b. 1945, Kota

Education

M.A. (Painting) 1969, University of Udaipur.

Studied Printmaking at the Slade College of Art, London under British Council Scholarship – 1975-76.

Ph.D. (Nathdwara School of Painting, A study of Painting from Mid 19^th Century to Mid 20^th Century)—1980.

Attended Fresco & Mural Course at Banasthali Vidyapeeth in the year 1968.

Awards

1969      —      Gold Medal in M.A. (Drawing & Painting)

  —      Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi award for Printmaking.

1970      —      All India Kalidas Exhibition, M.P award for painting.

1971      —      Bombay Art Society award for painting.

  —      All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society award for painting.

1972          —      Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi for painting.

  —      Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta award for painting.

  —      All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society award for painting.

1973      —      Bombay Art Society award for painting.

1974      —      British Council Fellowship.

1976          —      Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi award for Printmaking.

1977          —      Bombay Art Society award for Printmaking.

1978          —      Bombay Art Society award for Printmaking.

  —      Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi award for Printmaking.

1979           —       President of India Sh. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy award by AIFACS                                              for painting.

1980      —      Awarded Ph.D. degree.

              —      Graphic—80, merit award.

  —      All India Mahakaushal Kala Parishad exhibition award for    painting.

1981      —      Academy of Fine Arts, Amritsar award for painting.

1982      —      National Award by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.

1990          —      All India Exhibition, U.P State Lalit Kala award for painting.

1991      —      ADOGI Mini Print International award for printmaking, Barcelona, Spain.              

Fellowships

·                    Awarded the British Council Fellowship to study Print-   making in Britain in the academic year 1975-76.

·                    Awarded a fellowship on ‘Graphics and its Popularization’ by  the Ministry of Culture, Government of India (1980-82)

·                    Senior fellowship from H.R.D - 2000-2002

Honours and Offices Held

·        Acted as the Jury at the…

            ‘Gujarat Academy of Art and Culture’ ‘Jammu & Kashmir Academy of Art and Language’, ‘Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi’, ‘Andhra Pradesh Lalit Kala Akademi, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi in their exhibitions.

·        UNICEF acquired one of the works for their greeting card.

·        Marlin Durrah, a film maker from Oragon, USA made a 20 minutes film on Shail’s Art.

·        Was elected on the council as one among the nine eminent artists of India by the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi-1980;

·        Was elected to the General Council, Executive Board of Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi, and served between 1981 and 1983;

·        Was elected to the General Council, Executive Board, Triennale Committee at the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi;

·        Was entrusted the responsibility of compiling the Indian Section of 6^th Triennale, India by L.K.A. and became one of the two commissioners;

·        Acted as One Man Commissioner from India at the Twenty First International Festival of Painting, at Cagnes Sur Mer, France;

·        Served as member on the Governing Council, I.C.C.R., New Delhi.

·        Member at the General Council of Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi.

·        Acted as the creative Director, for the West Zone Cultural Centre for ‘Apna Utsav’ held in Delhi in 1986.

·        Served as a member on the Governing body of West Zone Cultural Centre.

·        Represented India at the Asian Festival, Bali (Indonesia), 1987.

·        Member on the Advisory Committee of Garhi Studios, New Delhi.

·        Vice-Chairman—Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi, Jaipur.

Academic and Creative Renderings

·        Assisted Shri Bhanu Bharti, an eminent theater director of India in directing a film on ‘GAVARI’ a famous tribal dance-drama.

·        Directed a 16 mm film ‘The Spirit is Alive’ on Nathdwara Painting for Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.

Participation

India

• 25 years of Indian Art Exhibition                                                                       1971
• III Triennale, India                                                                                            1974
• Trade Fair Exhibition                                                                                        1979

·        ‘Print-Making Today’, an exhibition compiled by Jehangir Art Gallery.   1985

·        Graphic — 80’ 81’ 82, 84 by Chandigarh Museum &

Art Gallery

·        Graphic since 1900—an exhibition of prints compiled

by LKA                                                                                                           1985

·        Graphic workshop convened by Prof. Paul Lingren

and organized by USIS.                                                                                    1985

• Traveling Exhibition organized by Lalit Kala Akademi                            1985
• Self Portraits of Indian Artists by           Village Gallery                          1989

      Participated in International Seminar and presented

• a paper during VII Triennale.                                                                            1991

·        Invited to participate in the ‘Indian Contemporary Art’

an exhibition compiled by Birla Academy of Arts, Calcutta                                1992.

·        Invited by Ambassade de France en Inde and participated in the

Show SOUVVENIRS D’EN FRANCE held in April                            1993.

• Major tends in Indian art, LKA, New Delhi.                                                      1997
• Art & Cinema, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi                                        1999
• Ravi Mamorial Trust, New Delhi                                                                  2000
• Help age, Mumbai                                                                                        2001
• One man show at Dhoomimal Art Center – New Delhi                          2002
• 8^th Harmony show-Bombay                                                                              2002
• ‘Swarn rekha’ exhibition of national & trinnale Awardees

organized by Lalit Kala Akademi- New Delhi                                        2004

• ‘Art for Vision’ a charity exhibition curetted by Sushama Behl                2004
• The 10^th Harmony Show-Bombay                                                                    2004

Abroad

• Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London.                           1976
• Ajia Bijutsu—16^th Asian Modern Art Exhibition, Japan             1980

·        India Through Prints by Tropen Museum, Netherlands.              1983

·        India festival at U.S.A.                                                              1985

·        I.C.C.R.’s traveling exhibition of prints to several European

Countries.                                                                                             1986-87

• 15^th International Art Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan.                         1985
• Mostura De Cultura Indiana Lisbon.                                                      1985
• 2^nd  Asian Art Exhibition, Fukuoka, Japan                                             1985
• 21^st International Painting Festival, Cagues Sur-Mer, France.     1989

·        Teressera Biennal De la Habana, the international Art Biennale

At Cuba.                                                                                              1989

• Held one man show in Riga, Latvia                                                        1989
• Held one man show in escape Blue Gallery, Paris                                  1990

·        Participated in Group show at Kyoto organized by Shimin

      Gaiko, Japan.                                                                                       1990

• Participated in ADOGI, Mini Print International, Spain.             1991

·        Held one person show of graphics at ADOGI Gallery,

      Cadaques, Spain                                                                                  1992

• Held one person show at Aunkan Gallery, Osaka                                  1994
• Participated in Sydney Art Festival                                                        1997
• Held one man show at Frankfurt organized by G.T.D.               1997
• Attended Langkawi international art festival , Malayasia             2000

Camps

India

·        Invited to participate in several Artists Camps at Delhi, Kasauli, Jammu & Kashmir, Shantiniketan, Bangalore, Himachal,  Jaipur, Mollela and Udaipur.

Abroad

• Attended Asian Art Festival at Bali as an Indian Delegate                                  1987

·        Attended International Seminar & Painting Workshop at

Cesis, Latvia, U.S.S.R.                                                                         1989

• Lectured at City hall Kobe and Shimin Gaiko, Kyoto                            1993

·        Participated in Sydney Art Festival                                                                    1997

• One man show at Frankfurt

curetted by German Development corporation (GTZ)                            1997

• One men show at Atelier Spiserhus Gallery, Rheinfelden, Switzerland    1997
• Lectured at LIFA, Malaysia and attended International Art Festival

at Langkawi                                                                                                      2000

• ‘Scapes 2001 contemporary Indian artists’ organized by Maya Puri
• and Sagiri Dayal at Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre                                            2001

Tours & Visits

Extensively toured the Eastern & Western European  Art Galleries and Museums in London, Holland, Scotland, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Russia, Latvia Czechoslovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain , Japan, Hong Kong , Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.

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