EDUCATION
1936-40 Diploma in Painting, J.J. School of Art, Bombay.
1940-41 Post Graduation in Mural Painting, J.J. School
of Art, Bombay. 1956 Studied ceramic art. 1953-77 Joined
as an Art Teacher and later became the Head of the Art
Dept., Modern Art School, New Delhi.
EXHIBITIONS
1941 First solo show at Calcutta. 1942 Joint exhb.
with Kanwal Krishna, Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
1943 Joint exhb. with husband Kanwal Krinsha. 1946 UNESCO
International, Paris. 1947 Paricipated in Inter Asian
Art exihibition. 1947 International Exhition, London.
1947 Exhb. of Tibet, Kashmir and North West Frontier
at AIFACS New Delhi. 1951 Exhb. at Rome. 1952 Exhb.
at Sapsburg, Norway. 1952 Exhb. at Gallery Caplen, Norway.
1952 Exhb. at Gallery Aesthetica, Stockholm. 1956 Exhb.
of ceramics, Kunika Gallery, New Delhi. 1957 Exhb. of
ceramics, Artists Club Romania. 1958 Exhb. of batiks,
New Delhi. 1957 Joint show with Kanwal Krishna, Artists
Club, Romania. 1962 Exhb. of drawings in conte and felt
pen, Kumar Gallery, 1965 Exhb. of `War` series painting,
Kumar Gallery, New Delhi. 1970 Participated in International
Triennale, Sweden. 1972 Graphic Triennale, Germany.
1974 Exhb. of graphics, `Bom Bom Bhole` series, Gallery
Chanakya, New Delhi. 1975 Solo exhb
COLLECTION
Ben and Abbey Grey Foundation, USA. Botanical Museum,
London. Punjab Museum, Chandigarh. LKA, New Delhi. Sahitya
Kala Parishad, New Delhi. AIFACS, New Delhi. JDR 3rd
Foundation, New York. Pusa Institute, New Delhi. Bharat
Bhavan, Bhopal. Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC.
NGMA, New Delhi. Neville Tuli and Osians Connoisseurs
of Art Archive, Mumbai. Jane and Kito de Boer, Dubai.
Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.
AWARDS
1946 Award, Inter Asian Art Exhb. 1968 Govt. Scholarship
to travel in Eastern Europe and Scandinavia. 1988,89
Honored with Sahitya Parishad Samman. 1999-2001 Human
Resource Development Ministry honored Devyani with an
emeritus fellowship for her contribution to Indian Art.
STYLE
From the beginning itself Devayanis works speak of
a strong sense of design with colour harmony and broad
compositional aspect. She works with public themes and
maneuvers it with subtle but powerful lines. The series
of works like Bam Bam Bhole and What and Where etc.
are not at all barely temporal or socio-political in
intent. They are rather rehearsals of a pure spirit
in its essential form. The spirit is revealed through
the signs and symbols. The calligraphic lettering, tridents
or other signs in the works represents the rising of
human spirit. Her prints and paintings resist temporal
erosion. The line of her works are forceful yet simple
and have a primitive character. The patterns and the
swirling lines have glow seems to be coming out from
within. Devayani Krishna speaks in the universal language.
She reflects the mundane reality from the point of creative
imagination.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1954 She joined as Teacher, Modern School, New Delhi.
1968 Govt. Scholarship to travel in Eastern Europe and
Scandinavia . 1977 Retired as Head of the Art Dept.
of Modern School, New Delhi.
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