Meet Mandiraa

Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) | Artist | Teacher | Mother
Journey of an Artist from Shillong to Mumbai

Vibrant oil on canvas painting titled Airavat connecting heaven and earth featuring colorful stylized elephants and lotus flowers

Airavat

Connecting Heaven and Earth

‘Airavat’ – Lord Indra’s ‘Vahana’ mistakenly landed on Earth with his family and they enjoy thinking it is Heaven. Because the lotus paradise gives him a heavenly feeling. So their boundless joy connects Heaven and Earth.

Awards & Recognition

Designed “Silk Batik Uttario” for Prime Minister Smt. Indira Gandhi, Economist Amartya Sen, and Famous Hindi Author Amrita Pritam for Desikuttam Award ceremony at Santiniketan in the year 1982.

Awarded “Kshitij Kalashri” from Kshitij Art Society in the year 2009, 2010 and 2011 and “Kshitij Prateek” in the year 2015.

 

Kala Bhavan

Best Tapestry, Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan (1986)

Young Artist Contest

‘A’ Grade Artist, Airport Authority of India, Mumbai (1987)

Kashi National Level Painting Exhibition

Selected for Kashi National-Level Art Exhibition, Varanasi

Top 3 Canvas

Oil painting titled Tulips the glory of the Netherlands featuring a geometric abstract composition of yellow and purple tulips on canvas
Tulips-The glory of The Netherlands

Oil on Canvas
33" x 39"

Oil painting titled Love (2) featuring two figures, one playing a flute, in a vibrant abstract composition with warm and cool tones
Love (2)

Oil on Canvas
21" x 25"

Oil painting titled Vision through woods (3) featuring two two birds, two deers and a squirrel in a vibrant geometric forest under a moonlit sky
Vision through the Woods (3)

Oil on Canvas
27" x 39"