Madan Meena
Born in 1974, Rajasthan.
Present Position
Honorary Director of the Adivasi Academy at Tejgadh, Gujarat.
Art Education & Scholarships
2006 Ph.D. on the subject 'Art of Meena Tribe' at Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur.
2000,03 Research Fellowship (NET), University Grants Commission, New Delhi.
1999 M.A. in Painting (University Gold Medal) Government College, Kota.
1998,99 Granted Students Scholarship by Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy, Jaipur.
1998 Indian Art & Culture Certificate Course, N.M.I., National Museum, New Delhi.
1997 Fresco & Mural Painting Certificate Course, Banasthali University, Rajasthan.
Solo Exhibitions
2017 Triveni Gallery, New Delhi
2016 ‘FRAGRANCE OF ABSTRACTION’ at Gallery Artchill, Amber Fort, Jaipur.
2015 'Kanta Laga' at Triveni Art Gallery, New Delhi.
2012 Gallery Artchill, Amber Palace, Jaipur
2012 ’Sublimity Encircled’ at Juneja Art Gallery, Jaipur
2012 Art Corridor , Le Meridien Jaipur organized by Gallery Artchill.
2011 Juneja Art Gallery, Jaipur.
2010 Juneja Art Gallery, Jaipur.
2009 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
2008 Gallery Artchill, Amber Palace, Jaipur.
2007 ‘Monsoon Dreams’ Juneja Art Gallery, Jaipur.
2002 Triveni Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi.
2001 Taj Art Gallery, Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai
1999 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta.
1999 Ravishankar Raval Kala Bhavan, Ahmedabad.
1998 Rabindra Bhawan, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi.
Awards
2018 MarwarRatna by Mehrangarh Fort Trust-Jodhpur for work in Folklore studies
2000 Annual All India Award, AIFACS, New Delhi.
2000 State Award, Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy, Jaipur.
1999 South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur.
1999 Himachal State Museum, Shimla.
1998 Students Exhibition, Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy, Jaipur.
1998 AVANTIKA, New Delhi.
1998 Awarded at Rajasthan Kala Mela by Central Lalit Kala Academy, organized by Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy, Jaipur.
Fellowships/Grants
2017-19 Senior Research Fellowship, CCRT, Department of Culture, Govt. of India.
2011-14 Research Fellowship from Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research, USA.
2010 Research Grant from CRASSH, University of Cambridge, UK.
Participation
2003 Contemporary Art of Rajasthan organized by Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy, Jawahar Kala Kendra and North Zone Cultural Centre at Patiala & Chandigarh.
2001 Contemporary Art of Rajasthan organized by Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy at Lucknow, Goa & Kota.
2000,01 Indian Academy of Fine Arts, Amritsar.
2000 West Bengal State Academy, Calcutta.
2000 The Bombay Art Society, Mumbai.
2000 Millenium Exhibition, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta.
1999 Annual Art Exhibition, Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy, Jaipur.
1998, 99 Kala Mela organized by Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy, Jaipur.
1998 All India Exhibition (Drawing), AIFACS, New Delhi.
1998 All India Exhibition of Drawing, Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy, Jaipur.
1997 All India Art Biennial of Rajasthan, Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy, Jaipur.
Camps & Workshops
2012 Artists Camp at Bharatpur, organized by Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy, Jaipur.
2011 All India Artists Camp, organized by Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur.
2010 Artists camp at Ummed Bagh Resort, Bundi.
2009 Young Painters Camp, Neerja Modi School, Jaipur.
2009 Artist Camp organized by Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy-Jaipur.
2005 Contemporary Painting Workshop organized by North-East Zone Cultural Centre-Dimapur at Naharlagun (Arunachal Pradesh).
2004 Publication Design Workshop organized by Seagulls Publication at Kolkata in association with ARCE-American Institute of Indian Studies, New Delhi.
2002 Painters' Camp organized by Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra-Lucknow at Jhansi.
2002 Young Artists' Camp organized by AIFACS, New Delhi.
1999, 2001 Art Awareness Camp at Kota.
1998 National Students Camp organized by Bareilly College, U.P.
1997 Zonal Contemporary Painters Camp organized by West Zone Cultural Centre-Udaipur at Daman.
Group Exhibitions
2019 'Inner voices - outer masks' Group show at Gallery Artchill, Amer Fort, Jaipur.
2018 ‘ART IDIOMS - STRAY & MOULDED' Group Show at Juneja Art Gallery, Jaipur.
2016 Group Show at Gallery Artchill, Amber Fort, Jaipur.
2015 ‘Art Walk’ Feb- March at Juneja Art Gallery, Jaipur.
2014 'Treasures of Rajasthan Season II' at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi
2014 All India Exhibition at Jaipur Art Summit, Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur
2014 'India - The Revealed Mysteries' in Conjunction with Venice Biennale 2014, Venice , curated by Sandro Orlandi , co curated by Sangeeta Juneja.
2013 Jaipur Art Summit 2013
2013 'Confluence des Arts’ a group show of 100 artists at Gallery Artchill, Amber Fort, Jaipur.
2013 Gallery Hacienda, Mumbai.
2012 ’Sublimity Encircled’ by Madan Meena at Juneja Art Gallery, Jaipur.
2011 THE DESERT SYMPHONY – Colors of Rajasthan, Dhoomimal City Gallery, New Delhi.
2009 Group Show at CRIMSON-The Art Resource, Bangalore.
2008 Group Show at Gallery Artchill, Amer fort, Jaipur.
2005 Group exhibition by Bougainvillea Gallery at Udai Villas, Udaipur.
2004 Ravishankar Rawal Kala Bhawan, Ahmadabad & Art Gallery, Kota.
2003 'RECONNOITRE' organized by Gallery Space, Hyderabad.
2003 Group exhibition organized at Bangalore and Chennai by Laxshana Art Gallery.
2003 'WE' at Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur & Art Gallery, Kota.
2001 Group show 'Spectre' at Srishti Art Gallery, Welcome group Rajputana Palace Sheraton and Gaurav Towers, Jaipur.
2001 Krishna's Collection Art Gallery, New Delhi.
2000 Gallery Ganesha, New Delhi.
2000 Group show 'Expressions', at Jawahar Kala Kendra-Jaipur, Kota, Bundi & Gadepan.
1998 Two-men show at Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad.
Others
2014 Exhibition of Meena women paintings at Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW, Australia.
2013 Exhibition of Meena women paintings at Gallery Artisan, Brisbane, Australia.
2013 Member of General Council, Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy, Jaipur.
2010-11 Associate Director of the film ‘Jharu Katha-Broom Stories’. The film was supported by Ford Foundation, US.
2010 Attended workshop on, ‘Archiving Orality and Connecting with Communities: World Oral Literature Project 2010 Workshop,’ organized by CRASSH, University of Cambridge, UK.
2008-09 Designed exhibition on Brooms for ‘Arna-Jharna: The Desert Museum of Rajasthan’ of Rupayan Sansthan, Jodhpur.
2009 Curated exhibition of Meena women wall paintings along with Tara Books on launch of ‘Nurturing Walls’ book at Jaipur Literature Festival.
2006-07 'Creative expressions of the Meena women' exhibitions of collection and research work on Meena tribe organized at: National Centre for the Performing Arts-Mumbai. Bharat Bhawan-Bhopal Hutheesingh Visual Art Centre-Ahmadabad Karnataka Chitra Kala Parishad and Gallery Time & Space-Bangalore
2004 Invited as resource person for making of documentary film 'Creativity of Meena Women' by Educational Media Research Centre, Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur.
2002 Creativity of Meena Women' exhibition of collection and research work on Meena Women at India International Centre, New Delhi.
Research Projects
2017-19 Documentation and preparation of manuscripts of Tejaji Ballad sung in Marwar region of Rajasthan.
2015 Conducted survey on crafts traditions among craft communities of Barmer, Rajasthan. The project was funded by IL&FS & PDCOR.
2013-14 State Coordinator for Educational Survey on Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-nomadic Tribes in Rajasthan. The project is funded by Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi.
2013 Coordinator for Tejaji Gatha documented for All India Radio, Kota.
2010 Documentation and publication of book and audio DVDs on Tejaji Ballad sung in Hadoti region of South-Eastern Rajasthan.
2006 Genealogical study of Jaga community residing in Eastern Rajasthan. This was to study the system of keeping written records of family lineages. The project was funded by Department of Culture, Government of India.
2007 Documentation on Folk Epic of Devnarain sung in Eastern Rajasthan. The project was supported by Geeta Sarabhai, Sangeet Kendra, Ahmadabad.
Books
1. The Languages of Rajasthan - People’s Linguistic Survey of India, Volume Editor, Orient Blackswan (2016), ISBN- 978-81-250-6397-1
2. Bharatiya Bhasha Lok Sarvekshan - Rajasthan Ki Bhashayen, Volume Editor, Orient Blackswan (2014), ISBN- 978-81-250-5466-5
3. Tejaji Gatha(Tejaji Ballad), published under the World Oral Literature Project of Cambridge University (2012), ISBN- 978-81-8466-888-2
4. Nurturing Walls-Animal Art by Meena Women, book on Meena women wall paintings published by Tara Books, Chennai (2009), ISBN- 978-81-8621-168-7
5. Joy of Creativity, based on the motifs of Meena women wall paintings (self published), 2007.
Film
Jharu-Katha: Broom Stories (2012) – Served as an Associate Director. The film is about the broom and broom-making communities of Rajasthan, their migration in search of raw material and market, health hazards involved in the profession, ecological issues related to the raw material, broom trade, its economy; myths, beliefs and rituals related to the broom in social context, and broom as offering to the god & goddess. The film covers the diverse aspects of broom from its being as tool of suppression on one side and symbol of dignity and pride on the other side. The film also brings into focus the Dalit and issues related to the garbage disposal. The film was funded by Ford Foundation.
Audio DVDs
Published seven audio DVDs featuring different singing traditions of the Tejaji Ballad, Mataji-ke-jas and Jogi songs.
Academic Engagements
Teaches as visiting faculty at the Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (IICD)-Jaipur and National institute of Design (NID)-Kurukshetra.