Far From The Edge - Paintings By Lavanya Dutt: Events in Hyderabad

Lavanya Dutt is organising an exhibition of her latest paintings, at the ICONART Gallery, from 13th to 26th February.

The paintings are abstract in nature and depict lush green pastures, desert dunes, water scapes or thick woods. Their tones and shadows change with the dipping sunrise on sand dunes, to memories of a rising sun over golden mountains.

Lavanya Dutt was born in a family of artists in Hyderabad. Her father, Prof. Manmohan Dutt, is a painter and filmmaker, and mother Nirmala Dutt is a practising artist. Dutt was a Gold Medalist in M F A (Painting) from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. She got a first class in her P G Diploma in Television Production from Central University, Hyderabad. She obtained a Central Scholarship from Jamia Millia University, New Delhi, and worked for an installation project from the same university, under the guidance of Vivan Sundaram, a renowned artist.

Dutt has participated in solo exhibitions from 2000 to 2004 presented by the International School Of Hyderabad, the Daira Center For Arts And Culture in Hyderabad and the Alliance Francaise de Hyderabad. She also participated in several group exhibitions from 1993 to 2005, including the All-India Art Exhibition of Hyderabad, the Annual Exhibition of the Dhoommimmal Gallery in New Delhi, the Retrospective Art exhibition at the 25 years of Alliance Francaise in Hyderabad celebrations, and the Young Artists of India and Women Artists of India exhibitions presented by Shrishti Art Gallery of Hyderabad.

Please contact Dr. Avani Rao Gandra, Director and Curator of the dallery, at 98499-68797 for further details.