MEGHA MADAN India, b. 1989
Megha Madan (b.1989, New Delhi, India) completed her BFA in Painting, MFA in Printmaking, 2013 and PhD at the College of Art, New Delhi, 2021. Her works have been exhibited in group shows at Champa Tree Art Gallery, New Delhi, Art route, Gurugram, 2022, Young Collector’s Weekend, Cultivate Art Global, 2022, Sahmat, Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust, Jawahar Bhawan, New Delhi, 2020, Punjab University Art Gallery, Chandigarh, 2019, Art Centrix, New Delhi, 2018, 2017, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2018, Sahitya Kala parishad, New Delhi, 2018, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Center, New Delhi, 2018, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 2017, Stainless Gallery, New Delhi, 2017, Natya Tarangini Performing Arts center, New Delhi, 2017, Triveni Gallery, Mandi House, New Delhi, 2015, Rabindra Bhawan, Lalit Kala Akademi, 2015, Lessedra Gallery, Bulgaria, 2014, Arpana Fine Arts Gallery, New Delhi, 2013, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, 2013, Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi, 2013, NIV Art Centre, New Delhi, 2013, United Art Fair, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, 2012, Shridharani Gallery, Mandi house, New Delhi, 2012, and Panorama, Palm Court Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, 2012.
Megha has been a recipient of a Junior Research Fellowship under the UGC Net scheme, 2015, All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society Award, New Delhi, 2018; Artreach India Teaching Fellowship, Faridabad, 2017-2018; Junior Fellowship, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of NCT of Delhi, 2016-2017, Prafulla Dahanukar Foundation Merit Award, 2017 and Chitra Nanda Award, Konaseema Chitrakala Parishad, Amalapuram, 2016. She has been an artist-in-residence at Niv Art Centre, Delhi, 2016, a visiting faculty at the College of Art, New Delhi, 2019-2020 and an Arts Educator at The Create Studio, New Delhi, 2016-2021. Megha has conducted Art workshops with Artreach India, 2018-2019 and Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi, 2015. She has also been a part of the Kala Sakshi annual workshop, New Delhi, 2012 and Sanskriti Kendra, New Delhi, 2015.
As someone drawn towards urban architecture, its forms and the feeling of home in this urban set-up, Megha attempts to capture the same in her works. She uses linear compositions in mixed media on canvas and paper, including etching and collage. Using a limited colour palette, the chosen medium reflects the hues of the artwork. These works serve as a form of communication with her late mother, who was an avid reader. Megha, less inclined towards reading, now delves into her mother’s library, attempting to understand her through the texts. The resulting compositions of overlapped text lines reflect the challenge of deciphering her mother’s thoughts and feelings.
Megha Madan lives and works in New Delhi, India.