Ritu Kamath (b. 1970) is a visual artist with a multidisciplinary approach to her works.
Ritu started practising art under the tutelage of Shobha Broota and Rameshwar Broota at the Triveni Kala Sangam Studios in Delhi, from 1986 onwards. She completed her Masters in Fine Arts from Gwalior in 2018. BFA in Painting and Sculpture from the prestigious Jamia Milia Islamia University in 1992 and graduated high school from the Mater Dei School, Tilak Lane, New Delhi. Ritu has been teaching as guest faculty at Amity University since 2014.
She has experimented with several métiers and forms in her career as an artist. Her primary concern has been to create beauty with impact, whether she is exploring the feminine form or exploring satires or themes. Ritu has been working on a series titled ‘Journey's and Flights to an Unknown Land’ using diverse mediums. The series is broadly based on a desire to break away from real-life shackles.
She expresses her desires on the canvas by reinterpreting the various thoughts that run through her mind daily. It is an assemblage of triggers, tasks, thoughts, dreams, symbols, and interpretations that constantly titillate her mind. To interpret or translate her thoughts, she has relied upon drawing with inks and acrylics on paper and canvas. Her works are multi-layered and detailed.
In her career spanning two and half decades, Ritu has had nine solos and nearly 80 group shows to her credit. Some of the significant shows worth mentioning are participation in IAF (2020) with the gallery Engendered Space. The booth was sponsored by the Italian Embassy.
‘I AM’, a group show of 25 women artists curated by Ushmita Sahu in A.M. (Art Multi-Disciplines) Studio, Kolkata. March 8-19, (2017). ‘Next’ – a group show of 8 women artists – curated by Anoop Kamath at White Walls The Art Gallery in Kochi, Kerala Feb 26, (2017). ‘The Seeker and the Sought’, a group show by Art Centrix Space, New Delhi (November 2016). Participation in Art Explore’s inaugural exhibition ‘More Than Human’ curated by Georgina Maddox, October 14, (2016). Participation in The Egg Art Studio’s inaugural exhibition ‘Genesis: The Veil’, curated by Amrita Verma, April 9-June 9, (2016). Participation in ‘Clipboard’, a group show curated by Shijo Jacob at Durbar Hall Art Centre, Kochi, Kerala in August (2015). ‘Summer Show’ by Palette Art Gallery (2014); Participation in ‘ART Gwangju’, Korea (September 2014). Participation in Art Show, Busan in Korea, (March 2014) and many more.
Some of her important solo shows are; ‘I-seek, (stories from studio 727), a solo show curated by Anoop Kamath with a catalogue essay by Georgina Maddox at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi (2018); ‘The Wittiness of the Vanity Fair, a solo show at Studio Art art gallery, New Delhi (2012); ‘Changing Facets,’ solo show at Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi (2004); ‘Bhanwar,’ solo exhibition at the Nehru Centre, High Commission of India, London (2002) under the patronage of eminent writer and actor Girish Karnad.
She has been a part of many art camps and workshops. One was ‘Creating Days Out’ held in March 2018, conducted at Critical Dialogues Art Space, by Ruchika W. Singh in New Delhi.
Ritu has been continuously invited as an external examiner, judge, and jury in Amity University, Ansal University, and various schools in Delhi.
