Toys from my past

Sharmila Sagara is an Associate Professor at Anant National University. She has a teaching experience of more than 25 years at both an undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Sharmila Sagara holds a Master’s degree in Sculpture from Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Vadodara. She has headed the Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad before joining CEPT University as an Associate professor. She is also the founding faculty of the Master’s programme in Art, Design and Communication at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, CEPT University. Later she joined Ahmedabad University to develop a liberal arts programme. Professor Sharmila has conducted talks at several institutes on her research on 'Travel of an Idea: Metaphysical State to Material State' as well her edited publication 'Ahmedabad 600: Portraits of a city', MARG publication. She has also contributed her critical reviews in art magazines and newspapers.

Nisar Momin is an Assistant Professor at Anant National University. Nisar Momin pursued his postgraduation in Visual Arts from M.S University and Fine Arts from the Cambridge School of Art at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom. An expert in sculptures, Nisar gives equal importance to both, the linear tradition of craftsmanship and purely modernist ideas, and is continuously researching the exchange between both matters in his works. The experience of ‘making’ with materials and the independent discourse that particular artwork or product assumes after its creation fascinates Nisar. He believes that this process reveals dynamic learning about material and concept, which encourages him to experiment more and share with his students.