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Champa Sharath is city-based women printmakers. Her work is to overpower the female figures with a feminist philosophy. Her work portrays power, dreams, desires, and independent existences. Her favorite work is woodcut printing.

Early life and Education
She is born in the year 1979, Bengaluru. She has completed her B. F. A. in Prink making, in C. A. V. A, University of Mysore in the year 2000 and M. F. A. from Faculty of Fine Arts from M. S. Univeristy, Baroda in the year 2003.

About her Work
She worked to empower female figures with feminist philosophy. She portraits Bold young women, often dressed in western outfits in her paintings, which speak about the world that speaks about Women power, desires, dreams and independent existences.

Types of arts

 * Water coloring
 * Printmaking: to prove the abundant scope for technical possibilities.
 * Woodcut printing: Unique in Boldness.

The work of Divine Phantoms
In Hindu mythology, Hanuman has always have a cult following and has Supernatural qualities. Champa's woodcut prints are based on Hanuman Chalisa, the sacred literature composed by Tulsidas (1511-1623). A set of 20 woodcuts by Champa Sharath inspired by the Hanuman Chalisa. The Chalisa comprises 40 dohas or verses praising the mythological heroism of Hanuman, and mentioning his important role in the Ramayana. These 40 verses which are considered extremely powerful to drive out negative energies.

Champa depicts Hanuman through a multi-layered focal point by exploring him physically, figuratively, metaphorically and at times through partial abstraction.

Her art making interest is influenced by the saying of Aristotle “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance".

Champa's solo show of woodcut prints titled 'Divine Phantoms', which was on view at Gallery Sumukha in Bengaluru, in which the Hanuman is depicted and featured as he is sitting on Royal Enfield Bike. She said "Had Lord Hanuman been there today, this is how we would find him," and believes that as art work should reflect the times.

Work of Woodcut
Woodcut is a laborious art form that requires a great deal of physical energy and a keen eye for detail, said Champa. ''First you draw on the wood block and carve it with wood cutting tools. What is on the surface is printed. The area which is cut doesn't get printed. After cutting, you roll a layer of ink over it, with a rubber roller. Then put the paper over the block and rub it from behind, applying a little pressure so that the impression of the block gets on to the paper,'' she said.