Artist      

Born

1960 - Bangalore, Karnataka

Education

1985-87 Master of Arts (Painting), Royal College Of Arts, London
1983-85 Post Diploma in Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat
1978-83 Diploma in Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat
1975-78 Ken School of Arts, Bangalore, Karnataka


Selected Solo Exhibitions

2006 ‘Facilitating the Beast’, Vadehra Gallery, New Delhi
1998 Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1992 Gallery 7, Mumbai
1991 Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore, Karnataka
1988 Gallery 7, Mumbai
Selected Group Exhibitions

2008-09 'Time Transcendent', Tamarind Art, New York
2008 'Mechanisms of Motion', Anant Art Centre, New Delhi
2007 ‘Here and Now: Young Voices from India’, Grosvenor Vadehra, London
2006 ‘Guru Poornima’, Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara, Gujarat
2006 ‘Pachmadi Show’, ABS Gallery, Vadodara, Gujarat
2005 ‘Metamorphosis’, Asian Fusion Gallery, ACC, New York.
2005 ‘Generations’, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Vadodara, Gujarat
2005 ‘Are We Like This Only’, Vadehra Gallery, New Delhi
2005 ‘Transgress’, Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai
2004 ‘Looking Back - Looking Forward’, Sarjan Gallery, Vadodara, Gujarat
2003 ‘Highlights’, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2002 ‘Banyan Tree’, Nazar Art Gallery, Vadodara, Gujarat
2000 ‘Once Upon a Time’, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1997 ‘New Shoes For Mercury’, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai; Bangalore, Karnataka
1997 ‘Gift for India’, Organized by SAHAMAT on the occasion of 50 years of Indian Independence, New Delhi; Mumbai
1996 ‘A Broader Spectrum – IV’, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1996 Vadehra Gallery, New Delhi
1996 Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai
1995 ‘Post Card for Gandhi’, SAHAMAT, New Delhi and other cities
1994 Shraddha Rehabilitation Foundation Fund Raising Exhibition, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1992 ‘Parallel Perceptions’, Organized by Sakshi, New Delhi
1991 ‘Artists against Communalism: Images and Words’, SAHMAT, New Delhi and 15 other cities.
1989 ‘Indian Eclectics’, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
1989 ‘Artists Alert’, Exhibition for Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust, New Delhi
1987 Degree Show, Royal College of Art, London
1984 Gallery Chingari, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Participations

2002 CAN (Concerned Action Now) Show in New Delhi
2002 ‘AarPar2’, India Pakistan Art Exchange Project in Mumbai and Karachi
1996 Sixth Biennial of Contemporary Indian Art, Bharat Bhavan , Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
1988 First Biennial of Print Exhibition at Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
1978-84 Samyojitha Group Exhibitions, Bangalore, Karnataka
1978 All India Art Exhibition, Bangalore, Karnataka


Honours and Awards

1996 Grand Prize at Sixth Biennial of Contemporary Indian Art, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
1995-96 Senior fellowship from ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India
1985-87 Inlaks Foundation Scholarship
1983-84 Karnataka Lalit Kala Academy Exhibition award
1983 Mysore Dasara Exhibition Award, Karnataka
1978-85 Karnataka Lalit Kala Academy Scholarship