Kiran Chopra

Infobox Celebrity


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name = Kiran Chopra
birth_date = 1958
birth_place = Gwalior, India
occupation = painterKiran Chopra (born 1958, Gwalior) is a renowned Indian artist whose works have found their place in the homes of celebrities like Nana Patekar, Jackie Shroff and private collections in New York, Germany and Toronto, among others along with prestigious collections like Indian Oil, Bharuka Textiles, Khaitan, and many more. Till today, she has had 23 shows both in India and abroad including shows organized by private galleries. She has specialized in abstract, figurative and landscape paintings. Her last exhibition ‘Tribute to Masters’ at the Jehangir Art Gallery was inspired by her favorite old masters like Picasso, Gauguin, Chagall and Da Vinci. Besides being an accomplished artist, she is also a Hindi poetess.

Family Background and Influences

Kiran Chopra belongs to a very patriotic family. Her father was a high court judge in the city of Gwalior. During the times of Mahatma Gandhi, he fought for the country and was also put behind bars. Her mother Kamla Oberoi was a prominent social worker who, along with Vijaya Raje Sindhiya and Sheela Dixit, worked for the deprived. In true sense, both her parents dedicated themselves to the betterment of the Nation. Kamla Oberoi strongly believed in women empowerment and understood that a woman has a much greater role to play beyond the four walls and should make an identity of her own. From the very beginning Kiran Chopra’s mother had deep interest in art and culture too. She was highly inspired by her mother’s values and interests. Her elder sister was also a good painter that added to her liking for Art. The Oberois were close friends with the I. K. Gujral family and her mother often praised the famous Gujral brother Mr. Satish Gujral who was a well-known artist of his times.

Exhibitions and Collections

Solo Exhibition
2006 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2004 Leela Gallery, Mumbai
2003 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2002 Art Walk Gallery,Hotel Oberoi, Mumbai
2001 Shresta Art Gallery (Gallery Expresso), Banglore
2000 Hotel Amari, Bangkok Triveni Gallery, New Delhi Nehru Centre Art Gallery, Mumbai
1999 Gallery Leela, Mumbai Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1998 Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi Arushi Art Gallery, New Delhi
1997 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai Mahalsa Art Gallery, Mumbai
1996 Nehru Centre Art Gallery, Mumbai Pradarshak Art Gallery, Mumbai Gallery Leela, Mumbai
1995 Gallery Leela, Mumbai
1994 Bajaj Art Gallery, Mumbai
1993 Y.B.Chavan Art Gallery, Mumbai
1993,94 Nagpur
1991,92 Townhall, Yavatmal

Participations
2007 Gallery Nakshatra, Kolkata
2004 Pradarshak Art Gallery, Mumbai
2003 Annual Art Exhibition, Kolkata Award winners Exhibition, Birla Academy, Kolkata Artists Centre Members show, Mumbai AIFACS State Art Exhibition, Nehru Centre
2001,02 State Art Exhibition, Maharashtra, Jehangir, Mumbai
2002 Maharashtra State Art Exhibition, Jehangir, Mumbai
2001 AIFACS Millennium All India Art Exhi.72nd,73rd, New Delhi Cymroza Art Gallery Organized GroupShows in Mumbai
2000 Artists Center Members Show
1999 12th Indian Oil Art Exhibition, Jehangir, Mumbai 13th All India Art Exhibition, South Zone, Nagpur “SOURCE”, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai All India Exhibition of Art, Simla Camlin, The Second Western Region Art Exhibition
1998 Maharashtra State Art Exhibition, Jehangir, Mumbai “50 Years of Independence” 11th Indian Oil Art Exhibition 12th Annual National Art Exhibition, South Zone, Nagpur
1997 “URJA” 10th Indian Oil Art Exhibition
1996 Art Exhibition on Gandhi by Lalit Kala, Lucknow Art Society of India, Annual Art Exhibition, Jehangir, Mumbai Rashtriya Kala Mela, Calcutta Women’96 by Art Front, Jehangir, Mumbai
1995 As I See Gandhi, Nehru Center Exhibition, Mumbai
1997,98, 99,2000 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1995,96, 2000 Bombay Art Society, All India Annual Art Exhibition

Collections at
Indian Oil, Delhi & Mumbai
Khaitan Private Collection
Bharuka Textiles Ltd. Supergas, Mumbai
Air Atlanta Hero Cycels Pvt.
Collection Shirish Patel & Associates Bharat Road Development Combine Pvt. Ltd.
Prakash Manker & Associates
Film Star Ashok Kumar, Jackie Shroff, Namrata Shirodkar, Nana Patekar, Dinesh Thakur
Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal Army Mess Southern Command, Pune Anand P Raman, Executive Editor, Business Today D.R.M.W.Rly.Mumbai, Mr. Ravi Sareen Lintas, Mr. Acchutan Kannan
And many Private Collections in Harden Berg, Venezuela, New York, Germany, Toronto, Bangkok, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Banglore & Nagpur. Hotel Oberoi, Mumbai Birla Academy, Kolkata Dr. Jagdish Patil, Private Sec. To Minister For Finance

Awards

2003 - National Award for best painting by All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi
2003 - Best Painting Award by Birla Art Academy, Calcutta
1999 - Best Entry Award by All India Exhibition of Art, Shimla
1984 - Best Entry Award, SNDT College, Mumbai

External links

* [http://www.kiranchopra.com Kiran Chopra's official website]