s lives in a positive
manner motivates her to work with people in the field of mental health, using Art as a therapy. Continuing to travel and
interact with a wide range of artists from different parts of the world, she is currently living and working from her studio
in New Delhi.
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