CHRONOLOGY
1962   :   Born in Lothal, Gujarat
1968-69  :   Designed three murals for St. Xavier's School, Ahmedabad. Founder member of Group 1890, Bhavnagar. Lives and works in Jaipur.

EDUCATION
1952   :   Studied under Shri Jagubhai Shah, Bhavnagar.
1953   :   Drawing Teacher's Course, J.J. School of Art, Bombay.
1955   :   Studied at Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda.
1956-61  :   Worked under Professor N.S. Bendre, Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda.
1966-67  :   Studied under S.W. Hayter and Krishna Reddy, Atelier 17, Paris.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1964   :   Exhibition of drawings, Triveni Gallery, New Delhi. Kunika Chemould Art Centre, New Delhi.
1965   :   Art and Print Gallery, Calcutta. Kunika Chemould Art Centre, New Delhi.
1966   :   Gallery Chemould, New Delhi and Bombay.
1971  :   Konark Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1973   :   Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi.
1974   :   Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.
1976  :   Madhya Pradesh Kala Parishad Gallery, Bhopal.
1979   :   First sculpture exhibition, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1980  :   Drawings, Visual Art Centre, Ahmedabad.
1982  :   Drawings, Garhi, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
1983  :   Sculpture, Art Heritage, New Delhi.
1994  :   Sculpture, Sakshi Gallery, Bombay.
1997  :   A Real Contemporary Vision, drawings, Shahjahan Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1997   :   Yellow Deity, Museum of Contemporary Art, Ludwig Museum, Budapest.
1998  :   Drawings, Art Inc. Gallery, New Delhi.
1999  :   Notable Exceptions, I'm Gallery, New Delhi.
2000  :   Art Heritage Gallery, New Delhi, Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi.
2002   :   Sculpture, Art Heritage, New Delhi.
2005   :   Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi.

WORKSHOPS
1970   :   Printmaking workshop, Smithsonian Institute, U.S.I.S., New Delhi.
1981   :   Ceramic Camp, Garhi. organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.

COLLECTIONS
Ebrahim Alkazi and Art Heritage,New Delhi
Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1957-58   :  Baroda Group Show, Bombay
1960  :   National Exhibition, Rabindra Bhavan. Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
1962  :   Progressive Painters Group Exhibition, Ahmedabad
1963  :   Group 1890 Show, inaugurated by the then Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, New Delhi
1967   :   Biennale de Paris
1967-68  :   Progressive Painters Group Exhibition, Ahmedabad. Five Contemporaries, Kunika Chemould Art Centre, New Delhi
1968   :   Triennale, National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi.
1970  :   Biennale de Paris.
1975  :   Biennale-13, Middleheim 1975, Antwerpen
1977  :   Pictorial Space, curated by Geeta Kapur, New Delhi.
1978   :   Prints, Garhi, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
1979  :   Silver jubilee exhibition of sculpture, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi and Bombay.
1982  :   Represented in inaugural show of Roopankar Museum, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal. Represented in the Contemporary Art Show. Festival of India. London.
1989   :   Timeless Art, organized by The Times of India, Bombay
1991   :   Nine Indian Contemporaries, Centre of Contemporary Art, New Delhi.
1992  :   Heads, sculptures, Sakshi Gallery, Bombay.
1993   :   Drawings, Sakshi Gallery, Bombay.
1994  :   Still life, Sakshi Gallery, Bombay.
1996  :   Roopankar Contemporary Indian Art - A Collection, Festival of Indian Art, Moscow.
1997   :   Rediscovering the Roots, Meseo de la Nacion, Lima, Peru. Ninth Triennale - India: Seven Artists, from the Collection of National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
1998  :   Living on the Edge, Art Inc. Gallery, New Delhi. Face to Face: Artists from Baroda, Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2000   :   Joint exhibition with F.N. Souza and Vivan Sundaram at Nature Morte, New Delhi.
2003  :   Manifestations, Delhi Art Gallery, World Trade Center, Mumbai and Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.
2004  :   Manifestations II, Delhi Art Gallery, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai and Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.
2005  :   Manifestations III, Delhi Art Gallery, Nehru Centre, Mumbai and Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.

AWARDS
1956-61  :   Awarded the Government of India Scholarship for Advanced Studies in Painting, under Professor N.S. Bendre.
1959   :   Received the Lalit Kala National Award for Painting, New Delhi.
1960   :   Awarded Gold Medal by jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art.
1962   :   Received the Lalit Kala National Award for Painting, New Delhi.
1962   :   Received the Bombay Art Society Award, Bombay.
1967  :   Received the French Government Scholarship and studied etching at Atelier 17, Paris.
1981-82  :   Received the Lalit Kala Akademi's Research Grant to work at Garhi Studio, New Delhi.
1983-85  :   Received the Government of India Fellowship to Outstanding Artists.
1988   :   Received the Sahitya Kala Parishad Award, New Delhi.
1994-96  :   Awarded Emeritus Fellowship given to eminent artists in the field of Performing Arts. Literature and Plastic Arts by the Government of India.
1996   :   Received the A.I.E.A.C.S. Award, New Delhi.
2003   :   Honoured by Kalidasa Samman.


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