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Ambika Babu Thiagarajan
North County San Diego, California

Education
MICA Post-Baccalaureate in Fine Art 2015-2016
Bachelor of Fine Arts Stella Maris College 2012-2015 
New York Film Academy One-Year Program in Acting/Performing Arts 2016-2017

Exhibitions​
  • Mission Fed ArtWalk, Little Italy, San Diego, 2022
  • Adore Art Gallery,Carlsbad, 2022
  • Oliver Space, Los Angeles, 2022
  • Art Market, AleSmith Brewery, San Diego, 2021
  • Artwalk San Diego, Little Italy, California, 2021
  • San Marcos Harvest Festival, San Marcos, 2021
  • Carlsbad Music Festival, Carlsbad Village, California, 2021
  • Pop-up Art: A New Experience, Carlsbad Village, California, 2021 
  • Philz Cafe, Del Mar, California, 2021
  • Chicago Not Dogs, San Diego, California, 2021
  • Invita Cafe, Carlsbad, California, 2021
  • The Grace Galleries, Laguna Beach, California, 2021
  • Art in the Village, Carlsbad, California, 2021
  • San Diego Vegan & Holistic Pop-Up, San Diego, California, 2021
  • Emotions Embodied: Abstractions from the West Coast,  Art Scene West  Solana Beach, California, 2021
  • ''Red Velvet'' Art Exhibition, Art On 30th Gallery, 2021
           San Diego, California
  • Michael Seewald Gallery, Del Mar, California
  • ''Colors'' Art Exhibition, Art Room Gallery, 2020
          Online Exhibition
  • Coffee Coffee Leucadia, 2019
          Carlsbad, California
  • La Costa Coffee Roasters, 2019
          Carlsbad, California
  • Hearth Rotating Gallery, 2019
          San Marcos, California 
  • Space Camp, Post-Baccalaureate Fine Art show, 2016
          Baltimore, Maryland
  • Fox Building gallery, Collage and Assemblage show, 2016
          Baltimore, Maryland
  • Art Houz, Chennai, India 2015
  • Exhibition under the Mrs. Barbara Sreenivasan Memorial Award for Fine  Arts,  2014
          Coimbatore, India 
  • Camlin Art Foundation, 2014
          Hyderabad,India
  • Iba's Colleges Exhibit 2013
         Chennai, India

Awards
  • Talent Prize Award in Art Show International's Color Competition, 2021
  • Finalist in an International Abstract Competition conducted by ArtRoom Gallery, 2020
  • Honorable Mention-  Juried Art & Photography Show- Hearth Gallery, 2019
          Hearth Rotating Gallery, San Marcos, California
  • Maryland Institute College of Art Post-Baccalaureate, 2015
          Merit Scholarship Award
  • Proficiency award as the 'outstanding painting student', 2015
          Stella Maris college
  • First place in a photography competition, 2014
          organized by a cancer institution, under the topic of 'Embracing sisterhood'
  • Proficiency award as the 'outstanding painting student',  2014
          Stella Maris college


Experiences
  • Working as a Paint Party Teacher for 'Paint The Town', 2019-2021 San Diego, California
  • Interned in Kathleen Carrillo Galleries, 2019​, Carlsbad, California
  •  Vendor at Sip & Shop, 2019             
          Oceanside, California
  • Visited MOMA and MOMAPS1 as part of Graduate Survey of Contemporary 2015
          Art taught by Monica Amor at MICA
  • Attended the Biennale, an international exhibition of contemporary art, 2015
          held in Kochi, Kerala
  • Kalamkari workshop in Kalakshetra Foundation 2015
          Chennai, India
  • Performance art in the bus stand of Stella Maris College, 2015
          Chennai, India
  • Art and Design summer program Middlesex University, London 2014
  • Attended lectures exploring the future of art and painting 2014
          curated by Girish Shahane, the artistic director of Art Chennai,
          India
  • Volunteered as a teacher for a day at the Avvai Illam primary school,Adyar 2014
  • Painted canvases for the corridors of 2014
          LITC(Lennox India Technology Centre)
  • Visited the Delhi Art Fair held in January 2014
  • Painted walls of Stella Maris which was part of the Art Chennai initiation 2013
  • Workshop on ''Photography'' conducted on the Stella Maris 2013
          campus and at the Light and Life Academy

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