I had a career as actor, dancer and singer in France in the ’80’s for 10 years. In the 90’s I started teaching acting, personal development and art therapy through theatre for 12 years. In Auroville I have been engaged in projects like the Kabir Festival in 2012, Cabaret Evenings with Auroville Performing Arts and […]
Originally from UK, currently living in Auroville, India.Jazz saxophonist, pianist, composer and music teacher.Studied music at Exeter University UK.An active member of the Indian Jazz and World music scene. Bands that I play for:www.refugemusic.inkrishnastemplerock.comfacebook.com/radha.thomaswww.jazzinindia.com/jaco-pastorius-tribute contact:e-mail: matt-jazz [at] hotmail.com links:blogs with information and photos:http://saxindia.blogspot.in/http://mattlittlewood.blogspot.in/ www.facebook.com/matt.littlewood.9 music on soundcloud:https://soundcloud.com/mattav work:
“I have chosen to contribute as a Dance and Drawing Non verbal communicator expressing the ancient and contemporary spiritual culture that rests its base on the divine nature of all beings.” Grace’s domain of expertise:– Pedagogy in dance and drawing (non-verbal approach)– Dance and choreography– non-verbal languages, sacred & symbolic expressions in specific, the Kolam– […]
Tejas performs and teaches Odissi and Semi Classical Bollywood Dance. She has dedicated her life to the study of Bharathanatyam and Odissi. Tejas has also studied Kathak, Bellydance, African dance, Ballet and Salsa, which gives her a unique style that she incorporates into her Bollywood choreographies. Tejas travels the world teaching and performing Indian Dance, […]
Polyphonik Neo-Urban -/- Clown Krypto-Naze Novo-Punky -/-Nomad Bio-Anartist Je suis comme Tout l’monde, comme Personne et comme Certains I am like Everybody, like Nobody and like Somebody contact:e-mail: michelgronoff [at] gmail.com
Being an autodidact music composer, I create electronic music since 1998.Whether it is electroscape, techno, hip-hop or raggaeton I create pieces, remix tracks and perform live sets made to dance or simply to be appreciated as a painted adventure. Another side of my creative self is Capoeira. I started learning it in 2000 under Mestre […]
Chloe travels between Auroville and France where she composes sounds for performing art, radio and documentary. Producer and director for Radio France (French National Radio), she has also created the Hand Made Radio Art (Collective Labo-radiophonic live performance). In September 2013 she joined the composition class of electroacoustic music at the Experimental Music Conservatory of […]
Ikebana is the Japanese Art of Flower Arrangement. It is a disciplined art form where the arrangement is a living thing in which nature and humanity are brought together. It is steeped in the philosophy of developing closeness with nature. As is true of all other arts, Ikebana is creative expression within certain rules of […]
Throughout my life as an artist, I’ve gravitated towards a variety of 1, 2 and 3 dimensional materials and media…drawing, painting, clay, mixed media, collage, fiber and recycle art. Over the past several years, while traveling between the US, Mexico, Guatemala and India, I have worked with materials easily transportable such as pen, ink (fine […]
E. Srinivassan is a screenwriter, actor, and film and theatre director. Born in Kuilapalayam, he has directed more than twenty-five educational films and street plays on social, health, and environmental issues which are used to raise awareness in schools and villages. Srini is the founder and director of Yatra Multimedia and the Yatra Art & […]
Suryan is a self styled singer/songwriter of contemporary western music, fusing many genres to create his sound. Conceived and brought up in Auroville, his parents (German and English) met and settled in Auroville in the early 70’s. He has also studied and worked abroad for much of his life. contact:e-mail: suryan [at] auroville.org.inaddress: Isaiambalam, Aurovilletel: […]
Supriya is a ceramic artist and an Ikebana artist with love for painting. In ceramics, she uses different clays and different ways of firing them – in a gas kiln and an anagama kiln, which reflects different surfaces that she pursues to express her creativity. Form is her ever attractive inner drive. A thought, an […]
I live in a place of unending education. Therefore there could be no particular description or name of our activities. Everything we Aurovilians do is for getting experience, and to grow towards the ideal. What is my ideal? In few words to become someone worth of subtle and radiant expressions of the divine light, someone […]
To speak about myself is not what I like the most, but to let art and music express the feelings of what is difficult to speak about, the hidden. To employ poetry and images to reveal deeper emotions, different perceptions and yet to be grounded on earth, is a key to integrality. contact:address: Minati, Aurovillee-mail: […]
From 2005 to 2013 Rod has lectured regularly on philosophy and poetry at the University of Human Unity in Auroville, where he also has worked as Principal of New Era Secondary School from 2007-2012. During May-August 2013 he presented a series of workshops on the Kena Upanishad and Savitri in the USA. Texts and audio […]
I work with hand building and small forms. I use variety of glazes to create colorful fairy tale like world. I am ready to share it with those who keep the inner child happily alive. I’m always looking for play in work. I define play as a sense of not really knowing what is going […]
My love for Arts and painting commenced and has grown with the study of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother; learning has been an education in appreciating the beauty of life. When the moments of deep intimacy descend on me and the inner vision shines through, I feel charmed… I paint. My skills in photography have […]
Born: 17 April 1954 in Trier, Germany.I studied Vis.Com./Arts in Germany and worked as Graphic Designer in Advertisement Agencies. After coming to Auroville in 1981, I continued design work including book publications, exhibitions and graphics. Since 1984, I worked in various art-forms:– Oil Painting (with exhibitions in Auroville, Pondicherry, Chennai, Delhi, and Germany)– Architecture (several […]
Training and Experience in Ceramics Committed to my life in Auroville, an international township since over eight years now, the focus of my recent work has been images, objects, colors and textures of India. India, my own country, has meant so much more to me after being influenced by Auroville philosophy and life. In my […]
Osiva lives at Yatra, Auroville. Since early childhood, he felt a strong inclination towards painting and has continuously developed his skills. As an artist, he has already presented over 40 successful one man shows with exhibitions in India, Holland and Sweden. Osiva’s paintings are joyful and evoke images of a dreamy, carefree world full of […]
Olivier settled in Auroville in 1991. As a photographer, he became fascinated by the bewildering diversity of India, altogether wild and sophisticated, as well as by its splendid architecture. He then intended to show the Indian spirituality in its ambiguous religious and common sense: landscapes at dawn, medieval temples but also portraits of saddhus or […]
Nicole considers herself an Artist/Illustrator. She originates from The United States and now lives in Auroville, where she finds inspiration in her husband, daughter and their surroundings. Her illustration work is primarily created by hand drawings and watercolor and at times a little bit in Photoshop. Nicole likes to work predominantly in the medium of […]
My work and passion for the past twenty five years have been focused on understanding the sculptural aspects of South Indian culture. I am Murthy Nadesan and I am a recipient of the National Award for Master Craftsman, New Delhi. I learned stone carving from a master sculptor, Sri Raman, from Mahabalipuram, who taught sculpture […]
Art comes from what is around you. It is not something far away. It is right here. Waste is part of what is right here so how can it not be part of everyday aesthetics and art? There needs to be a paradigm shift in thinking about art. It is not an achieved state. It […]
Singer, choir director and music teacher. I studied classical singing, piano and musicology at the University in Barcelona. Throughout the years I have continued studying with teachers specialized in different musical styles. Since 1991 I have performed as a classical singer and in recent years I have expanded into the jazz field. Since 1992 I […]
