Daina Mohapatra

Born in Balasore, Orissa, Daina completed her BFA in painting at Dhauli college of art and craft (BBSR) Utkl University of Culture, Odisha.( 1999-2004.) and her MFA(Painting) Collage of Art At, New Delhi(2006-08) Daina Mohapatra's artistic concerns are tied very deeply with her own concerns on being a woman. The artist transforms the painted surfaces of her works into multilayered platforms through which she engages with her own physicality as well as ideas of feminism. Her paintings assume a strong autobiographical quality that renders them at once distant, yet personal to the viewer.
In the words of the artist, ".I wish to penetrate the opaque wall that envelops
her existence and engage with her struggles, desires, and sexual orientations. I create juxtapositions of my own image as my body is the host for a woman's truth. I always portray myself in my paintings which make many questions for the society. Curiously, I have set them in such a way that I always hunting the answer with my hollow eyes and hunting expressions that stop my life.”

She has exhibited her work at many international venues, including Holy Now, By Religare Arts. I, Gallery27, LONDAN, United Art Fair. Second Edition curetted by Peter Nagy, New Delhi, Indian Art Summit, Religare Arts Initiative. New Delhi, Painting workshop with T V Sontosh by KOCHI BIENNALE FOUNDATION’S Master practice studio At PEPEER HOUSE, FORT KOCHI. Connaught Place, The Why Not place Summer Day-residency program Religare arts, New Delhi.
RUSTIC FOOTMARKS at Durbar Hall Art Center, Kochi, The Kala Kendra Serigraphy Collection At Vow 2019, Dehradun, Barbil Art Project-III TALES FROM THE LAND by Utsha Foundation For Contemporary Art Curetted by Ushmita Sahu at BHUBANESWAR, Barbil.
“Apna ghar “collaborated performance with Samudra Kajal Saikia,, At VADHERA ART GALLERY. And at Kiran Nadar - Museum Of Art, at GATI dance Studio.
UTKALGAH FESTIVAL,SOLO Performance Art, At Balasore, Odisha

The artist lives and works in Delhi

1999-2004
B.F.A from Dhauli college of art and craft (BBSR) Utkal University of Culture, Odisha.

2006-2008
M.F.A (Painting) College of Art, New Delhi

WORKSHOP

2018 Painting workshop with T V Sontosh by KOCHI BIENNALE FOUNDATION’S Master
practice studio At PEPEER HOUSE, FORT KOCHI.
ART FAIR

2017 Bhubaneswar International Art Fair, Curate by Dr Rajashree Biswal
At Lalit kala Akademi ,BBSR

2013 United Art Fair. Second Edition curate by Peter Nagy, New Delhi

2009 Indian Art Summit, Religare Arts Initiative. New Delhi

RESIDENCY

2010 ART.I MEZZ Art Residency 2010 Religare Art, New Delhi

2009 Connaught plece, The Why Not place Summer Day-residency program
Religare arts, New Delhi.
PROJECT

2017 Barbil Art Project-III TALES FROM THE LAND by Utsha Foundation
For Contemporary Art Curator Ushmita sahu at BHUBANESWAR, Barbil

2015 WAVE PROJECT, CHANDIPUR, ODISHA

2012 My secret seven Days
A performance based public interactive art project, CHANDIPUR, ODISHA

PERFORMANCE

2019 UTKALGAH FESTIVAL, Performance Art, At Balasore, Odisha

2013 "Multiplied Monologues: Aloud Asides", by the Disposable Theatre Courtesy
Samudra Kajal Saikia , "The Ghosts of Shakespeare"festival initiated by
"The Arshinagar Project”, at GATI dance Studio.

2012 House Hold A Disposable Theatre by Samudra kajal Saikia, as the
First performance in the series “INHABITING THE
MUSEUM”,Project at Kiran Nadar - Museum Of Art

2012 “Apna ghar Samudra Kajal Saikia,
As A part of the exhibition, At VADHERA ART GALLERY.

SOLO SHOWS
2002 Orissa first state kalamela, Rastiya lalit kala Kendra, BBSR, Odisha

CONCLAVE

2016 Odisha Art Conclave 2016, by IPCA ILA Panda centre for arts,
Bhubaneswar

GROUP SHOWS

2020 SELECTED 61st NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF ART ,At LALIT KALA AKADEMI,
NEW DELHI.
2020 RUSTIC FOOTMARKS Curated by Shaji Appukuttan at Durbar Hall Art Center, Kochi

2019 The Kala Kendra Serigraphy Collection At Vow 2019, Dehradun

2019 WOMAN IN ART, AT NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART, NEW DELHI

2019 National Level Art Exhibition at Lalit kala Akademi, New Delhi

2018 ART FOR KERALA FLOOD DISASTER AT NGAM, NEW DELHI

2018 THE GANDHI by Suvadra Art Gallery at Bhubaneswar.

2017 ART EXHIBITION AT FACULTY OF FINE ARTS, MSU BY ITM UNIVERSE,
VODADARA

2017 ANNUAL ART EXHIBITION By Sahitya kala parishad At Lalit kala Akademi
New Delhi.

2016 VAMA The Women Artist Exhibition, by Sahitya Kala parishad Govt of NCT
Of Delhi At All India Fine Arts and Crafts society, New Delhi

2015 ART SPOTTING IV By Gallery art positive, New Delhi

2015 VAMA the Women Painters Art Exhibition at Twin Art Gallery, C.V
Mess, Janpath in Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi

2014 ART SPOTTING IV By Gallery art positive, New Delhi

2013 Small is Big 2013 (Largest Contemporary Miniature Art Show of INDIA)
Curate by ANOOP KAMATH, Art Estate, Kochi.

2012 Conservation on canvas By WWF, Religare art gallery,
Taj palace, New Delhi

2011 32-mind creative, and per sand Magazine, New Delhi.

2010 Holy Now, By Religare arts. I, Gallery27, LONDAN

2009 Connaught Place The Why Not Place by Religare Arts Initiative.
New Delhi.

2009 FREEDOM OF EXPRESION MOVEMENT, RANGARASIYA,
MUMBAI

2008 UNFPA, CMS Art for Social Chang, NEW DELHI

2007 Ravi Jain memorial show, at Dhoomi mal gallery, New Delhi

AWARD

2019 Bisnu priya Devi Smruti Sanmana by Nirtya Sangita Kala Mandir, Balasore, ODISHA

2018 Uday Jena Phakirmohan Chitrakala Sanmana by Phakirmohan Sahitya parishad, ODISHA

2000-2004 Annual College Award of Dhauli college of Art & Crafts, BBSR, ODISHA

2003 Jajpur chitra kala mohatshab Award for visual art, ODISHA

COLLECTION
Many Private Collections in India and aboard, including
Malaysian Tourism promotion Board.
Hariyana Tourism
Delhi Tourism
Raj Bhavan of Odisha Governor House, Odisha