{{Short description|French artist}} {{Infobox artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Maya Burman | honorific_suffix = | image = <!-- just the pagename, without the File:/Image: prefix or brackets --> | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different than name --> | birth_date = 1971 <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living artists, {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} for dead. For living people supply only the year unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per WP:DOB. Treat such cases as if only the year is known, so use {{birth year and age|YYYY}} or a similar option. --> | birth_place = Lot-et-Garonne, France | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | residence = | education = | alma_mater = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | movement = | spouse = | partner = | awards = <!-- {{awd|award|year|title|role|name}} (optional) --> | elected = | patrons = | memorials = | website = <!-- {{URL|Example.com}} --> | module = }} '''Maya Burman''' (born 1971)<ref name="Maya Memsaab">Mini Chandran-Kurian, [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/27764069.cms "Maya Memsaab"]. ''The Times of India'', Nov 10, 2002.</ref> is a French artist.
==Biography== Burman was born in Lot et Garrone, France and brought up in France. She initially trained as an architect, but later began painting.<ref name="heart felt">Swapna Sathish, "Heart-felt expressions", ''The Hindu'', Aug 16, 2005.</ref> She works mainly in pen and ink, and watercolor. This spontaneous media encourages her to create series of works, because overworking or reworking each painting with new ideas is difficult.<ref name="heart felt" /> She has had exhibitions of her work in India, France, and the UK.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}}
She is the youngest member of an extended family of artists: her father, Sakti Burman (from Kolkata) and French mother Maite Delteil, are both prominent artists,<ref name="Maya Memsaab" /> as are her cousin, Jayasri Burman and Jayasri's husband, Paresh Maity.
==Awards== * Award for Young Painters - Salon de Colombes (1997)<ref name="Maya Memsaab" /> * Award of the Fine Art Association of Sannois (1998)<ref name="Maya Memsaab" /> * Award of the Salon d'Automne Paris (2000)<ref name="Maya Memsaab" /> * Award of Watercolours Painting Section Salon de Colombes (2001) <ref name="Maya Memsaab" />
==Personal life== Burman had a marriage in India at age 23 and subsequently had a son. The marriage ended after two years and Burman returned with her son to France.<ref name="Maya Memsaab" />
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070405181441/http://www.chennaionline.com/artscene/newsmakers/maya.asp Chennai Online review of a Maya Burman show - includes a picture of the artist] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20071027050709/http://www.saffronart.com/artistdetails.asp?sourceid=1416 Profile on Saffronart website]
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