roomamehra

A Little Intro

Rooma Mehra has had 11 solo shows of her paintings, reliefs and sculptures. Her artworks are found in private & permanent collections including in NGMA, New Delhi, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, Arte Antica Gallery, Canada and individual collections in Switzerland, U.S.A. Denmark, Austria, Spain and Japan. She is also a poetess of repute.

Collections (India & Abroad)

National Gallery of Modern Art, 1999
Lalit Kala Akademi Collection, 1989
Individual collections in India (incl. Secretary, Indian Council of Cultural Research
(ICCR) during first exhibition in 1982 and the then Ambassador of Switzerland (in the
same year), the Embassy of Spain, the Embassy of Switzerland, Studio One collection,
the Indian Ambassador to Denmark etc.

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Rooma Mehra has had 11 solo shows of her paintings, reliefs and sculptures. Her artworks are found in private & permanent collections including in NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART, New Delhi, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, Arte Antica Gallery, Canada and individual collections in Switzerland, U.S.A. Denmark, Austria, Spain and Japan. She is also a poetess of repute.Most recent show called "ENLIGHTENMENT.." at India Habitat Centre from 21-24 March 2008 dedicated "to the memory of my beloved mother. I lost her in 2005".Inaugurated on 21st of March by HRH Dr. Karan Singh, President, Indian Council of Cultural AffairsExhibitions AbroadRepresented at the exhibition of Indian Artists organised by the Indian Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1984 Works displayed in Copenhagen Town Hall, DenmarkInvited to participate in " A View of the New " a Commonwealth and U.K.Contemporaries Art Show by the Royal Overseas League held in 1990Private showings and sale of paintings during travel to AustriaDenmark, Austria and Switzerland in 1984 and the U.S.ASeveral Group Shows (India)Collections (Abroad)Collection of ARTE ANTICA, Canada, 2002Paintings and Sculptures in individual Collections in Switzerland, U.S.A. Denmark, Austria. Spain and Japan Collections (India)National Gallery of Modern Art, 1999Lalit Kala Akademi Collection, 1989Many Individual collections in India

Art Journey

rooma mehra EXCERPTS FROM ART REVIEWS AND WRITE-UPS BY ART CRITICSThings that fade, that cannot easily be caught and pinned down are Mehras concern, as of any devoted artist who knows that to seek is all.Keshav Malik in The Times of IndiaThere must be something common between painting, sculpture, poetry and music, so many painters write poetry, so many poets can also play some musical instrument or the other or sing.One of them is Rooma Mehra.- Khushwant Singh in his MALICE column on Rooma Mehra in THE HINDUSTAN TIMES.

Roomas works reveal the products of a mind which in its ultimate imaginative reach is capable of finding itself wherever it looks even though it marks within, its own divisive strengths.There is a sense of visual victory, as one perceives these works.Roomas is a fertile mind rich in the aspects of intricately and exquisitely enriched cognitive details. Roomas works invite an inexorable condition in which the intricacies are not to be revealed in the experience of the condition. Its quality is felt in the richness of the ambient which engages the imagination with a wide range of tactile visual incident.Roomas paintings evoke a splendor that must have existed below the thin white sheen of the canvas she touched. In the stillness of all else around you listen to these paintings as they weave their way through the crest of melody. For Rooma perhaps it is the inevitable that colour should be used with a fervent relish.In her deliberation to personalize or depersonalize she has also set a stage for a creative art.-"ROOMAS RESONANCE BY UMA NAIR Rooma's Art is revolutionising in the sense that it emphasizes more on the happening. She touches the very core of personalities through her tantalizing and balanced shades.- "A HAPPY BLEND OF WATERCOLOURS" by Vijay BhushanRooma Mehra is a young artist who combines in her person both poetry and painting. It is a rare combination, but a strong one. What is significant is that she makes effective statements both literally as well as visually. Roomas works with a sure hand and a lot of thinking goes into her work. That is why she knows what she is doing and what exactly she wants from the medium. It will be interesting to watch her next stage in both painting and in poetry. For she is a progressive artist and poet.-"WITH A SURE HAND" BY R.S. YADAVWithin the tradition of a synthesis of art forms and artists is an increasingly popular artist, Rooma Mehra. A self-taught painter and a poetess of repute, her watercolours are currently on display.Rooma has chosen to work within the paradigm of the universal shunning

Gujarat 2002
The stench from burning flesh rises like smoke from the cremation of a smiling child.

Blood from dripping knives carve wounds on the weeping roads of my country.

At the end of this tunnel the Buddha smiles..

But who will end the tunnel?

Worms eating tunnels into gullible minds

Words eating tunnels into gullible minds

Who will will fill the tunnel with the smile of Buddha burnt in the cremation of a smiling child?

Wave (18.700 x 13.100 x 0.200 inches)

CODE: 1139
PRICE: $376

Communication (9.000 x 12.000 x 0.010 inches)

CODE: 1101
PRICE: $300

6.500 x 11.700 inches

CODE: 1106
PRICE: $1000

Ganesh, Watercolours on Paper, 1991, 55x74cms

CODE: 1107
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6.500 x 11.700 inches

CODE: 1108
PRICE: $1000

Celebration of life...

Be..
Stand Tip-toe Reach Out.. Run Stop Reach Out..

Fly
Grasp a star By its tail Thread The hole In the soul The blank Aching hole Left By the death Of the Earth The day Of Judgement..

Touch..Touch..Touch.. The tip of the waves In the blank blue sky Catch dewdrops On your ashen face As they drip From the being Of pregnant raindrops Into the vacuum Of today..

Be.. be…be...

The Flute Player Painting(33.858 x 28.346 inches )

CODE: 1109
PRICE: $630

6.500 x 11.700 inches)

CODE: 1110
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Transition flight

CODE: 1111
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Peace..Painting (28.000 x 21.000 x 0.200 inches)

CODE: 1112
PRICE: $5000

Enlightenment(28.3x23.6 inches)

CODE: 1113
PRICE: $1900

A New Dawn

CODE: 1114
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6.500 x 11.700 inches

CODE: 1115
PRICE: $1000

6.500 x 11.700 inches

CODE: 1116
PRICE: $1000

Soul Dance By Rooma Mehra head held high arms reaching out to touch that star yes, that star the one that’s going to fall in my open palm while my soul prances on the milky way head held high eyes on that star that freefalls earthway heavy with so many dreams one of them mine

Angel Eye (9.000 x 12.000 x 0.010 inches)

CODE: 1117
PRICE: $300

Mother Theresa, (9.000 x 12.000 x 0.010 inches)

CODE: 1119
PRICE: $500

Prisoner,(9.000 x 12.000 x 0.010 inches)

CODE: 1120
PRICE: $500

Race for God,(9.000 x 12.000 x 0.010 inches)

CODE: 1121
PRICE: $500

Reaching Out.(9.000 x 12.000 x 0.010 inches)

CODE: 1122
PRICE: $500

Seeking,(9.000 x 12.000 x 0.010 inches)

CODE: 1123
PRICE: $500

Soul 2019.. 9 inches by 12 inches Mixed Media

CODE: 1124
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untitled 9 inches by 12 inches Mixed Media, Sold

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untitled 9 inches by 12 inches Mixed Media, Sold

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untitled 11 9 inches by 12 inches Mixed Media, Sold

CODE: 1127
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untitled 12 9 inches by 12 inches Mixed Media, Sold

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untitled 12 (12.900 x 12.000 inches)

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33.858 x 28.346 inches

CODE: 1130
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untitled 13 (12.000 x 9.000 x 0.010 inches )

CODE: 1131
PRICE: $500

9 Inches By 12 Inches

CODE: 1132
PRICE: $900

9 x 12 inches

CODE: 1133
PRICE: $500

9 Inches By 12 Inches

CODE: 1134
PRICE: $900

Untitled 17,(17.900 x 12.000 inches)

CODE: 1135
PRICE: $600

Untitled, (12.000 x 9.000 x 0.010 inches)

CODE: 1136
PRICE: $500

Celebration Of Life.. Be..(18.000 x 26.000 inches)

CODE: 1137
PRICE: $2365

Enlightenment Paintings

CODE: 1138
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Celebration Of Life.. Be.(18.700 x 13.100 x 1.600 inches)

CODE: 1141
PRICE: $4260

9.8 H x 11.8 W x 0.2 in

CODE: 1142
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----DREAM----
Blowing on ashes one purple night Battling with one tiny gust of wind that blew them back to me.

Back and forth Forth and back Back and forth Forth and back The rocking rhythm of a lullaby sucked me quietly into a whirlpool of ash..

I dreamt of you, Angel, and woke into a silver midnight A star in ash smiled in silver moonlight

18 x 15 inches

CODE: 1148
PRICE: $6,600

28 x 34 inches

CODE: 1149
PRICE: $4000

30 x 23 inches

CODE: 1151
PRICE: $900

30 x 23 inches

CODE: 1153
PRICE: $900

25 x 31 inches

CODE: 1154
PRICE: $5000

...Enlightenment...

from the ashes of darkness of pain of death

quivering, hesitant rises the shadow-flame of truth

blurred by tears

only slowly very slowly it metamorphoses into a brilliant yet soothing light of a whole truth

that illuminates the tunnels of the mindscape

i watch ..mesmerised.. the rainbow balsam healing touch on my wounds

i listen ..astonished.. to the truth that sings the inevitability of the encounter with the loving, with the peaceful, with the gentle

with God.. https://youtu.be/Nol1zTTGeBk?si=pBZ_g7g4hjdxQRtu

25 x 31 inches

CODE: 1155
PRICE: $5000

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30 x 23 inches

CODE: 1157
PRICE: $900

15 x 19 inches

CODE: 1158
PRICE: $1900

14 x 17 inches

CODE: 1159
PRICE: $500

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29 x 36 inches

CODE: 1162
PRICE: $900

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24.000 x 18.000 inches

CODE: 1167
PRICE: $2500

CODE: 1169

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PRICE: $900

30 x 23 inches

CODE: 1171
PRICE: $900

17 x 12 inches

CODE: 1172
PRICE: $500

CODE: 1173
PRICE: $900

CODE: 1175

6.500 x 11.700 inches

CODE: 1177
PRICE: $500

30.000 x 17.000 x 0.100 inches

CODE: 1178
PRICE: $6,930

24.000 x 18.000 inches

CODE: 1179
PRICE: $2500

24.000 x 18.000 inches

CODE: 1180
PRICE: $2500

18.000 inches x 24.000

CODE: 1181
PRICE: $2500

24.000 x 18.000 inches

CODE: 1182
PRICE: $2500

DIALOGUE by rooma mehra....
Wordless words Breathless breathing Soundless songs filling the vacuum of senseless noise with the Fragrance of Flowers Fairies Love ...

Twin flames Painting a Story Between the Lines

https://www.saatchiart.com/rooma

27 x 33 inches

CODE: 1183
PRICE: $3,500

31 x 41 inches

CODE: 1184
PRICE: $9,000

12 x 12 inches

CODE: 1185
PRICE: $500

29 x 33 inches

CODE: 1186
PRICE: $2500

CODE: 1187
PRICE: $500

3.5 ft. x 2.4 ft

CODE: 1188
PRICE: $12,000

29 x 34 inches

CODE: 1189
PRICE: $5,200

20.5 x 25 inches

CODE: 1190
PRICE: $1,000

28.346 x 33.858 inches

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PRICE: $730

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3 ft x 1.7 ft

CODE: 1194
PRICE: $9,000

9 x 12 inches

CODE: 1195
PRICE: $500

9 x 12 inches

CODE: 1196
PRICE: $500

9 x 12 inches

CODE: 1197
PRICE: $500

33 x 31 inches

CODE: 1198
PRICE: $3500

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27 x 33 inches

CODE: 1301
PRICE: $5000

6.500 x 11.700 inches

CODE: 1302
PRICE: $500

16 x 34 inches

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PRICE: $5000

28 x 34 inches

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16 x 20 inches

CODE: 1307
PRICE: $1500

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25 x 45 inches

CODE: 1309
PRICE: $9000

29 x 36 inches

CODE: 1310
PRICE: $5000

11 x 21 inches

CODE: 1311
PRICE: $500

16 x 34 inches

CODE: 1312
PRICE: $5000

16 x 34 inches

CODE: 1313
PRICE: $5000

29 x 36 inches

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29 x 36 inches

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26 x 39 inches

CODE: 1317
PRICE: $7000

16 x 34 inches

CODE: 1318
PRICE: $5000

29 x 36 inches

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PRICE: $5000

16 x 34 inches

CODE: 1320
PRICE: $5000

12 x 9 inches

CODE: 1321
PRICE: $300

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22 x 30 inches

CODE: 1324
PRICE: $1,500

9 x 12 inches

CODE: 1325
PRICE: $500

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16 x 34 inches

CODE: 1327
PRICE: $5000

16 x 34 inches

CODE: 1328
PRICE: $900

CODE: 1329
PRICE: $500

24.000 x 18.000 inches

CODE: 1330
PRICE: $2500

28 W x 20 H x 0.2 in

CODE: 1331
PRICE: $6,950

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9 x 12 inches

CODE: 1333
PRICE: $500

11 x 21 inches

CODE: 1334
PRICE: $500

19 x 15 inches

CODE: 1335
PRICE: $500

29 x 36 inches

CODE: 1336
PRICE: $5000

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26 x 33 inches

CODE: 1338
PRICE: $2500

3 ft x 1.5 ft

CODE: 1339
PRICE: $7,000

18 x 37 inches

CODE: 1340
PRICE: $900

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24.000 x 18.000 inches

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16 x 34 inches

CODE: 1347
PRICE: $5000

31 x 40

CODE: 1348
PRICE: $7,000

18 x 23 inches

CODE: 1349
PRICE: $500

34 x 16 inches

CODE: 1350
PRICE: $5,000

17 x 21 inches

CODE: 1351
PRICE: $900

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16 x 34 inches

CODE: 1355
PRICE: $5000

9 x 12 inches

CODE: 1356
PRICE: $500

9 x 12 inches

CODE: 1357
PRICE: $500

9 x 12 inches

CODE: 1358
PRICE: $500

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16 x 34 inches

CODE: 1360
PRICE: $5,000

16 x 34 inches

CODE: 1361
PRICE: $5000

19.000 x 27.000 inches

CODE: 1362
PRICE: $2500

12 W x 10 H x 0.5 inches

CODE: 1363
PRICE: $2110

26 x 38 inches

CODE: 1364
PRICE: $8000

20.5 x 27.5 inches

CODE: 1365
PRICE: $2,500

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24.000 x 18.000 inches

CODE: 1367
PRICE: $2,500

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28 x 34 inches

CODE: 1369
PRICE: $3,500

22.8 x 17.8 inches

CODE: 1370
PRICE: $2000

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16 x 34 inches

CODE: 1372
PRICE: $5000

Celebration of Life

CODE: 1201
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WAITING by rooma mehra
And the mountains freeze Waiting for love to happen Garbage dumps, smoke, tree-wood corpses Frozen inside a shivering teardrop
Red, chrome, pale, white The sun shines over a mountain head And the teardrop melts Drop by drop by drop by drop Waiting for love to happen..
But crystals of smoke from garbage Burning under a tortured tree Leafless, branchless, headless Melt to rise in the white sunflame
Waiting for love to happen..
The stench of smoke from treeless hills From the cremation of tree corpses Rising to the ticking of the sun-clock As not so faraway a battle rages

Waiting for love to happen..

Crystals of smoke from battle Rising to the cries of torture Headless, earless, eyeless, shackled Warriors frozen inside a teardrop

Waiting for love to happen
Bodies on the roads Bodies on the hills Woodless cremations Cremated wood

Mountains inside frozen teardrops Tears frozen in dead eyes Tumbling mountains and tears Crushed white doves at sunrise

Waiting for love to happen Drop by drop by drop by drop

Waiting for Peace to happen Piece by piece by piece by piece..

Side View

CODE: 1202
PRICE: $---

Phoenix Sculpture(13.0 x 22.0 x 18.1 inches )

CODE: 1203
PRICE: $19000

A New Dawn is Born
by Rooma Mehra
When dreams are done and the night stretches on Murdered moments, minutes, hours but the night stretches on..
Dragging feet trying to escape - Nothing â tags along â heavy Memories erased, so long ago but â nothing â tags along â heavy
Covered an inch, a foot, a step and dawn is miles away on the other side of the mountain Dawn is m i l e s away
Fall, lie back, conjure up a vision but memories have been erased When the end began its stumbling journey All memories were erased
Get up, go, another step The night must be spent Dawn lies at the end of night The night must be spent Give up, surrender to the night within but sleep is blanked out past The day is miles, mountains away and sleep is blanked out past
Draw an illusion with heartburn on the canvas of the night But ashes mingle with ashes on the canvas of the night
Night falls heavy on lidless eyes Glowing embers from the fire within Look into a mirror to see two suns Glowing embers from the fire within
And a dawn is born from the ashes of dreams

Installations Gallery

CODE: 1204
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Prayer

CODE: 1205
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AFTER THE WAR - III By Rooma Mehra
So many stars Sleep An eternal slumber In the heavenly embrace Of a sleeping sky …unseen. Unawakened… By a wisp Of a whistling wind …unfelt. Since the day A zillion eyes fused In a nuclear fission. Forgotten… But for the black hole In the heart Of the sleeping sky. A mute testimony Of days gone by Telling no one The story Of the earth That was Once upon a time. When stars shimmered And the sky smiled Because life saw… But it is of no consequence Really… That era ended A long time ago. And who is listening anyway…