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Biography
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Born in Punjab, India |
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Sohan Qadri's lush and transcendent works of dye on paper recall
the palette and spiritual cornucopia of India, Qadri's homeland. The
rhythmic movements of ‘color energies' are conveyed within the repeating
patterns of dots and striations that undulate across the paper. Rich dyes of
ochre, cerulean, crimson, or saffron transform the surfaces of each work into
effulgent pools from which the eye cannot look away. Qadri was exposed to
Sufism, Hinduism and the Sikh religion when growing up in India. His art
is informed by and an important practice of his spiritual path- particularly as
a part of Vajrayana Buddhism, with which he remains involved to this day. Qadri
has held over forty one-man shows throughout the world. His works are in the National
Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi; the Peabody Essex Museum in Essex,
Massachusetts; as well as in the private collections of Dr. Robert Thurman and
Heinrich Böll.
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1955-60 Master's
Degree in Fine Art, Government College of Art, Simla, India
1968 Award
in painting--Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
1982 I.A.P.A.A.
award, Toronto, Canada
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