Artist Statement :
I was engaged in a Project ‘Floating Vistas’ an Artwork Installation covering the area of 5 meters x 12 meters for the slot wall at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai during 2012-13. This installation consists of twenty two mixed media works of different sizes.
I worked as one of the Jury members for Camlin art Foundation Exhibition (West Zone) in 2011, Untitled’13, Aurangabad, 2012 and SCZCC all India art Contest, Nagpur, 2013.
I worked as an External Examiner for Master in Visual Arts, Graphics, at Santiniketan, 2012 and for Master of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda, 2013.
Born :
Education :
- 1987 : B. F. A. (Painting), Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai
Exhibitions :
- 2012, 1996 : Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
- 2009 : Darbar Hall , Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi, Cochin
- 2008 : Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
- 2001 : Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
- 1997 : Art Incorporated, New Delhi
- 1995 : Alliance Francaise de Bhopal
Group Shows :
- 2011 : Gallery Ragini, New Delhi
- 2010 : Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, Gallery No.3, New Delhi
- 2007 : Gallery 9, New Delhi
- 2006 : Contemporary Indian Art, Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
- 2006, 2003, 1999, 1997 : Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
- 2005 : Primal Force, CIMA Gallery, Kolkata
- 2005, 1999, 1994 : Rabindra Bhavan Galleries, New Delhi
- 2004 : Group show at Gallery 7, Mumbai
- 1998 : Town & Country, Pune
Awards :
- 2011, 2004, 1997 : Honourable mention in 4th,6th & 9th International Print Biennale, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal
- 2009-10 : Senior Fellowship by Department of Culture, Govt. of India
- 2002 : I was selected to visit Europe (France & the UK) under Camlin Foundation’s Euro Art tour to visit various museums
- 2001 : Camlin Art Foundation Award, Mumbai
- 2001 : Research Grant by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
- 1998 : National award in 41st National Exhibition of Contemporary Art, New Delhi
- 1997 Award in Bombay Art Society Annual Exhibition, Mumbai
- 1996 : Award in A. I. F. A. C. S. All India Graphic Exhibition, New Delhi
- 1995 : Award in Annual Exhibition of Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore
- 1995 : Scholarship in A. I. F. A.C. S. Graphic Exhibition, Chandigarh
- 1995 : Krishna Reddy Award by Xal Praxis Foundation, Mumbai
- 1995 : Honorable Mention in National Exhibition of Art, New Delhi
- 1995-97 : National Scholarship By Dept. of Culture, Govt. of India
- 1994 : Award in All India Art Contest, South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur
- 1994 : Award in Maharashtra State Art Exhibition, Mumbai
International Participation :
- 2013, 2006, 2004 : International Print Biennial,2013 Guanlan, China
- 2005 : Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial, Tama Art University, Japan
- 2003 : 4th Egyptian International Print Triennale, Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt
- 2001, 1997 : International Print Biennial, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal
- 2000 : 1st Mostra International de Mini Gravura, Vitoria, Brazil
- 1993 : C. I. P. E. - An Exhibition and Exchange of small Prints, La Habana, Cuba
- 1998 : Grafinnova, Vaasa, Finland
Participation in India :
- 2004 : Swarnarekha, an Exhibition of National & triennale Awardees, Lalit Kala Galleries, New Delhi
- 2014 : Celebrating Indigenous Printmaking, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
- 1998, 1997, 1995 : Maharashtra State Art Annual Exhibitions, Mumbai
- 1997, 1994 : Bombay Art Society Annual Exhibitions
- 1997, 1995 : All India Exhibitions of South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur
- 1997, 1995 : All India Fine Arts & Crafts society Graphic Exhibitions, New Delhi
- 1998, 1997, 1995 : National Exhibitions of contemporary art, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
- 1996 : Mini-Print, Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta, Chandigarh, curated by Anupam Sud, presented by Gallery Espace, New Delhi
- 1995, 1993 : Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi Exhibitions, Jaipur
- 1995 : Xal Praxis Foundation Graphic Exhibition, Mumbai
Camps :
- 2010 : Painting Camp by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi at Shillong, Meghalaya
- 2010 : Graphic Camp organized by Uttarayan Art Centre, Vadodara, Gujarat
- 2008 : Painting Camp by Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi at Thekkadi, Kerala
- 2005 : Graphic Camp organized by Lalit Kala Kendra, Bhubaneshwar
- 2004 : Graphic Camp organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi in Graphic Studio, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal
- 2004 : Graphic Camp organized by Lalit Kala Centre, Chennai
- 1998 : Graphic Camp organized by ‘Aaj’ in West Zone Cultural Centre, Udaipur
- 1997 : Graphic Camp organized on the occasion of Triennale at the Garhi Studios by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
Collection :
- Ostrobothnian Museum, Vaasa, Finland
- Maulana Azaad Center for Indian Culture, Cairo, Egypt
- National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
- Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi & Lucknow
- Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal
- Vidhan Sabha Bhavan, Bhopal
- Alliance Franciase De Bhopal, Bhopal
- North Zone cultural center, Allahabad
- South central Zone cultural centre, Nagpur
Auction :
- 2008 : India on Canvas, Khushi, New Delhi
- 2007 : Tehelka - Art for Freedom
