BEGINNINGS
Born in New Delhi.
1990 Founder member of Indian Printmakers Guild.
1995 Cocurated Emerging Trends in collaboration with Art Inc at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
1995 Coordinated, ?Light and Enlightenment? Show, in collaboration with Foundation for Indian Art, Amsterdam and ISLE, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
1996 Chairperson, Printmakers Day, British Council Division.
1997-99 Judging Panel, Inlaks Foundation.
1998 Judging Panel, Charles Wallace Scholarship.
Judging Panel, Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi.
2000 Cocurated ?Combine? Voices of the New Century, collaboration with Gallery Alternations and Vis-?-vis, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
2000 Co-curated with Sushma Bahl ?See Through? - Paintings on glass at British Council Division, New Delhi. Lives and works in New Delhi.
EDUCATION
1975 First year in painting, Weisensee Kunst Hochschule, Berlin, Germany. 1976-81 B.F.A Painting and Printmaking, College of Art, New Delhi. 1979-80 Guest student in printmaking, College of Art, Santiago, Chile. 1981-82 Research Fellowship, College of Art, New Delhi. 1982-83 Research Grant, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. 1993 Received British Council Grant to visit art institutions and study contemporary art trends, London.
EXHIBITIONS
1983 Solo exhb., Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay. 1984 Solo exhb., Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi.1986 Solo exhb., Miyasaka Gallery, Tokyo.1990 Solo exhb., Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi.1992 Solo exhb., Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu.1993 Solo exhb., Gallery Ganesha, New Delhi.1995 Solo exhb., British Council Division New Delhi and India International Center, New Delhi.1996 Solo exhb., Art Inc., New Delhi.1998 Solo exhb., University of Punjab, Patiala.1999 Solo exhb., Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore.2002 Dual Worlds, Canberra Museum and Art Gallery, Canberra, Australia.2003 Solo exhb. with launch of Fires of the Sea, Tenderness of the Desert, a collection of poems by Libyan artist-Idris M. Tayeb, illustrated by Kanchan Chander, Siddharta Gallery, Kathmandu.2004 Flower Power, Arushi Arts, Mumbai.2006 Kanchan ? The Story So Far, organised by Delhi Art Gallery, Visual Arts Gallery, New Delhi.
COLLECTION
Lawrence Gallery, Santiago. British Museum, London. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Ecole Des Beaux Arts, Paris. Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka.Glenberra Art Museum, Hemeji. Air India, Mumbai. Chandigarh Museum, Chandigarh. Patiala Museum, Patiala.National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.College of Art, New Delhi.Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.
AWARDS
1984-85 French Govt. Scholarship to study Printmaking, Ecole Des Beaux Arts. Paris. 1986 Award, Women?s All India Show, AIFACS, New Delhi. Award International Print Biennale Award Bradford, UK. 1988 Sahitya Kala Parishad Award, New Delhi. 1989 Yuva Mahotsava Award. 1990-92 Fellowship, Printmaking and Painting, Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1986-2005 Lecturer at College of Art, New Delhi.
1990-91 Visiting Faculty Member at School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi.
