Richa Vora / richavoraart@gmail.com
Education
2024 Bachelor of Business Administration: BA (HONS) Business Enterprise,
Creation and Management Northumbria University | Newcastle upon Tyne,
2022 Royal Drawing School, Intensive Drawing Course
2018 - 2021 Foundation Degree in Fine Arts, The Art Academy, London
2002 - 2007 GD Art (Applied Arts) Major in Illustrations, Kalaniketan
Mahavidyalay, Kolhapur. Mumbai University
Solo Shows
2018 Indian High commission Sponsored show at HCI Aldwych, London
2017 The Only Window Opens Inwards, Nehru Centre, Mayfair, London
2014 Resting Places on a Journey, Nehru Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra
2013 Resonating Hymns, Kala Academy, Panaji, Goa
2012 Perceptions and perspectives, Kala Academy, Panaji, Goa
2011 The Realistic Show at Shahusmarak Bhavan, Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Group Shows & Awards
2024 ‘ECHOES’ Group Exhibition, The Nehru Centre, London.
2023 Selected for ‘ING’ Discerning Eye 2023’ Exhibition
2023 Selected for the ‘Home’ Exhibition by Art Can, London
2023 Shortlisted for the ’Evelyn Williams’ Drawing Award
2023 Selected for Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize
2023 Selected for Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair
2023 McNeill Gallery - Summer Exhibition
2022 Drawing Bursary Award ING Discerning Eye
2022 Selected for ING Discerning Eye Annual Exhibition
2022 LSM ‘Libery Speciality Markets’ 2 year Award, London.
2022 ‘Royal Drawing School’ Intensive Drawing Course. Invited artist Scholarship
2022 Group Show ‘Motherland’ Great west Gallery, Brentford
2022 Selected for Shakespeare’s Globe Trail
2022 The Art Academy’s ‘Drawing Prize’ 2022
2022 Selected for New English Art Club Annual Exhibition 2022
2022 Holly Bush Emerging Woman painting Award for ‘Amirul Choudhury Prize’ 2022
2022 Group Show ‘Spaces, Places and the Everyday’, The Crypt Gallery, London
2022 Group Show ‘Framing The Future’ Art Can Artists, London
2022 Group Show ‘Life After Life’ Highgate Gallery, London
2021 3rd Winner Pear Prize, Art academy London
2021 Selected for ‘Intrinsic Nature’ by Curator’s Salon 2021
2021 Second Prize Winner For ‘The British Art Prize’ 2021
2021 Selected for ‘Viking Cruises The British Art Prize, London’
2021 Selected for New English Art Club Annual Exhibition, London
2021 Selected for Royal Institute of Watercolour Annual Exhibition, London
2021 Selected for Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India
2021 Selected for D31 Gallery Art Prize exhibition, London
2020 Group Exhibition ‘Beyond the Likeness’, London
2020 Pop-Up Studio - Christie’s, London
2019 Group Show Curiosity - Newington Gallery, London
2019 Selected for Carter Bailey Perry LLP exhibition - The Clothworkers Hall, London
2018 Selected for ‘Life in Paint’ Figurative Exhibition McNeill Gallery, London
2015 Group Exhibition ‘Swa-rang’, Pune, India
2015 Group Exhibition ‘Spandan’, Baroda, India
2012 Selected for The Art Society of India, Mumbai, India
2011 Selected for ‘International Artist Exhibition’, Jakarta, Indonesia
Press Coverage
2017 BBC ‘Asian Network Dialog’ with Shazia Awan During an Exhibition 2017
2014 ‘When Art Imitates Life’’ – Absolute India, Mumbai
2013 ‘Resonance of the Universal and the individual’ – Navahind Times, Goa
2012 ‘Refreshing Realism’ – Navahind Times, Goa
Selected Art Demonstrations
2022 Mall Galleries London
2017 Somerset House London
2013 Kala Academy Goa
Represented by
‘McNeill Gallery, Pewsey
‘Great West Gallery’ Brentford
Residencies
2011, 2012, 2013 Resident Artist at Swaswara, Gokarna, Karnataka, India
Paintings in private collections across India, UK, China, UAE, USA.