Natasha Kumar is an Anglo-Indian artist, descended from a long line of notable English artists. When she was 17 she exhibited with her grandfather and uncle in the same Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy.
Natasha initially excelled as a printmaker, earning a first class degree from Manchester university. She then went on to study in Venice a the Accademia, followed by an MA in printmaking in London in 2000 where she won the London Printmaking Prize. Since then she has been regularly selected for art award shows including The New English Art Club, The Discerning Eye, The National Print and Art Expo in NY.
In this body of work, 'Blow Horn, signs and life in India', Natasha's award-winning talent for figurative art merges with her love of the bold, fluorescent colours of Indian advertising art, giving a sharp contemporary twist to traditional Indian motifs. 'Blow Horn' is the imperious advice to drivers painted on the back-end of Indian lorries, buses and rickshaws. It is not just a command - it's the cue for the visual cacophony that is modern India. |
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