An SDAF Art Camp
Canvas &
........ Creation
• February 9–11
• 2026 Della Resorts
• Lonavala 16 Artists
What happens when you give artists exactly what they need?
Most working artists rarely get uninterrupted time to create. Between commissions, teaching, and daily life, the space for pure exploration shrinks.
Canvas & Creation is SDAF's answer: bring 16 artists together, provide everything they need — materials, space, accommodation — and step back.
No briefs. No themes. No judges.
Just three days of focused creation.
the artists
16 Artists from Across India
From Chennai to Delhi, Hyderabad to Nashik — painters, sculptors, and printmakers converge for three days of creation.
Nature-centric naïve art
Pollock-Krasner Grant
Murali Nagapuzha
Chennai
Portraiture
Elizabeth Greenshields Grant (2x)
Nilisha Phad
Mumbai
Optical illusion art
RCA London trained
Ghanshyam Gupta
Mumbai
Sculpture
2025 Lalit Kala Akademi National Award
Nilesh Vede
Mumbai
Interdisciplinary — painting, installation, video
Ravi Chaurasiya
Delhi
Oil painting, figurative works
11 solo shows
Ankur Rana
Delhi
Painting & graphics
Bendre-Husain Scholar
Monica Ghule
Mumbai
Portrait artist, watercolor, village characters
Manojkumar Sakale
Mumbai
Rural Maharashtra themes, village life
Sachin Sagare
Sawantwadi
Folk/rural Telangana themes
Kandi Narsimlu
Hyderabad
Contemporary figurative works
Jhon Douglas
Thane
Contemporary painting
Renuka Douglas
Thane
Traditional and contemporary painting
Ramchandra Kharatmal
Pune
Contemporary Indian art
Varsha Kharatmal
Pune
Contemporary painting
Sharvari Luth
Nashik
Contemporary art practice
Anant Mandala
Mumbai