Kuldeepa Vartak-Mehta
Art Facilitator, Artist
As I finished Fine Arts school, I continued actively painting while also working as a school teacher for a living. I soon realized the inner and outer nature of both. Teaching demands social awareness (energy outward), Painting needs some quiet inner space. (introverted). Though it is a challenge to balance both, I choose to not let go either of my callings. I am grateful for the valuable life experiences that help me design community art projects and understand their impact in the larger whole. I wish to keep exploring both the dimensions and their aesthetic elements that brings joy to my life.
Photo credit: Nada S. during my exhibit ‘Portraits of Me, Myself and my Soul’- 2014 at WEFT radio station, Champaign, IL.
Education:
Higher.Art.Ed. Roby D’Silva College of Visual Arts.
G.D. FineArt [Drawing & Painting]- L.S. Raheja College of Fine Arts.
Art Teacher’s Diploma, Vasai Vikasini.
Certifications: Online
Art and Design Technology history- Israel University
Fashion- Circular Economy- Wageningen University
Museums Studies (Part-I ), Learning from Museums- Northwestern University
Worked at: (in India)
Podar world school- IBO, Mumbai
Parkwood Int. School- IGCSC, Hydrabad
SVIS Int, Mumbai
Convent of Jesus and Mary, Colaba
Guest Teacher:
APV School (Environmental school), Uttarakhand
Kanavu- informal tribal school, Kerala
Volunteer-
Making art for patients of Odyssey Hospice, Chicago
Project Read Tutor ESL, Champaign IL
1 to 1 Mentoring - Unit 4 Elementary School, Champaign.
Tong-Leng school, Dharamshala, India
Selected group shows
Illinois
:2021- Around the Block Giertz gallery.
: 2019- Asian American Cultural Center ‘Breaking Barriers’
: 2016- Solo ‘The Many Faces Of Me’- Café Paradiso,
: 2014- ‘Me, Myself and My Soul’ WEFT radio. station
: 2010- Colors of Culture, Springer center
: 2007- ‘Summerfest’, Bloomington
India
: 2005 – Kamalnayan Art Gallery
: 2004 – Participation, Bombay Art society
: 2004 – Bajaj Art Gallery
: 2001 - Group show, Artist center.
: 2000 - Participated in ‘Chatak’, Nehru center.
: 2000 - Gallery Beyond show, Jahangir Art Gallery