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{{for|Gujarati writer|Ashwini Bhatt}}
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{{Infobox artist
| image = CERAMIC ART-4 DONE BY ASHWINI BHAT.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Ashwini Bhat at Golden Bridge Pottery, Pondicherry
| name = Ashwini Bhat
| birth_place = [[Puttur, Karnataka|Puttur]], [[India]]
| awards = The Howard Foundation Fellowship for Sculpture
| website = {{URL|https://ashwinibhat.com/}}
}}

'''Ashwini Bhat''' is an artist, based in [[Petaluma]], [[California]]. She is known for her [[sculptures]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.providencejournal.com/article/20150402/ENTERTAINMENTLIFE/150409909/13938/ENTERTAINMENT|title=Ashwini Bhat's sculptures, at Newport Art Museum, show a dancer's poise|first=Bill |last=Van Siclen |work=Providence Journal |date=2 April 2015}}</ref>

==Biography and work==
Born in [[Puttur, Karnataka]], [[India]] Ashwini Bhat earned a master's degree in literature from [[Bangalore University]]. She studied classical dance ([[Bharata Natyam]]) for thirteen years and traveled internationally as a professional dancer in the [[Padmini Chettur]] Dance Company before beginning a career as a visual artist.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.padminichettur.com/productions4.htm |title=Productions: Pushed [2006] |website=Padmini Chettur |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409085909/http://www.padminichettur.com/productions4.htm |archivedate=9 April 2013}}</ref>

Bhat studied ceramics with Ray Meeker at Golden Bridge Pottery<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/columns/others/What-you-see-when-you-see-Pottery-in-Pondicherry-now-and-then/articleshow/46317188.cms?|title=What you see when you see: Pottery in Pondicherry now and then|work=Bangalore Mirror |date=20 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/article51545.ece|title=Bringing you art in teapots|work=The New Indian Express |date=28 March 2009}}</ref>[[Pondicherry]] where she later worked as an artist-in-residence before building her studio and woodfiring [[kiln]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/ceramic-art/article1463095.ece|title=Ceramic art|work=The Hindu |date=17 February 2011}}</ref> near [[Auroville]], Pondicherry, India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thelogbook.net/links.html|title=Woodfire Kiln Sites|work=The Log Book}}</ref>
Since 2015, she has lived in the USA.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/on-the-trail-of-a-gypsy-potter/article17358438.ece|title=On the trail of a Gypsy Potter|first=Sujatha Shankar |last=Kumar|work=The Hindu |date=24 February 2017}}</ref>

Bhat lives in [[Petaluma]] with poet, writer [[Forrest Gander]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sonomanews.com/lifestyle/7608150-181/sonoma-ceramics-welcomes-ashwini-bhat|title=Sonoma Ceramics welcomes Ashwini Bhat |work=Sonoma Index-Tribune |date=9 November 2017}}</ref>

==Style and critical responses==
Ashwini Bhat makes sculptural forms, some intimate scale and some larger than human scale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indulgexpress.com/culture/art/2018/oct/29/indulge-one-on-one-ashwini-bhat-plays-global-citizen-for-ceramics-with-priya-sundaravalli-10862.html|title=Ashwini Bhat plays global citizen for ceramics |work=Indulge Express | first=Jaideep |last=Sen |date=29 October 2018}}</ref>

She has collaborated with other artists and writers, including Sharbani Das Gupta, Debra Smith, and [[Forrest Gander]]. In addition to gallery shows in India, her work has been exhibited in the USA, in Australia and in China and featured in major art publications such as Lana Turner: A Journal of Poetry & Opinion (USA,<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.lanaturnerjournal.com/|title=Ashwini Bhat: Ceramic Sculptures |journal=Lana Turner: A Journal of Poetry & Opinion|issue=11 |pages=161–168|date=28 March 2019}}</ref> The Logbook (Ireland),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infoceramica.com/2011/12/the-log-book8-2011/|title=The Log Book. número 48, 2011 |website=Infocerámica|date=14 December 2011 |language=es}}</ref> New Ceramics (Germany),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.new-ceramics.com/index.php?id=75|title=New Ceramics: Issue 06/14|work=new-ceramics.com}}</ref> Ceramic Art and Perception (Australia/USA), Marg Publications (India), Ceramics Ireland (Ireland), Ceramics Monthly (USA), Crafts Arts International (Australia),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.craftarts.com.au/eshopping/shop/IssueDetail.asp?ID%3D89 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-04-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309054124/https://www.craftarts.com.au/eshopping/shop/IssueDetail.asp?ID=89 |archive-date=9 March 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref> Info Ceramica (Spain),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infoceramica.com/2013/06/ceramica-india/|title=Cerámica India - Infocerámica|work=infoceramica.com}}</ref> Art India (India), and Art New England (USA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://artnewengland.com/editions/may-june-2015/|title=Art New England - May / June 2015|work=ArtNewEngland}}</ref>

Stephen S. Bush, professor of religious studies and philosophy at [[Brown University]], writes in his essay ‘Philosophical Perspectives on Emerson and Ashwini Bhat’
,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.riotmaterial.com/entries-into-circular-self/|title=Philosophical Perspectives on Emerson and Ashwini Bhat|work=RiotMaterial}}</ref> “The terrestrial themes of her sculptures, in combination with their humanistic sensibility, emphasize the fundamental embeddedness of humans in their geologic environs and the continuities between humanity and nature. By grounding human concerns so thoroughly in the dirt—used here as a term of approbation—Bhat’s sculptures speak of thoroughly immanent value.”

==Awards==
* [https://www.brown.edu/initiatives/howard-foundation/ The Howard Foundation] Fellowship for Sculpture (2013–14)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brown.edu/initiatives/howard-foundation/previous-fellows-0|title=Previous Fellows|work=brown.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://academicaffairs.risd.edu/2013/05/prince-awarded-howard-fellowship/|title=Prince Awarded Howard Fellowship « RISD Academic Affairs|publisher=}}</ref>
* Shortlisted for Emerging Artist Award (2013–14), ICMEA 2013, Fuping, China<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icmea2004.com/images/ICMEA2013%20EMERGING%20ARTISTS-PRELIMINARY%20SELECTED%20_%E6%96%B0%E7%A7%80%E7%AB%9E%E8%B5%9B%E5%85%A5%E5%9B%B4%E5%90%8D%E5%8D%95_.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-04-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304195140/http://www.icmea2004.com/images/ICMEA2013%20EMERGING%20ARTISTS-PRELIMINARY%20SELECTED%20_%E6%96%B0%E7%A7%80%E7%AB%9E%E8%B5%9B%E5%85%A5%E5%9B%B4%E5%90%8D%E5%8D%95_.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |df=dmy }}</ref>

==Collections and exhibitions==
* "50 Women: A Celebration of Women's Contributions to Ceramics" at the [[American Jazz Museum]], Kansas City, USA, 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=http://americanjazzmuseum.org/event/exhibition-50-women-a-celebration-of-womens-contributions-to-ceramics/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123054706/http://americanjazzmuseum.org/event/exhibition-50-women-a-celebration-of-womens-contributions-to-ceramics/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-01-23 |title=Upcoming Events - EXHIBITION: 50 Women – A Celebration of Women's Contributions to Ceramics - American Jazz Museum |publisher= }}</ref><ref>http://fox4kc.com/2016/03/22/american-jazz-museum-exhibit-displays-ceramic-arts/</ref>
* “Standing Wave Exhibition,” [http://thestudiosinc.org The Studios Inc], National Council for Education in Ceramic Arts ([[NCECA]]) [http://nceca.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2016-Exhibition-Listing-for-WEBSITE-1.15TL11am.pdf 2016 Conference], Kansas City, USA<ref>http://temporaryartreview.com/nceca-alternative-spaces/</ref>
* Indian Museum at the [[FLICAM]] (FuLe International Ceramic Art Museums), Fuping, China<ref>http://www.futogp.com/Showtyj.asp?id=283{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+China+feeling%3A+experiments+with+clay+in+the+middle+country.-a0366175882|title=The China feeling: experiments with clay in the middle country.|work=thefreelibrary.com}}</ref>
* Sculpture Garden, Grand Hyatt, Chennai, India<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/art/a-passage-to-india/article3775186.ece|title=A Passage to India|author=KAUSALYA SANTHANAM|work=The Hindu}}</ref>
* Collection of Dr Raj and Asha Kubba, New Delhi, India<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.delhibluepotterytrust.com/about_us.html|title=Delhi Blue Pottery Trust|work=delhibluepotterytrust.com|access-date=11 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150719083235/http://www.delhibluepotterytrust.com/about_us.html|archive-date=19 July 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* "Earth Took of Earth," solo show, [[Newport Art Museum]], Newport, Rhode Island, USA<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newportartmuseum.org/Exhibitions/Now-on-View/Ashwini-Bhat-Earth-Took-of-Earth |title=Ashwini Bhat: Earth Took of Earth |author=Newport Art Museum |work=newportartmuseum.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323022016/http://www.newportartmuseum.org/Exhibitions/Now-on-View/Ashwini-Bhat-Earth-Took-of-Earth |archive-date=23 March 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://abigaelelizabeth.com/february-openings-at-the-newport-art-museum/|title=February Openings at the Newport Art Museum|work=abigaelelizabeth.com|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074502/http://abigaelelizabeth.com/february-openings-at-the-newport-art-museum/|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newportri.com/features/arts/at-the-museum-winter-exhibits-show-art-community-s-diversity/article_b3089ce8-5fa1-55b3-a07d-25f55f2f4db8.html|title=At the Museum: Winter exhibits show art community's diversity|work=NewportRI.com l News and information for Newport, Rhode Island}}</ref>
* "Terra Firma," a two-person show with Sharbani Das Gupta, [https://www.as220.org/ AS220 Gallery], Providence, RI, USA<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brown.edu/initiatives/india/news/2015-03/terra-firma-gallery-show-sharbani-das-gupta-and-ashwini-bhat |title=Terra Firma: Gallery Show of Sharbani Das Gupta and Ashwini Bhat |date=17 March 2015 |website=[[Brown University]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artscopemagazine.com/asdyn/index.wr?is=54&a=9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312075340/http://www.artscopemagazine.com/asdyn/index.wr?is=54&a=9|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-03-12|title=Artscope Magazine » Current Issue|work=artscopemagazine.com}}</ref>
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150116031639/http://www.unitedartfair.com/uaf2014/ United Art Fair], New Delhi, India<ref>{{cite web|url=http://in.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/957539/qa-heidi-fichtner-on-uaf-2013|title=Q&A: Heidi Fichtner on UAF 2013 - BLOUIN ARTINFO|work=Artinfo}}</ref>
* "Allegory of Fire," [https://web.archive.org/web/20151004015426/http://ashevillerad.com/artists/ceramics/clay_space_cooperative Clayspace Co-op], Asheville, North Carolina, USA<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pollinatingasheville.wordpress.com/category/arts-thoughts-artistic/page/2/|title=Arts & Thoughts Artistic - - Page 2|work=wordpress.com}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://ashwinibhat.com/ Official Website]

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