PaperChirrups is the brainchild of Wildlife Artist and National Geographic Explorer , Niharika Rajput based in New Delhi, India. Her journey began in the year 2015. She specialises in building carefully handcrafted , intricate paper sculptures of birds and animals. Each piece is made to sheer perfection. Living in the anthropocene age her aim is to restore , protect and conserve all endangered wildlife through art. She has an intriguing eye for nature’s most sophisticated mechanisms but her love for birds is unmatched. Along with her art practice her ongoing projects are dealing with the subject of Bird Conservation in India and all over the world, likewise.
She mostly customises for her clients and has had the privilege of working with many prestigious brands , Wildlife Organisations , Art Galleries , Nature Interpretation centres and Forest Departments.
Clients include Adobe systems, Les Petits , TYG Design Chateau, Project Eve, Vajor, Trove Experiences, Caetani Cultural Centre, Allan Brooks Nature Centre, World Wide Fund for Nature , Wildlife Trust of India , Nature Conservation Foundation, Forest department of A.P., IISER Tirupati, Platform Galeri, Ladakh Arts and Media Organisation , Galleryske to name a few.
Her work has been featured in many magazines and on other platforms such as Elle Decor , Ideal Home and Garden, Aesthetica magazine, Hindustan Times, The Hindu ,PuneMirror, Etsy India, Mashable India ,Little Black Book, My Modern Met, Thisiscollosal.com, Atlasobscura.com, Rootsandleisure.com, natureinfocus.com, shoutoutdfw.com among others.
b .1991 India
Lives and works in New Delhi, India
Email add: niharikarajput193@gmail.com
Residencies:
2017/2018 Awarded an artist residency at Ladakh Arts and Media Organisation, Ladakh. As an extension for an Art for Wildlife Conservation initiative in Ladakh.
2016 Recipient of the Fresh AIR Residency at Allan Brooks Nature Centre and Caetani Cultural Centre, Vernon , British Columbia.
2016 Awarded an artist residency at Ladakh Arts and Media Organisation, Ladakh.
Solo Exhibition:
2018 “Paper Chirrups” Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh.
2017 “ Paper Chirrups” Platform Galeri, Betws-y-coed, Wales.
2016 “Wings Unfettered “,Allan Brooks Nature Centre and Caetani Cultural Centre , Vernon, British Columbia.
2016 “ Art for Wildlife Conservation” Ladakh Arts and Media Organization.
2016 Uttar Pradesh Bird Festival.
Group Exhibition:
2019 “ Ladakh Bird Festival”, LAMO (Ladakh Arts and Media Organisation ), Ladakh.
2019 “Gaj Yatra”, IGNCA , New Delhi .
2014 “Make/Do” , GALLERYSKE , New Delhi.
Workshops:
2021 “Workshop on Hummingbirds”, Adobe Systems , Delhi.
2021 “ Virtual bird sculpting workshop”, The Wild connect , Google meet.
2021 “ World Migratory Bird Day ”, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Delhi.
2021 “ PaperChirrups an introduction” Biodiversity cell , Symbiosis , Pune.
2020 “ Birding and sculpture making” , Trove Experiences , Pune.
2019 “Birds of Valparai”, Nature Conservation Foundation , Tamil Nadu .
2019 “Bird building workshop” ,Avian Biology meeting , Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.
2018 “ Workshop on Sparrows”, WWF, New Delhi.
2018 “ Workshop on Indian Skimmer”, Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary , Forest Department , Andhra Pradesh.
2017 “ Birds of Paradise” Project Eve , South Ex 2.
2016 “Bird building workshop” American Embassy school.
2016 Humming birds of the Okanagan , Hand building workshop , Allan Brooks Nature Centre, Vernon , British Columbia.
2016 Black-necked Cranes of Ladakh, a total of seven workshops were conducted across the terrain of Ladakh. Hand building workshops for children.
2016 Save the Sparrows, World Sparrow day, CEC, Asola Wildlife Sanctuary. Hand building workshop for children.
2015 Birds Of Paradise ,clay modelling workshop , Sanskriti Kendra ,Anandgram, New Delhi.
2018 Hosted the first ever Bird Festival in Ladakh , in collaboration with LAMO (Ladakh Arts and Media Organisation ), Dara Shikoh Foundation and Forest department of Ladakh .
Euducation
BA in English literature, Delhi University.
Foundation Course in Pottery, Sanskriti Kendra, New Delhi.
