BP Portrait Award 2020 - Travel Award Exhibit 2019 opens at Aberdeen Art Gallery

As winner of the BP Travel Award, Saluja visited Amritsar, India in October 2019. Her proposal was to paint portraits of volunteers at the Golden Temple’s vast free kitchen which feeds 50-100,000 people daily. The resulting work is currently on view for a live exhibit at the Aberdeen Art Gallery Museum in Scotland through January 2021, and was exhibited virtually by the National Portrait Gallery in London through October 2020 due to Covid 19. Saluja produced a 6 minute video as part of the exhibition.

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The winner of the BP Travel Award 2019 was Manu Saluja for her proposal to create portraits of volunteers working in the vast communal kitchen at The Golden ...

National Portrait Gallery in London BP AWARD Exhibit 2019

I am honored to share that my portrait “Jenne” was selected to hang at the National Portrait Gallery in London as part of this year’s BP Portrait Award Exhibition. The show will consist of 44 portraits selected from 2,538 entries from 84 countries, submitted for judging anonymously by a panel which included writer and presenter Gaylene Gould, artist Gary Hume and author Zoé Whitley. The group show opens June 13, 2019 and runs through October 20, 2019. For more information please visit the National Portrait Gallery’s website.

“Jenne”, Oil on Linen, 36 x 36 inches, 2018

New York Academy of Art Facebook Live Demo

On November 6, 2017 6:30pm-9pm I'll be doing an oil painting demonstration of the portrait alongside fellow Academy faculty and artists Alyssa Monks, Bernardo Siciliano, and 2017 Academy Fellow Sophia Kayafas. Tune in at facebook.com/NewYorkAcdemyofArt

Women Painting Women: In Earnest

Curated by Alia El-Bermani and Diane Fiessel, this traveling group show began at the Customs House Museum & Cultural Center in Clarksville TN and is currently on exhibit at the  J. Wayne Stark Galleries at Texas A&M University from October 19 through December 16th. Please see links below for recent articles and press.

SOLO SHOW at HERSH FINE ART OPENS NOV 5th

I'm excited to announce my first solo show at Hersh Fine Art in Glen Cove, Long Island, NY titled "Passage". The opening reception will be held on November 5, 2016 from 6pm-8pm. More information will be available at  in the coming weeks at www.hershfineart.com

"Green I", 20" x 20", Oil on Canvas

"Right Track?" detail, 28" x 54", Oil on Canvas

Museum of Art and Design: "Painting Realism from Photographs" →

As part of the upcoming exhibit of Richard Estes work at the Museum of Arts and Design, I have been invited to work in the museum's Artist's Studio to demonstrate and discuss the use of photography in contemporary realism on April 11 and May 9, 2015. Come visit me on the 6th Floor any time between the hours of 12pm to 6pm to talk about the process of painting, see the Estes show, and tour the wonderful galleries displaying the latest in the art and design world. For more information visit www.madmuseum.org

Richard Estes, Painting New York City opens March 10, 2015 to September 20, 2015

MAD is located at 2 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10019

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Loved and Observed at Hersh Fine Art co-curated by Diana Corvelle and Manu Saluja

Loved and Observed co-curated by Diana Corvelle & Manu Saluja

Hersh Fine Art is pleased to announce the upcoming Loved and Observed, a group exhibition of portraits by twenty-three artists co-curated by Diana Corvelle and Manu Saluja.  In the sprawling genre of female portrait artists, the one place to find commonality is in the choice of subject itself.  Whether her subject is a family member, friend, or the artist herself, that person has been singled out among many.  They have been conferred a special status by virtue of the time and energy given over to observing and documenting their distinct presence.  Artists Corvelle and Saluja bring together a dynamic collection of classically trained women whose approach to portraiture ranges from delicate to bold, traditional to nonconformist.Portrait artists offer a rare opportunity to see someone as they themselves do.  We become familiar with perfect strangers.  We are allowed into intimate spaces we might never have seen.  We are treated to narratives that make us question the very notion of individuality.  We are invited to love and observe.Loved and Observed will be on view from June 21 through August 12, 2014 at Hersh Fine Art, located at 14A Glen Street in Glen Cove, NY.  An opening will be held on Saturday, June 28 from 6-8pm.  For more information, please contact Steve Forster at info@hershfineart.com.

Participating artists: Elizabeth Adams-Jones, Erin Anderson, Juliette Aristides, Julie Elizabeth Brady, Aleah Chapin, Diana Corvelle,Michelle Doll, Alia El-Bermani, Alexandra Evans, Shauna Finn, Nanette Fluhr, Nanci France-Vaz, Kristy Gordon, Clarity Haynes, Leah Lopez, Gaetanne Lavoie, Lauren Amalia Redding, Kay Ruane, Manu Saluja, Holly Ann Scoggins, Rabecca Signoriello, Emily Slapinand Maria Teicher.

Portrait for St. Joseph's University

I completed the portrait of Professor George Prendergast in time for the holidays. Dr. Prendergast retired in 2010 from his position as Faculty and Chair of the Economics Department at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia after 54 years. Commissioned by his family, they are generously donating the portrait to the University. The painting, measuring 30x36 inches, will hang in a conference room dedicated to Dr. Prendergast honoring his years at St. Joseph's.

Sotheby's Auctions "Parshad"

"Parshad" was sold at Sotheby's on Thursday, October 18, 2012, as part of the New York Academy of Art's 21st annual Take Home a Nude® Benefit Art Auction. The painting is a solemnization of a timeless Sikh practice expressed in a Western visual language. To read more go to Sikhchic.com.