Rooma Mehra Explained

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.

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] Lalit Kala Akademi[6] New Delhi, Arte Antica Gallery,[7] Canada, and individual collections in Switzerland, the US, Denmark, Austria the UK, Spain, the U.A.E. and Japan. Mehra's art has been referred to as a new art.[8]

She expresses humanitarianism[9] [10] in her works of art as well as her writing.[11] Mehra has done voluntary teaching work for the sight-impaired at the Blind Relief Association[12] and the SOS Children's Villages of India (Christian Children's Fund).

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Who's who of Indian Writers. 1999. Sahitya Akademi. Sahitya Akademi]. 978-81-260-0873-5. 829.
  2. News: Rooma Mehra Columnist The Indian Express Group. 24 August 2011. The Indian Express. 24 August 2011.
  3. News: She writes Poetry with Paint. 26 August 2011. The Tribune. 29 November 2002.
  4. News: Rooma Mehra's Show. 31 August 2011. The Tribune. 10 March 2008.
  5. Web site: Collection NGMA – National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. National Gallery of Modern Art. 31 August 2011.
  6. Electoral roll, Artists constituency, 1993: Delhi-New Delhi . Akademi . Lalit Kala . 1993.
  7. Web site: Rooma Mehra . Indianartcollectors.com . 7 May 2011 . dead . https://archive.today/20071228073753/http://www.indianartcollectors.com/art-work.php?aid=1451 . 28 December 2007.
  8. Dixit, Narendra (14 January 1990). "Prodding Unknown Terrain Rooma's Art". The Tribune. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  9. Web site: The Sunday Tribune – Spectrum – Article . The Tribune . India . 11 November 2001 . 7 May 2011.
  10. Web site: Green Dove's Poetry of Peace Gallery – Biography of Mehra Rooma . Greendove.net . 7 May 2011 . 23 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723140230/http://www.greendove.net/poetry2~mehrabio.htm . dead .
  11. Web site: The Gentle Warrior . The Times of India . 5 March 2007 . 7 May 2011.
  12. Web site: An interior world.

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