BIOGRAPHY
BHAGWAN CHAVAN
B. 1958, Chink hill,
INDIA.
QUALIFICATION:
ATD, Sir. J.J.School of
Art,1981. DFA, Sir J.J School of Arts, Mumbai, 1983.
SCHOLARSHIPS:
Fellowship, Sir. J. J.
School of Art, 1984, 85.
Research Grant, Lalit
Kala Akademi, 1985-86.
French Govt.
Scholarship, 1988-90.
Visitor-ship, British
Council, 1988-89.
Junior Fellowship
[Painting], Govt. of India, 1991/2000, 02.
Senior Fellowship
[Painting], Govt. of India, 2000, 03.
HONOURS:
Jury, Lokmanya Balagangadhar Tilak’s,
All India Art Exhibition, Pune, 2006.
Invited to participate in exchange
program between Govt. of India & Govt. of Ghana, represented by Lalit
Kala Akademi, New Delhi on behalf of the Govt. of India,
Participated in Art Education Conference
– ‘Contexts and concepts - Practices in schools’. Organized by India
Foundation for the Art 2009 Bangalore.
Served as CAD Committee member since
2004 at Amber Valley Residential School (AVRS)..
Academic Council member of State Institute of Fine Art, Rohtak
(SIFA) 2012. The magazine Cart an Art Advisory board member 2012.
Worked with Amber Valley residential school,
Chikamagaluru as the head of the art department from 2004 to 2012 - ICSE
syllabus
ART CAMPS:
Kala
Meal, New Delhi, 1984/85. Kalamela by Chennai Artists, Lalit Kala Akademi,
Chennai, 1990. International Tapestry Weaving Camp organized by Max Mueller
Bhavan at TASARA, Calicut, 1992. Sanghi Industries, Hyderabad, 1993/1995.
International Artists Camp at Bangalore conducted by Lalit Kala Akademi of New
Delhi, 2005. Printmaking Workshop at Chitra Kala Parishad, Bangalore, 2007,
SEMINAR: '50 years of Indian Art Institutions-Issues, Concepts and
Conversations, NCPA, Mumbai, 1997. Uttarayan Art Center, Jaspur, Baroda 2012.
65th Birthday of Our Hon’ble Chief Minister AMMA
Chennai, 2012, Tihar art camp painters camp orgnised by Lalit lala akedemy New
Delhi, 2017.State University of Performing And Visual Arts, Rothak, 2018, Mindtree school, Ambala, 2018, Lalit kala Akademi
camp, Bangalore, 2019.
AWARDS:
Maharashtra State Art Student Category
Exhibition, Dhule, 1980-82
National Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi,
1982.
Certificate of Merit, 'Swarnarekha',
Golden Jubilee Exhibition, Kolkata, 1987.
Certificate of Merit, All-India Youth
Art Exhibition, Calcutta, 1987.
Bharat Bhavan Biennale of contemporary
art, Bhopal, 1990.
Vishwanath Nagesh Smruti Puraskar,
Kalapushp, Sangli, 2007.
EXHIBITIONS:
Monsoon show- Jehangir Art
Gallery, 1982/83. Group Show, Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1989. 16
Indian Artists in Paris presented by Gallery du Cygne, Paris, 1989. Major
Trends, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 2004. Miniature Format Show, Kamalnayan
Bajaj Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2004. Harmony Show, Art Trust, Mumbai 2005. Focus
art gallery, Chennai, 2011. Gallery Time and Space, Bangalore, 2012. ‘Heal the nature and Restore Balance’
- Time and space Gallery, 2016. Carpe Diem art Gallery, Goa, 2019. Sadhana Dell
‘Arte, Goa, 2019.
ONE-MAN-SHOWS:
Sir J.J. Art Gallery, Mumbai, 1983.
Sakshi Gallery, Chennai, 1986.
Alliance Françoise, Chennai & New
Delhi, 1987.
Jahangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 1991.
Gallery Espace, New Delhi, 1993.
Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, 1994.
Centre for International Modern Arts,
Kolkata, 1995.
Focus art gallery 2011,
Gallery time and space 2012
SHORT FILM:
"Through the
Window" by R.V Ramani, [30 Min. Col], 1993.
Watch
me on Fame book.2012
COMISSION WORKS:
Murals
on high ceiling domes in the main hall of Tanishq show room in Bangalore,
Hyderabad, New Delhi, 1990 – 1995.Wall murals for TVS group.
COLLECTIONS:
NGMA,
New Delhi.Many
other public and private Collections in India and overseas.
CURATION PROJECT:
Art Bengaluru: coordinated
in 2015 with Suresh Jairam in UB city, Bangalore.
TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS:
Amber
Valley residential School – HOD of Art department, 2004 – 2013Visiting faculty at APL
Global School – IGSCE, 2017 - 2018Visiting faculty at NIFT,
Chennai, 2018
JURY:
Jury for 60th
National Art Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 2019Jury for NIFT Chennai 2019
FOUNDER:
BCRAF – Bhagwan Chavan
Research in Art Foundation 2017
PRESENTLY:
Works and lives in
Cholamandal Artists’ village, Chennai, India.
