onlineexhibit – The Art Dungeon

Hey everyone! It gives me great pleasure to share with you all that I have had the honor of displaying my work recently both online as well as offline with a couple of eminent art galleries in my country, India. Also deeply humbled to have been bestowed with awards by these galleries and extremely privileged to have had a chance to showcase my work under their names. My sincere gratitude to both galleries for providing me with the platform to display my work. Thank you very much Manikarnika Art Gallery, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh (India) and Dys Art Gallery, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh (India)!

The online exhibit conducted by Manikarnika Art Gallery was titled “Aakar” National Online Art Exhibition and Competition (5 July – 14 July 2023) wherein I had sent two entries which were exhibited on their social media handles, namely Facebook and Instagram. (Follow these link to view the exhibit) –

https://fb.watch/mKv0vI6A4b/ https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cuvr5lGrqNN/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

It was this exhibit that brought me the honor of the Gold Award and I was conferred with a Gold medal as well as a Certificate. I am thankful to the gallery and the jury members for considering my work worthy of this bestowal. A few snippets from this exhibit:

***The poster*** ***for the online exhibit and competition***

The second exhibition I was part of was an offline Group Show conducted by Dys Art Gallery in my city Visakhapatnam. The exhibition was titled ARTists reUNITED 4^th Edition 2023 (11 August – 20 August 2023) and a total of 17 extremely talented artists displayed some outstanding masterpieces at the gallery. I had displayed 5 artworks as part of this show. (Follow these link to view the exhibit) –

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It was an amazing experience to interact with like-minded people in the field of art and exchange ideas with them. This exhibit was also extremely special for me as it conferred me with the honors of 3^rd People’s choice Award on Instagram as well as on Facebook. Once again, my sincere gratitude to the gallerists for this honor. Sharing a few memorable moments from the show:

Extremely grateful to both the galleries, the jury and the gallerists for all their support and encouragement.

Howdy art lovers! In my last post, I had delved into the nitty gritties of showcasing art, specifically at exhibitions and art shows. It gives me great pleasure to share with you all today my very own and personal experiences related to the art exhibits that I have had the good fortune of being part of.

Even though they were small community exhibits organized within our fraternity, for me they were nothing less than any renowned art show set up by reputed galleries or curators, for the learning associated with these helped me grow as an artist. Moreover, they provided me with the much-needed exposure as well as recognition, not just within my fraternity but beyond!

So, without further ado, let’s plunge right into it!

As I mentioned earlier, two of the exhibits were local community shows, where some of the many talented artists of the fraternity I belong to got together and put up their work on display. Both proved to be great morale boosters for me as not only did I manage to sell some of my work, but also got some custom orders! Here are a few snippets from these exhibits:

The next opportunity that I have had the distinct honor of being a part of is an Online Solo Art Exhibit organized by Google Books Art and Culture, wherein my artwork was approved for global publishing as a Solo Online Exhibit on the prestigious Google Books.

Artist’s Art & Photography solo online Exhibits are published globally on Google Books for lifelong and can be downloaded by Google’s billions of readers for free access on Google Play Books, Google Books Library and Google Android Play Store across the globe in 149 countries. Art Exhibit Google Book is strictly online and no print or hard copy (pdf) is allowed due to copyright protection.

As an artist, publishing my art on the Google Books, Arts & Culture platform carries a great deal of professional weightage and mileage as it helps me share and promote it not just directly to art connoisseurs, collectors, art galleries, museums and prospective art buyers but also onto social media.

Since Google is the world’s largest search engine, publishing my art exhibit on Google’s various platforms, especially Books, has a distinct advantage as my work is indexed by Google itself, which helps in SEO (search engine optimization) and gives me a mileage in getting higher ranks in online search results and better discoverability on social media, thus connecting me with genuine art lovers across the globe and reach out to prospective buyers and art galleries.

One worry I always have when sharing my artwork on online social media platforms or online sites/galleries is that there is no copyright protection and my art can be downloaded or shared illegally. However, Google Books offers all Artists protection under their own copyrights and the book is globally DRM protected for illegal sharing and downloading.

Another advantage is that my artwork is archived in the Google Books Library and helps reach billions of Google’s readers & subscribers across the globe in 149 countries thus connecting me with a global audience! Here are the links to my very own ebook art exhibit with google books:

https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=fHEUEAAAQBAJ

https://books.google.co.in/books/about?id=fHEUEAAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y