Born and brought up in New Delhi, Shipra Rohatgi-Dutta is a fourth generation calligrapher from India, who uses stone, walls, canvases, T-shirts, sarees (Satya Paul), paper among others as her medium for Calligraphy. Her Great grandfather worked at Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar Court as a “Khatta” Accounts writer. And in the modern day, she too has worked with very high profile people throughout the country.
A DU Graduate in BOC, Calligraphy, she counts the art as her family work. She has also done a Fine Arts Course from Triveni Kala Sangam (Two year Part time); 2 years Fashion Design course from JD Institute of Fashion Technology and 2 years Pattern making and Dress Design course from South Delhi Polytechnic for Women. The picturesque, Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi, has been her work-place, for more than 18 years now.
The list of people she has worked for:
International Brands: Louis Vuitton, Dom Perignon, Tod’s, Salvatore Ferragamo, Chanel, Dior and many more.
VVIPs; Smt Sonia Gandhi, Shri Kamal Nath, Begum Pataudi, Maharani Kapurthala & Yuvaraj Kapurthala, Shri GVG Krishnaurthy, Dr. KK Modi, Smt Shobhana Bharatiya, Sahara Shri (Subrata Roy), Shri K. P. Singh (DLF), Mr. Bill Clinton, Mr. M A K Crites and more.
Financial Institutions: American Express, ANZ Grindlays, Standard Chartered, OBC, PNB etc.
Educational Institutions: NIFT, Sri Aurobindo Society, Pearl Academy, IITTM, IMM, IMI, IIFT, RGF, YMCA, FSOM are namely some of them.
Religious Institutions: Lotus Temple, Iskcon Temple, Aryasamaj Mandir etc.
Hospitality Industry: Taj Group, ITC Maurya Group, The Oberoi Group, The Park Group of Hotels to name a few.
Automotive Industry: Maruti Suzuki, Hero Group, BMW etc.
‘Taught’fully: During 2001-2003, I taught Calligraphy at Vasant Valley School, Currently teaching at The MIS, Calligraphy Workshops for Jaipur Cartist, Himalayan Village Sonapani, Kunskapsskolan Gurgaon.
Exhibitions: For the enrichment of Mankind, at large, My ‘Kabir’ Collection (On Canvas) was displayed at Sri Aurobindo Society, New Delhi in August 2014. My artworks on Stone & Metal were a part of the Callifest 2014, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, The Bird project, Baroda-2016, The Khajuraho Dance Festival, 2016.
Shipra Rohatgi Dutta.
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