Press
June 28, 2019
With huge portraits and augmented reality, Madhu Kumar brings you the real voices of immigrant women
Regina artist Madhu Kumar is no stranger to the many difficulties that are part and parcel of the experience of being an immigrant woman to Canada. She herself emigrated from India to Toronto in 2001, and this journey has given her a deep understanding of the unique struggles experienced by other immigrant women.
March 9, 2018
The Big Picture
March 8, 2018
Madhu Kumar: The Stories of Immigrant Women
Reception Date March 8th at 12 pm: On the day of/in conjunction with International women’s day. Artist Talk: 12:30pm The women depicted in the paintings will be in attendance to share their thoughts. The Women depicted in the paintings will be in a
December 2, 2018
Stories of Immigrant Women – Galleries West
The portrait of a woman in a hijab sitting on her sofa next to a white cat is luminous with natural light. Her hands gesture as if she’s in the midst of an animated conversation.
November 18, 2018
Stories of Immigrant Women – Shurinak Galleries
October 1, 2018
Stories of Immigrant Women – An Exhibit
September 4, 2018
Regina artist uses paintings to tell immigrant women’s stories
“I just want to give them a voice and the recognition … (of) what they have achieved and what they have gone through and where they are now.”
July 23, 2018
Meet one of the Department of Visual Arts Summer Resident Artists | Communications and Marketing, University of Regina
The painting is part of a series that came out of Kumar’s experience of interacting with immigrant women at Regina’s Immigrant Women Centre.
Fall 2017
Bridging the past and the future – Degrees Magazine | University of Regina, Saskatchewan
University of Regina official magazine profiling the achievements of alumni, students, faculty and staff in fields ranging from business and the arts to education and science.
March 8 2015
Madhu Kumar – Art on Campus
Let me be more, 2014 Oil on canvas 48″ x 60″ University of Regina President’s Art Collection; pc.2015.25. Madhu Kumar uses her own experience to explore the lives of other immigrant women.
March 8 2015
Celebrating International Women’s Day