Hyundai Motor India Foundation honours Talent House from Southern India

• 8 Artists, Performers, and Architects from Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, and Tamil Nadu bag awards worth 1L
• HMIF aims to provide monetary support and recognition to various artists
• Projects aim at upholding creativity and arts while providing livelihood opportunities to underprivileged artisans

New Delhi, March 12, 2022: Hyundai Motor India Foundation (HMIF), the philanthropic arm of Hyundai Motor India Ltd., felicitated 25 grantees of ‘Art for Hope’ at Bikaner House, New Delhi. An eminent jury shortlisted 25 artists from the length and breadth of India whose magnificent art renditions were commissioned with the theme centred around Hope, Solidarity and Gratitude.  The Art for Hope program aspires to unearth, and nurture hidden talents in diverse fields of art, craft and culture along with providing a unique platform for these artists to showcase their work, which in turn will benefit them by generating employment and make their art popular among a wider audience base.

Speaking at the event, Mr. Puneet Anand, Asst. Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Hyundai Motor India Ltd., said, “Art is a reflection of a society’s values, its culture and the people who are a part of it. It helps us understand our innermost emotions. With that thought, we announce the culmination of ‘Art for Hope’, a unique initiative that enabled post pandemic revival of the arts and culture community in India.  HMIF took the bold step of taking up the cause of artists under their commitment towards ‘Progress for Humanity’.  We congratulate all the winners and hope that the grant will help them in strengthening and popularizing their art form and making it accessible to more people.”

The three-day exhibition from March 12th - 14th, 2022 will display the art works and performances of the grantees. The aim of this exhibition is to promote regional and indigenous arts, shedding light on the country's rich, united, and diverse heritage. This project will illuminate the efforts of 25 artists that highlight India’s rich cultural history. Rendering unwavering support to art and cultural communities, 'Art for Hope' is India's foremost dedicated CSR program set to promote and incentivise artists across a manifold of verticals such as Digital Art, Crafts, Multi-Disciplinary Art, Performance Arts and Visual Arts. As a part of the program, the winners were awarded a grant amount of Rs. 1 lakh which were used for their projects.

The jury members comprising of Dr. Rathi Jafer, Director of Inko Centre (Chennai), Mr. Riyas Komu, a critically acclaimed Multimedia Artist along with Curator, Ms. Priya Pall, a popular museum and arts consultant, former Curatorial Director of Bikaner House, Delhi, and a consultant to various popular museums across the country. Senior HMI members Mr. Punnaivanam Sankaramoorthy, National Service Head and Mr. Mukundan MS, National Production Service Head were also present at the event to encourage the artists.

List of Winners for the 2021 Hyundai Art for Hope Program:

Sr No.	Category	Name	State	Projects
1	Crafts	Anith Reddy	Karnataka	Siddi Patchwork
2		Karmaben Meru Goradia	Gujarat	Banni Embroidery Technique
3		Sumit Goswami	Uttar Pradesh	Braj Sanjhi Art
4	Digital Arts	Manoj Kumar Biswas	Jharkhand	Historic Photography Process
5		Saran Raj V	Tamil Nadu	Creating Photographic Archive
6	Multi-Disciplinary Arts	Ashish Kumar Maurya	Uttar Pradesh	Documenting Housing in Rural & Urban Areas
7		Asif Imran	West Bengal	Human Behaviour & Relationship by the City
8	Performance Arts	Aswathy KN	Kerala	Thullal
9		Chanan Khan Manganiyar	Rajasthan	Manganiyar folk music
10		Kalamandalam Krishnendu	Kerala	Nangiarkuthu
11		Raja Anand	Uttar Pradesh	Dance-Drama Performance on Major Dhyan Chand
12	Visual Arts	Akanksha Sharma	Delhi	Project Heal - Slum Murals
13		Anupama Alias	Kerala	Cape of Good Hope - Women Povert Eradication
14		Arjun Das	West Bengal	Documenting Labour Lives in Hatibangan
15		David Varghese & Koumudi Malladi	Karnataka	Exploring Bengaluru's Heritage with slum children
16		Digvijay Singh Jadeja	Gujarat	Painting and Print-Making
17		Hardik Chavda	Gujarat	Ceramic Sculptures inspired by Philosophies
18		Hemavathy Guha	Delhi	Painting and Print-Making
19		Helna Merrin Joseph	Kerala	Relief Artwork on Plywood
20		Kuldeep Karegaonkar	Maharashta	Painting Series on Farmer Conditions in Prabani
21		Miriam Koshy	Goa	Documentation of Mangrove Conservation in Goa
22		Pratik Raut	Maharashta	Documenting Kangra Culture - Miniature Paintings
23		Priya Thuvassery	Delhi	Art Installation on Environmental Degradation
24		Saurabh Pal	Madhya Pradesh	Sculpture on Kalachuries of Dahalamandala
25		Vasudev M Nair & Meet Vervada	Karnataka / Gujarat	Documenting 1857 Revolt in Bulandshahr