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 :
2015 ‘Kashmir: Insider’, Sakshi Art…
Selected Solo Exhibitions :
2015 ‘Kashmir: Insider’, Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai
2012 ‘Shrapnel: The Chamber + Pandit Houses’, Lattitude 28, New Delhi
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 :
2014 ‘Sacred / Scared’, Latitude 28 Gallery, New Delhi
2012 ‘The Needle on the Gauge’, presented by Adelaide Festival Centre and the Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia at Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia (CACSA), Adelaide
2012 ‘On A Journey’, Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon
2011-12 ‘Back to School: Baroda 1979-89’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2011 ‘Melange’, The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Kolkata
2011 ‘Back to School: Baroda 1979-89’, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010 ‘Snow’, The Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi in collaboration with Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2010 ‘Symbols and Metaphors’, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2010 ‘1.2.3.4.5…In the Line of Fire’, Lemongrasshopper, Ahmedabad
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
2012 ‘Art for Humanity’, Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai
2010 ‘Evolve: 10th Anniversary Show’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2009 ‘Expressions at Tihar’, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi
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
