For any enquiries please email kamlikachandla@gmail.com
Kamlika Chandla Fine Art
- Commissions- Art Instruction - Paintings for sale
For any enquiries please email kamlikachandla@gmail.com
- Commissions- Art Instruction - Paintings for sale
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Edina, MN.
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Kamlika (1981) began her journey of art as a child, however, it wasn’t until 2011 when she committed herself as a professional artist. Kamlika is a self taught artist who has engaged in extensive research, self study, art history and education. Over the years she has trained with the masters of the academic & classical tradition in USA and Italy. She switched careers from being a full time Strategy, leadership, and organizational development expert for large corporations and a researcher in psychology to doing it part time. She believes that her education, work and life experiences help her become a more insightful, engaged and impactful artist and individual. Kamlika, now, spilts her time teaching art, practicing professional painting and sculpture and running her Management Consulting Firm in the Twin Cities. It is a constant challenge and adventure for her to balance her left and right brain and extract the elixir of life, as she says…
Her early training began at the historic Palette & Chisel Academy of Art in Chicago where she was acquainted with the works of the old masters and their techniques. She was able to transition into research and self study understanding the power of the limited palette, making master copies, and establishing a studio practice ‘working from life’ under the northern light.
In 2013, she apprenticed with Mark Carder in Austin, Texas (renowned portraiture artist who has painted several presidents and other dignitaries) who opened up the window of the world of art for her. He focused on understanding color groups/value range and painting meticulously and thoughtfully using the tiled brushstroke approach. His generous and invaluable methodologies and painting techniques have been a bedrock for her later, more classical and traditional training.
In 2016, Kamlika found an affinity with the atelier system (classical French academic training) and the principles of traditional art. The methods and techniques of the old masters filled that void and gap she was experiencing in her understanding and practice of fine art. Ever since, she has been very fortunate to have learned (and continue critique of her work) with the finest masters such as Adrian Gottlieb, Jura Bedic, and Stephen Bauman. She has also attended classes and immersive workshops with Sadie Valeri Jeningan, Juliette Aristides, Cornelia Hernes, David Lefell. Her earlier teachers were William Schnieder, Jim Hajicek, Clayton Beck and Stuart Fullerton.
Kamlika has been able to establish a successful studio practice in California and now Minnesota, and train several other art enthusiasts and serious learners. Kamlika thrives from continuous learning and is currently learning sculpture with Eirik Arnesan and has previously attended immersive training at The Florence Academy of Art (Italy) headed by Eran Weber. She has also studied Ecorche and Sculpture with James Shoop in Minneapolis, Minnesota and world renowned sculptor Arslan at the Art Students league, New York.
Kamlika follows her muse without bounds and paints narrative compositions as a means of effective story-telling. She paints florals, portraits, figurative art, landscapes, as well as thematic/symbolic art. She focuses on the themes of impermanence, growth and decay, the human sentimentality through portraiture and figurative work, and attempts to capture the beauty/essence of life. She has won several awards and publications in both local and national magazines for her soulful representation of her subject matter. She enjoys teaching classical art in her studio in Edina and across the country/at private institutions and continues to showcase her work across the globe. She hosts immersive workshops in creative writing, classical drawing, visual expression, traditional methods of painting.
Her non-profit donor wing "Doing Our Bit" (formerly known as Musart) was established for her commitment to give back to the community and to help many others embark on the courageous and fulfilling journey of creativity. She partners with organizations around the world and contributes a significant amount of her earnings as well as her time. She supports orphanages, educational institutions, women and other groups in need. Each year, she shortlists a philanthropic partner, organization or individual and contributes funds from her earnings.
She is grateful to her collectors across the globe for giving her the opportunity to create art for their homes, workspaces and loved ones. Her supporters, patrons, students, followers and friends have made this journey of art meaningful, purposeful, and beautiful.
As she continues this spiritual and creative pursuit she hopes to be counted as one of the finest masters and teachers of art in the books of classical history. Her commitment to changing the social narrative through her work and preserving the classical tradition of art keeps her going. For her, critical success and moving people’s hearts is far more important than amassing wealth or fame. She is as much a thinker as she is a doer. She expresses her creativity through other mediums such as poetry, singing, dancing, sculpting and life writing. She lives in Edina with her daughter and husband and loves to read, travel and assist her daughter in her creative pursuits.
Kamlika believes that excellence is an endeavor of continuous learning, discipline and commitment and that no greatness is ever achieved without vision and perseverance
"Moments I Paused" - A deeply intimate and private collection of her poems. Get your copy by contacting Kamlika or ordering on Amazon.com. Join her for upcoming read-outs.
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Artist & Entrepreneur Showcase
SAWN Annual Event -Saphal
September 10th, 2023
Edina, Minnesota.
Private Exhibit for Collectors - Invitation Only Event
March 4th 2023
Interlachen Country Club
Edina, Minnesota
Virtual Show - Nov 2020
Benett Gallery, Hopkins Minnesota
https://sites.google.com/blakeschool.org/marthabennettgallery/current-show?authuser=0
The Blake School - Hopkins Minnesota
Workshops July 6th to August 6th 2020
Poets & Portraits
Classical Methods of Drawing
Traditional Methods of Oil Painting
Register at the Blake School Website or email kamlika@thelimitedpalette.com
Launch Party of The Limited Palette
Gallery & Atelier
March 7th 2020
By Invitation only
Studio#285
Northrup King Building
1500 Jackson St. NE, Minneapolis. MN
"Annual Small Works Show"
Nov 2019 to January 2020
Northrup King Building
“Art Attack”
November 2019
Norrhrup King Building, Minneapolis
"Art-A-Whirl"
(North East Minneapolis Art Association)
May 17th, 18th, 19th 2019
Minneapolis, Minnesota .
Venue: Northrop King Building
Cocktails & Meet up: Saturday at 6PM
Show runs Jan 4th - Apr 3rd 2019.
Hosted by Vision Realty Group,
El Dorado Hills-95762, California
Reception April 10th from 5-8pm.
"Beauty in Diversity" Solo Show
San Francisco, CA
Date-TBA (approx Feb-April 2019)
El Dorado Hills Studio Tour
At Kamlika's Studio
(429, Powers Drive, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762)
June 9th and June 10th 2018
10 am to 5 pm (Open to the public)
Reception-Invitation only
EDH Annual Show
June through August 2018 at
48 Natoma Gallery
Folsom
FAA Annual Show
January 22nd to March 1st 2018
Harris Center
Bank of America Gallery
July 14th through September 10th 2017
**Won the "honorable mention" category/award for the juried annual show.
-- Sacramento Fine Art Associstion
"In the Style of The Old Masters"
4th Juried Annual Exhibition
August 15th to September 3rd 2017
Please contact the artist directly for commissions, private instruction or information regarding current sale/purchase options of exhibited or available work.
Please direct all queries at
kamlikachandla@gmail.com with the subject line e.g.; "commission"