EDUCATION
1950-56 Studied painting, under N.S. Bendre, K.G.
Subramanyan and Sankho Chaudhuri, Faculty of Fine Arts,
Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda. 1953 Learnt mural
and fresco painting, Vanasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan.
1961-62 Studied at Academia Di Belle Arti, Naples, under
Italian Government Scholarship. 1964-66 Learnt Printmaking,
Pratt Institute and Pratt Graphic Art Center, New York.
1985 Learnt basics of Holography, UK.
EXHIBITIONS
Participated in the National Exhb., Lalit Kala Akademi,
New Delhi. Participated in the Annual Exhb., Bombay
Art Society, Bombay. Kalidasa Art Exhb., Ujjain. 1959,
61 International Biennale for the Young Artists, Paris.
1963 Group 1890 Show, New Delhi. 1969 Sao Paulo Triennale,
Brazil. 1969 Painters with Camera, Bombay. Through the
Indian Eyes, Indian Photographers Show, Holland. Six
Indian Photographers, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford.
1998 Multimedia- Art of the 90s, CIMA Art Gallery, Calcutta.
1998 Printed Image- An Overview Retrospective Exhb.
of Graphic Prints 1961-98, Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai.
1999 Solo exhb., Centre for Photography, National Center
for Policy Analysis and The Indira Gandhi National Centre
for the Arts, New Delhi. Icons and Symbols, CIMA Art
Gallery, Kolkata. 2004 Printed Image- An Overview Retrospective
Exhb. of Graphic Prints, ABS Bayer Gallery, Baroda.
2005 Manifestations III, organised by Delhi Art Gallery,
Nehru Center, Mumbai and
COLLECTION
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. Lalit Kala
Akademi, New Delhi. The Indira Gandhi National Centre
for the Arts, New Delhi. Craft Museum, New Delhi. Art
Heritage, New Delhi. Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Smith Sonnian Museum, Washington DC. Pratt Graphic Art
Center, New York. Uffizi Gallery, Florence. Dsseldorf
Art Museum, Dsseldorf. British Museum, London. Bharat
Bhavan, Bhopal. Centre for Photography, National Center
for Policy Analysis, Mumbai. CIMA, Kolkata. Pheroza
Godrej, Mumbai. Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.
AWARDS
1956 Received Presidents Gold Plaque. Received Cultural
Scholarship, Ministry of Culture and Education, Govt.
of India. 1963 1963 National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi,
New Delhi. 1964-66 Received Fulbright Scholarship and
JDR 3rd Fund Fellowship. Received Gaurav Puraskar, State
Lalit Kala Akademi, Gujarat. First Prize for the postal
stamps design for the 25th Anniversary of Independence
of India. 1967 First Prize for graphic print, State
Lalit Kala Akademi Exhb., Gujarat. Silver Medal, Bombay
Art Society, Bombay. Bronze Medal, Nikon World Photo
Contest, Japan. Gold Medal, International Print Biennale,
Italy. 1978 Top Prize, World Photo Contest, Fotokina,
Germany. 1989 Grand-Prix, 13th Annual Photo Contest
for Asia and Pacific, UNESCO, Japan. 2000 Senior Artist
Award, AIFACS, New Delhi. 2000 Received Gujarat State
Award, Gujarat. 2001 Kalashri, AIFACS, New Delhi. 2004
Awarded Hon. Doctorate, Rabindra Bharati University,
Kolkata.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1959-61 Taught painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja
Sayajirao University, Baroda. 1966 Resumed teaching,
Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University,
Vadodara.
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