Adonna Khare

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Adonna Khare (born ca. 1980) [1] is an American artist from Burbank, California [2] mainly focused on large-scale pencil drawings. She received her Masters of Fine Art from [California State University Long Beach]]. [1] Her work has been collected by prestigious public and private collections throughout the world. In 2012 she won the world’s largest art competition ArtPrize, [3] competing against over 1500 artists from all around the world.

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She has been featured by Los Angeles Times , NPR, The Huffington Post , Daily Mail , Juxtapoz , [4] Mashable, My Modern Metropolis, Saatchi Gallery.

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  1. 1 2 Boehm, Mike (October 8, 2012). "Unheralded Burbank artist wins $200,000 in populist ArtPrize show". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  2. Kaczmarczyk, Jeffrey (September 11, 2013). "ArtPrize 2012 $200,000 winner Adonna Khare: ArtPrize has changed my life". MLive . Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  3. Rao, Mallika (October 9, 2012). "Adonna Khare, Stay-At-Home Mom, Wins $200,000 Art Prize For 'Elephant'". The Huffington Post . Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  4. "Amazing Pencil Works by Adonna Khare". Juxtapoz . November 25, 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  5. "Adonna Khare: The Kingdom".