Parvin Shere

Bio

Parvin Shere was born in an elite family in Patna, India. She migrated to Canada in her teens and studied Fine Arts at the University of Manitoba and Psychology at the University of Winnipeg in Canada. She has worked at the Film Classification Department of the Government of Manitoba, Canada. She has spent much of her life doing charitable work globally, mainly through proceeds of her books, music / poetry – CD and paintings. Parvin has also worked as an art director for a feature Bollywood film directed by the film director Hrishikesh Mukherji.

Shere is a member of the Jury Panel at the prestigious Manitoba Society of Artists, a 110-year-old organization in Canada. She is also on the advisory board of international literary journal "Writing Today". Parvin has been invited to participate in international literary conferences and poetry recitations where she has presented a number of her works.

A student of Jawahar Lal Nehru University, Delhi-India, is currently doing a Masters of Philosophy on Shere's work "A Critical Analysis of Parvin Shere's Poetry".

Books

Parvin Shere has to her credit, two award-winning coffee table books of poetry and paintings.

Sample of Poetry

The rampart of glass and mist

A moat with its gaping mouth
Sits on the road-crossing.
In front, behind the tall wall of mist,
All jumbled scenes invite me to go in
But all doors are locked.
Behind me, grass, bees and flowers,
All decked in multi-coloured
Silken shawls, sway in ecstasy.
Fingers of winds write melodies
On pages of the lake.
Branches of lush green trees
Beckon me under their cool and soothing shade.
But if I move anywhere,
My feet are likely to be wounded
By striking against these glass walls.

On the last bend in the road

Having walked on a long and crooked track,
And reaching a sharp bend,
A feeble shadow
Sits on a cold and mute mountain-top,
Wearing his exhaustion.
Resting his head on his palm,
He watches intently
The highway of the sky,
Marked with bloody footsteps:
On one side,
The darkness spreads its wings
And on the other,
The glowing flame
On the horizon
Is being cut moment by moment
By the sharp edge of time,
Falling into the abyss of oblivion.
Many birds of thoughts
Shear the bosom of clouds
To fly through the skies.
I wish that they could find
The secret of existence and no existence.

Painting

Shere has been painting for over four decades. Her global travel has strengthened her creative vision. Most of her works reflect the dualistic nature of the world. The oppressed has profound effect on her work. Her Visual Art was exhibited in various countries such as Canada, USA,UK, France, Germany, China and many other developing countries like India etc.

She has had 10 solo and 45 Juried/group shows. One of her paintings called "SkyScape" was featured in the filming of a Canadian movie "The Atwood Story". Her painting "Another World" was selected by the juries to be part of a two years travel group show across Canada. She has produced over 600 paintings over the years. Most of them are in corporate and private collections globally.

Music

Parvin Shere formally developed her musical talent in Winnipeg, Canada at the Canadian School of Music and Indian School of Music, learning the organ and sitar, respectively. She has released two CDs of her poems in her own voice and her own playing of the sitar. She has also worked on and planned a release of a fusion album with sitar and organ. Parvin has performed at various musical events in Canada and USA. Shere has been interviewed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and was invited to play her Sitar live.

Awards

Shere has received various awards for her creative work, including eight in the visual arts and four in literature.

Some of the awards she has received for her creative poetry and visual art are as follows: