Born in a remote village and my paintings are inspired by nature. Different elements of the world, including the mystery of light and shadows fascinate me. In a soothing vocabulary of abstract forms, they re-claim their touch. I use dry pastel, exploring luminescent shades, forms submerged under semi-transparent layers, creating a journey, a discovery of some kind,adding some space to let the eyes breathe, till I find myself creating a sanctuary of inner peace and serenity, in a constantly moving world.
Born 29th July, 1984, Raghogarh, Dist. Guna (Madhya Pradesh)
– Self-Taught Artist
– Worked at Graphic Studio, Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal (2005-2010)
– 60th National Academy Award recipient 2019 (from Lalit Kala, Delhi, India’s National
Academy of Fine Arts)
Solo Shows :
– Solo Show Curated by Prayag Shukla at Gallery Art & Soul, Mumbai, 2016
– Art Spice Gallery, New Delhi, 2013
– Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Regional, Bhopal, 2012
– Indian Habitat Centre, New Delhi 2006
Group Shows :
– Restart Art, Online Art Exhibition, Mumbai Midtown Arts Collective, represented by Art & Soul, Gallery, 2020
– Wings & Plumes, Art & Soul Gallery, Mumbai, 2019
– Rasas of Indian Art, Art Spice Gallery, New Delhi 2019-20
– Unmesh Kala Pradarshini, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, 2019
– Wings & Plume curated by Prayag Shukla, Art & Soul, Mumbai, 2019
– 88th Izmir International Fair, Kültürpark, İzmir, Turkey, 2019
– Drawing: A New Chapter by Art Pilgrim, AIFACS (All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society),
New Delhi 2019
– Parables and Paradoxes, The Lodhi, New Delhi 2018-2019
– Art for Kerala National Flood National Gallery of Modern Art, Ministry of Culture 2018
– Art Mela by CIMA Art Gallery, Delhi, 2018
– Art Mela by CIMA Art Gallery, Kolkata, 2017
– Artworld, Sarala Art Centre, Chennai, 2017
– Preview Show at Raghogarh, Guna by MLA Shri Jayvardhan Singh, 2017
– Kala Ghoda Art Festival at Jehangir Art Gallery by Art & Soul, Mumbai, 2017
– India Art Festival by Art Spice Gallery, Delhi, 2017
– Royal Fables, Hyatt Hotel, Delhi, 2015
– Museum Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2011
– Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai , 2011
– International Art Fair Busan, South Korea, 2011
– Asian Young Artist, Seoul Art Festival, South Korea, 2011
– Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai , 2011
– Butterfly Show Curated by Prayag Shukla at Gallery Art & Soul, Mumbai, 2009
– Drawing Exhibition, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2009
– Mindscape Studio 21, CIMA Gallery, Kolkata, 2009
– Homage to J. Swaminathan, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi Curated by Prayag Shukla, 2008
– CIMA Art Gallery, Kolkata, 2006
– Annual Exhibition, Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal, 2005-06
Participations :
○ Twelfth edition of the annual India Art Fair (IAF) NSIC, Delhi 2020 (represented by Art Houz, Chennai)
– Art Revolution Taipei, 2019
– 60th National Exhibition of Art – Lalit Kala Akademi 2019
– International Bengal Biennale, 2019
– Jaipur Art Summit, 2017
– 7th Bharat Bhavan Biennale of Contemporary Indian Art (Bhopal), 2017
– International Bodhgaya Biennale (Patna), 2016
– The 4th Bangkok Triennale International Print & Drawing Exhibition, 2014
Visual Arts (Painting) “Junior Artist Fellowship” HRD. Govt. Of India, 2011-12 New Delhi
Awards :
– 60th National Academy Award 2019 (Lalit Kala), New Delhi
– Prafulla Dhanukar Art Foundation (MP State Award), Mumbai, 2015
– Certificate of Honour from the 4th Bangkok Triennale International, 2014
– Print & Drawing Exhibition Madhya Pradesh S.H. Raza Award, Gwalior, 2010
– All India Lalit Kala Award, Lucknow (UP), 2010
– Annual All India Art Exhibition (AIFACS), New Delhi, 2010
– “Art Mall” Bhiku Ram Jain Foundation, New Delhi, 2009
– Indian Fine Art Society, Amritsar, Punjab, 2008
– Lokmanya Tilak, Pune (MH), 2007
– Camel Art Foundation, Western Professional Award, Baroda (Gujarat), 2007
– Dhoomimal Art Gallery, Scholarship, New Delhi, 2006
– South Centre Zone, Nagpur (MH), 2006
– M.P. State Award, Indore (MP), 2005
Participated in over thirty art camps including …
– Akshaya Online Art Camp, Hina Bhatt Art Ventures 2020
– Sammilit Artists’ Camp, Veronica Art Gallery, Allahabad 2019
– 7th ArtMeet Camp, ITM University, Gwalior 2019
– Auroville International Artists’ Camp 2019
– Painting Workshop at Bihar Government Museum, 2018
– Art Heart Art Camp, At Chinmaya Vibhooti, Lonavla, 2018
– Bhubaneswar Lalit Kala Akademi Installation Art Camp, 2017
– Art Heart Art Camp, At Chinmaya Vibhooti, Lonavla, 2017
– Master Sansar Chand Baru Memorial & Delhi Metro Rail Corp. Camp, 2017
– National Artists’ Camp, Patnitop, Jammu, 2016
– “International Art Beyond Boundaries”, IECI & Tellus Art, 2016
– Tribal Museum, Bhopal, 2016
– National Art Residency by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, Patna 2010
– National Camp Lalit Kala Akadami, New Delhi (Mizoram Aizol), 2010
– All India Swatantrata Senani Portrait Camp, Swaraj Bhawan, Bhopal, 2009
– National Workshop on Painting, Department of Fine Art University, 2008
– Space Artist Camp, Meadows by Rai Art Foundation, New Delhi, 2008
– Art Meet Senior Artist Camp, Gwalior (MP), 2006
– Ginnor Garh, Ratapani Camp Organized by M.P. Tourism Dept., Bhopal 2005
Collection :
– Arrah Bihar Government Museum, 2018
– Triveni Museum, Ujjain (MP), 2016 Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2014
– Former C.M. (MP) Shri Digvijay Singh, Raghogarh, Distt. -Guna (MP), 2004
– Bharat Bhawan, Graphic Studio, Bhopal, 2006
– Art Critic Shri Prayag Shukla, New Delhi, 2006
– I.T.M. College, Gwalior (MP), 2006 Kala Bhavan, Chandigarh, 2007
– Other Countries –USA, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, South Korea
