Among Women: Paintings by Dipika Hazra

Another Subcontinent is proud to present Among Women, a collection of paintings by Indian artist Dipika Hazra. This exhibition will be featured on the site till June 21, 2005 and will be archived thereafter in the "visual" features section (see links at left).

To view this exhibition click on the thumbnails on the right. Each will open a larger image in this center window. To view a fresh set of thumbnails click on the gallery links; to return to this introduction click on "front". Copyright for all images is retained by the artist and these images may not be used, disseminated or displayed without her permission.

After viewing these galleries we invite you to visit our Visual Arts forum to discuss your own responses to this exhibition. Dipika Hazra will stop by to answer questions and talk about her work.

About Dipika Hazra

Born in 1947 in Ajmer, Rajasthan, Dipika Hazra has been receiving plaudits for her art since an early age--she won awards from Shankar's International Children's Art Competition in the mid-1950s, and again at the University of Rajasthan, where she received degrees in art in the late 1960s. Since the early 1970s her work has been featured in numerous solo and group shows all over India and her paintings hang in the permanent collections of the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, the Lalit Kala Akademi and the State Gallery of Modern Art in Jaipur, and in numerous other public and private collections in India and abroad. In 1988 Dipika Hazra joined Mayo College Girls' School, Ajmer as Head, Dept. of Arts and Crafts, and since 1992 she has been the Vice Principal of the school.

Selected Exhibitions

  • AIFACS, New Delhi, 1970, 1973 (solo)
  • Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay, 1972 (solo)
  • Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi Annual Exhibition, Jaipur, 1971-73, 1978, 1980-83, 1987-88, 1990, 1996, 1998-2001 (group)
  • National Art Exhibition, Central Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 1978 (group)
  • Exhibition of Rajasthani Artists, Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi, Bombay & Ahmedabad, 1981, 1984 (group)
  • Contemporary Art of Rajasthan, Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi, Jaipur in Bombay, 1990 (group)
  • 68th Annual All India Art Exhibition, AIFACS, New Delhi, 1996 (group)
  • Twelfth Anniversary Show, Ganesh Gallery, New Delhi, 2001 (group)
  • Jehangir Art Gallery, Jaipur, 2002 (solo)
  • 77th Annual All India Art Exhibition, AIFACS, New Delhi, 2005 (group)