Artist      

Born
1955 - Srinagar, Kashmir
Education

1981 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
1977-88 Established Silk-Screen Workshop and Worked as an Expert in Printing at the Garhi Studios, New Delhi
1975-77 Visiting Lecturer at the College of Art, New Delhi
1976 Bachelor of Arts, Kashmir University
1958-63 Studied at the School of Art, Delhi Polytechnic, New Delhi

Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions

2009 'Shrapnel: The Chamber + Pandit Houses', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006 Art Alive Gallery at India Habitat Center, New Delhi
2004 Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2004 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2003 Gallery Espace, New Delhi
1997 E C Galleria, Edinburgh, Scotland
1996 Gallery, Burswood, Perth, Australia
1996 United Nations, Geneva, Australia
1995 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1995 All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi
1992 Art Heritage Gallery, New Delhi
Selected Group Exhibitions

2009 'Zip Files', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 'Faces', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 'Keep Drawing', Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2008 'Metropolis and the Self', Art Alive, New Delhi
2005 ‘Exploring New Paradigms’, Art Alive, New Delhi
2005 'Papyri', Sarjan Gallery, Vadodara
2004 ‘Looking Back Looking Forward’, Contemporary Works of Baroda Artist, Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara
2002 ‘Ways of Resistance’, organized by Sahmat, Ravindra Bhavan, New Delhi
2001 All India Painters Art Show and Auction, Dubai organized by CRY
1995 ‘Gandhi’, organized by Sahmat Traveling Show, New Delhi, Mumbai
1993 ‘Trembling Images of Kashmir’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
Participations

2007 'On The Edge of Vision: New Idioms In Indian and Italian Contemporary Art', organized by the Italian Cultural Institute in New Delhi in collaboration with the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi at Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata and National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai and New Delhi
2006 Presentation of Works, World Social Forum, Karachi, Pakistan
2004 11th Asians Art Biennale, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2003 India-Korea Contemporary Art Exhibition, Kwang Hwa Moon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1990 IV Biennale, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Honours and Awards

2002 National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2001 Jammu and Kashmir Award for Painting
1996-98 Junior Fellowship from Ministry of Culture, Government of India
1991-92 Research Grant Fellowship from Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi