Served the medical profession for 23 years as a doctor
and has been practicing abstraction as an artist
About the Artist
Name Dr. Neerja Chandna Peters
Founder of Duende the Studio.
Member, Eastern Foundation of Art and Culture, India
I began my journey of painting for the sheer joy of it, practicing both Medicine and Art for over a decade until I decided to pursue art full-time as a freelance artist.
Art to me is a form of meditation and creating a piece of art gives me the same peace, joy and satisfaction. Meditation requires introspection, focus and discipline and so does creating an artwork. My recent geometric abstracts take the viewer into a meditative zone, and through these I am developing a unique language to communicate and share the peace that comes to me through art.
I play with the transparency and opacity of different colours, on the canvas and palette, obtaining outcomes which bear an element of surprise for me.
Coming from a background of medicine, I was inclined towards analysis, research learning and critical thinking. So I tried creating balance and harmony of colours by regulating their value (as on grey scale) and saturation in order to create an impression of juxtaposition and gradation of complementary colours on the basis of visual appeal.
Though in my earlier years, I tried exploring representational painting, I found freedom in non objective use of geometry and colours where I was not under constraint of replicating any pre existing form.
I use play of lines and colour to navigate the eye of the viewer and bring in brilliance or softness wherever required in the composition, which consists mainly of flat tinted sections.
I found this process of creating a painting by mere geometry and colour articulation, contemplative and my journey of perfecting the outlines meditative.
Though colour perception/ colour hearing are to a certain extent abstract and have their share of subjectivity based upon individual colouristic sensitivity, conditioning and associative element, I found this language evoking a sense of synaesthesia, perceiving beyond what is evident and being taken into a journey of self discovery, awakening of the soul and divine knowledge. For those not seeking semantic credentialling, I wish to bring some peace through optics and harmony of colours.
These days I am incorporating elements of calligraphy, line drawings, minimalism in both in lines and colours and enriching my knowledge of spiritualism in art.
Awards
- The 3rd prize winner in the 1st International Painting Biennale “New Transformations”. January 2021, IAVPOA, International Association of Visual, Performing and other Arts, Lithuania for the artwork “The Divine Connection”
- Top 15 Artists ‘The 1st International Virtual Art Exhibition 2020’. by, Zobra-the Art Village, Bangladesh 250 participating artists from different countries.
- Best four, International Jury Award- virtual residency Mental health virtual program, an online art residency and exhibition, ‘Everybody deserves to have their stories heard’ by Art for Change 2020.
- Poompakornnrtamit Award winner in Art Pilgrimage 2021, Positive Energy Art, See Din Studio Thailand, Rebel space Thailand and Charcoal Foundation, Bongora for painting titled ‘Freedom’
- Top ten artists award in Artbook The Platform, Germany’s Online Exhibition under the theme "Innovation in Daily Life". 2021
- Third prize in the 2nd International Online Miniature Art Contest - Women- 2022 IOMAC Globe Art, Bangladesh.
- The Honorary "Women: Artists of the World" Award from Peru for remarkable contribution work and presence as guest artist from India , in relational art proposal, by Rebeca Dorich, 2022.
- Juried selection for free Art Camp and Symposium in Kefken Kocaeli, Turkey 2022 Art for future exhibition and symposium at Museum of Yelkencioğlu Mansion Kandira, Turkey and Municipality of Kandira.
- Special mention by jury in Art heals International online Exhibition on Art and Mental Health by Art Heals El Arte Cura Gallery, Argentina 2022.
- First prize in Acrylic medium category of International online contest:-Jumbish Love Art Contest 2019
- Wallace Hartley WAD award on world art day 2020 from International Association of Art, IAA India (official partner of UNESCO)
- Critics Choice Award by World University of Design on 2020
- Bharat Nirman Artist of the Year award at 12th Asiad Literature Festival, New Delhi 2020
- Award winner in 19th Annual Exhibition at Government Museum of Art and Gallery Chandigarh We Group 2021 for painting titled ‘Hope’
- Bronze Award in Dhyanam the meditation, International online painting competition 2021 by Speaking Art Foundation
- Highly commended award in Painting (Professional Category) 7th Annual Art Event and national art competition of Eastern Foundation of Art and Culture EFAC India for painting ’Hope’, 2022.
- Merit Award in Fiesta Art India 2022 Juried International Online Art Exhibition organised by Bindaas Artists Group. India.
- Artist of Distinction Award, The Fashion Awards 2023, JD Institute of Fashion Technology, for ‘outstanding contribution in the field of Fine Arts, 2023.
- The Best Exhibit Award, at the 8th Annual Art Event, Eastern Foundation of Art and Culture, 2024
- SOLO
- Ley Lines, NERAM, the New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 6/8/2024 to 22/9/2024.
- Samadhi, The Journey Within at Skybridge Gallery, TP, Portland, Oregon, USA, June to September 2023, curated by W. Sheldon Hurst.
- Samadhi, The Journey Within at ArtReach Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA, 6/11/2022 to 15/1/2023, curated by W. Sheldon Hurst.
- SOME GROUP SHOWS - International
- International Ayazata Nargudan plastic arts exhibition, ADU (Aydin Adnan Menderes University) Konya, Turkey.
- ‘Fuoco’ the International Virtual and In-Person Collective Show of Visual Arts, at the new Art Lab of Viviana Berthet, Versalles, Beunos Aires, Argentina.
- ‘Sivas Cumhuriyat University, 50th Anniversary, International in person Poster exhibition, Sivas Turkey.
- 12 Women, on International Women’s Day, at Stacja Biblioca Gallery, Zabrze Poland.
- "Opening Paths and Leaving Footprint", the exhibition and auction building colorful wings to the children of Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia, 2024 sample of the Socio Cultural Foundation at The Frida Kahlo Art Gallery, University of Sinaloa, Mexico in company of the La Artistic community and Sinalo society Culture UAS and Art Mexico International.
- Gallery X, Faculty of Architecture of the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice (Poland) and the Association of Polish Artists.
- The International 19 May Atatürk Commemoration and Youth, Sports Festival Plastic Arts Exhibition organized by ADU ADÜ Atatürk Kültür Merkezi Sergi Salonu - AYDIN Research Center, Turkey.
- ‘As if. . .’ an Art/ poetry exhibition by Art Committee, Terwilliger Plaza Portland Oregon.
- Art Santa Fe - Oorja The feminine light in Indian art Indian Art Circle at Community Convention center Santa Fe and World Health Congress of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, Marriott Marquis, New York
- BIAMT 2024, International Biennale of Miniature Arts, Timisoara, Romania, 2024 (online) 6th Edition.
- Pintar ‘Represent You’ online and offline juried exhibition "Cultura Viva" Art Gallery in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- The Miniart 50- Peace/ Peace Edition - exhibition in the traditional Gravura Galeria, Brazil and UCS University of Caxias Do, Brazil.
- International 29th October Republic Day and Ataturk Exhibition organized by Aydin Adnan Menderes University Turkish Art and Culture Application and Research Center Directorate, Turkey.
- miniMADImax (MADI's impact on international geometric art) thematic exhibition at the Academy Gallery, organized by János Szász Saxon. HUN-REN KRTK Regional Research Institute, Western Hungarian Science Department, Hungary as part of Hungarian Science Festival.
- Acqua, Virtual and in person International Art Exhibition at Vivi Berthet Art Laboratory, Devotees CABA Argentina,organised by Gusta tu Gusta.
- 2nd Art For Future, International Art Exhibition in Kocaeli Fine Arts Gallery- Culture and Tourism Ministry, Turkey.
- MADI UNIVERSE 77 miniMADImax international art exhibition @Saxon Art Gallery | Budapest, Hungary,
- The ‘in person’ 18th edition of International Art Exhibition "A Look at the World of Women" at the Autonomous University of Sinaloa, Mexico on the occasion of the International Women's Day 2023 at the Art Gallery of the House of Culture of the UAS in Culiacán Sinaloa Mexico.
- ‘Homage to Picasso’ an International online and offline exhibition, Avellino, Italy.
- “Child” International Art Workshop & Exhibition, supported by Barcelona University, Governor of Kandira, Municipality of Kandira and Ministry of Education, Kocaeli, Turkey.
- ‘Surrealism in Painting’ International Art Exhibition in person at Frida Kahlo Gallery, University of Sinaloa, Mexico, curated by maestro Jorge Luis Hurtado Reyes.
- 19th May Ataturk Memorial, Youth and Sports Festival International online mixed Exhibition at Marmara University.
- International Invitation (in person), 19 May Ataturk’s Commemoration Youth and Sports Day Exhibition, University ADÜ Atatürk Kültür Merkezi Sergi Salonu - AYDIN
- Commemoration of Ataturk Youth and Sports Day International online Art Exhibition May published on official websites of Kocaeli University, Slesian Technology University and Barcelona University.
- The 4th International Art & Culture Exhibition-Taiwan Hualien 2023 organized by Hualien County Arts Association, Tsai Chen Yin Art & Culture Globe Art Network, World Alliance Artists Society, ar Ji’an Township Hualien County,Taiwan.
- ‘Pura Bida’ Gallery Espace Sorbonne 4, Paris.
- "Omaggio a Picasso (Homage to Picasso)" International mail art exhibition on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the artist's death, at Caffeoveggenza, in via Brigata 192 in Avellino, Italy, in association with Encuentro de las Artes Plásticas of Costa Rica and Mujeres de la pintura en Aragua of Venezuela.
- IDA2023, Juried virtual exhibition, by International Design and Art journal, Turkey.
- 17th International Turkic Art, History and Folklore Congress and Art Exhibition, Bakü- (Azerbaijan) in Republic of Azerbaijan National Museum of History.
- Phenomena, the international online art exhibition, Berryboy Art Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
- Confluence of Lines, The Drawing Collective’s International exhibition at Galerie Abstract Project, Paris.
- 48th Edition of Miniarte Future at Gravura Art Gallery Brazil, and at UCS - University of Caxias do Sul, the collective exhibition, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the International MINIART project.
- 100th Anniversary of Turkey Republic International Online Group Exhibition, Marmara University.
- VI International Exhibition of Celebration of the Day of the Dead in Mexico offline at the Frida Kahlo Art Gallery of the UAS of Culiacán Sinaloa Mexico.
- Annual Exhibition in person Aydin Adnan Menderes University ADU Turkish Art and Culture application and research Center, of 100 years Republic of Turkey.
- Teachers Day International Online Group Exhibition, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey.
- International Invited Teachers Day Online Exhibition organised by Aydin Adnan Menderes University Turkish Art and Culture Application and Research Center.
- Graphic fair, Constructive/ Concrete/ MADI/ Steam offline at Saxon Art Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
- First presentation of the Pax-Culture Itinerant Museum featuring 93 artists representing 13 countries: Itinerante Exhibition, A Brush for Peace, Physical Exhibition, Galeria de arte Frida Kahlo, Autonomous University of Sinaloa, Mexico UAS; and 31 Artists International offline Exhibition, House of Culture, Autonomous University of Sinaloa, Mexico UAS.
- First presentation of the Pax-Culture Itinerant Museum featuring 93 artists representing 13 countries: Itinerante Exhibition, A Brush for Peace, Physical Exhibition, Galeria de arte Frida Kahlo, Autonomous University of Sinaloa, Mexico UAS; and 31 Artists International offline Exhibition, House of Culture, Autonomous University of Sinaloa, Mexico UAS.
- Art for Future International Art Workshop, Kefken Art Camp Kandira, Namazgah Culture Centre, Kandira, Turkey.
- 1st International Arslantepe Mail Art Biennale, offline and online, Faculty of Art Design and Architecture, Malatya Turgut Ozal University, Turkey.
- Drawing Stories, The Drawing Collective's International Virtual Art Exhibition.
- International Miniarte Magic @ The Municipal Grass Culture Center, Brazil 192 artists from 12 countries.
- "What Values?" International mail art exhibition in Museo Irpino, Avelleno, Italy, an international exhibition with 177 artists participating from 26 countries.
- 8 Dies Natalis Fakultas Seni Rupa dan Desain (FSRD) Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) International Exhibition. Organized by Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia.
- Bellezza ‘Beauty’ Enchorama mail art project’ organized by the Association, at Casale Monferrato, Italy.
- The 29th October Republic Festival of Plastic Arts Exhibition, organised by the Directorate of Turkish Art and Culture and Application and Research Center of ADÜ Buharkent MYO, Turkey.
- The V International Exhibition for the Celebration of the Day of the Dead, offline, organised by The Autonomous University of Sinaloa, through the General Coordination for the Extension of Culture and the Directorate for Visual Arts at the Frida Kahlo Art Gallery of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa.
- "Abstracta 2022" an international virtual exhibition of abstract artists Make Art Gallery, Rome
- POMO IV, International Mail Art Exhibition , Selcuk University, Faculty of Fine Arts , Konya, Turkey.
- "Theoretical- Practical-Real". International Mail Art at Ministry of Culture And Tourism Izmir Painting and Sculpture Museum Kültürpark Art Gallery, Izmir, Turkey.
- International Invited Teachers’ Day Online Plastic Arts Exhibition , "In Memory of Teachers' Day" organized by Aydin Adnan Menderes University Turkish Art and Culture Application and Research Center.
- 3th Biennial Art and Festival in Philippines Peace & Unity Art, Museum and Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art and Filarts, Philippines.
- International Fluxus Forms, Mail art exhibition in Ni§de Ömer Halisdemir University Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery Nigde/Turkey.
- VI BIG - Bienal Internacional de Guarulhos do Pequeno formato archive Brazil.
- Busan International Environmental Art Festival, New Wave ECO Contemporary Artist an invitational Exhibition, BIEAF website.
- Rooted, International Online Art Exhibition, Art for Change India in collaboration with Greenly Art Space, Signal Hill, California.
- Souvenirs from the Future, global exhibition about what's next, (London). Curated by Matthew Rose and Temporal Comet.
- Graphic Project, Moscow, invited artist, Children's Regional Philharmonic Hall.
- The World Art Day Interactive, juried international online exhibition with the International Painter Solidarity Association, and Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey.
- Menduina Schneider Award, virtual international exhibition, MS Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
- 15th International Turkic Art, History and Folklore, Online Congress/ Art Activity, Konya. Organized by Turkish Art and Culture Practice and Research Center, Adnan Menderes University, Aydin Turkish Handicrafts Research and Selcuk University, Application Center Konya, Turkey; Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia; and Institute for Socio-Cultural Anthropology, Skopje, Macedonia Skopje, Macedonia.
- Peace Again, 7th Geoje International Art Festival, Haegeumgang Theme Museum, Geoje, South Korea.
- The second edition of the Exposition International d'Art Sacré in three emblematic places: St. Nicolas rooms; St. Nicolas chapel; and St. Corneille cloister, Compiègne, France. Produced by "Les Poissons du Ciel," Senlis, France.
- Diversity of Line and Space, invited artist, International Creative Drawing Exchange Programme (ICDEP), First Edition Gallery Artoz, Udaipur, India.
- World Health Organization, Create 2030 Covid 19 Arts Festival and Virtual Art Gallery. Curated by Christopher Bailey, Lead Arts and Health, (WHO) and Lisa Russell, Create 2030.
- Project Immunity, juried selection; offline group art exhibition; and Anticipation 2020, documentary film, on response of artists across the world to the pandemic, Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art Korsakiv, Lutsk, Ukraine.
- Virtual International Exhibition, juried selection, College of Psychic Studies, London, United Kingdom.
- Seeking the Source, International Online Exhibition, Moonspace Art Gallery, Missouri City, Houston, Texas.
- Everybody Deserves to Have Their Stories Heard, mental health virtual program, international online art residency and exhibition by Art for Change.
- Postcard Perspective International Mail Art offline Exhibition, Gallery Artspace, Oklahoma City, USA.
- Vivid 2020, international online exhibition, Vivid Exclusive Art Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria.
- 1st World Art Virtual Biennale, Pandemia S.O.S. Mother Earth, juried selection. Organized by Columbia Arte, USA.
- International Miniature Biennial of Miniature Art, juried selection, Timisoara, Romania.
- VBIG, Guarulhos International Biennale of Small Format, juried selection, São Paulo, Brazil.
- New Transformations, juried selection, 1st online painting biennale, International Association of Visual, Performing and Other Arts (IAVPOA).
- SOME GROUP SHOWS - National
- Imprint, the Book and Paper Project 2025
- The Hindu, Lit and Life Literature Festival, Apparao Galleries, Chennai.
- Canvas Confluence 2024, 100 small format paintings Shailja’s Art Gallery Gurugram
- ‘On paper of paper’ India Design ID 2024, Apparao Galleries India, New Delhi.
- A frame of one’s own Bharat Art Space Art Gallery, 11 women artists.
- Our Story is one, Baha'i House of Worship (Lotus Temple), New Delhi.
- I festival global, Camp 11820 JD Institute of Fashion Technology New Delhi, Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium.
- Lines of Thought - Endless Reflections, a show on drawings, Apparao galleries, Chennai.
- Vast Mediations, small format works by Apparao Galleries Chennai.
- 8th Annual Art Event EFAC India (Eastern Foundation of Art and Culture), Jodhpur.
- Different perspectives Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi and Indian Creative Minds at Chandigarh Museum of Art.
- Aadivaasee The Indigenous Roots, a show of 3D painted masks at Lokayata Art Gallery organised by Speaking Art Foundation, New Delhi.
- Creative Pursuits 21st annual art exhibition at Government Museum of Art Chandigarh organised by We- Group, Contemporary Women Artists group, Chandigarh.
- Naqsh Parvaaz, The Creative Sojourn Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
- Art of the heart Women Art Exhibition, at Salarjung Museum, Hyderabad organised by Hyderabad Art Society, Telangana Artist Forum.
- Metaphorical Language ArtHouz Gallery, Bengaluru.
- Traces of the Unseen The Art Route Gallery, Gurugram.
- ‘reCords’, painted Vinyl records,100 artists, Lokayata Art Gallery, dedicated to Earth Day, an initiative of Speaking Art Foundation and Records Manya
- Yoga, a transcendental experience at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts IGNCA, Ministry of Culture, Delhi.
- Drishyanubhuti, seven artists Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
- Memories a show of book art, at Gauhati Artists’ Guild, Guwahati, and The Art Route Gurugram, self curated by ‘On the same page’.
- 88th Annual All India Exhibition of Arts 2023, Indian Academy of Fine Arts, Amritsar.
- Unlocked, The Art Route Gallery, Gurgaon.
- 7th Annual Art Event and Award Ceremony, Eastern Foundation of Art and Culture (EFAC), Rajmata Krishna Kumari Girls High School Art Gallery, Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
- Women Depicting Women, Kalasrot Art Gallery, Lucknow organised by Rising Beyond the Ceiling.
- Panchamahabhuta, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Center, New Delhi, Speaking Art Foundation.
- Group Exhibition, Art Junction, The Lalit, New Delhi.
- Guaranteed to All without Regard, group show of 50 contemporary artists, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Center.
- The Pursuit of Meaning, invited artist, 14 artists, Land of Love by Soul Space World of Art, Hyderabad, supported by Government of Telangana, India, Department of Language and Culture.
- Anubhuti 2, National Crafts Museum and Hastkala Academy, New Delhi, organised by Incredible Art and Culture, India (IAC) and Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
- Contemporary Signatures,The Curator’s Art Gallery, Monalisa Kalagram, Pune.
- Discover India Art Exhibition the Indianartcircle.The Unwindings Lounge, Club Mahindra Varca Beach Resort, Goa.
- Akshaya Patra, women artists of India, International Women's Day, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
- Resilience, six contemporary women artists Swasti Art Gallery and HCG Foundation, Bangalore.
- Colours of Independence: 75 years of Art Online Exhibition, juried selection, The Bombay Art Society, Mumbai.
- Ras se bana Benaras, City Book Leaders. India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
- Bicentenary Celebration of Prophets Art Festival, Baha'i House of Worship, Lotus Temple, New Delhi.
- Festival of Art, solo booth, Ekatva Arts Foundation, New Delhi.
- 85th National, All India Exhibition of Arts, Indian Academy of Fine Arts, Amritsar.
- 550th Prakash Parv International Art Camp and Exhibition, Dera Baba Nanak, Kartarpur corridor, Punjab. Organised by Punjab Government.
- The Story Niv Art Centre and Gallery, New Delhi.
- The First International Kala Mela, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi, India. Organized by Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi.
- India Art Festival 2018, solo booth, Thyagaraja Stadium, New Delhi.
- Work in collection of
- New England Regional Art Museum Armidale, Australia .
- Haegeumgang Theme Museum, Korea.
- Museum and Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Makati Tuscany, Makati City 1226, Metro Manila Philippines
- Archives of Ministry of Education,Turkey.
- Frida Kahlo Art Gallery of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa in Mexico
- Governor House, Punjab as part of Government of Punjab collection.
- Municipality of Kandira,Turkey.
- Ni§de Ömer Halisdemir University Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery Nigde/Turkey.
- District court complex, Artistry, Saket, Government of Delhi.
- ISBN publication, Samadhi : The Journey Within, a book by ArtReach Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA, Art by Neerja Chandna Peters, Translation of Brihad Upanishad by Eknath Easwaran, and essay by W. Sheldon Hurst, Art Historian and curator. ISBN no. 979-8-9861566-2-0
- Book Arts Newsletter No. 159 March - mid-April 2024 ISSN 1754-9086 Published by Impact Press at the Centre for Print Research, UWE Bristol, UK.
- Work Hope published as part of project Immunity, Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art in Tabloyid.com 2020
- Two works published in quarantine Zine, Shari Diamond, Adjunct Faculty, Pratt Institute, New York and Parsons School of Design, New York.2020
- Featured in Art book by Museum of contemporary Ukrainian Art on Project Immunity and Anticipation based on works of artists during lockdown 2020.
- Featured in Volume -4, Daffodil of BlueBee Magazine. in August 2020.
- Flora Fiction literary magazine USA :- (an online digital magazine, editor: Flora Ashe , Published my works in Fall 2020 Volume 1 , Issue 3. Theme : Changing colours.
- Artwork published on 3/1/2021 in Mobile Library Volume 1, Issue 2 Mark/Making by Zoe Moldenhauer of Aerogramme Centre of Art and Culture, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
- Featured artist in Knack Magazine issue 67, Chicago, Illinois. 2021.
- Work published in Bilingual ( Italian and English) Ekimagazine, Issue 2, on sunlight, August 2022, as one of the three winners of open call.
- Art published in Flora Fiction, A literary magazine, USA, Winter 2023 Issue Volume 4, Issue 4.
- Journal of The Asiatic Society of Mumbai ISSN: 0972-0766, Vol. XCV, No.28, 2022
- Visual Form of Dhyana: A Contemplative Study of the Theme of Meditation in Ancient and Contemporary Indian Art,
- Navesha Dhariwal Research Scholar, Department of Fine Arts, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana and Dr.Monica Gupta Assistant Professor, Department of Fine Arts, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana.
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