Anita Chanda

Anita Chanda is an artist, born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire of Indian parents. She grew up in India and was educated at Loreto Convent. When her family moved backed to England she studied Fine Art at the Putney School of Art, and Graphic Art at Sir John Cass College of Art, London (now a department of the London Metropolitan University). She later attended the Government College of Art. Anita's paintings were shown at the Academy of Fine Arts Summer show and in a solo exhibition in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). Her work has been exhibited in solo shows and groups shows in galleries in London. She now lives and works in Surrey, currently painting a series of abstracts inspired by colour, form, light and movement.

Exhibitions
Nehru Centre, London. In 1999 the Indian Council for Cultural Relations invited her to exhibit her paintings at the Nehru Centre of the High Commission of India in London. This one-person exhibition was opened by Lalit Mansingh, High Commissioner for India

The Orangery, London. Her exhibition in association with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea "The Sari Series" at The Orangery Gallery, Holland Park, London in 2005 is featured on the British-Asian portal Red Hot Curry. This is a series of works inspired by the creativity of Indian weavers, whose brightly coloured temple silks and crisp cottons Anita "rediscovered" from her Indian childhood during a visit to Chennai (formerly Madras). Her strong colours reveal her Indian roots. The works are a mixed-media collage of sari borders, glass bangles and brightly coloured acrylic paints, creating a tactile combination of texture, colour and form, which resulted in a shortlisting for the 2006 BlindArt Sense & Sensuality award, eventually won by Nick Hornby.

Other galleries. In London, the Walk Gallery featured Anita's work in its 2006 Summer Show and the Llewellyn Alexander Gallery has also shown her recent work.

In 2012, Anita celebrated the entry of her nine-year-old grandson, Maximilian Ghose, into the Royal Academy, when his work was selected from 11,000 submissions for the Summer Exhibition.

Private Collections
Many of Anita's paintings are in private and corporate collections in UK, India and US, including those of:
 * Campbell-Ozten Associates
 * Berg Publishers, Oxford
 * Gerrard UK
 * Banyan Trust UK
 * Doordarshan Television, Kolkata, India
 * ITDC Welcome Group Hotel, Mumbai, India
 * Ashok Kurien, Chairman of Ambience Publicis (India) and Director of Zee TV

Her recent work has been shown at the Orangery, Holland Park, sponsored by the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, the Nehru Centre, The Walk and Llewellyn Alexander in London.