Anjolie Ela Menon

Born in 1940 in West Bengal of mixed Bengali and American parentage, Anjolie Ela Menon was a student of Lawrence School, Lovedale. She pursued her studies at the Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, and then went on to obtain a degree in English literature from Delhi University.

She got the French government scholarship to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Her works are a part of significant museum, private and corporate collections across the globe.

Recipient of Limca Book of Records; Lifetime Achievement Award, Government of Delhi, 2013; National Kalidas Samman for Visual Arts, Government of Madhya Pradesh, 2018; Padma Shri, Government of India, 2000.