Born - 17 th July, 1947 - Ahmedabad
   
1968 Diploma in painting, C.N.College of fine art, Ahmedabad
1968 Awarded Fellowship for painting Fine Art College, Ahmedabad
1970 Training in Fresco and Mural techniques, Banasthali, rajasthan
1969 - 71 Lecturer in painting, Fine Art College, Ahmedabad
1971 - 75 Lecturer in painting, Art College, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat
Attended Art Teacher's Seminar organised by Central Government at J.J.School of Art, Bombay in 1970 and School of Art, Jabalpur in 1971.
1975 - 1996 with Weavers' Service Centre, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India.
   
1967, 78 Gujarat State Lalit Kala Akademi, Gujarat.(for painting)
   
1968 Mysore Dashera Exhibition, Mysore
   
1968 All India Fine Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Amritsar by AIFACS.
   
1971 Maha Koshal Kala Parishad, Raipur, M.P. (for painting)
   
1976 National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.(title-growth)
   
1980 & 86 Sahitya Kala Parishad, Delhi.(for painting)
National Award 1976 presented by Dr. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed President of India
National Award 1990 Presented by G. VenketRaman President of India

   
1990 National Award, as Designer, Ministry of Textiles, New Delhi. Work on "INDIAN BIRDS" project for India Festival in Sweden-1987.Done 120 birds design on paper, converted on wooden blocks for printing. Finaly printed with 120 colours on dupion silk, size 15 feet Hight and 30feet Length. this is the unique prited pice and now with Weavers Service Centre, Delhi.
   
   
1969-70-71 Group Show of "Contemporary Group" at Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad and Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.( Amit Ambalal,Vinod Parul,Girish Khatri,Anant Mehta,Late. Ishwar Sagara, Late. Mahendra Patel)
   
1972-84-86-93 Solo show, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.
   
1973-74-78-80-81 Group Show, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.
   
1976 Group Show,Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad.(Ajit Desai,Girish khatri, Mahendra Patel .......)
   
1977 Group Show, Houstan, U.S.A.
   
1977 Solo Show, "Growth" at Gallery Chanakya, New Delhi.
   
1978 Participated in 4th International Triennale, India, New Delhi.
   
1978 Resrtospetive Exhibition at Neustand, Germany, by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
   
1980 Participated hin International Biennale de Paris in Paris, France.
   
1980 joint Show, Sridharani Gallery, New Gallery.
   
1982 joint Show, Visual Art center, Ahmedabad.
   
1983 "TANTRA ART" Exhibition, West Germany, organised by National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
   
1983 Partcipated in 3rd Asian Art Biennale, Bangladesh, by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
   
1983 Visited France, U.K. , Italy and West Germany in a Designer's delegation by Textile Ministry, to study Export market demand in Europe for our Indian Silk.
   
1983 Group show organised by Maurya palace Sheraton, New Delhi.(M.F.Husain,Ramkumar,D.L.N.Reddy,Shamshad and Kishori Kaul)
   
1984 Solo Show, organised by Sarala Art Center, Madras.
   
1984 Visited Austria and Greece with Textile Exhibition Name "VISVAKARMA" organised by Textile Ministry, Govt. of India.
   
1985 Solo Show, Bajaj Art Gallery, Bombay.
   
1985 Solo Show, Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad.
   
1988 Group Show, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.(M.K.Puri,K.K.Kamra,Minu Kulkarni and N.H.Kulkarni from 16 to 24 th August)
   
1988 Group Show, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.(M.K.Puri, K.K.Kamra,Minu Kulkarni and N.H.Kulkarni)
   
1988 Solo Show, organised by Boushari Gallery, Kuwait.
   
1988 Group Show, "The richness of the Spirit" selection from the Contemporary figurative Indian Art,at National Museum of Kuwait
   
1989 "Nature and Environment" Exhibition at new Delhi and Czechoslovakia Organised by Lalit kala Akademi, New Delhi.
   
1990 Visited Vilnius, Lithuania, USSR under Festival of India alongwith Textile Exhibition.
   
1990 "Vishva Gurjari" Group show at Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.(Gauttam Vaghela, G.R.Santos,Manu Parekh, and many)
   
1990 Solo Show organised by Indo-Soviet Roerich Art Club at New Delhi.
   
1993 Solo Show organised by India International Center, New Delhi.
   
1994 Solo show , Contemporary Art Gallery , Ahmedabad.
   
1994 Visited Cairo-Egypt under "Days of India in Egypt" alongwith Textile exhibition.
   
1997 Visited as exhibition designer for"THE INDIAN SARI" invited by Trpholt Museum, Kolding, Denmark.
   
1998 Solo Show, organised by Boushari Gallery, Kuwait.
   
1998 Paticipated in "Lantern of the East", 5th Pyang Teak International Art Festival at Pyang Teak Cultural Center.
   
1998 Exhibition of Contemporary Art to support mantally handicapped organised by "PRAYAS" at IFACES New Delhi.(Shail Choyal, Vidyasagar Upadhyay, Mukul Panwar and Many)
   
1998 Group Show of five Eminent Artist at Surajkund, organised by Haryana Tourism.(M.F.Husain,Ramkumar,Madhavi Parekh and Arpana Kaur)
   
1999 Solo Show, invited by ADMIT ONE GALLERY , New York, U.S.A.
   
2004 Solo Show , Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
   
2004 Curator "SWARNREKHA" Exhibition of National & Triennale Awardees, organised by Lalit kala akademi for Golden Jubilee Celebration.
   
2004 Participated in painter's camp organised by Jammu University and J & K Tourism at Patani Top, Jammu.(Jogen Chowdhary,Achutan Kudallur,Shamshad,Amitav Das ....)
   
2005 Participated in International painter's camp from SAARC Nation at Hyderabad, organised by Lalit kala Akademi, New Delhi.( please take participants listfrom L.K.A. Delhi)
   
2005 Solo Show, lalit kala akademi, New Delhi.
   
2006 & 07 Invited participant in "Reliance Harmony Show" at Mumbai.(jogen chowdhary, Sanjay Bhattacharya,Satis Gujaral, Gopi Gajwani .......)
   
2007 Invited for joint painting with Shri Praful Patel and auction at Mumbai Organised by "KHUSHI"
   
2007 Group Show by SVK Art Gallery at Habitat Centre,New Delhi.
   
2007 Group Show "60 Years of Independant" at LONDON, organised by Delhi Art Gallery.
   
2007 Group Show / Auction at LONDON, organised by Tehalka.
   
2007 Solo Show, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
   
2008 January - Group Show at Bait Al Baranda Museum,Muscat,Oman.(Anwar Sonya, Sarah White,Radhika Hamlai and Maryam Alzadajali)
   
2008 Group Show at Vinnyasa Premier Art Gallery,Chennai.(Jeram Patel, R.B.Bhaskaran, M.K.Puri,Mukul Panwar, Vidyasagar Upadhay and others)
   
2008 Invited in National Art Camp at Jaipur organised by Nirja Modi School, Jaipur.(GopiGajwani,JatinDas,R.B.Bhaskaran,VidySagar Upadhyay,Jyoti Bhatta, Laxma Goud and others)
   
2009 Group Show "Navrasa" at CALCUTTA organised by Birala Akademi of Art and Culture.(Kalicharan Gupta, Suhas Nimbalkar, Niren Sen Gupta, Jagadish Chandra and others)
   
2010 February - Invited in Artist Camp at MUSCAT, organised by Al Nahda Resorts, Muscat, Oman.(Anwar Sonya,Sarah White, Radhika Hamlai,Maryam Alzadajali,R.B.Bhaskaran,Gopi Gajwani,Suhas Nimbalkar,Hemraj)
   
2010 Group Show at Art Motif Gallery, Lado Sarai , New Delhi.
   
2010 December- Invited at MUSCAT for "THE ORYX CARAVAN" in commemoration of 40th National Day of Oman, to paint on life size Oryx made of fiberglass.(opening on 11 th dece.
   
2011 Group Show by Gallery Art Sastra, New Delhi.(Gopi Gajwani , Himmat Shah, Jai Zharotia and Sudip Roy).
   
2012 Group Show by Suryaveer Kohali Art at Lado Sarai, New Delhi.
   
2012 Jury member, Invited by Oman Art Society,Muscat.(Nov.2nd to 7th.)
   
2012 Group Show by Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi-under the title of "STILL LIFE". ( Gopi Gajwani, Manu Parekh, Paramjeet Singh, Paresh maity, and others...........)


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