Shakti Maira

Shakti Maira
Maira at IFFI, 2012
Born	(1947-08-31)31 August 1947 Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Died	9 May 2021(2021-05-09) (aged 73) Delhi, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Artist, sculptor, printmaker, writer and speaker

Shakti Maira (1947–2021) was an Indian artist,[1] sculptor,[2] printmaker, writer[3] and speaker.[4]

Early life

Maira was born in 1947 in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. He studied at Mayo College, Ajmer, and was an alumnus of St. Stephen's College, Delhi, and IIM Ahmedabad[5] .

Art

Maira was an artist who worked in many media. His paintings are in oil, acrylic or mixed media on canvas, paper, silk, board, marble, wood and byōbu. His printmaking has encompassed collographs, monotypes, etchings, woodprints and stoneprints. His sculpture and reliefs are in terracotta, stoneware, wood, stone and bronze.

Maira's work is in the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi, India, and in private collections[6] around the world. His art has been exhibited in over forty one-person and group shows around in India,[1][7] USA, Sri Lanka, France and Netherlands.

Publications

• Towards Ananda: Rethinking Indian Art and Aesthetics. Penguin/Viking. 2006. ISBN 9780670058648.
• Kathleen Higgins; Shakti Maira; Sonia Sikka, eds. (2016). Artistic Visions and the Promise of Beauty. Springer Publishing. ISBN 9783319438917.
• The Promise of Beauty and Why it Matters. HarperCollins India. 2017. ISBN 9789352641673.

References

1. "Celebrating Art on Paper". Retrieved 17 December 2016.
2. "The Sangha: A Creative Journey". Retrieved 17 December 2016.
3. "Author Profile: Shakti Maira". Retrieved 17 December 2016.
4. "Creativity and Cultural Diversity". Retrieved 17 December 2016.
5. Prasad, Sujata (18 May 2021). "Shakti Maira's art can be likened to a memoir that rested on his spiritual and aesthetic beliefs". The Indian Express. New Delhi. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
6. "For the love of common people". Retrieved 15 December 2016.
7. "Unskilled Art Will Not Stand The Test of Time". Retrieved 17 December 2016.

External links

• Shakti Maira's website