KAVITA CHACHCHA
CONTEMPORARY WITH AN INDIAN SOUL.
In my art I like to connect modernity & cultural abstraction. Different mediums allow me to express different ideas. Art, I create is driven by image, medium and process constructed by my background in architecture. A new identity breathes life onto my canvas through its design interface and juxta positioning of interconnected unfinished fragments of Travel & photography, textiles & saree, vintage lamps & lanterns, doors & windows, orchids & tropical greens, and other elements.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Kavita Chachcha is a former architect and a visual artist based out of Singapore. Her works weave cultural narratives from her native country, India, with contemporary minimalist design sensibilities, catered to global nomads like herself. Her style can be best described as ‘Contemporary art with a touch of tradition.’ Kavita has grown up in India and her work touches upon the memories and messages derived from her roots of cultural origin. The artwork depicts these messages through deeper conversations released through fluidity of her painted brushstrokes. By layering contrasting ideas both traditional and modern in nature she wants the viewers to feel connected and surprised.
Over the last three years had the opportunity to participate in several exhibitions and Art collectives initiating a dialogue between modern art and traditional elements, held in Singapore
Over the last three years had the opportunity to participate in exhibitions and Art collectives initiating a dialogue between modern art and traditional elements, held in Singapore.
In addition to Singapore, Kavita’s artwork has also been shown in Sao Paolo, Brazil.
You can view her works on Instragram at @108designn or click the button below to go to her website. If you are interested in any artworks or commission, Kavita can be reached at 108designn@gmail.com.
BIOGRAPHY
BLUE DOOR
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
45 CM X 60 CM
2021
This artwork transports you to places you may feel you are on your vacation. A red postal box sets against a heavy textured white, grey wall, a blue old wooden door adorned by pink bougainvillea completes the Mediterranean storytelling. Textural Depth of the art is achieved by thick coats of paint and palette knife.
STRING THE LIGHT 2
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
71 CM X 100 CM
2023
A colorful celebration of festivities in multicultural Singapore. The lanterns are a common repetitive theme explored in this painting. This artwork is created using loose brushstrokes with a neutral grey backdrop highlighting the pop of bright red pink lanterns showcasing layers of Asian aesthetics & symbolism.
CALM MOMENTS
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
90 CM X 90 CM
2021
Both composition and blue, brown color palette used in this artwork is an ideal way to construct the visual of calm moments. The color is spread with intuition giving way to new bodies of color through layering and blending. The flow of brush was a very Zen experience, and it shows in the end result.
LIFE IS LIGHT
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
90 CM X 90 CM
2021
This artwork channels a vintage vibe with an old-world charm backdrop. The subject of this art is a lady draped in shades of yellow silk saree with flowers in her hair gazing towards light. Vibrant colors and Indian soft sky blue with a textured old wall like finish adds both to its visual interest and comes together for a storytelling full of memories, nostalgia and beyond the past.
LIGHT IS BLISS
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
21 CM X 29.7 CM
2021
A culture forward moment captures the combination of outline of a vintage lamp against an abstract modern art background in this painting. There is an ongoing dialogue between the modern color palette and traditional elements (a hanging brass lamp) in a minimalist way.
EXHIBITIONS
2024
Feb: Group Show, Canvas Connections Women’s Art Collective Singapore, Arts House, Singapore.
Jan: “Making Waves” Group exhibition part of Singapore Art week 2024 @Visual Arts Centre, Singapore.
2023
Nov - Feb 2024: “Celebrations” Group Show, Canvas Connections Women’s Art Collective Singapore, German Centre, Singapore.
Oct: Group Show Canvas Connections Women’s Art Collective, Singapore. The Gallery at the Well, Emerald Hill, Singapore.
Apr: Dialogues of Color – by invite only, Orchard Singapore: An exclusive art show for Curators, Collectors, & Fine art community in Singapore.
Mar: International Narratives exhibition – Artlymix, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Sep: Artful Expression of mind - online Gallery Purple Octous Art LLC.
2022
May – Simple Duality: A collaboration of two Women creatives merging 2 mediums – paper & acrylic ink @- Fluxus Art Gallery, Singapore.
March - ARTIST & WINE LIST Group Show, Hollandse Club, Singapore.
EDUCATION
GRAPHIC DESIGN COURSE, Singapore 2011.
PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE, Singapore 2002.
Bachelors in Architecture, Mumbai University, INDIA 1996.
PUBLICATIONS
Aatnou magazine – Feb 2023
Nainen the woman magazine – March 2022.
Artist Talk magazine – August 2021.
AFFILIATIONS
Mama On Palette, Singapore.
Canvas Connections, Women’s Art Collective, Singapore.