Nilima Sheikh
- January 10, 2024
- Visual Artist
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Nilima Sheikh |
| Occupation | Visual Artist |
| Date Of Birth | Nov 18, 1945(1945-11-18) |
| Age | 79 |
| Birthplace | New Delhi |
| Country | India |
| Birth City | Delhi |
| Horoscope | Scorpio |
Nilima Sheikh Biography
| Name | Nilima Sheikh |
| Birthday | Nov 18 |
| Birth Year | 1945 |
| Place Of Birth | New Delhi |
| Home Town | Delhi |
| Birth Country | India |
| Birth Sign | Scorpio |
Nilima Sheikh is one of the most popular and richest Visual Artist who was born on November 18, 1945 in New Delhi, Delhi, India.
Sheikh studied history at the Delhi University between 1962 and 1965, and received her Master of Fine Arts from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in 1971. She was influenced by artists such as Kanwal Krishna, Devayani Krishna, and K.G. Subramanyan, and attributes the older Santiniketan experiment, Baroda’s weightage to art history, and her earlier education in history as major influences.
In the mid-1980s, she received a fellowship to document the traditional art forms, especially Picchwai paintings of Nathdwara. She made drawings of the motifs of these art forms, documented the tools and methods they use, and also corresponded with organizations related to cultural heritage to ask for support for the preservation of these art forms.
Nilima Sheikh Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Visual Artist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Nilima Sheikh is one of the richest Visual Artist from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nilima Sheikh 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Nilima Sheikh (born 18 November 1945, in New Delhi) is a visual artist based in Baroda, India. Since the mid-80s, Sheikh has done extensive research about traditional art forms in India, advocated for the sustainability of the practice of traditional painters, and used a wide range of visual and literary sources in her work. Her work focuses on displacement, longing, historical lineage, tradition, communal violence, and the ideas of femininity. She uses paper, painting, installation, large scrolls, theater set designs, as well as illustrations for children’s books. She started exhibiting her work in 1969 and has participated in numerous group exhibitions, most recently documenta 14, Athens and Kassel in 2017. Her first museum exhibition was organized by The Art Institute of Chicago in 2014.
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Nilima’s ‘Salaam Chechi’, an exhibition of paintings dedicated to the ubiquitous Malayali nurse, was shown at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in 2018-2019.
Facts & Trivia
Sena Ranked on the list of most popular Visual Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Nilima Sheikh celebrates birthday on November 18 of every year.