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Neeraj Raina

"Does it matter how paint is put ,, as long as it breathes LIFE"

From a tender age the paint box remained the most prized possession of Neeraj. He would toy with the colours to produce extra-ordinary forms. The serene ambience of Srinagar overflowing with the symbols of nature's treasure coupled with the encouragement of teachers at The Tyndale Biscoe School elevated his sensibilities. Identifying his strong urge to paint, his parents supported him,resulting in his winning State level awards and certifications. Though, Neeraj pursued the learning skills in IT yet his paint box followed him everywhere. The small boy with gravitational affinity towards his paint box always beckons him to tread the glorious path of art.

Balancing his professional life with his artistic creativity remained his endeavour. Being a self taught artist, Neeraj never shackled his creativity and let it flow and prosper in different genres. He combined the abstract with realism, blending bright colours with measured brush stokes to create a vibrant and unique language. His nuances found varied expressions through silence of landscapes, bustle of the city, representation of natural symbols and revelation of the latent unsaid stories of life. Needless to mention that the exodus in 1990 and the forced exile of his community occupies the prime place in his art.

Neeraj's artwork has found space in "Gyawun", "ArtdHope ", "fineartamerica", "Fizdi",“Gallerist”, “Saatchiart” ,TV 18 News Channel etc apart from being published in KECSS- The Kashmir Education Culture and Science Society  magazines and Times of India, and Daily Excelsior newspapers.

Brief History and Participations Awards

• Has won awards in all India  Camlin  art competition’s at  the State level.

• His art work   has also been  showcased in IBM offices around the globe.

• Participated in several Art Wanderers group exhibition organized by KECSS in New Delhi in their yearly cultural extravaganza’s.

• Was awarded  and appreciated for his art work by KECSS under Shuhul Taph banner in the year 2018.

• Participated and organized the Art Wanderers group exhibition at AIFACS-New Delhi in Sep ‘2017.

• Participated and organized the Art Wanderers group exhibition-Kashmir Revisited at AIFACS-New Delhi in OCT ‘2018

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Neeraj Raina was born in Srinagar(Kashmir), he loved growing up in  Kashmir, the valley of nature’s  treasure, attending School and as an alumni of Tyndale Biscoe School which is almost 140 years old ,He has been interested in art right from his childhood school days where he won state level awards and certifications. His paint box has followed him all his life and many different motives have been captured on canvas and other sketch and drawing books. Though he could not make this  as his life goal and  pursue art as a career  but his love for nature and art has again ignited a second innings in him when his wife and son   pursued him to start his passion for art again in the year 2016-17 after many many years in hibernation .Neeraj is a self taught artist who works in his own handmade styles and techniques, his bright colours and brush strokes are combination of abstract art and realism. Each artwork Neeraj creates is a story told in colour, texture, and symbolism. Combining words and images, Neeraj's art pieces capture the nature’s treasure, energy of the city, illuminate the Zen in the garden, and reveal the hidden stories in every-day life. Though he is an IT professional  and a Computer Science Engineer working in Top IT company of the world ,people have started calling him 'TechArtist', though days in and out he work’s extensively and has travelled a lot overseas also, Widely acclaimed for his  unique perspective on self-expression and the creative process Neeraj’s art work  has appeared on  “ArtdHope,” “Gyawun”, “Fineartamerica”,”Fizdi”, “Gallerist”, “Saatchiart”  etc. and also was published in KECSS(The Kashmir Education, Culture and Science Society organization)  magazine “Shuhul Taph” in the year 2018.