Alka Pande

Background

Alka Pande was born in Kolkata in 1956. She went to Convent of Jesus and Mary School, New Delhi until the 8th and then completed her class 9th to 12th in St. Mary's Convent School, Kanpur, ICS (1972). Pande did her double MA in History of Art from Bombay University in 1981 and Panjab University in 1983. In 1996, she was Awarded a Phd in Art History from the Panjab University. The thesis was on the Study of Ardhanarisvara in Indian Art, with special reference to Indian Sculpture. In 1999, she further did her Post Doctoral Degree from Goldsmiths College, University of London, under the Aegis of the Charles Wallace Fellowship, through the British Council.

Career

Pande has been a reader at the Department of Fine Arts, Panjab University, Chandigarh from 1996 till 2000 and before that she was the Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

2000- till present: She is currently working as Art Consultant at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Pande is also the visiting faculty of DJ Academy of Design, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

Curated Shows

Pande has curated many of the leading shows in the past and continues to do the same. Some of the recent highlights:

In 2015 and 2016: 'Art in the Metro', an ongoing initiative by India Habitat Centre and Delhi Metro Railway Corporation at Jor Bagh and Mandi House Metro Stations, New Delhi[1]

In October 2014, Pande curated The Kama-Sutra : spirituality and erotism in Indian art at Pinacothèque de Paris. This was alongside Mr Marc Restellini,[2] director of the Pinacothèque de Paris. The show was on till 10 January 2015.

In March 2014, Pande has been the guest curator for the Sculpture Gallery at the City Palace Museum, Udaipur. The show ‘Diving Gesture - The Magnificence of Mewar Spirituality’ was organised by the Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation (MMCF), Udaipur, in association with UNESCO, New Delhi.

In 2011, Co curated the Delhi Photo Festival, a biennial photography festival that was organized by India Habitat Centre (IHC) and Nazar Foundation in Delhi

Curator of "India Awakens. Under the Banyan Tree" from November 2010 –February 2011 Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg near Wien, Austria. This was part of the emerging artists series by bringing in 34 selected artists.

Books

Awards

In 2006, Pande was Awarded the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres - Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters, bequeathed by the French government.[4] In 2009, Dr Pande received the Australian Asia Council Special Award[5] On 2015, Dr Pande was awarded the Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi honours - in recognition of the distinguished contribution to art - with Amrita Sher-Gil Samman[6] On March 23, 2015 Dr. Alka Pande was awarded L’Oréal Paris Femina Women Awards 2015 under Design and Arts[7]

Website

http://www.alkapande.com/

References

  1. ↑ "Art, Photographs, Digital Works at Delhi Metro Stations". Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.institutfrancais.in/content/art-exhibition-paris-aims-see-beyond-sex-kama-sutra-times-india. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ http://www.indiahabitat.org/vag/page?view=vagpublications. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ http://www.ambafrance-in.org/Ritu-Kumar-awarded-the-prestigious. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ http://mountainechoes.org/alka-pande/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ http://www.lalitkalachandigarh.com/events.php?page=6. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ http://spicystarsmumbai.com/announcing-the-fourth-edition-of-loreal-paris-femina-women-awards-2015.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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