Artist      

Born

1942 - Sanjaya near Ahmedabad

Education

Self-Taught

Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions

2006 Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2003-04 Nature Morte, New Delhi
2001 Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1999 Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
1997 ‘Fantasy and Folklore’, Gallery Bose Pacia Modern, New York
1997 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 Nazar Art Gallery and Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda
1997, 95 Gallery Foundation for Indian Artists (F.I.A), Amsterdam, Netherlands
1994 Iwalewa Haus, Bayreuth, Germany
1993-94 Exhibition of 30 years of works sponsored by Seagull Foundation and Vadehra Art Gallery, Mumbai, Kolkata and New Delhi
1992 Sakshi Gallery Chennai, Bangalore
1986 Dhoomilal Art Gallery, New Delhi
1985 AI-Khaleeja, Kuwait
1984 Urja Art Gallery, Vadodara
1982 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1978 Dhoomilal Art Gallery, New Delhi
1975 Dhoomilal Gallery, Mumbai, New Delhi
1972 Chemould Art Gallery, Kolkata
Selected Group Exhibitions

2009 'Zip Files', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 'Faces', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006-07 ‘Inventing / Inverting Traditions’, Grosvenor Vadehra, London
2006 ‘Making of Divinity’, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai.
2006 ‘Back to Future’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2006 ‘The Essence Art Show: Egypt’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2005 ‘Bridges: Exploring New Paradigms’, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
2005 ‘The Margi and the Desi – between Tradition and Modernity’, organized by Gallery Espace at Rabindra Bhawan, Lalit Kala Galleries, New Delhi
2004 ‘Fair and Furious: Feminine Fables’, Jebiwool Art Museum, Seoul
2003 ‘Celebration of Colors’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2002 ‘Nav Nayika’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2002 ‘Home, Street, Shrine, Bazaar’, Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art, Manchester Gallery, UK
1999 'Icon' Of The Millennium, Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai
1999 ‘As You Like It’, organized by Vadehra Art Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1999 Nature Morte, Sydney
1998 ‘Watercolor’, , organized by Vadehra Art Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 James Harvey Gallery, Balmain, Australia
1997 ‘50 Years of Independence’, Vadehra Art Gallery in National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA ), New Delhi
1997 ‘Color of Independence’, organized by Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA) in National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA ), New Delhi
1997 ‘Through the Looking Glass’, Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai
1997 ‘Self and the World’, Gallery Escape in National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA ), New Delhi
1997 ‘Major Trends in Indian Art’, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1997 ‘The Intuitive Logic – II’, New Delhi, Mumbai
1997 ‘Gift for India’, SAHMAT in Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1997 ‘Kali’, Exhibition in the Tropical Museum, Amsterdam
1996 ‘Inside Out- Contemporary women Artists of India’, a traveling show by Middlesborough Art Gallery, U.K.
1996 'Watercolor Show’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
1996 Contemporary Indian Painters, Associated with Jehangir Art Gallery
1996 ‘Chamatkar’, Organized By Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA) , Kolkata at London
1995 'HEADS", Maya Art Gallery Mumbai
1995 'Cry' Mumbai
1995 Group Show of Three Women Painters at Gallery Schoo, Amsterdam
1995 Group Show of Watercolors at Chemould Art Gallery, Mumbai
1995 Group Show of 1uuDS, Maya Art Gallery, Hong Kong
1995 Helpage India, Mumbai
1995 ‘Postcard for Gandhi’, SAHMAT at New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and New York
1994 Organized by Gallery Schoo at London
1993 Opening Show of Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA) , Kolkata
1993 Group Show by Vadehra Art Gallery, at Hussain Ki Sarai, New Delhi
1993 Group Show by Vadehra Art Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1993 ‘A Critical Difference’, show of 9 Indian Artist at Camden Art Centre, London
1990 ‘Contemporary Art’, SAHMAT Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1990 ‘Tribute to Nelson Mandela’, Little Theatre Gallery, New Delhi
1989 ‘Art Mosaic’, Spastic Society, New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata
1988 ‘Through the Looking Glass’, Watercolors by Arpita Singh, Nalini Malani and Nilima Sheikh, at the Lakaeeren Gallery, Mumbai; CCA Art Gallery, New Delhi; Bangalore; Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai and Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal
1987 ‘Contemporary Indian Art for Cry’, Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata
1985 'Play’, ICCR, Istanbul, Ankara, Yugoslavia
1983 Group Show of three Women Artists, Bharat Bhavan Bhopal
1978 ‘New Contemporaries’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1971 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
1968 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
Joint Exhibitions

1977 Head Series with Manu Parekh, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi
1969 With Manu Parekh, Chetna Art Gallery, Mumbai
Participations

1996 ‘Harmony Show’, Nehru Centre, Mumbai
1975 '3rd Triennale of India, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi


Honours and Awards

2003 Whirlpool Women’s Achievement in The Field of Fine Art
1989-91 Government of India Senior Fellowship
1989 Fund for Artist Colonies, Residency Fellowship at Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
1989 USIA Fellowship for extensive travel in USA
1979 National Award from Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1970-72 French Government Scholarship for Fine Arts to study in Paris