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’ 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

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