Artist Pooja Iranna will talk about her works during her visit at the Festival.
Born to the artists Rameshwar and Shobha Broota in 1969 in New Delhi, Pooja studied at Delhi College Of Art, from where she received her BFA and MFA in Painting. She is married to artist G R Iranna.
She was among the 20 shortlisted for the Skoda Prize 2010. She was also the Celeste Prize Finalist for a video, 'Another New Beginning', in 2010.
Besides, she received the 'Outstanding Women Achievers" award by YFLO in 2009; The Charles Wallace India Trust Award, 2002; and the Junior Fellowship & HRD Scholarship by the government of India during 1998-99 and 1992-95 respectively.
Pooja has written features and reviews for various publications. She has taken part in several national and international exhibitions, workshops, artists' camps and residencies.
Among her shows are 'In the Waves and Underneath', Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi; 'Of Human Endeavor', The Guild, Mumbai; 'Invisible Cities', Aicon Gallery, New York; and 'The Landscapes of Where', curated by Nancy Adajania for Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai, amongst others.