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Field of Achievement: Painter
Date of Birth: November 6, 1933.
Place of Birth: Bilkha
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Education: M.S Univ of Baroda
Career: participation in exhibitions: All India Young Artists Exhibition, International Cultural Centre, New Delhi 1967, Exhibition by Central LKA at Warsaw (Poland) 1971, 1st Triennale-India 1968, All India Exhibition, Raipur 1972, Dassera Art Exhibition, Mysore 1972, All India Drawing Exhibition, Chandigarh 1982, 94th All India Exhibition of Art, Bombay Art Soc, Mumbai 1986, 58th Annual Art Exhibition, All India Fine Arts & Crafts Soc (AIFACS), New Delhi 1986, 28th Gujarat State LKA Exhibition 1988, Mahakoshal Kala Parishad All India Art Exhibition, Raipur 1988, 32nd National Exhibition of Art 1989, 62nd AIFACS Art Exhibition, New Delhi 1990, All India Exhibition of Art, Udaipur 1991, Babu Jagjiwan Ram Memorial 1st All India Exhibition of Art, New Delhi 1992, Bharat Kala Parishad All India Exhibition of Art, Hyderabad 1992, 36th National Exhibition of Art, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi 1993, 33rd Exhibition of Art, Gujarat State LKA 1993, All India Art Exhibition (Drawings), Punjab State LKA, Chandigarh 1995, 38th National Exhibition of Contemporary Art, New Delhi 1995, All India Exhibition of Drawings, AIFACS, New Delhi 1996, 1999, Phulchhab Platinum Year Art Exhibition, Rajkot 1996, All India Exhibition of Drawings, Rajasthan State LKA, Jaipur 1997, ‘Flame 99’, Indian Inst of Architects, Saurashtra Centre, Rajkot 1999, Art Exhibition by Gujarat Visual Artists Asscn, Ravishankar Raval Kala Bhavan, Ahmedabad 2000, Chitrakala Pradarshan, Sahitya Kala Parishad, Gondal 2000, Regional Art Exhibition, Ahmedabad 2000 and Lucknow 2001, 44th National Exhibition of Art, LKA, New Delhi 2001, Golden Jubilee Function Art Exhibition, Jehangir Art Gallery (JAG), Mumbai 2002, 76th AIFACS Art Exhibition, New Delhi 2003, 46th National Exhibition of Art (Central LKA), Kochi 2004, 44th Gujarat State Art Exhibition 2004, LKA Golden Jubilee Function Exhibition of Works by National Triennale Awardees 2004, Exhibition of Indian Contemporary Art (Yugoslavia) 2004, Interstate Exchange of Art Exhibition, Gujarat and Goa State LKAs 2005, Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art (Sri Lanka) 2006, Amdavad Art Soc 4th & 5th Annual Art Exhibition, Ravishankar Raval Art Gallery, Ahmedabad 2006 & 2007 respectively, ‘Pankhi Melo’ Invited Art Exhibition, Shyam Prasad Art Gallery, Rajkot 2007; One-man shows: Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi 1970, 1983, AIFACS, New Delhi 1971, JAG, Mumbai 1971, 1978, 1981, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2007, 2008, Bilkha House, Rajkot 1972, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi 1972, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1998, 2003, Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai 1973, 1977, 1982; Max Mueller Bhavan: Mumbai 1975, 1980, Kolkata 1977; Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai 1980, Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad 1981, 2nd Rashtriya Kala Mela, New Delhi 1982, Kishor Villa, Rajkot 1991, JAG, Mumbai 2008; Group exhibitions: Indian Academy of Fine Arts, Amritsar in Kolkata 1967, Gujarat State LKA Group Show, Lucknow 1968 and Mumbai 1969, Group Show in Kolkata 1970; Gujarat Artists Asscn: Karnavati Art Gallery, Ahmedabad 2001, AIFACS, New Delhi 2002; works in permanent collections: Taj Mahal Intercontinental Hotel, Mumbai and New Delhi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, Air India, Mumbai, Indian Oil, Mumbai, College of Fine Arts, Chennai, Max Mueller Bhavan, Mumbai, Chandigarh Museum, Gujarat State LKA, and various private collections in India and abroad;
Membership: Life Member: Bombay Art Soc, Mumbai, Art Soc of India, Mumbai; Member, Gujarat State Lalit Kala Akademi (LKA) 1972-74, 1997-2000;
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Awards: Gujarat State LKA Award 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1974, Research Fellowship, Educational Centre, New Delhi 1980, Juniorship 1980-82, AIFACS Award 1986, 1996, 1999, Pramanpatra, Mahakoshal Kala Parishad, Raipur 1988, 62nd AIFACS Exhibition Award 1990, Gold Medal & Cash Prize by Tulika Kalakar Parishad 1991, Shreshta Puraskar 1992, Cash Prize, Bharat Kala Parishad, Hyderabad 1992, Merit Cert 1995, Rajasthan State LKA Award 1998, Sr Fellowship, Dept of Culture, Govt of India 1998-2000, National Academy Award, 46th National Exhibition of Art, LKA 2004, Gaurav Puraskar 2007, Cert of Excellence 2009, Biography of the Year 2017, and many other awards for art
Address (Office): Flat 2/B, Bilkha Plaza, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Rajkot 360001
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City: Rajkot.