Kaiko Moti
Kaiko Moti (1921–1989) was a Franco-Indian painter and printmaker. He was born in 1921 in Bombay, India, and studied at the Bombay School of Fine Arts. In 1946, he moved to London, England to study at the Slade School of Art at University College.
Kaiko Moti
- Born
- 1921 · Mumbai.
- Died
- 1989
- Nationality
- India · British Raj · Dominion of India
- Occupation
- painter · printmaker · artist
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1921
Kaiko Moti born at Mumbai.
1989
Kaiko Moti died.
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In 1950, he relocated to Paris and worked with printmaker Stanley William Hayter in the Atelier 17 artist group, and developed Viscosity Printing Techniques. A work from this period is included in the British Museum collection. Moving to the University of Wisconsin, he worked with Dean Meeker and taught his printmaking techniques to japanese artist Hitoshi Nakazato.
Moti's work is held in the permanent collection of the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, among other venues.
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Kaiko Moti, an artist, was born on 15 December 1921 in Bombay, India and died in 1989 in Paris. The birth is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France; the death by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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- 1.Kaiko was Franco-Indian. AnnexGaleries.
- 2.Kaiko Moti Biography Annex Galleries Fine Prints. www.annexgalleries.com.
- 3.print British Museum. The British Museum.
- 4.Colescott, Warrington. Progressive Printmakers Wisconsin Artists and the Print Renaissance. The University of Wisconsin Press. 41–42. 1999. 0-299-16110-2.
- 5.Tomii, Reiko. Nakazato Hitoshi Oral History. oralarthistory.org. Oral History Archive of Japanese Art. January 23, 2011.
- 6.Kaito Moti. Victoria and Albert Museum.
- 7.Kaito Moti. Musée d'Arte Moderne de Paris.
- 8.Kaiko Moti (Indian, 1921–1989). ArtNet.
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