Programs and Exhibitions
35 exhibitions have been held by Geeta in diverse locations such as Paris, Tours, Bonn, Nice, Canberra, Singapore, Chandigarh, Mumbai or Bombay, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, New Delhi. She was elected Fellow of Royal Society of Arts in 2003 and was awarded Bharat Nirman award.
Geeta Vadhera's "Jogia Dhoop" series was exhibited first in 2003 and comprises calligraphic paintings based on the writings of the Sufi saints—Hazrat Shah Niaz, Rumi, Bulleh Shah, Hazrat Shah Taaji and Kabir, amongst others. The painting on the right, "Main Vich Main", is from this series. In this poem, Bulleh Shah says, ever since I became one with the Almighty, I, as myself, ceased to exist: "Jadon di main jogi di hoi, main vich main na rah gai koi". This particular painting is in a private collection in the UK.
Geeta lives and works from her studio in Gurgaon, a suburb of New Delhi.
In 2006, Geeta's work, Waqt Waqfa, from the "Tharro Thar" collection was auctioned by Christie's in New York at the Indo American Arts Council art auction prior to the sixth film festival to benefit the Indian arts.
"Shah Shabad" is the new series based on the works of Bulleh Shah, who was a Punjabi Sufi poet, a humanist and philosopher from the 17th Century. "Qalb Qudrat" an exhibition at the heart of nature was exhibited at the Jumeirah Emirates Tower, Dubai in 2011.
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