An Inspiring Journey of the Artist: Anupama Trigunayat

Anupama Trigunayat is an eminent artist and author. Apart from being an artist, she is also an Educationist, a Trained Kathak dancer, and a heart-core animal lover. Currently, she is a President of the UNESCO Club of Art and Culture and Letters of Achaia, Zervas International Federation of Art, Delhi NCR, also she is International Chief Adviser for Art And Culture Oasis films, and Panel Expert for Art and Culture for  Nature’s Grace Alternate and holistic wellness. She has been painting for over 30 years now.

Anupama’s art is an innate gift as she believes strongly which empowers her to communicate with beauty and aesthetics of abstraction. Since she is an animal lover, she believes that “God has been kind by granting me my wish that my canvases not only are all over the world but also are a reason I could help in my-humble way animal causes”. 

Anupama had a glorious run so far, in her journey of art and creativity. She had started her painting three decades back as a hobby, she thought that she was not talented enough but realized with time that talent is just a pushed interest. She would love to share in fact speak aloud her thoughts on her canvasses as barely as she can. Looking back she thought “My journey begins with a blank canvas; believing in faith that a painting will emerge. The first marks are made and the dialogue has begun. Responding instinctively; colors, lines, and textures bring life to the canvas”.

Introduction:

Anupama Trigunayat is a wife, mother, animal lover, and a self-taught artist. She has been painting for over 30 years. She considers her art as a blessing. She has always been attracted to colors and textures and just followed her instinct. When she started to paint on canvas, what drew her most was the freedom of exploring anything and everything and she felt like a child left in a toy room with everything to play around with. Most importantly the ability to self-express, she could articulate the unspoken emotions and narratives brewing within through her art to her canvasses talk, and communicate.

Every artist or a person who is creative in any form has a journey path and evolution change and growth are the only constant all through. Similarly, Anupama has also experienced change, growth continuous evolution, and the emergence of ideas, techniques textures, etc. She as an artist grew and explored and transformed ideas, and the evolution of her work and art evolved with practice over time. The visual form will change and has continuously changed and altered as a result of the exploration of ideas, subjects, and mediums.  She believes that as an artist every canvas is a milestone and a special achievement because it’s our own and original product be good or bad does not matter. However, her art got connected to her crazy love for animals and found a cause very dear to her heart. 

Challenges and achievements:

Anupama believes that the artist's biggest achievement was the appreciation and admiration of viewers and art lovers. The main challenge facing the art world today is the need for artists to adopt a business model and rely on networks, coordination of skills, software, logistics, marketing services, and funding sources.

But talking only about Anupama, she has always been driven by a passion to paint and create and not by the potential of commercial success. She also feels that her art is an acknowledgment of a more profound structure, possibly hinting at a greater intelligence or deeper meaning to her existence and core. Her first exhibition was very special for her it was full of anticipation, excitement and anxiety, she has the fear of perception of viewers but eventually it became her core strength and progression and expansion of her artistic intellect just came naturally.

She added that “I have been indeed very fortunate to and blessed and am humbled by the fact that my art has been recognized and appreciated and has been sold for my cause”.

Her significant awards are:

• 2024  Listed in 50 empowered personalities by Fox Story
• She Inspires India's Most Admired Women 2024
• Glantor News India‘s 100 Future Leaders 2023 in Artist category
• Fox Story women face of the year 2023in ART
• India Prime Women Icon Award 2022 by Fox-clues 
• 2022 Indian Icon Award  by India Records as an eminent artist
• India Diva Award by IDA for Artist and international curator 
• India Dynamic Awards 2022 by Dark Rose and Sutra Events for Art/Author/Curator
• India Women’s Leadership Award 2022 by GlantorX for Artist category
• Eminent Artist Award by Women Dedication magazine
• International Proud Womania Award 2022 for Artist/Author/ curator
• Global Leadership Women’s Award in Artist category 2021
• FOX CLUES INDIA Prime Top 100 Women ICON Award 2021
• Women’s Conclave and Awards 2021 for BEST SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR for promoting ART
• IWA by NIGIA IW ART& CULTURE AWARD 2021
• Rani Laxmi Bai Kala Award by Manikarnika Art Gallery
• Bangia Kala Ratna award
• Silver Award, Raja Ravi Varma Award by Lalit Kala Kendra Govt. Of Assam
• First Rank in International Online Art Exhibition by Chotushkone
• Picasso Award for Art, Gold Award
• Shaurya Samman by Sutra
• Shakumtalam Kala Shri Shikhar Samman Award by Bengal Art Foundation
• Top Painting Gold Award by Kala Mani
• Recognition for charity and art by B. M Fine Art and Culture, Govt.  Of West Bengal

Personal Insights:

Anupama is a firm believer in the idiom “Where there is a will there is a way”. She believes her profession, work, and family are two sides of the same coin. She has always set boundaries and has planned her time accordingly so she is not neglected or overlooked because of others, especially her family. Her husband and she have lived in different countries due to her husband's job and managing time is critical. The bonds built with their family especially children remain invaluable throughout our lives and are cherished long after professional accomplishments have faded. She has always had priorities. Her husband and her daughter come first and her family. Her art is her passion and it will always be there with her.

Impact and Vision:

Talking about her future goals Anupama’s work is ongoing and besides being an artist she promotes her art and artists on different platforms. She has just finished a group exhibition in London “Pallette of India”. Her work had just also been shipped to Peru Lima for an exhibition to be held on the 15th of August by SEDERA.

Conclusion:

She advises women to follow their dreams and passion, believe in themselves and the wonderful things start happening around them. She said, “It's your place in the world; it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live, find your passion your purpose will follow”.