OUR JOURNEY SO FAR:

00.Foundation of  ‘WORLD ART CRITICS’:2009

01.We have conducted popular online art competition like ‘ARTISTS OF THE MONTH-WAC‘ from 2009-2010 in facebook.

02.National Art camp : Hyderabad : 2009

03.Silent Expression : A solo show of Kanchan Chander at Icon Art Galley: Hyderabad : 2009

Foundation of  ‘ KALANIRVANA: International Art Center’ : 2010

04.‘space, color and feelings’ an art exhibition with six artists from India. 20th Nov-30th nov-2010.
Chief Guest : S.Challappa, Honorable Chief Secretary, Culture, A.P.Govt. Artists: Deepak Bharadwaj (Hyderabad),Chandana Khan(Hyderabad),Ashis Pahi (Hyderabad),Pradeep Ahirwar(Bhopal), Ruchi Kaura Agarwal (New Delhi),Rashmi Pitre(Mumbai).

05.‘Canvas of India-JAN-2011’ an NATIONAL ART EXHIBITION with 13 artists from all over India.2nd Jan-13TH Jan 2011.
Chief Guest : Julliet Wurr ,PAO,USA Consulate General,Hyderabad, and Chandana Khan,IAS and President of Hyderabad Art society.

06.International art exhibition: State art gallery, Madhapur -4th March 2011
Chief Guest : Mr Jayesh Ranjan ,Secretary, Tourism ,A.P.

07.Kalanirvana International Artists residency, HYDERABAD with Pegasus Art Gallery: India – march 2nd – 16th 2011.  7 Foreign artists and 8 Indian artists .

08.CANVAS OF WORLD: 14TH – 30TH March 2011. 16 artists from 8 countries .
Chief Guest : Amita Deshai, Director, Goethe Zentrum, Hyderabad

09.Frames of India -1 – State art gallery, Madhapur-Chief Guest ( Jean Manuel , Director, Alliance Francoise,Hyderabad

10.Frames of India -2 – Chief Guest ( Mr Prashad , President, Prashad Group of Industries)

11.Photo Tour to Bidar : October 23rd 2011 ( 9 PHOTOGRAPHERS)

12.Frames of India -3 – State art gallery, Madhapur-Chief Guest ( Jacqueline Lima , Artists and profession, Fairleigh And Dickinson University, New Jersey ,USA )

13.Photo tour: Devine Adventure at Srisialam, November 19th – 20th ( 15 photographers )

14.Photo tour: Down the Memory Lane at Hampi, December 16th- 19th ( 21 photographers )

15. Frames of India -4 – State art gallery, Madhapur- 14 photographers

17. Photo Nirvana photo tour exhibition: State art gallery, Madhapur- 14 photographers .

18.ONELOVE: An international Exhibition of Painting, sculptures, photographs, films and installations with 40 artists from 14 countries.Chief Guest –Mr Sabyashachi Ghosh,Comissioner of Tourism .

19.Photography workshop with orphanage children at State Art Gallery with department of Sarbashikshya Abhiyaan. Chief Guest Hnbl. Minister of Education, A.P.

20.Painting Workshop at Bangalore by Jacqueline Lima. 28th Jan 2012.

21.Photography Workshop at Bangalore by Ashis Pahi. 29th Jan 2012.

22. Frames of India -5 – EASTON,USA- 10 photographers March 2012

23.Frames of India -INTERNATIONAL: NEW JERSEY, USA,APRIL 2012

24.SOUL MATE: by Ashis pahi, FDU Gallery, New JERSEY,USA,March 2012.

25.EXPRESSION OF INDIA: FOUR INDIAN ARTISTS, FDU, NEW JERSEY,April,2012.

26. Frames of India -6 – Daira center of art and culture, HYDERABAD- 12 photographers  2012

27. Represented India in , INTERNATIONAL ART SUMMIT, Izmir, Turkey-2012

28. Represented India, International Art Colony, Izmir, Turkey -2012

29. Frames of India -7 – Daira center of art and culture, HYDERABAD- 16 photographers  2012

30. Frames of India -8 – Daira center of art and culture, HYDERABAD- 14 photographers  2012

31. Frames of India -9 – Daira center of art and culture, HYDERABAD- 17 photographers  2013

32. Frames of India -10 – Daira center of art and culture, HYDERABAD- 12 photographers  2013

33.CANVAS OF INDIA:2013- State Art Gallery, HYDERABAD – 12 Artists, October 2013

34. GLOBAL ART EXPOSE’ – daira art gallery, Hyderabad – 42 Artists from 15 countries, April 2014.

35.THIRD  KIAR( Kalanirvana International artists residency ): Bhubaneswar,India- 45 artists from 21 countries, November 2014.

36. Matheran Green Fest, Matheran Hill Station, Maharstra, India : 83 artists from 15 countries, May 2015.

37.CANVAS TALKS : International Art Exhibition, Yours Truly café gallery, Hyderabad: 15 Artists from 5 countries, June 11-July11,2015.

38.International joint ART EXHIBITION : Looking into Infinity, Culture Center: Valjevo : Zoran Andric and Ashis Pahi from 27MAY TO 10 JUNE 2016.

39. PIECES OF DREAM : performing art by Yonggu Shin presented by Korea Art Council , Puri:Konark: Bhubaneswar  from 15 July to 13 August 2016.

40. Panchabhuatism : Kalote Lake with five artists from four continents from 5th-8th August 2016

41. Art is Fashion : An art exhibition with fashion models at Joyess Art Gallery, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad from 24 Oct- 23 Dec 2017.

42. Canvas of India: 2018: Hyderabad : An art exhibition with 11 artists at Joyess Art Gallery, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad from 14 April- 14 July 2018.

43. Canvas of India: 2018: Pune : An art exhibition with 20 artists at Balgandharva Art Gallery, Pune from 13 May- 15 May 2018.

44. ONE WORLD Residency: September And October : Joseph Noce of France and Virginie Hamel of Canada .

45. FRENCH CONNECTION: An International Art Exhibition of Indo French Artists, Joyess Art Gallery, Hyderabad October 2018.

46. COLOR EXPRESSION : A national Art Exhibition Curated by Tejashree Khanvilkar with 50+ artists : Bal Gandharv ART Gallery, Pune November 2018.

47. 4th KIAR International Art Symposium, Hingangaon, Maharastra curated by Ashis Pahi : 16 artists from 9 countries : 5-16 December 2018.

48. Ek Akela Gaon : A Village of One : Perferming art by Paula Jeanine part of ONE WORLD Residency, KIAR Bhubaneswar : January 7th to February 3rd 2019.

49. ONE WORLD Residency, Bhubaneswar: January 3 to February 02 : Kete Withstandley

50. MINI IS BEAUTIFUL : A National Art Exhibition with 81 artists from all over India curated by Tejashree Khanvilkar at Bhimsen Joshi Kaladalan Art Gallery, Pune : March 2019.

51: EIA : Emerging Indian Artists 2019 : A national Talent hunt to represent India Globally is Going on from April onwards. The Selection procedure is going on with 15phases. The Exhibitions will be in Three Indian Cities, Hyderabad, Pune and Bhubaneswar representing different Zones of India till  2020 followed by two years grooming, one years promotion and Artists residency for the selected artists.The first prize will be declared  in August 2020.

52 : EIA 2019-20 : Hyderabad : Joyess Art Gallery, Hyderabad. 34 Artists from all over India participated in the exhibition based on National selection out of 6000+ applications. : 23 Nov 2019 -23 Jan 2020.

53 : EIA 2019-20 : PUNE : Balagandharva Art Gallery. 70 Artists from all over India participated in the exhibition based on National selection out of 6000+ applications. : 26 Jan 2020 -28 Jan 2020.

54 : EIA 2019-20 : Hyderabad : Joyess Art Gallery, Hyderabad. 37 Artists from all over India participated in the exhibition based on National selection out of 6000+ applications. : 08 Feb 2020 -08 Mar 2020.

55 :  EIA 2019-20 : VIRTUAL ART EXHIBITION, www.kalanirvana.com/eia. 
 103 Artists from all over India participated in the exhibition based on National selection out of 6000+ applications. : 25 Sep -20 Oct 2020.

56 :  EIA 2019-20 : VIRTUAL ART EXHIBITION, www.kalanirvana.com/eia. 
20 Artists from all over India participated in the exhibition based on National selection out of 6000+ applications. : 07 Feb -07 Mar 2021.

57 :  EIA 2020-21 : VIRTUAL ART EXHIBITION, www.kalanirvana.com/eia. 
 44 Artists from all over India participated in the exhibition based on National selection out of 6000+ applications. : 15 April -15 May 2021.

58 :  EIA 2021 : VIRTUAL ART EXHIBITION, www.kalanirvana.com/eia. 
 36 Artists from all over India participated in the exhibition based on National selection out of 6000+ applications. : 15 NOV -15 DEC 2021.

59 :  KIAE 1 : OCT 2022 : LALIT  KALA REGIONAL  ART GALLERY , Puri 
        43 Artists from 9 countries had participated in the exhibition based on International selection out of 3000+ applications. : Oct 2022

60 : KIAE 2 : JAN 2023 : KALANIRVANA ART GALLERY , Bhubaneswar
        35 Artists from 9 countries had participated in the exhibition based on International selection out of 3000+ applications.

61. TOP 10 NATURE ARTISTS : Apr 15 -25th : CHITRA ART GALLERY, Dehradun . 34 artists from all over India has participated in        the exhibition based on international jury, and there was more than 2500 applications.

WORKSHOPS:

Kalanirvana Director Ashis Pahi have taken more than 50 workshops on art, film making, photography and art appreciations in various cities in India and abroad. If you are interested for corporate art workshop, or workshop on art, photography or film making please do contact us at help.kalanirvana@gmail.com  .

International Representation:

2023: 4th INTERNATIONAL TATLISU Art Meeting, Tatlisu, Northern Cyprus. Representing India.Represented by Ashis Pahi.

2021: 1st Mediterranean to Pacific Art Festival, ONLINE. Representing India. Represented by Ashis Pahi.

2019: 5th HAN Art Festival, Eskisehir, Turkey. Represented by Four Indian Artists and One French Artist.

2019: 4TH Survival Art Festival,CAM, Italy . Represented by 44 Indian artists.

2018:4th HAN Art Festival, Eskisehir, Turkey. Represented by Two Indian Artists.

2018: 3RD Survival Art Festival,CAM, Italy . Represented by Seven Indian artists.

2018: 3RD International Ceramic Festival, Turkey Represented by one India ceramic artist.

2017: 2nd Survival Art Festival,CAM, Italy . Represented by Three Indian artists.

2017: 3rd HAN Art Festival, Eskisehir, Turkey. Represented by Three Indian Artists.

2017:3rd BOUZNIKA International Art Symposium, Morocco. Represented by One Indian Artist.

2016: The Art Circle International Project in cooperation with the German Embassy, Brda, Slovenia. Represented by Ashis Pahi.

2016: Inter Ethnic Art Colony:Gyergyószárhegy Culture : 2016, Lazarea, Romania. Represented by One Artist.

2016: Ostraka Art Fest, Luxor, Egypt. Represented by 6 artists from India.

2015: Ostraka Art Fest, Sharm-el Seikh, Egypt. Represented by 2 artists from India.

2014: International Art Symposium, Istanbul-Konya, Turkey. Represented by Two Artists.

2012: International Art Symposium, Izmir, Turkey. Represented by One Artists.

2012:World Art Games, International Art Symposium, Izmir, Turkey. Represented by Three Artists.