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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​

  • Culture Brewery, Encinitas, 2024

  • Carlsbad Artwalk, Carlsbad, California, 2023

  • Philz Coffee, Encinitas, 2023

  • Mission Fed Artwalk, Little Italy, San Diego, 2023

  • Juried Art and Photography Show, San Marcos Parks and Recreation, 2023

  • “Take a Chance”, group exhibit at Brooks Theatre, Oceanside, 2023

  • “Fresh” group exhibit at Laguna Art Gallery, 2023

  • Souzan Zargari Art Gallery, 2023

  • Bird Rock Coffee Roasters, Little Italy, San Diego, 2023

  • Souzan Zargari Art Gallery, 2023

  • Plogix Gallery, ongoing online exhibit, 2023

  • "The Love Show” & “Blue Period” group exhibits at the Laguna Art Gallery, 2023

  • ArtWalk, Carlsbad, 2022

  • Art San Diego, 2022

  • Textures, Shapes, Patterns or Forms 2022 - Online Exhibition, Las Laguna Art Gallery, 2022

  • ArtWalk @ Liberty Station, San Diego, 2022

  • ArtWalk Summer Series, Little Italy, San Diego, 2022

  • 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, 2020 - 21

  • “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

  • Honorable Mention Award at the San Marcos Civic Center Juried Show, 2023

  • Proudly featuring on Find the Artist’s Top 50 San Diego Artists

  • 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 campus and at the Light and Life Academy 2013

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