Resume - Geeta Dave

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  • SUMMARY

    • Professional artist, muralist and art educator specializing in painting, mosaic murals with various media.
    • Recipient of numerous national awards and certificates of merit in international competitions.
    • Participant in various art exhibitions at the state and national levels.

  • EXPERIENCE

    • 1996-presentTalented Art Instructor, East Baton Rouge Parish School Board
    • 1999-presentMuralist and Project Director - Louisiana community organizations
    • 1991-presentThe Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, Visiting Artists Program and Art Enrichment Program for Louisiana Schools and community organizations
    • 1994-1995Artist in Residence Program - The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge
    • 1989-1991Runnels High School - Art Instructor
    • 1984-1987Owner of Creative Art Center, Rajkot, India - Professional artist, Instructor
    • 1982-1984New Era High School, Baroda, India - Art Instructor

  • COMMISSION PROJECTS

    • The LIFE-U Mural - Prism Group, Baton Rouge Louisiana, 2021
      • Acrylic 15'x10', 10'x12', 15'x12'
    • Mars Mural - DoD STARBASE - Youth program - Rosedale, Louisiana, 2016
      • Acrylic 122'x10'
    • Mural project for The Wall Project and The Dow Chemical Company, West Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2014
      • All About Success
      • Acrylic on wood, 4'x20'
      • Located at Baton Rouge Community College Westside, Plaquemine, LA
    • Baton Rouge Coca-Cola Company for 100th Anniversary, 2006
      • Oil on canvas, 4'x3'
    • Mural project for Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism and Shreveport Regional Arts Council, 2003
      • Four archways, two focused on Spanish culture, and two focused on Native American culture, 5'x8' each
      • Located at Red River District on Shreveport's River front, under Texas Street Bridge in Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Plaza
    • Mural project for Baton Rouge Green, Our Light Has Come Spark Park Project, first Freedom Park in Louisiana, 2002
      • 4'x14' semi-circular, glass tile mosaic mural located on Banks Elementary school campus
      • Sponsored by City/Parish Department of Housing and Urban Development Houston, Texas and commissioned by Baton Rouge Green Louisiana
    • Baton Rouge Coca-Cola Company for LSU stadium, Coca-Cola suite, 2001
      • Oil on canvas, 2½'x6'
    • Mural project for Baton Rouge Zoo, Louisiana, 1994-1995
      • Look Who Is Hiding - outdoor mural
      • 8'x16' - exterior oil paint

  • MURALS IN INDIA

    • Radha Lila mural in acrylic medium, Baroda, India
      • 36'x7' on the wall of S.D. Hall of M.S. University, India
    • Mosaic mural at the Vidia Kung School water fountain, Baroda, India
      • 5'x7', tile
    • Gujarat State Gandhi Museum, Rajkot, India
      • Preservation and restoration of wall murals in several rooms
      • Gujarat state Chan participated in grant project Preservation and restoration of wall murals at the century old temple
    • Radio Station, two murals, Rajkot, India
      • Oil and acrylic medium

  • COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION DONATIONS

    • Two large murals for the Greater Baton Rouge Zoo
      • This project was created to help fundraising for the Baton Rouge Zoo, through The Friends of the Baton Rouge Zoo.
      • Total of 8'x8'
    • Five painted soccer balls to the Louisiana Soccer Association
      • This project was created to help fundraising for the 2010 and 2014 US Youth Soccer Region III Championships at BREC.

  • PROJECT DIRECTOR FOR MURAL PROJECTS

    • Color of Umbrella, Indian Folk-art installation
      • Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA, 2025
    • Louisiana Music, BR Airport
      • 7'x6', acrylic on wood, permanently on display at Baton Rouge Airport, 2010
    • Integrity-Compassion-Attention, Jackson Middle School
      • 10'x12', exterior paint, at Jackson Middle School in East Feliciana Parish, Jackson, LA, 2010
    • Art in the Park
      • 5'x6', on display at BREC locations in Baton Rouge, 2009
    • Jungle to Ocean, Voice of Peace, Glasgow Middle School
      • 5'x36' and 10'x10' ceramic tile murals, 2008
    • Galaxy, Opening Doors Organization
      • 4'x4', acrylic on wood, permanently on display at LIGO Science Education Center in Livingston, LA, 2008
    • Our Story, BR Airport
      • 4'x4', oil on canvas, permanently on display at Baton Rouge Airport, 2007
    • Helping Hands-Hurricane Katrina, Opening Doors Organization
      • 3'x10', oil on canvas, permanently on display at Baton Rouge Airport, 2006
    • Louisiana's Natural Treasure, Bleubonnet Library
      • 3'x4', ceramic tile, permanently on display at Baton Rouge Bluebonnet Library, 2005
    • Opening the Door to Our Future, Lee High School
      • 4'x8', exterior paint, permanently on display at Lee High School EBRPSS, 2004
    • Project for Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts
      • 3'x12', ceramic tile mosaic
    • Baton Rouge 2020, Forum 35 Organization
      • 10'x10' each four wall outdoor mural in downtown Baton Rouge. These murals were added to the public walking art tour by Louisiana Office of the Governor, the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, 1998
    • Eden Park: A Garden, Louis Jetson Foundation
      • Mural Project Director for wall mural 6'x15' located at 36 North Street, Baton Rouge, 1999

  • ART EXHIBITS

    • Surreal Salon - the Annual International Exhibition, Baton Rouge Gallery Center for Contemporary Art, 2025
    • The Wild, LSU School of Art Summer Contemporary art exhibition, Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Exhibition Gallery, 2024
    • International Exhibition on Animals in Art, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, 2024
    • No Place Like Home, Shell Gallery, The Cary Saurage Community Arts Center, 2024
    • Prakruti, solo art show, Louisiana State Archives Art Gallery, by Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, 2024
    • Darshan traveling exhibition, Elaine Bailey Augustine Art Gallery, University of North Alabama, 2023
    • Darshan - Visions of India, Tennessee Valley Museum of Art Exhibition, Alabama, 2022
    • Artist and Mentor art exhibition, The Painting Center in New York City, 2018
    • Pip Squeak: Small Works, Big Vision Art Show, Northbrook, IL, 2014
    • Country Roads Featured Artist of Louisiana show, 2014
    • Best of the Best, Shaw Center, Baton Rouge, 2013
    • Teachers as Artists, LSU Union Art Gallery
    • A Journey Through Religious Art, Southern University Fine Art Gallery
    • Visual Art and Poetry Art Show, Baton Rouge Gallery
    • East Baton Rouge Parish artist show, Bluebonnet Swamp in Baton Rouge
    • Multicultural Exhibition, Baton Rouge Gallery
    • Baton Rouge Little Theatre, one-man show
    • Louisiana Arts and Science Center, one-man show
    • Renaissance Gallery, One American Place, Baton Rouge, one man show, 1993
    • Associated Women in the Arts Member Show, Woman's Hospital, Baton Rouge, 1991-1994
    • International Art Show, West Baton Rouge Museum, 1993
    • All-India National Drawing Exhibition, Punjab, India, 1988
    • All-India National Art Exhibition, New Delhi, India, 1981-1986
    • All-India National Drawing Exhibition, ATUL, Ahmedabad, 1985
    • All-India National Drawing Exhibition, New Delhi, India, 1982-1985
    • Gujarat State Lalitkala (Fine Arts) Academy, Ahmedabad, India, 1979-1985
    • All-India Kalidas Academy, Ujjain, India, 1984-1985
    • Paintings have been sold to private collectors in the USA, India and abroad.

  • AWARDS AND HONORS

    • One of top three awards, Surreal Salon - the Annual International Exhibition, Baton Rouge Gallery Center for Contemporary Art, 2025
    • First Place for Prakruti, The Wild, LSU School of Art Summer Contemporary art exhibition, Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Exhibition Gallery, 2024
    • Judge's Award, International Exhibition on Animals in Art, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, 2024
    • Featured in Novum Artis Magazine, 2024
    • Featured in InRegister Magazine, The Creatives: Fine Artist Geeta Dave, 2023
    • Ford Foundation's National Performance Network Take Notice Fund grant, 2022
    • Michael Crespo Visual Artist Fellowship Award, Cary Saurage, Baton Rouge Arts Council, 2022
    • Scholastic Art and Writing Golden Residency Award, Sam and Adele Golden Foundation, 2018
    • Featured in Art Rocks a series that broadcasts on PBS channels that spotlights artists, 2014
    • Featured in Country Roads magazine, 2013
    • Selected by COX Communications as an exemplary artist, 2003
    • Middle School Art Educator of the Year, 2000-2001, by Louisiana Art Education Association
    • Arts Ambassador Award, Baton Rouge, LA, 1995
    • Louisiana Artists Roster member, 1993-Present
    • Visual Artist for the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, 1989-Present
    • National Award for painting Richness of Seasons, All-India Kalidas Academy, Ujjain, India, 1985
    • First Place Award in Painting, State of Gujarat, India, 1977
    • Certificate of Merit - International selection of painting in World Wildlife Funds, Switzerland, 1975
    • Soviet Land Nehru National Award (Russia), for the painting Panchvarshiya Yojana, 1971

  • EDUCATION

    • Master of Fine Arts, post-graduate in Creative Painting, 1982-84
      • M.S. University of Baroda, Baroda, India
      • Faculty of Fine Arts
      • Major area of study: Creative painting
      • Highest painting scholarship recipient for two years
    • Bachelor of Arts, specialty in Painting, 1978-82
      • M.S. University of Baroda, Baroda, India
      • Faculty of Fine Arts
      • Major area of study: Drawing, Painting and Mural
      • Highest painting scholarship recipient for four years
    • Art Teaching Diploma, 1978
      • Board of Gujarat State, Ahmedabad, India
      • Major area of study: Art teaching education. First with Distinction.