Ashwini Bhat is an artist, based in Petaluma, California. She is known for her sculptures.[1]
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.[2]
Bhat studied ceramics with Ray Meeker at Golden Bridge Pottery[3][4]Pondicherry where she later worked as an artist-in-residence before building her studio and woodfiring kiln[5] near Auroville, Pondicherry, India.[6] Since 2015, she has lived in the USA.[7]
Bhat lives in Petaluma with poet, writer Forrest Gander.[8]
Style and critical responses
Ashwini Bhat makes sculptural forms, some intimate scale and some larger than human scale.[9]
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,[10] The Logbook (Ireland),[11] New Ceramics (Germany),[12] Ceramic Art and Perception (Australia/USA), Marg Publications (India), Ceramics Ireland (Ireland), Ceramics Monthly (USA), Crafts Arts International (Australia),[13] Info Ceramica (Spain),[14] Art India (India), and Art New England (USA)[15]
Stephen S. Bush, professor of religious studies and philosophy at Brown University, writes in his essay ‘Philosophical Perspectives on Emerson and Ashwini Bhat’ ,[16] “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
- The Howard Foundation Fellowship for Sculpture (2013–14)[17][18]
- Shortlisted for Emerging Artist Award (2013–14), ICMEA 2013, Fuping, China[19]
Collections and exhibitions
- "50 Women: A Celebration of Women's Contributions to Ceramics" at the American Jazz Museum, Kansas City, USA, 2016[20][21]
- “Standing Wave Exhibition,” The Studios Inc, National Council for Education in Ceramic Arts (NCECA) 2016 Conference, Kansas City, USA[22]
- Indian Museum at the FLICAM (FuLe International Ceramic Art Museums), Fuping, China[23][24]
- Sculpture Garden, Grand Hyatt, Chennai, India[25]
- Collection of Dr Raj and Asha Kubba, New Delhi, India[26]
- "Earth Took of Earth," solo show, Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island, USA[27][28][29]
- "Terra Firma," a two-person show with Sharbani Das Gupta, AS220 Gallery, Providence, RI, USA[30][31]
- United Art Fair, New Delhi, India[32]
- "Allegory of Fire," Clayspace Co-op, Asheville, North Carolina, USA[33]
References
- ↑ Ashwini Bhat's sculptures, at Newport Art Museum, show a dancer's poise. Providence Journal(2 April 2015).
- ↑ Productions: Pushed [2006]. Padmini Chettur.
- ↑ What you see when you see: Pottery in Pondicherry now and then. Bangalore Mirror(20 February 2015).
- ↑ Bringing you art in teapots. The New Indian Express(28 March 2009).
- ↑ Ceramic art. The Hindu(17 February 2011).
- ↑ Woodfire Kiln Sites.
- ↑ On the trail of a Gypsy Potter. The Hindu(24 February 2017).
- ↑ Sonoma Ceramics welcomes Ashwini Bhat. Sonoma Index-Tribune(9 November 2017).
- ↑ Ashwini Bhat plays global citizen for ceramics, Sen, Jaideep(29 October 2018).
- ↑ Ashwini Bhat: Ceramic Sculptures. Lana Turner: A Journal of Poetry & Opinion({Template:Date).
- ↑ The Log Book. número 48, 2011. Infocerámica(14 December 2011).
- ↑ New Ceramics: Issue 06/14.
- ↑ Archived copy.
- ↑ Cerámica India - Infocerámica.
- ↑ Art New England - May / June 2015.
- ↑ Philosophical Perspectives on Emerson and Ashwini Bhat.
- ↑ Previous Fellows.
- ↑ Prince Awarded Howard Fellowship « RISD Academic Affairs.
- ↑ Archived copy.
- ↑ Upcoming Events - EXHIBITION: 50 Women – A Celebration of Women's Contributions to Ceramics - American Jazz Museum.
- ↑ http://fox4kc.com/2016/03/22/american-jazz-museum-exhibit-displays-ceramic-arts/
- ↑ http://temporaryartreview.com/nceca-alternative-spaces/
- ↑ http://www.futogp.com/Showtyj.asp?id=283Template:Dead link
- ↑ The China feeling: experiments with clay in the middle country..
- ↑ A Passage to India.
- ↑ Delhi Blue Pottery Trust. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ↑ Ashwini Bhat: Earth Took of Earth.
- ↑ February Openings at the Newport Art Museum. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ↑ At the Museum: Winter exhibits show art community's diversity.
- ↑ Terra Firma: Gallery Show of Sharbani Das Gupta and Ashwini Bhat. Brown University(17 March 2015).
- ↑ Artscope Magazine » Current Issue.
- ↑ Q&A: Heidi Fichtner on UAF 2013 - BLOUIN ARTINFO.
- ↑ Arts & Thoughts Artistic - - Page 2.