“It wasn’t stone. It wasn’t welded steel. It wasn’t traditional sculpture. They thought it was craft, or something else, but not art. They couldn’t define it in the early Fifties when I was starting out.”
Personal Narrative
Education
Persuing
Ph. D.,
Sanchi University of Buddhist and Indic studies, sanchi, MP.
2002
Master of Fine Arts in Plastic Arts (Gold Medal),
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
2000
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture (Gold Medal),
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
1998
Diploma in Music (Sitar),
Banaras Hindu University,Varanasi.
1996
Diploma in Art & Craft,
Tilka Manjhi University,Bhagalpur.
1995
Chitrabhushan (Painting),
Pracheen Kala Kendra,Chandigarh.
1995
Bachelor of Arts (Geography),
Tilka Manjhi University, Bhagalpur.
Solo Shows
2018
Jehangir Art Gallery
Mumbai
2018
Solo Display at Phoenix Market City
Pune
2016
Hotel Leela
New Delhi
2016
Open Air Display at the Varsova Festival
Mumbai
2015
Public Display at DV City Mall
Bhopal
2014
Rohivilla Palace
Koregaon Park, Pune
2013
Phoenix Market City
Pune
2010
Jehangir Art Gallery
Mumbai
2008
Aperture India Art Gallery
Pune
2007
Mystiq Art Gallery
Defense Colony, New Delhi
2002
Regional Cultural Centre
Varanasi
Group Shows
2019
Group Show of 100 Sculptors
Bihar Museum, Patna
2019
Deccan Contemporary
Balgandharv Gallery, Pune
2018
Group Show
Art Atari Gallery, Chandigarh
2018
Thane Festival
Mumbai
2016
Thane Festival
Mumbai
2015
Thane Festival
Mumbai
2018
Colors of November
Coomarswamy Hall, Mumbai
2018
Public Display At Times Celebrate Bandra
Mumbai
2017
Abstraction
Tilting Art Gallery, Pune
2017
Salam Tirangi Lahron Ko
Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2017
Eikowa Group Show
Taj West End, Bengaluru
2017
Deccan Contemporary
Balgandharva Art Gallery, Pune
2017
mera wala BLUE
Pune Biennale, Let Art Work Gallery, Pune
2016
Public Display
Phoenix Market City, Kurla, Mumbai
2015
Public Display
DVCT Mall, Bhopal
2015
Group Show
Tilting Art Gallery, Pune
2015
Jatra Art Festival
Dombivali, Mumbai
2016
Jatra Art Festival
Dombivali, Mumbai
2015
Coomaraswamy Hall
Mumbai
2014
Deccan Contemporary
Balgandharva Gallery, Pune
2012
Phoenix Market City
Pune
2012
Flash 2012
Ark Gallery, Pune
2008
The Museum Gallery
Mumbai
2007
Nitai Gouras Art Gallery
Mumbai
2007
Ravindra Bhawan
Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi
2007
Deccan Contemporary
State Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2006
Omkara Group Show
Gallery Art Entrance, Mumbai
2005
Deccan Contemporary
Ravindra Bhawan, New Delhi
2005
The Museum Gallery
Kala Ghoda, Mumbai
2003
Group Show
Balgandharva Kala Dalan, Pune
2005
Group Show
Balgandharva Kala Dalan, Pune
2003
Jewels Gallery
Pune
2002
ABC Art Gallery
Varanasi
2001
Srujan Group Show
Ravindra Bhawan, New Delhi & Lalit Kala Academy, Lucknow
2000
Dash Group Show
Nehru Art Gallery, Varanasi
2000
Srujan Group Show
Kuber Complex, Varanasi
1999
Stambh Group Show
Varanasi
1998
Creation Group Show
Hotel Taj, Varanasi
1998
Prayas Group Show
Varanasi
2000
Prayas Group Show
Varanasi
Teaching / Seminars
2002-2008
Assistant Lecturer at Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Kala Mahavidyalaya,
Pune.
2006-2018
Guest Faculty at Film &Television Institute of India,
Pune.
Since 2014
Asst. Professor at Minerva College of Architecture,
Talegaon, Pune.
2015-2018
Visiting Faculty at Suryadatta Institute of design,
Pune.
Happy Clients
Review/Write-up
Art India, Art News Magazine of India, Vol. X, Issue IV, Mumbai.
Rupankar, Samkalin Kala Vimarsh, Yash Publication, Delhi.
Asia/Pacific-Who’s Who, Voll.Seventh & Nineth, Rifacimento International, New Delhi.
Asian/American Who’s Who, Vol. V Rifacimento International, New Delhi.
Art India, Art News Magazine of India, Vol. X, Issue IV, Mumbai.
Rupankar, Samkalin Kala Vimarsh, Yash Publication, Delhi.
Asia/Pacific-Who’s Who, Voll.Seventh & Nineth, Rifacimento International, New Delhi.
Asian/American Who’s Who, Vol. V Rifacimento International, New Delhi.
Artists Directory 2006, Published by Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi.
India Today (Hindi) New Delhi.
Daily News Papers such as Hindustan Times, Aaj, Dainik Jagran,Amar Ujala, etc.