Japanese artist Megumi Sakakida is now a Bangalore-based artist, working towards bridging the Japanese and Indian Culture . A graduate of art and design from Kyoto University and she has studied post graduation in painting at Chitrakala Parishat, Bangalore. The artist speaks fluent Kannada which she has managed to learn within a few months of her stay in Bangalore. Megumi’s paintings are about the habits, lifestyle and belief systems of Indians in general and about Karnataka people in particular. Her artworks contains Kannada words, the food habits, the domestic lives of the local people. She is a very talented artist and a graphic novelist, attracted to the Kannada culture and has been reflected thoroughly in her lifestyle as well as her artistic outlook. Hence her works bridge a cultural relationship between Japanese culture and Indian/Kannada culture.
The inauguration is followed by Indian and Japanese Music Program by Royal Echo Choir at Rangasthala at 12.15 pm
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