EDUCATION :
Master of Fine Art
( Portrait Painting ) [ First Class ,
1996 ]
AWARDS :
State Award for
Portrait Painting
Shirgaonkar Award
for Portrait Painting
First prize in
photography competition “ LIGHT ”in Dec. 2008
Selected as an ARTIST of the month on
site of “bcagalleries.com”
in Dec. 2008
My work has been
selected for the 2016 Best of Coffee Table Book
International
Emerging Artist Award 2016 Dubai art fair .
Certificate of
participation award & nominated in Top 140 Mumbai .
photographers in the
3rd annual international contest 2017, Moscow –
Russia .
Entry { My work }
printed in the Spring International Circle Quarterly Art
Review Magazine contest
, Lyon , France 9th May 2018 . Contemporary
Art
Magazine by Circle
Foundation. Published in France Printed in the
Netherlands/USA Distributed
internationally .
July 2018 - The
Artist was selected as a contest finalist and has been invited
For “ SPECTRUM
MIAMI ART FAIR ” , USA to exhibit with us at the show .
Community Choice
Award for best creative portrait on www.viewbug.com on
10th
November 2018 .
Image selected in
top 50 for the contest “ CELEBRATION ” by Agora Gallery,
New York , NY ,
USA in January 2019
Image selected in
top 50 for the contest “ YELLOW ” by Agora Gallery , New
York , NY , USA in
June 2019
Outstanding
Creativity Award for the image “ Life On Wires ” on
viewbug.com
contest in June 2019
Special
recognition award in landscape photography as LUCKY 3 AWARD on
viewbug.com
contest in July 2019
“ The Celebrity Award ” for Portrait Image on viewbug.com
, contest in
August 2019 “
Inspirational Story ” which has received the highest
appreciation .
PROFICIENCY :
“
URBAN LIVING & DRAWING THE LINES ” at Spectrum – Miami Art
Festival , represented by Fine Arts Initiatives , New York in December 2018 .
“ URBAN LIVING & DRAWING THE LINES ” at
Jehangir Art Gallery ,
Terrace Art Gallery,
Mumbai in November 2018 .
“PENTIMENTO”
at
Jehangir Art Gallery , Hirji Gallery, Mumbai in March
2011 .
Held 2nd solo
exhibition titled “ FLOWERS ” at Piramal Art Gallery , NCPA ,
Mumbai in October 2006.
all work from this exhibition has been sent for
“ HASSELBLAD MASTERS ” by Mazda Imaging Pvt. Ltd.
( Hasselblad’s Authorised
agents in India )
Held 1st solo exhibition
of B&W Fine Art Photographic work, titled "
Paintings by Light "
at Piramal Art Gallery , NCPA , Mumbai. I use
Hasselblad 6 x 6 camera .
Six exhibited images has been published in
India’s First
fine art photography book, ( Fine Art – through the lens ) .
I have been honored to be one of the 32 Indian Fine Art Photographers
whose work has
been selected for this book .
GROUP
EXHIBITION :
Group show in
France , Europe in February 2020 .
Group show in
Saint Petersburg , Russia on 13th December 2019 .
Participation in SeeMe’s One Self competition
, celebrating identity and
self-reflection . Digital
exhibition at the Chashama Gala & afterparty in
New York City on 13th
June 2019 .
“ COSMOS ” an Indo-Russian
Contemporary Art Exhibition at Vskladchinu
Gallery in Saint
Petersburg from 11th May to 16th May 2019 curated by
Santanu Roy City
Art Factory , Kolkata .
At hotel
Jodquellenhof , Ludwigstrasse “ Art around the world ” a
contemporary art
exhibition held in Bad Toolz , Bayem , Germany by
City Art Factory
- India in association with Corky Art - Germany From
21 to 23 March
2019 .
At Arpana Fine
Arts Gallery , 3rd All India Annual Art Exhibition , Delhi
From 1 to 7 March
2019 .
At Ratnagiri “
OOD BOX ” Group show , Rangadhanee Art Gallery ,
Ratnagiri , in
February 2018
At Goa Affordable
Art Festival , Bardez , Goa , in December 2017
At ACSA US
Embassy , New Delhi , July 2015 “ Monsoon Medley ”
At LE MERIDIEN ,
Gurgaon , Delhi in May 2015 “ Creative Fantasies ”
At Museum Art
Gallery , Mumbai in August 2011 “ Vivid Expressions ”
At BKC , Mumbai
in February 2011 “ Global Kokan ”
At The Strand Art
Room, Colaba , Mumbai in Dec. 2009 “ Inside Outside
– Gender &
Class ”
Art Gallery,
Hyderabad in July 2009 “ IN ESSENCE ” Minimal Art Exhibition
At Nehru Centre
Art Gallery, Worli, Mumbai in January 2009 “
NINE PALLETS
”