Malaraj Srivastava

My name is Mala Raj Srivastava . I was born in the holy city named Varanasi. According to ancient history, Varanasi was founded by Lord Shiva. In the Rigveda this city is reffered as the name “Kashi”, this name is mentioned in Skanda Purana , where in one verse: Lord Shiva says “ the three world form one city of mine, and Kashi is my Royal palace therein.
Along with this my city is big centre of Artistic activities, it is famous for weaving muslin and silk fabrics, and these activities I always saw in my childhood which left obvious effect on me, so these “ Alankar” I use in my works always….
Secondly Kashi is big centre of music activities, Padamvibhushan Kishan Maharaj, Ustad Bismillah Khan, Pandit Samta Prasad , Bharat Ratna Pandit Ravi Shankar these all big names belong to Varanasi, so my childhood was spent among the laps of these great people. As I was fortunate of being the daughter of Pandit Kishan Maharaj ,I was having very keen intrest towards music and paintings as well from my childhood, because so many painters use to come at my place to create lots of different art at my home too. My father was also a great painter, sculptor and musician, infact he was an all time jack person in many field, so I was influenced with ...

2011- Master of Fine Arts (Painting) Indira Kala Sangit Vishwavidyalaya, Khairagarh (C.G.)By Tecnia Institute of Art & Design, New Delhi.

2009 - Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) Indira Kala SangitVishwavidyalaya, Khairagarh (C.G.) By Tecnia Institute of Art & Design, New Delhi.

1984 - Bachelor Of Arts from Mahatma Gandhi KashiVidya Pith University , Varanasi

Participation - A Solo Show in The Other Art Fair Brooklyn New York 2017
Participation in World Art Dubai 2017 at Booth # A 54 with ICAC Gallery based in Mumbai by Ravindra Maradia.
Participation- A group show Splendor (2016) by Art Glane at Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre, NEW DELHI.
2016 - Participation ( SOLO )BOOTH NO. 13, India Art Festival Delhi edition at National stadium.
Participation (Group Exhibitions)
2016 - “ Black” India Art Festival Mumbai at Nehru Centre.
2016 - “ Anantyatra “ curated by Manjula Singh at Visual Art Gallery, Delhi.
2016 -“ silent talk “ group show at lalitkala Academy, Lucknow.
2016 - “ India Art Festival “ at Delhi.
2016 - “ Harmony” curated by Manjeetkaur at GALAXY HOTEL & SPA , Gurgaon.
2015 - Art Family show ‘Life on Wings’ held at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
2014 - The Show” Fragrance of Life” for raising the donation for flood victims of J&K in Gallery Defence, Delhi.
2014 - ‘Aesthetic Conscience’ an Art Show in Studio 55, Delhi.
2014 - National Exhibition, Lalit Kala Academy, Amritsar.
2014 - Group Show “ Hanging Thoughts” Lalit Kala Academy, Lucknow.
2012 - Group show ‘Confabulation’ held at Lalit Kala Akademy, New Delhi.
2012 - An International group show ‘Life on Wall’ at Kolka...