Born - February 2, 1974
Akash Choyal’s life is art, his art is dream and the dream is his reality itself, says Sandro Orlandi the Italian Curator on his art - The artworks are made of a never-ending alternation of reality and dream, art and life and so they create a dance that shows, hides and intertwine rationality, the deepest and most intimate ego and imagination. Using a Freudian terminology, Akash lives and creates in a state of “preconscious” that means it swings between conscious and unconscious creating a rare, uncertain, mysterious and above all sincere dimension. In the dream everything is possible, the mathematical rules, society’s strict limitations and the influences both cultural and physical are completely absent. The spirit is free to create wondering about this world, accessible only by who is able to dream, to lose control and so to be sincere and natural.
ART EDUCATION:
Bachelor of fine arts from M.S. Faculty of Fine arts, Baroda – 1997
Master of fine arts, from College of Art, New Delhi - 1999.
AWARDS:
2010 National award – Lalit Kala Academy
2007 Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy – State Award for painting.
2005 Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy – All India Award for Painting
2001-2002 Lalit Kala research grant awards, New Delhi.
2001 Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy – State Award for printmaking.
EXHIBITIONS:
2019 'Inner voices - outer masks' Group show at Gallery Artchill, Amer Fort, Jaipur.
2018 ‘Three Generation’ Group show at Tavern Hall, Gaiety, Shimla.
2018 ‘ART IDIOMS - STRAY & MOULDED' Group Show at Juneja Art Gallery, Jaipur.
2018 Indo-Korean at Dhoomimal Art Centre
2018 Participated in Jehangir art gallery, Mumbai (Bombay) organized by Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur
2017 Jaipur Art Summit, Jaipur.
2017 Solo show at Choyals' studio
2018 Participated in the 'India art Fair', sponsored by Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi.
2016 Group Show at Gallery Art Chill, Amber Fort, Jaipur
2016 Participated - ICAC, Mumbai
2016 Maharana Mewar Charitable Foundation's Maharana Sajjan Singh Award
2013,14,15 Jaipur Art Summit , Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur.
2015 'Mega Show' Annual show of Juneja Art Gallery, Jaipur
2015 28th National Exhibition of South Centre Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur
2015 India Art Fair by Gallery Artchill, Delhi
2015 ‘Lyrical Symphony’ Group Show at Juneja Art Gallery, Jaipur.
2015 'Desires and Explorations' Group Show at Juneja Art Gallery, Jaipur.
2015 "Back to College" at Vedfest, Baroda
2014 ‘ Treasures of Rajasthan Season II’ Group Show by Artchill at Indira Gandhi Centre for the Arts, Delhi,
2014 ‘Contemporary Figuration’ Group show by Gallery Artchill, Amber Fort, Jaipur
2014 'India - The Revealed Mysteries' in Conjunction with Venice Biennale 2014, Venice , curated by Sandro Orlandi , co curated by Sangeeta Juneja.
2014 ‘They Are Us’ - An Empathic response at Gallery - The Viewing room, Mumbai.
2014 'De Art Event', UAE.
2013 'Confluence des Arts' a group show of Gallery Artchill, Amber Fort, Jaipur.
2013 Launch of First 3D Art Book by 'AKASH CHOYAL' Published by Gallery Artchill (Limited Edition).
2013 Solo show Mellifluence, Gallery Artchill, Amber fort, Jaipur.
2012 Bangladesh Asian Biennale 2012
2012,13 Solo shows at fourth and fifth 'India art Fair', sponsored by Gallery Artchill, New Delhi.
2011 Solo show at Art Corridor, Le Meridien, Jaipur, by Gallery Artchill, Jaipur.
2011 Solo show at Juneja Art Gallery, Jaipur.
2011 ' Portrait of an Artist' at Dhoomimal Art Centre (Part of India Art Summit-2011)
2011 ‘3Ds: Different Dimensions and Definitions’ - Gallery Ensign
2010 ‘Three Generation’ Group show at Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi
2010 SALON 2010, de la Nationale des Beaux-Arts at Carrousel Du Louvre, Salle Le Notre organized by SNBA, France.
2010 May Fair- Russian Eastern and Oriental Fair, London.
2010 'Edition-Ally-Yours' Edition Art Fair, Busan, South Korea organized by Gallery Artchill, Jaipur.
2010 'La Danse Des Couleurs' La Rotonde des Arts Contemporains, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Africa.
2010,2008, 2006,1998
National Exhibition Lalit Kala Academy, Goa, New Delhi.
2009 Choyals at Karnataka Chitra Kala Parishad, Bangalore.
2008 ‘Three Generation’ Group show at Bougainvillaea, Udaipur.
2008,2001, 1996 V Bharat Bhawan Printmaking, Biennial. Bhopal.
2008 ‘My Arena’ series of solo shows at, WZCC Bagore Ki Haveli, Udaipur / Dhoomimal Art Centre, Delhi / Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur / Contemporary Art Center, Ahemedabad / Fine Arts Gallery, Vadodara, Gujrat.
2008 Opening show of Artchill Gallery at Amber fort, Jaipur.
2008 ‘Art today in Rajasthan’ - Dhoomimal Art Center, New Delhi.
2006,2007,2008 'Tranquil and Turbulent' at Gallery Bougainvillaea Hotel Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur.
2007,2005,2001 ‘Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy’ - printmaking - Jawahar Kala Kendra
2006,2004,2003 ’Harmony show’ – Bombay.
2005 One man show at Jehangir art gallery.
2004 –2005 ’Multiple encounters traveling exhibition of printmaking’ organized by Manhattan graphics center, USA in collaboration with Printmakers Guild India at New Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
2003 ’Continuity and Change’ - Gallery Freedom, New Delhi.
2003 Group Show - Art Junction, New Delhi.
2003 ’Kite, Celebration of Freedom’ - New Delhi at Habitat center
2002 ’Half a foot’ a miniature format exhibition - Dhoomimal Art Center, New Delhi.
2001 ’Buddha Smiled again’ Master Guild, New Delhi.
2001 Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy
2000 ’The Millennium Mask’ - New Delhi.
2000 ’Three generations’ Jehangir art gallery Bombay.
1999 'Three Generations’ - Dhoomimal Art Center, New Delhi.
1999 ’Relativity’ - 4th British international mini print. Exhibition, Bristol / London.
1999 ’Resonance‘- Masters Guild show, New Delhi.
1998 ’Three Generations’ - Rajputana Sheraton Hotel, Jaipur.
1997 Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy, Jaipur.
VIDEO PARTICIPATIONS AND SHOWS:
2012 Forth 'India art Fair'
2010 Chitra Kala Parishad, Bangalore
2007 International Short film festival, Jaipur
2006 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi; Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur; Contemporary Art Centre, Ahemdabad
Faculty of Fine Art Gallery, Vadodara (Baroda), Gujrat
CAMPS & WORKSHOPS:
Indi Korean - Udaipur, Art summit - Jaipur 2017, National Printmaking Camp, jointly organized by LKA and Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal 2010 / National Painting Camp organized by ArtChill Gallery, Jaipur / Digital Printmaking camp organized by Regional Lalit Kala Academy Allahabad in collaboration with WZCC- Udaipur 2009 / Painting Camp at Neeraja Modi School - Jaipur / Painting Camp - Diu 2009 / Painting Camp organized by Secure metres - Udaipur, 2008 / National Artist camp - Kota, 2007 / Printmaking workshop at Bharat Bhavan- Bhopal ,2006 / Artist camp at Jaipur by Juneja art Gallery , 2005 / Multiple Encounters- Digital workshop, American Center-New Delhi, 2004 . Indo-U.S. International painting camp at Hotel Surya- Delhi, 2004 / Site specific camp at Samod, Rajasthan, by JKSMS , 2004 / Artist camp at Bhubneshwar by R.A.D.-2003 / Artist camp - Kurukshetra University, 2003 / Artist camp - Hyderabad, by WWF-2003 / Printmaking Camp - W.Z.C.C. Udaipur, 1997 / Painting camp -Udaipur, 1995 / Terracotta Workshop at Molella, Udaipur ,1993
COLLECTIONS:
His artworks are in many public and private collections in India & abroad ; INDIA, USA, AUSTRALIA, ENGLAND, SWITZERLAND, IRELAND, FRANCE, ITALY, SPAIN, BELGIUM, GERMANY, TURKEY, BRAZIL, CHILE, MEXICO, COLUMBIA, SOUTH AFRICA, HONG KONG, SINGAPORE, DUBAI, ABU DHABI , KUWAIT, SAUDI ARABIA, THAILAND, CHINA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, RUSSIA , LATVIA, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, ZAMBIA, SOUTH KOREA, DENMARK, NEPAL, INDONESIA, CANADA, ARIZONA, VIETNAM, IVORY COAST, BANGALADESH , ISRAEL & MOROCCO.