Meet & Greet

[Poornima]

Hello. I am Poornima interested in art and would like to have some exposure to Indian contemporary and modern art appreciation. My work history is varied – Banking, Venture Capital, co-founder of a Boarding school in Chikmagalur, Karnataka, where art was given a place of prime importance. I am now a producer of Speciality Coffee at my coffee farm in Chikmagalur, and in the process of starting a coffee experience centre at the nearly finished coffee farm Homestay.

[Krishna]

Hi Poornima, thank you for enrolling in our course! The work you are involved in sounds exciting, we appreciate you sharing them with us. If you find the course engaging and educational, we encourage you to share them with the students at your school. It’ll be our pleasure to have it reach a wider audience!

[Rajeev]

Hi. My name is Rajeev. I have worked as a software professional for 27 years and am based in Bangalore. Am currently on a break and am an avid museum and travel buff. Really glad to have come across this course to broaden avenues

[Krishna]

Welcome aboard, Rajeev! We’re delighted to have you with us on this learning journey. If you have any queries, concerns, or feedback, feel free to use this space to write to us. I hope you enjoy the course!

[ADITI]

Hi Sara and everyone. I am Aditi. Born and raised in Hyderabad, India, I am a resident Hong Kong for the past 17 years and spend my time between India, US and Hong Kong. I am very excited to join this course and the community and I have a keen interest in modern abstract art in particular but more broadly would love to learn more about contemporary art in India. My main focus and medium artistically is glass and I have trained in glass blowing in Murano Italy and plan to continue training in different parts of the world. I am looking forward to learning from this course and hoping to learn from our interactions as well.

[Krishna]

Hi Aditi, we’re thrilled to have you here. Thank you for sharing your artistic journey with us. If you find this interesting, I believe you might also enjoy our course ‘A History of Indian Craft’, in case you haven’t taken it already. Happy learning, and looking forward to your feedback and thoughts on the lessons!

[Pritha]

Hi Everyone, I am Pritha Mukherjee currently based out of Mumbai, India. I have a background of Engineering and I have worked in various industries. For the last 3 years I am working in Fine Art field, handling the logistics and operations. My interest in Fine Art piqued with my collaboration for different artists and art galleries. Currently I am working at an auction house and I would like to understand modern and contemporary art better with the relevant contexts so that I can hold conversation and be part of them.

I am hoping to learn more about this here and truly appreciate that the course is free and self paced.

[Bhargavi]

Hello everyone! I’m Bhargavi. I’m a History of Art student at the Indian Institute of Heritage (Formerly National Museum Institute) and currently I’m working on my dissertation.

I am hoping to learn more about modern and contemporary art as I wish to specialize in the same. Looking forward to learning and interacting with everyone!

[Shweta]

Hello everyone!!

I am Shweta here from Bangalore. I am an Art educator and also interested in farming. I wanted to do this course to help me at my art education career and gain more knowledge in this field. Hope to get in touch with all of ull some day and thank you for the lovely course MAP.!!

[Akanksha]

Hello!
My name is Akanksha Saxena. I hail from a small town called Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, India. I have been a digital journalist for around three years. Last year, I graduated with a Masters degree in Arts and Culture from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. In the past, my journalism has focused on very mainstream beats such as politics, national news, and the like. I have even covered niche beats such as LGBTQ+ issues, Healthcare, Mental Health, etc. I went to New York City to get more insight into the Arts and Culture ambit and use it in my future reporting.
I am so excited to do an Arts History course, especially looking into Modern and Contemporary Art in India. South Asian art has been something that I have always wanted to focus on. In one of my assignments in Graduate School was a profile of a Pakistani-American artist named Sanie Bokhari who uses Mughal miniature art techniques in her rather modern creations that talk about her journey as a Muslim woman living in the west.

I hope to connect with the others in the course. I am also excited to enrich my knowledge since I am currently unemployed and hope that whatever I learn here, I am able to apply it in my work.

Thank you!

[Nilsha]

Hello all, I am Nilsha, currently working as graphic designer at Madlab, Bangalore. I have always been interested in arts, but it wasn’t part of my academics. By taking this course, i am taking a step in that direction. Hoping to learn some interesting stuff.

[Sneha]

Hi, I am Sneha and I am a graduate in History, Economics and Political Science. I am interested in learning about Indian art and would like to pursue a career in art history with specialisation in Indian art. I am glad that I came across this course as it is self paced and would give me a foundation in modern and contemporary Indian art.