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Dr. Awadhesh Misra                                                                 DOB- 01/05/1970, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India          Education-  D. Litt - IKS University, Khairagarh, CG, India 2016,  Ph. D - MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, UP, 2007,  MFA – Creative Painting, BHU Varanasi, UP, 1997, B FA  – Painting, BHU Varanasi, UP, 1995,  Art Masters Training - College of Arts and Crafts, Lucknow University, Lucknow 1991, BA - RML Awadh University, Ayodhya 1989. Awards/ Honors -  Bharat Gaurav Ratna Award by Sarthak Welfare Society, Lucknow 2024, Shiksha Ratna Samman, Gems of Education Award 2023   by Satyabandhu Bharat News Paper, Lucknow; Golden Personality of India 2K23 by Sarthak Welfare Society, Lucknow 2023, Kala Ratn Samman by Roop Shilp Lali...

Rural Cultural Weaves in Paintings through the Motif of the Scarecrow (Vizooka) Awadhesh Misra: The Visionary of Poetic Compositions   In the landscape of contemporary Indian art, artists who sustain an equal command over creative practice and critical discourse are rare. Awadhesh Misra stands among those few whose artistic creation, writing, editing, and pedagogy together constitute a coherent cultural praxis. His art does not emerge in isolation; it is deeply rooted in the rural environment that shaped his childhood and adolescence. The memories, rhythms, ecological sensibilities, and ethical frameworks of village life form the enduring substratum of his visual language. Misra’s paintings therefore function not merely as aesthetic artefacts but as layered visual narratives where memory, metaphor, and social consciousness coalesce into a deeply reflective artistic vision. Awadhesh Misra’s artistic identity is inseparable from his personal discipline and intellectual clarity. Soft-...

Saamana, Mumbai, 26 March 2022 Desh Rozana, Haryana (All Editions), 23 March 2022 Jansandesh Times, Lucknow, 21 February 2022 Bharteey Aadhunik Ewam Samkaleen Kalakar, Rakesh Goswami 2021 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 2021, Bakhar, Art Magazine, New Delhi Bakhaar, New Delhi, Issue 1 July-2021  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 _______________________________________________________ 2016, Alok, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi Aalok  2 3 _______________________________________________________ 2015, Uttar Pradesh Masik, Lucknow UP 1 2 3 _______________________________________________________ 2014, Nai Dhara, June- July 2014, Page 36-39 Nai Dhara Inner 1 2 3 4 _______________________________________________________ 2013, Parichhan, July- Sep 2013 Parichhan, July- Sep 2013, Cover Parichhan, July- Sep 2013, Cover-2 Parichhan, July- Sep 2013, Page no. 17 Parichhan, July- Sep 2013, Page no. 18 Parichhan, July- Sep 2013, Page no. 19 Parichhan, July- Sep 2013, Page no. 20 Parichhan, July- Sep 2013, Page no. 21 Parichhan, Jul...