EDUCATION M.F.A.(Master of Fine Arts,) Painting Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, Mason Gross School of Arts, New Brunswick, NJ, 1997. B.F.A.(Bachelor of Fine Arts,) Painting Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 1995. AWARDS FULBRIGHT TO INDIA Project entitled "Study of Traditional Painting in India," a self-directed independent research and exploration of Indian Miniature Painting under the Master Court Painter for the Jaipur Maharajas in Rajasthan, and Thangka Painting with the expatriate Tibetan community in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, 1997-1998. RELATED AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE VOLUNTEER TEACHING Fewa Secondary School, Pokhara, Nepal. Full day of classes on watercolor painting, July 30, 2008.  Norbert Gymnasium Knechtsteden, Germany, assisted with papier-mache lesson and taught ink value drawing of Siegfried and Brunnhilde, August 26 and 28, 2007. Darjeeling Tibetan School, Darjeeling, India, lesson on watercolor painting, July 30, 2007. Kuen-Gaa Higher Secondary School, Paro, Bhutan, full day of classes, taught lessons on light and shadow, anatomy, three-dimensional rendering and watercolor painting, July 22, 2007. Face painting at school for orphans, Darjeeling, India, July 17, 2007. Government Senior Secondary School, Pelling, West Sikkim, India, watercolor painting, August 2, 2006. Tashi Namgyal Academy, Gangtok, West Sikkim, India, proportions of the human body, July 26, 2006. ESL CLASSES IN THAILAND Informally assisted a tutor with teaching small groups of intermediate English learners, July – August 2005. LECTURE Lecture with Mr. Pongsawasdi Suksawasdi, royal mask maker for H.M. Queen Sikrit of Thailand "Innovation in and Perpetuation of Asian Art and Culture," a discussion on Khon mask making incorporating Hollywood movie mask techniques followed by critical discourse regarding traditional mask production for the tourist trade; Wat Nhong Khrew Boon School, Thailand, July 28, 2003. FULBRIGHT MID-YEAR REVIEW SLIDE LECTURE "Personal Innovation Using Indian Miniature Painting Technique," Fulbright Conference at Sinquerim, Bardez, Goa, India, February 2, 1998. TIBETAN PROGRAM COMMITTEE Member of group that facilitated visiting monks' construction of Kalachakra (Wheel of Time) Particle Mandala at RISD, 1992-1993. ROTARY YOUTH EXCHANGE Junior year of high school abroad, New Zealand; studied Maori painting and bone carving, 1989-1990. EXHIBITIONS "HALLOWEEN" Five sculptures in Group Show at Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC. October 22 - 31, 2010. "ART ASSAULT" Five paintings in Group Show at Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC. October 1 - 3, 2010. "CONVERGENCE" Five paintings in Group Show at 69th Regiment's Armory, NYC. August 27 - 29, 2010. "BETWEEN THE LINES" Garden House Art Factory, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Collaboration with French grafitti artist Federico Perez-Canapa, an exhibition of two paintings, one collage, and twenty photographs, August 7 - 9, 2009. "WEST EATS MEAT" Lounge Zen, Teaneck, NJ. Solo Exhibition of 32 drawings, paintings, and sculpture, March 16 - April 8, 2006. "VISUAL RESIDUE" CBGB's 313 Gallery, 313 Bowery, New York, NY. Drawings, paintings and sculptures in Group Exhibition, Jan. 11 - Feb. 3 2006. "SUBCULTURE CITY" CBGB's 313 Gallery, 313 Bowery, New York, NY. Ten paintings and two sculptures in Group Exhibition, June 8 - July 1 2005. "THE DEATH CRUSADE" City Without Walls Gallery, One Gateway Center, Street Level Newark, NJ 07102-5311. Painting in Group Exhibition, Nov 14 2002- Jan 3, 2003. "Swarajya" Gallery at 678, 678 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. Painting in Group Exhibition celebrating India's fifty years of Independence, Aug. 1- Sept. 23, 1997. "To Celebrate India's 50 Years of Independence" The Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, 244 East 44th Street, New York, NY 10017. Painting in Group Exhibition, June 20-28, 1997. Glen Ridge Women's Club, Glen Ridge, NJ Solo Painting Exhibition of approximately fifty works, June-July 1995. Base Gallery, Providence, RI Painting in group show, May 1995. Center Hall Gallery, Mahwah, NJ Solo Painting Exhibition of approximately twenty works, 1992. Academic Exhibitions Various solo and group shows at RISD and Mason Gross School of Arts, 1991-1997. MEDIA (click for links to interviews and articles) "BronxTalk" television interview, BRONXNET Channel 67, 11:00 am, November 11, 2005. "BronxTalk" television interview, BRONXNET Channel 67, 11:00 am, July 15, 2005. Bronx Times Reporter, article with photo, page 3, June 30, 2005. "Lehman Art Teacher Opens Commercial Show with a Bang" The Montclair Times, June 22, 2005. "Rajive Anand's artwork on exhibit in CBGB's 313 Gallery" South Asian Networking Association (SANA) 5th Anniversary Calendar, image for the month of September, 2004 (awarded 10/2/03). The Indian American, article with photo, page 8, December 13, 2002. "Conflict on Canvas" Bronx Times Reporter, article with photo, page 5, November 28, 2002. "Lehman Teacher's Thought-provoking Art is Agressively Eye-catching" The Montclair Times, article with color photo, page B1, November 14, 2002. "Montclair Artist Exhibits at City Without Walls"
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