Terracotta sculpture : Stand Tall

Terracotta sculpture : Person with Folds (view-1)

Terracotta sculpture: Person with Folds (view-2)

Terracotta sculpture: Person with Folds ( view-3)

Terracotta sculpture: Jug me not

Terracotta sculpture : Person with Corset

Terracotta sculptures (can be used as a Candelabra ) “The Holy Trinity -Candelabra and “The Resilient Teapot”

Terracotta: Candelabra (view 2): “The Holy Trinity”

Terracotta sculpture: “The Resilient Teapot”

Porcelain sculpture : “The Glove of Promise”, (view-1)

Porcelain sculpture: “The Glove of Promise” (view-2)

Porcelain sculpture: “The Glove of Promise” (view-3)

Porcelain sculptures: “The Porcelain Dolls”

Porcelain sculptures

Porcelain Candle sticks

Candelabra : “The Holy Trinity”, Material: Terracotta, Stains and Glazes, Wires

Pics credit : Dewi.T. Lloyd (UK)

The installation containing porcelain and terracotta sculptures

RESUME:

MANISHA EM

Email: maneishaem@gmail.com

Instagram: @Emstudios_maneisha

Mobile: +91 730 356 4333

Linkedin : https://linkedin.com/in/maneisha-e-20604777/

EDUCATION:

Masters in Ceramics at Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK (Distinction)
Post Graduate Diploma in Indian Literature, IGNCA, New Delhi, India (Topper)
Research Methodology, IGNCA, New Delhi, India (Topper)
B.A. (English Honours), Daulat Ram College, Delhi University, 1993
Diploma in Jewellery and Product Design, IIGJ, Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion council and Indo German Project, New Delhi, 2000 (Topper)
Master classes by Ceramic artist Ineke Koops, from Amsterdam held in person at Sanskriti Kala Kendra, New Delhi, March 18-22, 2016
Master classes by Jolanda Verdegaal, from Netherlands held in person at Sanskriti Kala Kendra, New Delhi, Feb 19-23, 2016
Several dozen of workshops by Ceramic masters around the world held by The Ceramic School, Canada (online mode), 2019 and 2021
Art History and Appreciation Course from Benoy K. Behl, New Delhi, 2019
South Indian Art and Architecture online Course by Bhujang Bhopade, 2022
South Indian Art and Architecture online Course by Bhishm School of Indian Knowledge System, 2022
Studio Pottery, Delhi Blue Pottery Trust, Safdarjung, New Delhi, 2015-2016
Pottery and Ceramic Sculpture, Delhi Blue Pottery Trust, Sanskriti Kala Kendra, 2016-2017
Sculpture, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, 2007-2010
Diploma in Photography, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, 2002

EXHIBITIONS AND SHOWS

Chromatic Conversations, Hyderabad curated by Artiste Culture (Sunaina Misra), 27th-29th June, 2025
Pam X MiR Open Exhibition 2024, G-39 Art Gallery, Cardiff, UK, June 7^th – 22^nd, 2024
Nine women Artists Show, Nine Fish Art Gallery, Mumbai, India, 2024
Emerging Makers Wales Show, The Makers Guild, Cardiff, Wales, UK, June 22nd- July 28th, 2024
Plates with Purpose, Messums West Art Gallery, Wiltshire, UK , 2nd March- 29^th April, 2024
Ceramic Pottery and Sculpture Show, Sahitya Kala Parishad, Delhi Govt., Sridharini Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, August 4th, 2022
The 400-Cups Show-3, Curated by curator Shirley Bhatnagar, August 5th, 2022, Alliance Française, New Delhi, August 5th,2022
I’m Not a Muse, The Art Lounge Gallery, Gurugram, March 6th-30th, 2022
Ceramic Expressions, A pop-up Show for Ceramics at Art Etc., Defence Colony, New Delhi, 4^th -5^th Dec. 2021
Variance Group Show, Sept.3rd, 2021 at RKG Art Gallery, New Friends Colony, New Delhi,
Group Show RKG Gallery New Friends Colony, 2021
Garhi Winter Show by Lalit Kala Academi, New Delhi, 2019
Ceramic show Chittashakti at Art’est Art Gallery, Gurugram, 2019
Ras se bana Banaras at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, 2019
Potters Market, Sanskriti Kendra Anandgram, New Delhi, 2019
Cerafest Sanskriti Kala Kendra, New Delhi, 2018
Garhi Women Ar?st Show Garhi, New Delhi, March, 2018
Bhopal Potters Market, Bhopal, M.P. , 2018
Was invited to be part of a Show Visceral and Visionary, Alfa Art Gallery, New Jersey, U.S.A., June 18^th– August, 2018
Collaborative Ceramic Show, Samanvai Art Gallery, Jaipur 2018
Khajuraho Art Mall Festival, M.P., 2017
Kala Ghoda Studio Potters Market, Mumbai, 2017
Group show at Hungarian Cultural Centre, New Delhi, 2017
20th All India Studio Potters Exhibiton, AIFACS, 2017
Lalit Kala Show, New Delhi, 2017
The 400-Cups Show-1, Sanskriti Kendra Anandgram, New Delhi, 2016
Cerafest Delhi, Sanskriti Kendra Anandgram, New Delhi, 2016
Exhibitions of Contemporary Ceramics by Delhi Blu Studio, Triveni Kala Sangam, 2015
Group Show at Aralias Golf Course, Gurugram, 2008
Exhibition at British High Commissioner’s Residence, New Delhi, 2007

AWARDS:

Got awarded the Artes Mundi AM 10 mentorship May, 2024

Published Poet, “My Favourite Season” poem got published in The Great Indian Anthology, Vol.3, 2021

Was selected to be part of Garhi Artist Studios, Ceramics Community Studios, Lalit Kala Academi, Under the aegis of Ministry of Culture, New Delhi, India, 2015-2022

OTHERS:

Worked with the prestigious Frazer and Haws, New Delhi as one of their main designers, designing Luxury Objects in sterling silver, 2001-2002

Art of Living Teacher and Volunteer with the Art of Living (NGO) for providing peace and stress relief, 2014-2024

Part of installation: “The Grand Banquet”

Close-up of Wall installation: “The Dress of Goddess”

The Installation: “The Grand Banquet”

Artist Statement

I work with terracotta clay and porcelain to make sculptures using hand building techniques involving slab work, pinching and press moulding. I use various pigments like stains and glazes to further finish these high fired artworks in a kiln. Further I touch upon themes like universal human values and gender equality with culture and heritage in the background. I personally feel that aesthetics in the art intertwined with important themes can bring about change in the society and can be really empowering for anyone engaging with it. Through the incorporation of body imagery and textiles, particularly lace, societal expectations regarding women’s roles are challenged, highlighting the weariness and reluctance to conform to traditional gender norms. The artworks act as mediators, fostering a dialogue between intention and manifestation, with the hope of initiating healing and resolution amidst societal inequalities.