Sangeetha Kadur

Sangeetha Kadur is one of the top wildlife artists from Bangalore, India. She has created illustrations for several field guides,[1] wildlife books and magazines. The hummingbird book, for Gorgas Science Foundation for which she has contributed artworks has been acclaimed worldwide by birders.[2]

Sangeetha Kadur is also the founded GreenScraps, a Nature Journaling workshop for children, she is one of the creative directors of Felis Creations. She is the sister of wildlife cameraman Sandesh Kadur.

Education

After her schooling, she has completed graduation from Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore. [3] [4] [5]

Career

After her graduation, she started as a wildlife artist, contributing to educational books. As soon as she graduated from art college, her work assignment was to create a wildlife mural on a wall spanning 10 x 15 feet (3 x 4.5 metres). She was recognized internationally when one of her paintings appeared in the documentary Mountains of the Monsoons by the BBC Natural World Series. Now she has contributed to more than hundred wildlife books and field-guides.[6]

Awards

Nominated Twice for the BBC’s Wildlife Artist of the Year

Books

Hummingbirds[7][8]
Wildlife in a city pond[9]

Initiatives

Neralu—Bengaluru Tree Festival [10][11]
GreenScraps, a Nature Journaling workshop for children

References

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[1] ttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Pocket-guide-on-common-birds/article14504178.ece

[2] ttp://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/bangalore-bird-day-on-oct-1/article6457820.ece

[3] ttp://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/Bengaluru%E2%80%99s-birders-take-wing/article15003964.ece

[4] ttps://www.natureinfocus.in/author/sangeetha-kadur

[5] ttp://jlrexplore.com/authors/sangeetha-kadur

[6] ttp://www.sanctuaryasia.com/people/interviews/10660-a-stroke-of-genius.html

[7] ttp://www.hummingbirdsoftheworld.com/team/sangeetha-kadur/

[8] ttp://www.brownsvilleherald.com/premium/article_54728214-2c57-11e6-a26e-b317d41c4ca7.html

[9] ttp://www.prathambooks.org/wildlife-city-pond

[10] ttp://www.livemint.com/Leisure/DqVA9G8d7lrIlsBnanDxKN/NeraluBengaluru-Tree-Festival--Fresh-avenues.html

[11] ttp://bengaluru.citizenmatters.in/neralu-bangalore-s-very-own-citizen-led-tree-festival-6102