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Born    1941 ,  Mayurbhanj, Orissa.
 
Education 
 
1957-62 Sir J. J School of Art, Mumbai.
 
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 
 
2010-11  'Hand-held Space', Museum Gallery; Gallery Art and Soul, Mumbai.
2009 The Artists Alley Gallery, San Francisco, USA.
2009 Chelsea Arts Club, London.
2009 'Earth Bodies', Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
2007 ‘Body and Line’, Oil,  Watercolors, Drawings and Graphics, presented by Gallery Art and Soul at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
2007 Presented by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), New Delhi at All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi.
2007 ‘Charged Figures’, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA) Gallery, Kolkata.
2006 ‘Journeys across Foreign Lands’,  Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi.
2006  1X1  Art Space, Dubai.
2005  Archaeological Museum, Thessaloniki, Greece.
2002 ‘Retrospective: 40 Years of Drawings’, All India Fine Arts Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi.
2002  ‘Works on Paper’, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai.
1999  ‘Body Spirited’, Organized by Hudco and IHC at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
1996 Crimson: The Art Resource; Karnataka Chitrakala Parisath, Bangalore.
1995  Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
1994   ‘Retrospective’, Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh.
1994 ‘Heads’, organized by Alliance Francaise at Le Corbousier Art Gallery, Chandigarh.
1993  ‘Women of Clay and other Paintings’, Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai.
1991 ‘Retrospective 1968-90’, Organized by ITC and Lalit Kala Academy, at Rabindra Bhavan Gallery, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi.
1987 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
1986 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata.
1985 The Times of India Presentation at Shridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1983 Sarala Art Centre, Chennai.
1982 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai.
1979 Urja Art Gallery, Baroda.
1979 Hutheesing Visual Art Centre, Ahmadabad.
1978 Arts 38 Gallery, London.
1978 ‘Hansalaya’, Kumar Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1978 Zeitgendessische Ind., Kunst, Pastorat a. d. Johanniskirche, Werf, West Germany.
1978 Surya Galerie ’77, Frainsherm an der Weinstrasse, West Germany.
1977 ‘Drawings ’77 – Private Show’, Studio, New Delhi.
1976 Kumar Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1975 Gallery de Sfinx, Amsterdam.
1975 Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London, UK.
1975 Schloss Bellevue, Kassel, West Germany.
1975 City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK.
1974 Shridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1974 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai.
1973 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai.
1973 Kumar Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1968 Kumar Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1966 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai.
1965 Gallery Chemould, Kolkata.
1964 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
1962 Indo-American Society Gallery, Mumbai. 
 
 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
 
2013 'Confluence des Arts' a group show of 100 artists at Gallery Artchill, Amber Fort, jaipur. 
2011 'Masterclass', Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi.
2009 'Indian Harvest', presented by Crimson- The Art Resource, Bangalore at SG Private Banking, Singapore.
2005 ‘Silk Route’, ABS Bayers Gallery, Baroda.
2003 ‘Mappings’, ABS Bayers Gallery, Baroda.
2000 ‘Shatabdi’, Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata.
1998 ‘Colors of Independence’, Organized by Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA) Gallery, Kolkata at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi.
1997 Vadehra Art Gallery and National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi.
1997 Art World, Chennai.
1997 ‘Enduring Lines’, Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi.
1997 ‘Looking Glass’, Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai.
1996 ‘Modern Indian Paintings, 100 Years, Part I’, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi.
1996 Organized by Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA) Gallery, Kolkata at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
1995 ‘Indo-Korean Show’, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS) Gallery, New Delhi.
1995 ‘Tribute to Gandhi’, Little Theatre Gallery, New Delhi.
1995 ‘Cow’, Maneka Gandhi Show, Taj Palace, New Delhi.
1995 Inaugural Show of Art Today, New Delhi.
1994 ‘Mobile Creches’, Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
1994 ‘Landscapes’, Gandhara Art Gallery, Kolkata.
1993 Surya Gallery, Hyderabad.
1993 Srishti Gallery, New Delhi.
1992 Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi.
1992 Gallery 88 and Oberoi Hotel, New Delhi.
1991 ‘Connoisseurs Choice’, Habiart Gallery, New Delhi.
1991 Little Theatre Gallery, New Delhi.
1991 ’58 Artists’, Helpage, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
1991 SAHMAT, Mongolpuri, New Delhi
1990 ‘Tribute to Van Gogh’, Centenary Show, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
1990 ‘Kashmir Relief’, Little Theatre Gallery, New Delhi.
1990 ‘Drawing Show’, Little Theatre Gallery, New Delhi.
1990 Drawing-7Artist’, Ganesha Gallery, New Delhi.
1990 Habiart Gallery, Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
1989 National Gallery of Modern Art (N.G.M.A) Show, Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, South Korea & Ukohama Museum, Japan.
1989 ‘Centenary Show’, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai.
1989 ‘Artists Alert’, SAHMAT, New Delhi.
1989 Rabindra Bhavan Gallery, New Delhi.
1989 3rd Asian Art Show, Fukokawa Art Museum, Japan.
1989 ‘Drawings’, Delhi Artists, CMC Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1988 ‘CRY’, Charity Show, Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata.
1987 ‘National Drawings Show’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
1982 ‘Kashmir Collection’, Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Rabindra Bhavan Gallery, New Delhi.
1982 ‘Moderene Kunst Heute’, Museum of Modern Art, Darmstad, Kunsthalle, West Germany.
1980 Contemporary Paintings in Miniature Format, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi.
1979 All India Exhibition of Prints, Chandigarh.
1979 Asian Arts Exhibition, Fukoaka Art Museum, Japan.
1978 National Gallery of Modern Art (N.G.M.A) Collection, Warsaw, Alleppo, Damascus, Narodini Gallery V, Loden, Prague, Cultural Centre, Niavaran, Budapest.
1978 National Kala Mela, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi.
1978 State Exhibition, Orissa Lalit Kala Academy, Baripada, Orissa.
1977 Prints, All India Exhibition, New Delhi.
1977 Surya Galerie, Freinsheim under Weinstrasse, West Germany.
1976 ‘National Show of Portraits’, All India Fine Arts Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi.
1972 ‘The Rejects’, from National Exhibition, Delhi Shilpi Chakra, New Delhi.
1972 ‘The Creative Eye’, National Exhibition of Photographs, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi.
1971 Kumar Gallery, New Delhi.
1971 ‘Loans from Private Collectors’, National Gallery of Modem Art (NGMA), New Delhi.
1969 ‘Art Today’, Rotary-Kunika Chemould Art Centre, New Delhi.
 
 
PARTICIPATIONS
 
2011 'Celebrations 2011', Kumar Gallery, New Delhi.
2010 'Master’s Corner', organized by Indian Contemporary Art Journal at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; India International Art Fair, New Delhi.
2010 'Contemporary Printmaking In India', presented by Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai.
2009 Group show 'Stroke by Stroke IInd' at Le Meridien jaipur, organized by Gallery Artchill 
2006 Annual Exhibition, Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata.
1995 Annual Exhibition of All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS) Gallery, New Delhi.
1992 ‘Silver Jubilee Show’, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata.
1992 IV Bharat Bhavan Biennale of Contemporary Indian Art, Bhopal.
1992 National Exhibition, Lalit Kala Academy, Kerala.
1987 ‘Festival of India’, Russia.
1985 2nd Biennale, Cuba, Havana.
1985 3rd Asian Biennale, Bangladesh.
1984 15th International Art Show, Tokyo Biennale, Japan.
1984 10th International Independent Exhibition Prints, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan.
1984 National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Academy, Chennai.
1964-84 National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi.
1983 2nd Asian Art Biennale, Shilpa Kala Academy, Bangladesh.
1982 7th British International Print Biennale, Bradford, UK.
1981 National Exhibition of Drawings, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi.
1978 ‘Art to Nature-nature to Art’, Venice Biennale, Italy.
1978 4th Triennale India, New Delhi.
1976 3rd Triennale India, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi.
1975 Documenta, Kassel.
1972 All India Graphics Show, Group 8, New Delhi.
1971 Septieme Biennale de Paris, Parc Floral De Paris, Paris.
1971 2nd Triennale India, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi.
1965 The Bombay Art Society, Mumbai.
1964 National Exhibition, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi.
1963 73rd Annual Art Exhibition, The Bombay Art Society, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
 
 
HONORS AND AWARDS
 
2012 Padma Bhushan by the Government of India.
2007 Conferred the D.Litt. (Honoris Causa), Utkal University of Culture, Bhubaneswar.
2007 Seminar Management Institution, Bhubaneswar.
2007 Bharat Nirman Award.
2007 Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity Italian Government, Italian President Award, New Delhi.
2006 Utkala Awards by Bengal Governor, Kolkata.
1992 IV, Bharat Bhavan Biennale of Contemporary Indian Art, (Award), Bhopal.
1989-90 Senior Fellowship, Department of Culture, Government of India.
1976 National Show of Portraits, (Award), All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi.
1965 The Bombay Art Society, Governor's Award and Best Modern Painting of the Year, Mumbai.
1965 Maharashtra State Art Exhibition, (Award), Mumbai.
1965 The Bombay Art Society, (Governor's Award), Mumbai.