Chitra - contemporary artist

Commissions within the United States include a series of post-card paintings for the Florida International University Department of Art, Miami, Florida in 2005 (to coincide with Art Basel Miami 2005) and a series of ten post-card sized paintings for the Indianapolis Museum of Art's "Gallery of the Machine" in 2006.

Invitational site-specific public art commissions:  Selected through the Indiana Arts Commission to create a permanent wall mural painting for children measuring 13.8 feet wide and 4 feet high in the front lobby of Crooked Creek Elementary School, Marion County, Indianapolis, this March 2008, a project made possible through a grant to the school by the Metropolitan School Foundation, a public school district in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

Earlier site specific public art commissions and installation art projects awarded include two large paintings signed by the artist, a commission by the MGM Mirage that have been permanently housed inside the Bellagio Conservatory indoor Botanical Gardens, Las Vegas Strip since 2004, and five large-scale multi-media paintings titled "Picture Windows 2006-Urban Interpretations" at the Chase Towers near Monument Circle, Indianapolis from July 2006-February 2007, a temporary site-specific installation made possible by an annual project by the Arts Council of Indianapolis supported by the Indianapolis Cultural Development Commission.