Uma Shankar Pathak

In my works I use metaphors in art that visually depict my own journey from the rural to the urban using bright, stark and colorful imagery. The recurring imagery of animals in art is a part of this metaphor that forms in each of my artwork giving real substance and meaning to the art works. Between desires and aspirations and of stability and instability all the characters in my art, an array of animals and other subjects depict a transitional journey of life. The image of the house or monuments recurs in my work repeatedly as a symbol that denotes aspirations and stability. The works Tiger ,zebra and birdsare juxtaposed with elements of the present existence jostling for space with crowd and other signs that are synonymous with city life. Each of the subjects in my art is a well contemplated insightful thoughts, be it acrylic-on-canvas they are soothing yet thought-provoking. 

Education : I have completed Bachelor of Fine Art in painting from Patna University and Master of Fine Arts in painting from Pracheen Kala Kendra Chandigarh.

Group show : i.e. Art for Life lll Organised by Aapsa art Present ,Lalit Kala Akademi, New delhi- 2013, Apparao Art Gallery at lila palace Chennai, Alliance Frances New Delhi -2015 ,Art Positive Gallery presented Art Spotting Group show New Delhi -2014, Strength to strength Apparao Art Gallery 2016 ,Lodhi Hotel , Gallery sree mediating dreams ..Visual arts gallery new Delhi 2017 ,Art on the move ,Apparao art gallery lodhi hotel 2013, MOMUS,Greece Group show presented by Gallery Onkaf’s new delhi 2017, Let’s Get Phygital Trinity art Gallery Mumbai 18 nov 2022 feb 23, Shailja’s Studio Group Show nov 2022, Gandhi or Gandhi ka India .Department of Financial Management new Delhi 1 october 2022 ,Trinity art Gallery present Group show Mumbai 2022, Gallery pioneer present Panoramic view of Bihar 2022, Under the white sky Group exhibition Arpana kaur Gallery 5 June 2022, Shailja’s Studio Group Show SPECTRUM april 2022, Vayam –Navam origanised by Aapsa art & Shailja’s Studio 26 feb 2022, TAP India Crossing Over art Show presented Apparo art Gallery 2020, Journey Beyond presents Gallery 1000 A 15th Dec 2020 and many more.

Awards : I was the winner of several awards from the Red Cross Society of South Korea to the national Poster competition with solo and group exhibitions in the country