Padmaja R

Padmaja R is an artist based in Chennai, India. She is Fine Arts graduate with Masters in Business Administration and Masters in Psychology. She was in the corporate industry for eight years before she quit her lucrative job to be a full time mom. The lost forgotten love for art beckoned her while she was nurturing her two young daughters. She started teaching drawing and painting to children and adults and subsequently began her art school 'Padmaja Art World'. For the past 15 years she has been teaching different mediums like pencil shading, oil pastels, figurative drawings, acrylics, portraits, charcoal and water colours within a structured certified course.

Padmaja is a lover of art and holds the watercolour medium closest to her heart. She has attended workshops of several International artists to hone her skills. Her paintings have reached many happy homes across the globe. She participated in many National and International Art Exhibitions conducted by International Watercolour Society (IWS) Iran, IWS Georgia, Focus Bangladesh, In Art World (IAW), Chitrakala Parishad, UP Art Festival, Thapasiya School of Art to name a few. She has also curated many art exhibitions for her students over the years. During her 15 years career in art industry she has received many awards. Winner of Discovery 2022 Talent hunt, Raja Ravi Varma International Award, Vincent Van Gogh Award, Best Artist Award, Picasso Award, Universal Artist Award, Active School Awards, Atal Samman Award, Acharya Shiromani Samman, Acharya Puraskar Award, Excellence Award, APJ Abdul Kalam Award among others.

At present she holds the position of South India (Chennai) Coordinator for In Art World (IAW). She is an avid learner and pushes herself to reach holistic perfection.