thinkunthink: Spiralling Heat Monster

May 2, 2009

Spiralling Heat Monster

Title: Spiralling Heat Monster
Medium: Black ink on bond paper
Size: 10" X 8"
Date of creation: 2009 May

3 comments:

Sanjeev SaikiaMay 2, 2009 at 7:06 PM
It's 45-47 deg centigrade/113-117 farenheit here... the heat monster is stalking the roads, and my car's ac has conked out...
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.May 5, 2009 at 4:53 AM
are u working on any paintings right now or sticking to the ink and pen for now
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Sanjeev SaikiaMay 5, 2009 at 11:04 AM
Hi Chuck,
I just posted a new painting that I did with acrylic base and oil over it... hope you find it nice :)

Regards,

Sanjeev
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Exhibitions and Display
• Advaita Group Exhibition, Kohinoor Continental, Mumbai in 15th to 31st Dec 2009.
• Art Raw Inaugural Exhibition, New York, USA, February 19th to March 21st 2009
• Animal Art II, Altered Esthetics, Minnesota, USA, September 4th to 27th 2008
• Passions of the Mind, Deepika Govind Art Gallery, New Delhi September 1st to 30th 2008
• Featured Artist in Artist Of The Day, October 6th 2008
• Invited to participate in 4th Biennale of Contemporary Art Ferrara, Italy, Oct 2008
• Group Exhibition titled “Advaita” in Kohinoor Continental, Mumbai in May 2008
• Group Exhibition titled “Between Colours” in Nehru Centre, Worli, Mumbai in Sept 2007
• Solo Exhibition titled “Dancing with Colours” in Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi in July 2007
• Solo Exhibition titled “The Severity of the Moment” in India Habitat Centre in 2005.
• Work on display in Sankardeva Bhawan New Delhi
• Paintings in several private collections and corporates like – Educomp, ABN Amro etc.
• Illustrated the cover and pages of a book of poetry by Mukesh Anand 'Tum kabhi boodhi mat hona' in 2009.

Education:
• 1993-95, National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi

About the artist
Born in Guwahati Assam, Sanjeev has been painting ever since he can remember. His love for painting and drawing regularly won him awards in art competitions during his school and college years in Delhi. With diverse themes, his work tends to revolve around natural and human elements and spirituality. His overall creative nature led him towards the advertising industry, where he has won numerous international and national creative awards while exploring the boundaries of creative expression.

Presently Sanjeev works with oil and acrylic colours on canvas. He works in a semi-abstract style. His present body of work has deep hues and vibrates with myriad colours, layers and meanings.

Sanjeev works under the tutelage of senior artists Shobha Broota and Jiten Hazarika. Sanjeev does all his painting and art related work from his studio in Noida, a suburb of Delhi.

Personal Details
D.O.B. - 28.02.73.
Born in Guwahati, Assam

Creative Awards
One Show Best Unpublished Work, 2006, New York• 3rd position in Concerned Communicator Award 2006 Rajasthan Patrika • FAB Awards 2004 finalist, London • Silver Dove 2002 from AdForum, France • Merit Award Portfolios.com Awards 2007, Toronto • Mudra Punch Award - Feb 2006, for creative excellence • Designated Key Creative for OpenAd, London • 2nd position OpenAd May 2006, London • Merit Award Portfolios.com Awards 2006, Toronto • 2007 campaign selected for World Association of Newspapers, France, for World Press Freedom Day • Finalist OpenAd April 2006, London • Empanelled in 2007 by World Association of Newspapers for World Press Freedom Day campaign • 2006 Entry selected by World Association of Newspapers, France, for World Press Freedom Day • Finalist 2005 Concerned Communicator Awards from Rajasthan Patrika • 2005 Entry selected by World Association of Newspapers, for World Press Freedom Day • HP Ad Contest 2003 double finalist, Delhi • DAC Gold for Dabur Samara.