Nayanaa Kanodia

An economist turned painter and a brilliant colourist with a strong individualism in her work, Nayanaa Kanodia can be considered to be the pioneer of the genre of L’Art Naif in India. She has held innumerable shows in India and abroad.
Her paintings are in the collection of major art collectors and corporate houses all over the world.
Musee International D’Naif Art in Paris permanently displays her paintings.
She has exhibited and demonstrated her painting techniques in Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
She was the first Indian whose paintings were selected in Paintings in .
She has been featured in an international publication Women in Art by Reinhard Fuchs, a rare honour for any Indian artist.
She was chosen from all the artists of The Commonwealth Countries to have a solo show in their newly renovated complex in London.
Impressed with the social messages being conveyed in her paintings, a consortium of schools in Los Altos, U.S.A. is using her work as a medium of instruction to their students.
She has recently been appointed as a juror for PrismaArt Prize for their Rome Dividere in Europe. She is the first Indian on their panel which is an honour not only for her but also for her country.
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I'm self-taught artist except for a year-long apprenticeship with Anjolie Ela Menon - one of India's leading contemporary artists. Having had a French leave of absenteeism from formal training in art enabled me to bring strong individualism into my artworks long before it was considered the sought-after approach for unique and contemporary artists of today.

Solo shows in India

2018 ‘The Quintessential Woman - A Celebration’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

2015 Aura Art, Art Index, Art Enclave
‘The Journey of Life’, Veda Gallery, Chennai

2014 Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
‘The Great Outdoors’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
‘Situations Extraordinaire’, Gallery Art N Soul, Mumbai

2012 Gallery Art N Soul, Mumbai

2010 ‘A City Wakes up inside Me’, The Museum Gallery, Mumbai

2007 ‘Distinguished Company’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
Art Alive, New Delhi

2005 Show with Maneka Gandhi, New Delhi

2004 The Museum Gallery, Mumbai

2003 Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi

2002 Art Indus, New Delhi
Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

2000 Shridharani gallery, New Delhi

1999 Art Today Show, New Delhi
Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

1996 Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi

1995 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi

1993 L.T.G. Gallery, New Delhi
Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

1991 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
ANZ, Grindlay’s Bank, Mumbai

1987 ...