Anita Chanda Peace

Anita Chanda Peace artist, was born in Lincoln of Indian parents. She grew up in India and was educated at Loreto Convent. When her family moved backed to England she studied Fine Art at the Putney School of Art and Graphic Art at Sir John Cass College of Art, London (now a department of the London Metropolitan University). She has exhibited her paintings at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) and in galleries in London. Anita has a Masters Degree in Strategic Human Resource Management and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. She has worked in many different countries as a leadership and management trainer/coach with POD. Her cross-cultural sensitivity gained from a variety of life experiences enriches her work as an artist and as a trainer.

ome Exhibitions

Nehru Centre, London. In 1999 the [http://www.iccrindia.org/ Indian Council for Cultural Relations] invited her to exhibit her paintings at the [http://www.nehrucentre.org.uk/ Nehru Centre] of the [http://www.hcilondon.net/index.jsp High Commission of India] in London. This one-person exhibition was opened by Lalit Mansingh, High Commissioner for India [ www.nehrucentre.org.uk/Programmes1999.pdf]

The Orangery, London. Her successful exhibition in association with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea " [http://homepage.mac.com/mikedicey/Anita_Peace/events.html The Sari Series] " at [http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/VenuesForHire/OrangeryHire/default.asp The Orangery Gallery] , Holland Park, London in 2005 is featured on the British-Asian portal [http://redhotcurry.com/entertainment/galleries/galleries_index.htm Red Hot Curry] . This is a series of works inspired by the superb creativity of Indian weavers [ [http://homepage.mac.com/mikedicey/Anita_Peace/profile.html Profile ] ] , whose brightly-coloured temple silks and crisp cottons Anita "rediscovered" from her Indian childhood during a visit to Chennai (formerly Madras). The works are a mixed-media collage of sari borders, glass bangles and brightly-coloured acrylic paints, creating a tactile combination of texture, colour and form, which resulted in a shortlisting for the 2006 [http://www.blindart.net/ BlindArt] Sense & Sensuality award, eventually won by Nick Hornby [ [http://www.blindart.net/artists/shortlist expressCMS: BlindArt: Artists Short listed artists Sense & Sensuality 2006 ] ] .

Other galleries. In London, the [http://www.walkgallery.com/ Walk Gallery] featured Anita's work in its 2006 Summer Show and the [http://www.llewellynalexander.com/ Llewellyn Alexander Gallery] has also shown her recent work.

Private Collections

Many of Anita's paintings are in private and corporate collections in UK, India and USA, including those of:
* Campbell-Ozten Associates
* Berg Publishers, Oxford
* Gerrard UK
* [http://www.banyantrust.com/ Banyan Trust UK]
* Doordarshan Television, Kolkata
* Ashok Kurien, Chairman of Publicis (India) and Director of Zee TV

Her recent work has been shown at the Nehru Centre, [http://www.walkgallery.com/ The Walk] and [http://www.llewellynalexander.com/ Llewellyn Alexander] in London.

External links

* [http://homepage.mac.com/mikedicey/Anita_Peace/profile.html Profile of Anita Chanda Peace]
* [http://www.chanda.freeserve.co.uk/anitap01.htm Exhibition of Paintings by Anita Chanda Peace, Nehru Gallery, 1999]
* [http://www.redhotcurry.com/entertainment/galleries/anita_chanda-walk.htm The Walk Gallery Summer Show 2006 - Anita Chanda Peace]

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