Hema Upadhyay

Mum-My

Lot No
20
Medium
Gouache, acrylic, dry pastel, graphite & photographs
Year
2006-07
Size
72 x 48 (each)
Estimate
Rs. 8,00,000 - 12,00,000

Winning Bid

₹ 12,24,520

(Inclusive 15% margin)

additional information

This lot is a set of two works.

Exhibited : ‘New Narratives: Contemporary Art from India’ Chicago Cultural Center, USA, September 2007.

‘Acrobats and Their Scenes’ Hema Upadhyay, Solo Show, Bodhi Art Gallery, Mumbai, March 2008.

Published : Acrobats and Their Scenes, Hema Upadhyay, Bodhi Art, pg. 32.

Provenance : From an important Delhi based corporate collection, property was acquired by the present owner from Bodhi Art Gallery.

Artwork Size

Height of the figure - 6ft

about artist

Hema was born in Baroda, and completed her Bachelor`s and Master`s Degrees in painting and printmaking respectively from the Fine Arts Faculty of the M S University there. In the short time that Hema has had to develop her career (she graduated with her MFA in 1997), she has already taken giant steps and established herself very firmly among the new generation of Indian contemporary artists.

Upadhyay was the recipient of a National Scholarship from the Ministry of Human Resources, and also has to her credit annual awards from the Gujarat Lalit Kala Academy and the national Lalit Kala Academy for her work in the 10th International Triennale - India hosted in New Delhi.
Hema Upadhyay lives and works in Mumbai.