Shakti Maira
Shakti Maira is an Indian artist, sculptor, printmaker, writer and speaker.Early life
Born in 1947 in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, he currently lives in New Delhi. He studied at Mayo College, Ajmer, and is an alumnus of St. Stephen's College, Delhi, and IIM Ahmedabad.Art
Maira is an artist who works in many media. His paintings are in oil, acrylic or mixed media on canvas, paper, silk, board, marble, wood and byōbu. His printmaking has encompassed collographs, monotypes, etchings, woodprints and stoneprints. His sculpture and reliefs are in terracotta, stoneware, wood, stone and bronze.
Maira's work is in the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi, India, and in private collections around the world. His art has been exhibited in over forty one-person and group shows around in India, USA, Sri Lanka, France and Netherlands.Publications
