BEGINNINGS
Born in Bhavnagar, Gujarat.
1956-66 Founder member and Secretary, Baroda Group of Artists, Baroda.
Founded member, Group 1890, a group of 12 artists, Bhavnagar.
Travelled in Germany under Internationes- German Cultural Deptt. Programme.
Lives and works in Vadodara.
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 Lalit Kala Akad
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.D?sseldorf Art Museum, D?sseldorf.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 President?s 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.
