A Brief About My Work
“My passion as an artist is to translate the language of my inner self into an imagery that symbolizes the real essence of rhythm, movement and growth of time as well as life. My work represents the celebration of our existence. Indeed, it represents the expression of aliveness, relationship and growth. I enjoy the power of line which creates movement and depth, propelling perception beyond the two dimensional surface. Blending, layering and texturing create multiple dimensions. Layers of rich earthy colors – vivid yellows and browns, diverse textures and strong and subtle linear impressions on surface ( paper, canvas, wood etc. ) through my own created tools characterizes my work. My work appears investigations of the invisible world that lies beneath and within our own visible world.”
Born In 1961, Garhwal, Uttrancha. INDIA
PRESENT POSITION
Asst. Prof. in Applied Art, Rajasthan School of Art, Jaipur
ACADEMIC CERDENTIALS
Master’s degree,Applied Art, HNB University of Garhwal, Srinagar Garhwal – 1982.
AWARDS
1989 All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society Award, New Delhi.
1989 State Award, Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi, Jaipur.
1989 All India Exhibition of prints, Group – 8 Award, New Delhi.
1990 Third Bharat Bhavan Biennial of Contemporary Indian Art Award, Bhopal
1991 State Award, Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi, Jaipur.
1992 National Akademi Award, New Delhi.
1992 All India Award, Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi, Jaipur.
1993 State Award, Rajasthan, Lalit Kala Akademi, Jaipur.
1994 All India Award, Rajathan Lalit Kala Akademi, Jaipur.
1995 All India Fine Art and Craft Society Award, New Delhi.
1995 All India Poster Award on Environment, Jaipur.
1996 All India Fine Art and Craft Society Award, New Delhi.
1996 Jaipur Hawa Mahal Junior Chamber Award, Jaipur.
1997 50 Yrs. of India Independence Award, AIFACS, New Delhi
2010 Societe Nationale Des Beaux-Arts, Salon Du Carrousel Du Louvre, Paris, Prix Special Award 2010.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2000 Three person show, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; Solo show of painting on wood, Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai; 2001: Six person show ‘ Llanternam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran, Tosfaen’, Cardiff, U.K.;
2002 Group Show 'Lok Rag' India Habitat Centre, New Delhi; "Millennium Show" Senior Artist Camp, AIFACS, New Delhi;
2003 5 person show "Surface Language" Llanternam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran, Tosfaen, Cardiff, U.K. ;
2004 Group show "Muskan" – for social cause, Avedhana Ashram & Shristi Art Gallery, Hotel Rajputana Palace, Jaipur.; 2005: 'Shristi Art Gallery', Hotel Rajputana Palace, Jaipur ;
2006 'Jaipur Revisited', International Heritage Festival, Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur ; "Abstraction in Art", group show on abstract art by Samanvaya Art Gallery, Jaipur ; Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur - Group Show ; 'Art Meet' 2006, an art camp, Gwalior, curated by Prayag Shukla ; Kaleidoscope Art Gallery, Baroda - 10 artists from Rajasthan ; 'Bougain Villaea" – Group Show. Hotel Oberoi, Udaipur ; 2006’Tales & Textures’, Art Elements, N. Delhi;
2007 'International Art Meet' 2007, Shilpa Grama, Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur organised by Vyom Art Gallery, Jaipur ; 'An Artistic Journey' Group Show, Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur organized by British Council, New Delhi and Jaipur Virasat Foundation, Jaipur ; Solo Show of Paintings – 'A Continuous Journey', Ravindra Bhawan, New Delhi ; "Tales & Textures", Group Show, Art Elements, New Delhi ; 'An Artistic Journey' Group Show, Chandigarh Museum, organized by British Council, New Delhi ;
2008 Art camp. Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur ; "Art Today in Rajasthan" Group Show, Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi ; “Converging Diversity” Eight Contempory Artists from Rajastha, Vyom – Centre for Contemporary Art, Jaipur ; 2009: ‘On The Edge’, Australian & Indian Art Show,JKK , Jaipur & Indira Gandhi National Centre For Arts, N. Delhi ; ‘Hungarian & Indian Art Show’, JKK, Jaipur ; ‘From Dunes’, Gallery-ix, Budapest, Hungary ; ‘Dhora Su’, JKK, Jaipur ; ‘International Art Camp & Show’, Neerja Modi Art Gallery Jaipur ;
2010 ‘Bonjour India’ An Indo-French Exibition, JKK, Jaipur ; ‘National Art Camp & Show’, ICA Art Gallery, Jaipur ; Indo-French Artists Exhibition- Salon 2010 de la Nationale des Beaux-Arts at Carrousel du Louvre, Paris ;
2011 Rajrang- Panorama of Rajasthan, Kalaneri Art Gallery, Jaipur ; Art India Festival-Nehru Centre, Mumbai ; ‘Delineation’- Wales Rajasthan Exchange Exhibition, British Counsil Gallery, New Delhi ; Wales Rajasthan Exchange Exhibition,Part-1at JKK Jaipur and Part-2 at Howard Gardens Gallery, Cardiff, U.K ; “D’un monde a l’autre”, Pecqueuse, France