Rooma Mehra

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Rooma Mehra (born 24 January 1967) is an Indian poet, painter, sculptor, freelance newspaper writer [1] [2] [3] and a columnist for the Indian Express .

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Career

Mehra is a self-taught artist with a social conscience, who has had 11 solo shows [4] of her paintings, reliefs and sculptures. Her artworks are found in private and permanent collections including the National Gallery of Modern Art New Delhi [5] and Lalit Kala Akademi. [6] Mehra's art has been referred to as a new art. [7]

A compilation of her newspaper travel articles was translated by Mehra into the German language and published digitally, entitled Das ausländische Stück des Grases in 2008.

Mehra currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.

Selected publications

She has written three books of poetry:

See also

References

  1. Who's who of Indian Writers. Sahitya Akademi]: Sahitya Akademi. 1999. p. 829. ISBN   978-81-260-0873-5.
  2. "Rooma Mehra Columnist The Indian Express Group". The Indian Express. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  3. "She writes Poetry with Paint". The Tribune. 29 November 2002. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  4. "Rooma Mehra's Show". The Tribune. 10 March 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  5. "Collection NGMA – National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi". National Gallery of Modern Art. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  6. Akademi, Lalit Kala (1993). "Electoral roll, Artists constituency, 1993: Delhi-New Delhi".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. Dixit, Narendra (14 January 1990). "Prodding Unknown Terrain Rooma's Art". The Tribune. Retrieved 14 August 2011.