Artist      

Born

March 26, 1934 - Valod, Surat District, Gujarat

Education

1959 Master of Fine Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda
1955 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2007 ‘Maanush’, Art Indus Gallery,
2007 Time and Space Gallery, Bangalore
2006 Exhibition of Photographs, Alliance Francaise, Bangalore
2005 Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2005 Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi
2005 Marvel Art Gallery, Ahmedabad
2004 Coomarswamy Exhibition Hall, Chattrapati Shivaji Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai
2004 Sarjan Art Gallery, Baroda
2002 Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, Mumbai
2000 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai
1999 All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi.
1998 Durban Art Gallery, Cape Town.
1998 Lalit Kala Academy, Chandigarh
1997 The Village Gallery, New Delhi
1997 India International Centre, New Delhi.
1996,94 Cymroza Gallery, Mumbai.
1994 Exhibition of Photographs, National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai
1994 Chemould Art Gallery, Mumbai
1993 Art Heritage, New Delhi.
1992 Exhibition of Photographs, Indian International Centre, New Delhi
1991 Bade Museum, Berkeley.
1982 Exhibition of Photographs, Sanskar Kendra, National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad
1976 Gallery One, New York
1971,81 Sanskar Kendra, Ahmedabad
1969 City Art Museum, St. Louis
1968 Asia Foundation Gallery, San Francisco
1968 International House, Philadelphia
1967 Private Garden, New Delhi
1967,68,69,75 Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1964,64 Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
1963,64 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1961,62 Ashok Gallery, Kolkata
Selected Group Exhibitions

2008 'Baroda: A Tale of Two Cities', (Part I), Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara

Honours and Awards

1991 Regent Professor, Davis School of Environment Design, University of California, USA
1989 Awarded Padma Shri by President of India for his Contribution to Art
1981 Retrospective Exhibition of Work and Collection organized as part of their Two Decades Celebration
1973 Civic Reception by the Municipal Corporation, Ahmedabad
1971-73 Nehru Fellowship Award for Research Work on Tribal Art, Gujarat
Awarded JD Rockfellar 3rd Fund Fellowship, USA