| Hemant Joshi |
 Born in 1971, Hemant Joshi is a talented sculptor from Udaipur. He completed his M. A. in Drawing & Painting in 1994. Hemant’s forte as a sculptor is his command over his medium of choice – Marble. He experiments with marble stones of different colours. Hemant has had several exhibitions to his credit in India and Denmark. He was awarded A. I. F. A. C. S. scholarship by All India Fine Arts & Craft Society, New Delhi in 1997. He won the second prize at International Stone Fair held at Bangalore in 2006. |
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| Arpita Kolhatkar |
 Arpita Kolhatkar has been exhibiting her paintings as a professional artist for the last 12 years. Her preferred theme is the Indian woman. These paintings are done in vibrant colour schemes and rich textures to enhance the drapery of the characters depicted in the paintings. She has created her own unique style for the characters in her paintings, specially the eyes which connect and convey the feel of the paintings to the viewers.
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| Bharati Dixit |
 A painting begins with lines and dots and then takes along the colors to become the soul of a canvas. Sometimes one is totally amazed that how the colors and figures blend magically on canvas and this inspires to be novel and prolific. When I talk with colors they captivate me so much that in some divine state of mind a phenomenal image appears on canvas through a beautiful mixture of different colors. |
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| Balwant Patil |
 "I like to do pencil sketching as well as experiment with painting in different media such as oil colours, watercolours and acrylic paints. My preferred genre of painting is realistic.
I have been interested in painting since childhood. However during the initial years of my professional life, this passion was not given its due. Ten years back, I started again in right earnest. |
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| Asawari Wadekar |
 I was born and brought up in India. I currently live and work in Zürich, Switzerland. I have completed my Master's Degree in Fine Arts in Pune, India in 1993 from SNDT University. For the last 16 years I have been living in different countries, among them Thailand, England, France and the US. My art is richly inspired by my travels, but India remains my main source of inspiration; reflecting the variety of colours and themes I grew up surrounded with. |
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| Mukund Ketkar |
 To enjoy the moments, with ease and pleasure are the basic subjects of my sculptures. I prefer to choose the themes, with which I have enjoyed myself in my childhood. Climbing on trees, playing with a wheel, running in the countryside, sister chasing her brother, child with a puppy and several such themes have been my favourire ones. Today when I have crossed forty, I get my theme inspirations from my daughter's childhood. Her doll taking a nap in her tricycle is an excellent example of this. The compulsions of today’s fast paced life have driven our minds miles away from emotions. |
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| Sachin Kolhatkar |
 Sachin Kolhatkar has been exhibiting his works for the last 12 years as a professional artist. He loves to paint the Ganesha form apart from abstracts and landscapes. He likes to weave a fantasy through his abstract paintings and creative landscapes. He is best known for his Ganesha paintings which have the aura of peace and serenity apart from being visually pleasing. Sachin is known to experiment with different types of techniques while executing his paintings.
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| Kishor Nadavdekar |
 A self-taught landscape and portrait artist who credits Vijay Achrekar and Vasudeo Kamath for "being my guiding light and a source of encouragement when everyone else derided me for choosing art as a profession," Kishor derives great joy from travelling to various locations and capturing the essence of that place via small stories and happenings that unfurl before him over there. "they sya, there are a million stories hidden behind every wall and edifice in a place. It is those very stories that I try to unearth and capture on my canvas; for, what better way to capture the essence of that place" he exclaims. |
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| Samita Basu |
 Samita comes from a family of writers and painters. Her father, the Late Mangala Charan Chattopadhyay, was a Bengali poet of repute having won many prestigious national and international literary awards. He was an active member of the Progressive Writers’ Association, which brought Samita in close contact and association with many Bengali artists and intellectuals and helped stoke the fires of her own creative passions.
Many artists, writers, singers and intellectuals – like, Mrinal Sen, Suchitra Mitra, Shombhu Mitra, Subhash Mukhopadhayay, the Dagar brothers and Somnath Hore, among others – used to visit their home in Kolkata’s Hindustan Park during her early years. |
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