India Week - How has gender shaped histories of Indian art?

Join the Australia India Institute and the Faculty of Arts at The University of Melbourne for a special seminar on Gender in Indian Art History and Culture with visiting Associate Professor Lakshmi Priya Daniel from Stella Maris (Autonomous) College, Chennai, India and chaired by Associate Professor Kate MacNeill.

Histories of Indian art feature few women. In this Question Marks seminar, Dr Lakshmi Priya Daniel will discuss gendered dimensions of Indian Art History. Drawing on research on South Indian women artists who were active between the 1940s and 1990s, she will ask: To what extent have gender roles made it difficult for Indian women to produce art? How has gender been represented and contested in the art of Indian women? And what has contributed to women artists being included or (more frequently) excluded from mainstream histories of Indian art?

This event is part of India Week - the Australia India Institute's annual celebration of all things India. From culture and thought to politics and society, the week is packed full of activities that deepen mutual understanding and strengthen links between our two countries.

Presenter

Associate Professor Lakshmi Priya Daniel joined the Department of Fine Arts, Stella Maris (Autonomous) College, Chennai in 1996 and served as Dean of Student Affairs in College from June 2014 - 2017. She received her doctoral degree in 2013 from the University of Madras. She won the UBCHEA FELLOWSHIP 2018-19 and attended a 'Leadership Development Program' as part of the United Board Fellowship from 9 - 27 July, 2018 at Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA and is also doing her Fellowship placement in the University of Melbourne from 2 October - 1 December 2018.

Lakshmi Priya Daniel has served as guest faculty in institutions like NIFT and IIT, Chennai and as an external examiner for various institutions in Chennai like Kalakshetra Foundation, Dakshinachitra Arts Management Programme and Tamil Nadu Music and Fine Arts University. She has delivered lectures on Indian Art and culture in various forums and has presented papers at various national and international conferences and seminars. She published articles and has co-edited a book. She is a practicing visual artist and has participated in group shows.

Australia India Institute in partnership with the Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne.