Title: Untitled Artist: Trinath Majumder Award: MasterCrafter Jury’s Comments: How will your deity arrive this year? Perhaps dressed in jeans, covered in apathy and fuelled by teen attitude? Love the modern and humorous take on a religious icon. Maybe the message is deeper than it looks – perhaps we all… 

Title: Rodents Artist: Anuj Vashisht Award: MasterCrafter Jury’s Comments: Jarring and hypnotizing – this potent combo of prose and art captures unbridled angst and then multiplies it with the sharp uncomfortable geometry of a snake. The shape language of the snake and its portal-esque mouth are truly incredible. About the… 

Title: Afsanakar (Story teller) Artist: Anuj Vashisht Award: MasterCrafter Jury’s Comments: Highly unique character design. Evokes childhood memories of Bengali illustration fabricated into mandala-like pattern laced with symbology. A beautiful dichotomy of nostalgia and abstraction. This image captures the emotion and heritage of its culture in a few confident marks…. 

Title: Untitled Artist: Souradeep Chakraborty Award: MasterCrafter Jury’s Comments: There is something mature beyond the years in this intersecting design of the eye. The colours and geometry hearken of Kandinsky, whereas the line quality invokes a deconstructed quality of Indian handicrafts. Intriguing and refreshing. About the Artist: Souradeep Chakraborty lives in… 

Title: Untitled Artist: Upasana Chakraborty Award: Mastercrafter Award Jury’s Comments: Powerful, engaging and hard to look away from. There are landscapes of stories hidden in this dense architecture of lines. Delicate yet textural – looking forward to see where the artist takes this style in the future About the Artist:… 

Title: My body sleeps next to me Artist: Upasana ChakrabortyAward: Mastercrafter Award Jury’s Comments: Poetic abstraction of the dream state. Simple at its core but open to interpretation. The title of the piece “my body sleeps next to me” conjures visions of astral projection. About the Artist: Upasana Chakraborty is… 

  Title: World with her Artist: Sonal Nagwani Award: Dreamspinner Award Jury’s Comments: A beautifully executed idea that captures the whimsical and pure imagination of a child. Just as a child grows into a leader of tomorrow, the tiny bubbles become accomplished works of art. In the same breath, it… 

Title: Van Gogh Artist: Sneha Dasgupta Award: Tailblazer Award Jury’s Comments: This piece exemplifies the journey of art and the artist. It might very well be the perfect definition of ChotaMota foundation. To chase and capture the white whale you must embark on an epic journey. Every time we hold…