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Manjalpur, Vadodara-11,gujarth
Education:
MVA Post Degree Print-making, Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda, MSU, India 2006 BFA Print-making, Dept. of Fine Arts, Andhra University, Vizag, AP, India 2004
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2011 ‘Love Vs War’ solo show at Faculty of fine arts ,MSU, Baroda ,2006. Awarded at 63rd All-India Art Exhibition, Hyderabad, 2004; S G Vasu Anwarz Scholarship, Bangalore, 2006. Solo Shows at ‘Voyage‘ Dept. of Fine Arts, Visakhapatnam, 2004, at Taj Hotel, Visakhapatnam, 2002. Group Shows ‘Fingerprints, show of digital prints and films Red Earth Galleries and Art Underground, Baroda 2006, Ravi Jain Annual Exhibition, Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, 78th AIFACS Exhibition, New Delhi, 2006; Street Children, curated by Parul Dave Mukherjee, Faculty Gallery, Baroda, 2005. Workshop To Draw a Line: A Marathon conducted by Vivan Sundaram, Faculty premises, Baroda, 2007, ‘The Baroda MARCH’ Prince of Wales Museum Mumbai, 2008 ‘The Mindscape Magic and Mystery’ Kolkata 2009 ‘Paris Atuman’ Space Gallery, Baroda,2009 ‘View between the Trees’ Neokala Gallery, Bangalore, CKP,2010 ‘Tathaagat’ Faculty of fine arts, Baroda, Two Man Show :2009 ‘Realvations’ prakrit Art Gallery, Chennai, 2010 ‘The Baroda MARCH’ the Strands Art Room Mumbai, Art Beat at center square mall Baroda 2010,2010 Art Carnival by Aura Fine Arts Realm Pvt. Ltd.Studio program: 2006-2008 ART underground Digital Art Gallery Baroda ,2008-2010 Studio program- SPACE the Artist’s Studio, Baroda2012 IFA show at taj westend , sumukha, and lela palace Banglore.
Right from my childhood as I was interested in art, this perhaps led to an abiding interest and fascination with realism. Later when I joined the art school learnt various media not only drawing and painting but also different forms of printing like woodcut, etchings, digital prints, installation. Each medium demands its own language and logic, which I tried to understand and grasp. In my works I see the world as a cosmic stage for human activity. Ever since I can remember, I’ve been troubled by the state of things. Maybe it was all that talk about heaven in Sunday school. A perfect world, why isn’t like that here? I feel ripped off. Even the animals didn’t eat each other in heaven. Imagine that. “You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you” Leon Trotsky Given this beautiful planet, our intelligence, talent and opposable thumbs, one would think that things for us would be a lot better than they are. I suppose I’ve carried a general disappointment in human nature for quite a while that makes itself apparent in most of my work. It seems to me that in terms of what we do to each other and to our environment, we really are fiddling while Home burns. Perhaps we are either to smart or too dumb for our own good. As a result of this perspective, satirical work is the logical direction for me. Humor allows for comment to be made without alienating the viewer. I believe it also it also shows a larger view and some affection and sympathy for the players in it. “Mark Twain and I are in very much the same position. We have put things in such a way as to make people who would otherwise hang us, believe that we are joking “George Bernard Shaw”. In my paintings I see the world as a cosmic stage for human activity. I’m in the audience like a court reporter taking notes with my sketchbook and brushes, playing the critic, here to observe and make comment. I usually begin a painting with a beautiful natural landscape, but can’t seem to leave it at that. Because of my need to make comment, I feel compelled to fill it up with depictions of absurd human activities and/ or violent acts of revenge by Mother Nature. These depictions are full of symbolism, exaggeration and parody, much in the Manner of political cartoons. I like to how men involved in their own tiny dramas while oblivious to greater and more powerful forces around them. “Men go to war because they enjoy it” General John Pershing Most of my work in the past has had social and political undertones and made comments in a symbolic and general way about the human predicament. It was not aimed at specific individuals or situations, but events in the world and the political direction of this country in the past few years have been alarming to me. I feel that it is a time for artists with a political bent to make stronger statements with a clearer message. I don’t know if this really has much effect on the situation, I hope so, but at least it has a therapeutic value for me and others of like mind seem happy to see their feelings made real visually. I have attempted to retain in the work the fun that can come from satire and parody and at the same time deal with these serious subjects. Not all my work is satirical and colored with a cynical perspective. When I’ve had enough of social comment for a while, I change direction and create work that is just for fun or try to explore more positive aspects of our existence. Apart from all the trouble we cause ourselves, I believe we are immersed in a powerful and beautiful mystery. The fact of our existence is a great riddle to me. Gauguin in his famous painting asks “Where do we Come? What are we? Where are we going? For me, those questions are always worth trying to answer.
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