Padma Singh
Artist & Educator
Speaks: English, Hindi, Bangla, Gujarati
Teaches: Art, Painting, Design
Padma Rajesh Singh is a versatile teacher and artist. She has considerable experience in art education, and has been tutoring groups as well as individuals from various age groups. She is a trained artist who studied at the prestigious Faculty of Fine Arts, M. S. University, Vadodara, India. She has kept up her painting and fine art practice consistently, and has participated in a number of exhibitions and workshops.
Padma has a keen knowledge of the skills and techniques of historical artists, and maintains a keen interest in continuous self- learning alongside her busy teaching schedules in schools, online, and in her studio. Her personal art practice is diverse, and has earned her mastery in a number of areas:
- Media: watercolour, oil, acrylic, pastel, charcoal, ink, crayon, pencil, mix-media, tempera, fabric dye, earth colours, rangoli, digital art, murals, etc.
- Materials: paper, canvas, board, panel, fabric, textile, found objects, clay modelling, papier-mache, etc.
- Subject matter: composition, still life, landscape, & narrative arts
- Conceptual interests: feminine world-view, human conception & biology, solipsistic observations of life, nature, and creation.
Her spouse Dr R. K. Singh is also involved in the arts, as he is a noted scholar and expert, on the UNESCO world heritage site – the Ajanta Caves.
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Teaching
Art Educator (2013-2019)
Global Discovery Academy, Harni, Vadodara
English and ASL Teacher (2013-2014)
Urmi School, Sama Savli Road, Vadodara
Grades: IX and X standard
Responsibilities: teaches English, arts & crafts, as well as proxy classes
Specialist approach to teaching: learner-centric rather than teacher-centric
Achievements: a popular teacher among students as well as administration
Senior Art Teacher (2002–2007)
St. Thomas Senior Secondary School, Indirapuram, and Delhi
Grades: I to X standard
Responsibilities: HOD of the arts and crafts department, a popular teacher among students, and a great team player, favoured by the Principle and the Father
Specialist approach to teaching: learner-centric, exploring new vistas, experimental, playful, thrust on enhancing creativity
Achievements: taught for 4 years on full CBSE pay scale before relocation to Mumbai
Projects & other work experience
Indira Gandhi National Centre for Art (India Cultural Informatics Laboratory department), New Delhi
Project name: “Digitization of India’s art and cultural heritage” funded by United Nations Development Project
Role and function: graphic designing and multimedia
Murals (1993–1997)
- Egg Tempera on the wall of Home Science Faculty, Bal Bhawan, Baroda (1993 -1995)
- ISCON Temple, New York City, NY, USA (1995 -1997)
- Invited and sponsored by the temple to execute its walls with murals.
Wholesale Manager (1995–1996)
TFI Tours and travel with Monique, 45 Street, Broadway NY City, NY, USA
Roles and responsibilities: airline ticketing as a sales manager
Achievements: One of the most rewarded staff in the International Airline Office
Workshops
Conducted a number of Community Art Workshops for children in schools and slums. Also participated in several senior artists’ workshops.
- 1989- ‘Workshop on Patna Kalam’ organized by ASrt Cultural Center, Allahabad
- 1991- International Workshop Organized by Southern Art Project, New York City, USA
- 1992- Workshop organized by Nalini Malani, Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda
- 1994- Printmaker’s Workshop organized by School of Visual Arts, Broadway, New York City, NY, USA
- 2008- A group show (18th-21st Oct) at Fine Arts Faculty, M.S University, Vadodara
Art Practice
Qualifications
Bachelor in Fine Arts (1994)
Department of Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, M. S. University, Baroda
(Ranked # 1 institution for fine arts studies, India Today survey, June 2014)
Art Practice
Contemporary visual artist (1993-present)
Range of media: water- colour, oil colour, acrylic colour, oil pastel, charcoal, Chinese ink, crayons, pencils, mix media, tempera, fabric colour, earth colours, rangoli, digital art, murals, etc.
Range of materials: paper, canvas, board, panel, fabric, textile, found objects, clay modelling, paper Mache, etc.
Range of subject matter: composition, still life, landscape, creative art, and wide variety of subject matter
Central ideas and concepts: feminine view of the world, human conception, human biology, personal observation of the life around, the nature, and creation
Exhibitions
- 1987-Annual Exhibition, College of Arts & Crafts, Patna Bihar – Awarded
- 1988-State Level Exhibition, College of Arts & Crafts, Patna, Bihar
- 1989-Group Show, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai Maharashtra
- 1993-Group Show, Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery, Baroda Gujarat
- 1994- Solo Exhibition, Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery, Baroda
- 1995- Young Generation Painters, curated by R.K. Singh, Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda
- 1996- Group Show, Foster Goldstrom Gallery, SOHO, Broadway, New York City, NY, USA
- 1997- Group Show, Staten Island, New York City, USA
- 2001- Prof. B. C. Sanyal Centenary Exhibition organized by IGNCA, Jan path, New Delhi
- 2002- Solo Exhibition Krishna Art Gallery, New Delhi
- 2003- An Exhibition of Erstwhile Bihar, Lalit Kala Academy Galleries, Ravindra Bhawan, New Delhi