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Curriculum
Vitae
 Name: Munni Srivastava
1946: Born Varanasi, India
Educated privately in Varanasi and Delhi. Matriculation, Poona
1964-67: University of
Regensburg, Germany. (Honours degree in Political Economy)
1967: Arrival in Britain, marriage, begin working in publishing
1967-to date: Have held a variety of posts in publishing.
In 1983 I started my own publishing company, which I still run today.
Textile training:
1964-67: While at University attended
intensive courses in central European embroidery and textile conservation
1976: Diploma in textile history and practical Indian embroidery techniques, Calico Museum,
Ahmedabad, India
1982: 3-month-intensive course in modem/traditional patchwork and quilting techniques,
Libby Lehman’s Summer School, Houston, Texas
Memberships:
December 2000: elected as full member, Society of Designer Craftsmen
May 2004: elected as Associate Member, Royal Birmingham Society
of Artists
Publications:
Embroidery Techniques from East & West, published by BT Batsford in
the UK (2001) and Trafalgar Square in the United States (2003). [Click here
for details]
Various articles for The
World of Embroidery, also for American and German magazines.
Commissions:
Corporate commissions in the UK include: wallhangings for Manders & Davidson Ltd and the Bank of
Baroda in London. My work has also been commissioned by several private collectors in Germany, Italy, America
and Japan.
International
Collections:
The Arts and Design Museum, New
York
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Exhibitions:
Please click
here for current and selected exhibitions.
Other activities:
2004: Joined the Committee
of Cambridge
Open Studios. This organisation, which is now over 30 years old,
involves some 300 artists based in and around Cambridge. Under its
auspices over 200 artists open their studios to visitors every year,
during four weekends in July.
2006: Was invited by the
Leicester-based organisation, NAVRANG, to run an art project involving
several artists and funded by the Esmée Fairbairn
Foundation. The
project, entitled INFLUENCES, culminated in an exhibition of the
resulting work, held at Leicester
New Walk Museum in Spring 2007.
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