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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...