Kanchan Chander

b. 1957

Kanchan Chander did a foundation year at Weisensee Kunst
Hochschule in Berlin and BFA in painting and printmaking from
Delhi College of Art. During 1979 and 1980 she was guest student
at College of Art, Chile. She received a Grant from Lalit
Kala Akademi, Delhi; French Government Scholarship, Ecole
Des Beaux, Paris and Fellowship from the Ministry of Human
Resources Development, Delhi. She was a Lecturer at College
of Art, Delhi between 1986 and 2005. She has held several
solo shows in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Nepal and Japan and
has also participated in group shows across India and overseas
including Norwegian International Print show, Triennial India;
International Print Biennale at France, Bhopal, Yugoslavia, Japan
and the UK. She is a Founder member of Indian Printmakers
Guild. Awards to her credit include those of the Yuva Mahotsava;
Sahitya Kala Parishad; Women’s All India AIFACS and
International Print Biennale from Bradford, UK. She lives and
works in Delhi.