Desmond Lazaro 1968

    Born 1968 in Leeds, UK

    1998-2000 The Prince's School of Traditional Arts, London, UK, PhD Reserch: “The Pichhvai Painting Tradition”
    1997-1998 I.N.T.A.C.H Scholarship for India
    1995-1997 Prince of Wales Institute of Architecture (P.O.W.I.A) London (UK), Master of Arts in Visual Islamic & Traditional Art
    1990-1994 Commonwealth Scholar to India, M.S. University of Baroda, Baroda (in), Master of Arts in Painting
    1987-1990 University of Central Lancashire, Preston (UK), Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art / First Class Honours

    Lives and works in Pondicherry, India

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Declaration
2016
Painting
243,8 x 181,6 cm
pigment paint on cloth with gold shellac paint and zardari embroidery done by Master craftsman Jean Francois Lesage, founder of the only hand embroidery atelier in India
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S. S. Salween
2015-2016
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182,8 x 121,9 cm
pigment paint on cotton cloth stretched onto a board, with black teak frame-gilded with brass name plate
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Father and Son
2015
Painting
91,4 x 121,9 cm
pigment paint on hand made Senganeer paper with raised gild (24 carat gold) manuscript gesso
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Fractured Family Tree
2015
Painting
91,4 x 121,9 cm
pigment paint on hand made Senganeer paper with raised gild (24 carat gold) manuscript gesso
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I.D./Hiranyagarbha: The Cosmic Egg
2015
Painting
243,8 x 243,8 cm
gold leaf (raised manuscript gesso) and pigment paint on indigo dye cotton cloth
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Crossing the Med
2015-2016
Painting
127 x 99 cm
pigment paint on hand made Sanganeer paper, with raised gild
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Blue house on the silver carpet
2012
Painting
67,9 x 95,8 cm
pigment painting and gold shellac on hand made Sanganeer paper