Hemi Bawa
Her works include acrylic and glass paintings and sculptures made of cast glass, fibre glass and copper-fired glass. Bawa was born in Delhi and did not have any formal training when she started painting in 1962. Later, she studied Scandinavian glassmaking techniques and started working on that medium and also in combination with metal, wood and acrylic.
Hemi Bawa
- Name
- Hemi Bawa
- Birthplace
- Delhi, India
- Occupation
- Painter sculptor
- Known for
- Modern art
- Spouse
- Inderjit Singh Bawa
- Awards
- Padma Shri
- Born
- 1948 · Delhi.
- Nationality
- India
- Honours
- Padma Shri in arts
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Her works include acrylic and glass paintings and sculptures made of cast glass, fibre glass and copper-fired glass. Bawa was born in Delhi and did not have any formal training when she started painting in 1962. Later, she studied Scandinavian glassmaking techniques and started working on that medium and also in combination with metal, wood and acrylic.
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Hemi Bawa (born 1948) is a painter and sculptor, of Indian nationality. The painter was born in Delhi. Honours include Padma Shri in arts.
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In 1996, Coca-Cola commissioned her for a sculpture, to be displayed during the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the eight-foot high work is now on display at the Coca-Cola Museum in the city. She has had solo and group exhibitions in India and abroad, including the Glass Dimension show and India Art Fair 2012 in Delhi. The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2009, for her contributions to Arts. Her life and works have been documented in Hemi Bawa, a book by Alka Pande, published in 2010. She is married to Inderjit Singh Bawa, an industrialist, and the couple lives in Delhi, along Hailey Road.
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• Name — Hemi Bawa • Birthplace — Delhi, India • Occupation — Painter sculptor • Known for — Modern art • Spouse — Inderjit Singh Bawa • Awards — Padma Shri
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Hemi Bawa is recorded as having received Padma Shri in arts.
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1948
Hemi Bawa born at Delhi.
2010
Hemi Bawa (2010) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
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- 1.Hemi Bawa artist file. Corning Museum of Glass. 2005.
- 2.Padma Shri is a recognition of my art: Hemi Bawa. Mid-Day. 11 April 2009.
- 3.Harry Winston and Hemi Bawa. Jot Impex. 2016.
- 4.Behind the Glass: Meet the Artist – Hemi Bawa. Corning Museum of Glass. 2016.
- 5.Sculptor Hemi Bawa's Coke bottle selected for Atlanta Olympics. India Today. 1 January 2013.
- 6.India's glass diva sparkles again. Zee News. 4 August 2009.
- 7.Singh, Ayesha. Hemi Bawa explores the power of present. The Indian Express. 15 January 2012.
- 8.Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Padma Awards Directory (1954-2013). 149. 14 August 2013.
- 9.Pande, Alka. Hemi Bawa. Roli Books. 2010. 9788174367938.
- 10.Anand, Shelly. Artistic impressions. India Today. 27 February 2012.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Pande, Alka. Hemi Bawa. Om Books. 2010. 9788174367938.
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