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Arabic calligraphy reading "Muhammad, Messenger of Allah".

Salma Arastu (born 1950, Ajmer, India) is an Indian artist, living in in North America.[1][2][3][4][5] Arastu is a native of Rajasthan and had a masters in fine arts from MS University in Baroda[1]. Arastu's main mediums include clay sculpture, paper mache, and print work. She has also worked extensively with calligraphy and produces greeting cards for the American Muslim community.[6] Arastu has been exhibiting her paintings for over last thirty years in India, Iran, Kuwait, Germany and the United States, having more than thirty solo and group exhibitions. [5][3][7]. Furthermore, her work had been placed in many museums around world for example, "State Museum of Art, Harrisburg, PA" and "Museum Of Modern Art, Hyderabad, India".[2] [8] Her exhibitions have been held in notable places e.g. "Stanford Art Spaces", Stanford University, "art Museum", Radford University, [9][10] [11] and she has earned several awards for her work[2].

Selected Solo Exhibition

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A poem by Salma Arastu. The poem is published by MIT Press[12]

Salma Arastu has had more than thirty solo exhibitions and even many more group exhibitions[8][3][2][13]. Some of her selected solo exhibitions are following.

  • 2006 September: Artjaz Gallery in Philadelphia, PA [14] [2]
  • 2005 September: The Hope Horn Gallery Scranton University, Scranton PA[15] [2]
  • 2005 April: Penn State University gallery at Berks campus Reading PA
  • 2005 February: Radford University Art Museum, Radford University, Radford,VA [9]
  • 2004 May: The Art Alliance, Cornwell, Upstate New York
  • 2004 April: Gelabert Studios Gallery, New York, NY [2] [1]
  • 2003 April: Artjaz Gallery, Philadelphia, PA [14][2]
  • 2003 April: Black Cultural Center, Lafayette College, and Easton, PA [16]
  • 2002 May: Barns and Noble, Broadway, New York
  • 2002 April: Open Space Gallery, Allentown, PA
  • 2000 September: ArtJaz Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2000 June: Sweet cream cafe gallery, Strousburg, PA
  • 2000 An Invitational exhibition of paintings and six-week residency program in Schwabisch Gmund, Germany. 15th March 2000 to the end of April 2000.
  • 1999 Reading Art Museum. Reading, PA [17]
  • 1998 Art Gallery De Art Magic, Easton, PA
  • 1998 Art Heritage, New Delhi, India
  • 1998 A Gallery, New York, NY
  • 1997 The Gallery at Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA
  • 1997 Hub Gallery, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
  • 1993 Design Accent, Allentown, PA.
  • 1992 Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA.
  • 1992 Powers Art Gallery, East Strousburg University, PA.
  • 1991 Fine Arts Commission, Rotunda Gallery, Bethlehem, PA.
  • 1989 Springer Gallery, Allentown, PA.
  • 1989 DuBois Gallery & Display Cases Maginnes Hall, Lehigh University,
  • 1989 John's United Church of Christ, Kutztown, PA. East Penn Emerging Art 1986 Boushari Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
  • 1984 British Council Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
  • 1981 Kala Bhavan Gallery, Hyderabad, India.
  • 1979 Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi, India.
  • 1978 Azad Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
  • 1977 Art Gallery, Hotel Intercontinental, Tehran, Iran.
  • 1976 Kala Bhavan Gallery, Hyderabad, India.
  • 1975 Kala Bhavan, Hyderabad, India.
  • 1973 Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Calcutta, India.

Trivia

  • She was born without fingers on her left hand.[2]
  • Writes small stories and poetry beside being a professonal painter.[2]
  • She claims the aim of her art is bring diverse people to one God [18]
  • She converted to Islam from Hinduism due to marriage[2][19].

Notes

  1. ^ a b c "Indian art comes alive in the US". The Times of India. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Bio: Salma Arastu". Retrieved 2007-04-23.
  3. ^ a b c "Indo-American Art Council, Inc". Indo-American Art Council, Inc. Retrieved 2007-04-23.
  4. ^ "SAWCC: Shaken and Stirred Visual Arts". SAWCC.org. Retrieved 2007-04-23.
  5. ^ a b "South Asian Women's Creative Collection". skidmore.edu. Retrieved 2007-04-23.
  6. ^ Moore, Haddad, Smith (2006) p. 139
  7. ^ "Women's Caucus for Art: Northern California Chapter". ncwca.org. Retrieved 2007-04-23.
  8. ^ a b "Biography: Salma Arastu". mesart.com. Retrieved 2007-04-23.
  9. ^ a b "RU Museum Current Exhibitions". radford.edu. Retrieved 2007-04-23.
  10. ^ "SAS Exhibition". stanford.edu. Retrieved 2007-04-23.
  11. ^ "illustration & Paintings, Stanford Galleries, San Jose Mercury News". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 2007-04-23.
  12. ^ Lee Klein. "Art on the Eve of Destruction". PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, MIT Press. ISSN 1520-281X. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
  13. ^ "Event showcases Islam artists, poets, musicians". daily Targum. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
  14. ^ a b "Art Jaz Gallery - Salma Arastu". artjaz. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
  15. ^ "The University of Scranton- The hope Horn Gallery". scranton.edu. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
  16. ^ "Work by Five Women Artists on Display at Black Cultural center". lafayette.edu. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
  17. ^ "Reading Public Museum: Discovery Through Art, Science and Civilization". Reading Public Museum. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
  18. ^ "Art aiming to bring diverse people to one God". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2007-04-23.
  19. ^ O'Brien (2006) p. xxv

References

  • Moore, Kathleen M (2006). Muslim Women in America: The Challenge of Islamic Identity Today. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195177835. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • O'Brien, Jodi A. (2006). The Production Of Reality: the Production of (p 4/ed) Reality: Essays and Read-ings on Social Interaction. Pine Forge Press. ISBN 1412915198.
  • Lee Klein. "Art on the Eve of Destruction". PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, MIT Press. ISSN 1520-281X. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
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