Afza Tamkanat

Born in 1990, Hyderabad, Afza Tamkanat art engages with an array of socio-political issues. Daughter of one of Hyderabad's better-known artists, Fawad Tamkanat, Afza picked up the brush at a very young age. As she watched her dad paint, Afza says she would also pick up crayons and sketches and paint on the walls and on bed sheets. Her art can be perceived as bold, like her incredibly independent mind. In her own words, “I don’t hate you, but I respect me. Your comments, your opinions do not define me. I do not care what you think about me, because I don’t think about you at all. I cannot improve my work when I am surrounded with negative energy that only tries to bring me down… I let my work speak for itself.”

2011 BFA (Painting), Jawaharlal Nehru Fine Arts and Architecture University, Hyderabad

2014 MFA (Painting), S N School, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

SOLO SHOWS
2019-TRIO SOLO SHOW,AFFORDABLE ART FAIR MELBOURNE,AUSTRALIA
2018-TRIO SOLO SHOW, NEW YORK AFFORDABLE ART FAIR 2018 (STUDIO 3)
2018-TRIO SOLO SHOW, WORLD ART DUBAI, DUBAI WORLD TRADE CENTRE.
2017-TRIO SOLO SHOW, SINGAPORE ART FARE, SINGAPORE (STUDIO 3)
2017-SOLO SHOW, WORLD ART DUBAI, DUBAI WORLD TRADE CENTRE
2016-SOLO SHOW, WORLD ART DUBAI, DUBAI WORLD T.DE CENTRE.


GROUP SHOWS
2020-FUND RAISER,AMERIACN INDIA FOUNDATION TRUST AND SHRISHTI ART GALLERY,HYDERABAD.
2020-TELENGANA TOPICS,FOUNDATION OF ART AND CULTURE BHOPAL,BHOPAL
2020-ART REVELOTUION TAIPEI, TAIWAN.
2020-“HONONGA,” MARLBOROUGH ART SOCIETY,CURATED BY SUDHIR DUPPATI, NEW ZEALAND.
2019-THE DOT THAT WENT FOR A WALK,SHRISHTI ART GALLERY,MUMBAI
2019-CLUSTER,KHUSHI FOUNDATION,NEW DELHI
2018-VALUE BEYOND GALLERY VEDA CURATED BY SAPNAKAR, CHENNAI.
2018-EDELWEISS PALLETTE ART WALK 2018, NEW DELHI.
2018-GNANA ART GALLERY, SINGAPORE
2017-THE KALLAM ANJI REDDY ART FES'TIVAL, DR REDDYS FOUNDATION, GALLERY SPACE.HYDERABAD
2017-DOYENNE, GALLERY SPACE IN COLLABORATION WITH PAR1C HYATT AND PROJECT 511, HYDERABAD
2016-WITHIN REACH, GALLERY NVYA, DELHI
2016-WOMEN'S DAY, GALLERY SPACE, HYDERABAD
2016-EDELWEISS PALETTE16 ART WALK, MUMBAI
2015- NEW UTTERANCES-ART OF A DYNAMIC GENERATION, DAIRA CENTRE FOR ARTS AND CULTURE, HYDERABAD.
2015-BLURRED GAZES, KALAKRITI ART GALLERY, HYDERABAD
2015-VIEWPOINT, NEHRU ART GALLERY, HYDERABAD
2015-BEING IN HER SHOES, KALAKRITI ART GALLERY, HYDERABAD
2014-ART, AESTHETICS AND UTILITY, GALLERY SPACE, HYDERABAD
2014-SHRISHTI MEL, AFFORDABLE AND UTILITARIAN ART FAIR, SHRISHTI ART GALLERY,HYDERABAD
2014-AID FOR HUD HUD VICTIMS, GALLERY MUSE, MARMOT, HYDERABAD
2014-ART FOR CAUSE, AID OF HUD HUD VICTIMS, GALLERY SPACE, HYDERABAD
2014-A, AT TELENGANA, SALARJUNG MUSEUM, HYDERABAD
2014-EXPRESSION OF COLORS, GALLERYSPACE, HYDERABAD
2014-BRUSHSTROKES 2014-DECCAN,TAJ DECCAN, COLORENTICE..LIVING IN COLORS, HYDERABAD
2014-MONSOON SHADES, GALLERYSPACE, HYDERABAD
2014-.HOW STRONG THE BREEZE, HOW PRECIOUS THE FLIGHT, SALARJUNG MUSEUM, HYDERABAD
2014-FLIGHT: UP, UP AND AWAY, HYDERABAD CENTRAL UNIVERSITY, HYDERABAD
2014-COLLECTORS CHOICE, TAMKANAT ART GALLERY, HYDERABAD
2014 - SHADES OF WOMEN-1NTERNATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITION, RADISSON BLU AND GALLERY SPACE, HYDERABAD.
2014 - CONTEMPORARIES OF HYDERABAD, TAMKANAT ART GALLERY, HYDERABAD
2013- 75YEARS OF DECCAN CHRONICLE, KALAKRITI ART GALLERY, HYDERABAD
2013 – ABSOLUTE JAMBORE, DAIRA CENTRE FOR ARTS IN COLLABORATION WITH ABSOLUT , HYDERABAD
2013 - FLOWER POWER, DAIRA CENTRE FOR ARTS, HYDERABAD
2013 - LOVE BYTES, DIARA. CENTRE FOR ARTS, HYDERAI3AD
2013 - LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA, 55TH INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION, VENICE
2012 - ART JAMBORE, DAIRA CENTRE. FOR ARTS, HYDERABAD
2011 - 21 HYDERABAD ARTIST. TAJ DECCAN. HYDERABAD

awards
recipient of the DEVI award,The new Indian express 2016.


COLLECTIONS
PRIVATE COLLECTION SINGAPORE
KARA FESTIVAL INDIA
MUKTA-TELENGANA WOMENS COLLECTIVE, INDIA
IMAGO MUND1, LUCIANO BENETTON COLLECTION, ITALY.
PRIVATE COLLECTION, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
PRIVATE COLLECTION, DUBAI
PRIVATE COLLECTION, GERMANY
PRIVATE COLLECTION, MIAMI
ART TELENGANA,INDIA