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Salma Arastu (born 1950, Rajasthan, India) is an Indian artist, living in North America.[1][2][3][4][5]

Early life

Arastu is a native of Rajasthan and had a masters in fine arts from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.[1] Arastu's main mediums include clay sculpture, paper mache, and print work. She has also worked extensively with calligraphy and produces greeting cards for the American Muslim community.[6] Arastu has been exhibiting her paintings for over last thirty years in India, Iran, Kuwait, Germany and the United States, having more than thirty solo and group exhibitions.[3][5][7] Furthermore, her work has been placed in many museums around world for example, "State Museum of Art, Harrisburg, PA" and "Museum Of Modern Art, Hyderabad, India".[2][8] Her exhibitions have been held in notable places e.g. "Stanford Art Spaces", Stanford University, "art Museum", Radford University,[9][10][11] and she has earned several awards for her work.[2]

Selected solo exhibitions

Salma Arastu has had more than thirty solo exhibitions and even more group exhibitions.[2][3][8][12] Some of her selected solo exhibitions are following.

• 2006 September: Artjaz Gallery in Philadelphia, PA[2][13]
• 2005 September: The Hope Horn Gallery Scranton University, Scranton PA[2][14]
• 2005 April: Penn State University gallery at Berks campus Reading PA
• 2005 February: Radford University Art Museum, Radford University, Radford, VA[9]
• 2004 May: The Art Alliance, Cornwell, Upstate New York
• 2004 April: Gelabert Studios Gallery, New York, NY[1][2]
• 2003 April: Artjaz Gallery, Philadelphia, PA[2][13]
• 2003 April: Black Cultural Center, Lafayette College, and Easton, PA[15]
• 2002 May: Barns and Noble, Broadway, New York
• 2002 April: Open Space Gallery, Allentown, PA
• 2000 September: ArtJaz Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
• 2000 June: Sweet cream cafe gallery, Strousburg, PA
• 2000 An Invitational exhibition of paintings and six-week residency program in Schwabisch Gmund, Germany. 15 March 2000 to the end of April 2000.
• 1999 Reading Art Museum. Reading, PA[16]
• 1998 Art Gallery De Art Magic, Easton, PA
• 1998 Art Heritage, New Delhi, India
• 1998 A Gallery, New York, NY
• 1997 The Gallery at Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA
• 1997 Hub Gallery, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
• 1993 Design Accent, Allentown, PA.
• 1992 Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA.
• 1992 Powers Art Gallery, East Strousburg University, PA.
• 1991 Fine Arts Commission, Rotunda Gallery, Bethlehem, PA.
• 1989 Springer Gallery, Allentown, PA.
• 1989 DuBois Gallery & Display Cases Maginnes Hall, Lehigh University,
• 1989 John's United Church of Christ, Kutztown, PA. East Penn Emerging Art 1986 Boushari Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
• 1984 British Council Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
• 1981 Kala Bhavan Gallery, Hyderabad, India.
• 1979 Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi, India.
• 1978 Azad Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
• 1977 Art Gallery, Hotel Intercontinental, Tehran, Iran.
• 1976 Kala Bhavan Gallery, Hyderabad, India.
• 1975 Kala Bhavan, Hyderabad, India.
• 1973 Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Calcutta, India.

Notes

References

• Moore, Kathleen M; Haddad, Y; Smith, J (2006). Muslim Women in America: The Challenge of Islamic Identity Today. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-517783-5.
• O'Brien, Jodi A. (2006). The Production Of Reality: the Production of (p 4/ed) Reality: Essays and Readings on Social Interaction. Pine Forge Press. ISBN 1-4129-1519-8.
• Lee Klein (2003). "Art on the Eve of Destruction". PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art. 25 (3): 20–25. doi:10.1162/152028103322491656. S2CID 57563836.

External links

• Salma Arastu's Art Collection (official website).
• Salma Arastu's Official Islamic Greeting Cards and Arabic Calligraphy collection.

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