Meet the Artist (MTA) is a permanent in-house program of JDCA, where invited artists, craft persons or scholars through their illustrated presentations create an appreciation of all forms of visual art. 

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Since 2001, such MTAs have taken place on the second Saturday of every month. From now onwards, the Meet the Artist will be held on the third Saturday of every month instead of the second Saturday.

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296 Meet the Artist 

Monalisha Biswal,

Artist

at  6:00 pm, Saturday, 

17 October 2026

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​About the Artist 

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Dr. Monalisha Biswal is an artist and academician whose practice and professional engagement in the field of visual art have been shaped by her training in fine arts and experience in printmaking. She has participated in numerous national and state-level exhibitions, solo shows, and art camps across India, including at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur, and Kalidas Academy, Ujjain.

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Biswal completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts at B.K. College of Art & Craft, Bhubaneswar, followed by a Master of Fine Arts from Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya, Khairagarh, Chhattisgarh, and a Ph.D. in Visual Art from Utkal University of Culture, Bhubaneswar. She has served as a lecturer at Sundergarh Art & Craft College and continues to contribute to art education as Guest Faculty in the Department of Printmaking at Utkal University of Culture.

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Her contributions have been recognised through several honours, including the 35th State Lalit Kala Academy Award, the Kalidas Academy Award, Ujjain, the Chhattisgarh State Award, and the B.K. Art College Award, Bhubaneswar. In 2022, she received the Governor Sanman at Raj Bhavan, Bhubaneswar, on the occasion of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.