Anju Acharya

Kerala based artist Anju Acharya uses natural materials like flower extracts, charcoal, blood, human hair & threads to create masterpieces. She chooses them for their fragile & organic qualities. Employing the potential flexibility & transparency of rice paper as the base lends a desired delicacy to her works.

Anju is inspired by the effects of environmental metamorphosis and mutation on flora & fauna. Motifs from nature are central to her practice. Her work unveils the invisible chain that connects every element.

Her works also explore the world of exiled humanity & the pangs of birth. Rooted in the changing equations of nature, she unleashes a sensuous play between the self and the alter ego. Oscillating between the primordial and the contemporary.

The interplay of illusion and reality reflects a mutating world, echoing the despair of a degrading environment; feminine in their form.

Anju Acharya (born in 1992) completed her Master in Fine Arts (Printmaking), 2017 from S.N School - (first rank with Gold Medal), University of Hyderabad, India.
Her works have been part of several shows in India such as - Gallery OED, Kochi, India, 2018; "Leaving a Trance" - Beyond Malabar Gallery, Fort Kochi, Kerala, 2017; "December" - MNF Foundation, Edappally, Kerala, 2017; "Emerging palettes" - Shrishti Art Gallery, Hyderabad, 2017; "VISIONS | Prosperity" - Mattanchery, 2017; Tag foundation - Mumbai, 2016; "Invisible storm" - Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi, 2015.

She participated in the KMB Students' Biennale in 2016.

She has received the Prafulla Foundation South Zone Award (drawing category in 2016 / bronze-ceramic category in 2017) & the Students' Biennale National Award in 2017.
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Anju lives and works in Kochi, Kerala.