BORN
17TH August 1982.
Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
EDUCATION
2005 M.F.A
2003 B.F.A.
College of Arts & Craft, Faculty of Fine Arts, Lucknow University (U.P.)
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIP
2011 NATIONAL ACADEMY AWARD, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
2011 Best Exhibit of the year Award, AIFACS, New Delhi.
2010 Lalit Kala Research Grant, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
2007 National Young Artist Scholarship, Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
RESIDENCY
2015 Upcycled Art Festival II, Art Hub Liwa, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
(Four Weeks residency, March)
2013 Nomadic India Residency, Clayarch Gimhae Museum, Gimhae, S.Korea.
(Five weeks residency, July-August)
2012 ‘Earth Matters’ An Indo Korean Ceramic Residency, Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai.
(Four week residency, Jan.-Feb.)
SOLO SHOW
2011 ‘A DISTINCT ALLEGORY’ Apparao Galleries, Chennai.
2010 ‘SCABROUS ALLURE’ Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai.
2009 ‘THIS WAY’ Fine Arts Faculty, M.S.University Baroda.
INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATIONS
2015 ‘Art Takes Wings’ Art Hub Liwa, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
‘Hello India’ Art 507, Seoul, S.Korea.
2014 ‘New Year New India’ Gallery Jung, Seoul, S.Korea.
‘Colorful Wonderful’ YIDO Gallery, Seoul, S. Korea.
2013 Special exhibition of International Residency Artists in Korea, Ilju & Seonhwa Gallery, Seoul, S.Korea.
‘Nomadic Garden’ Clayarch Gimhae Museum, Gimhae, S.Korea.
2012 5th Beijing International Art Biennale, Beijing, P.R.China.
2008 3rd Beijing International Art Biennale, Beijing, P.R.China.
‘ART ACTION’ Malcolm De Chazal Art Gallery, Curepipe, Mauritus.
GROUP SHOWS
2015 ‘Art of Chess’, Apparao Galleries, New Delhi.
2014 ‘Divergent Horizons’, Lalit Kala Akademi, RC, Chennai.
Exhibition of Ceramics, ABS Gallery, Baroda.
‘NAVAKA’ SGPGI Campus, Lucknow.
2013 ‘PAUSE n PLAY’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
‘PARALLEL REALITY’ by Pallete Art Studio, in Devlalikar Art Gallery, Indore.
2012 ‘EARTH MATTERS’ Indo Korean Ceramic Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai.
Group Show of Paintings & Ceramics, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
‘THE SCHOLARS SHOW’ exhibition of Lalit Kala Research Scholars, LKA, RC, Lucknow.
2010 ‘EXCELLENCE IN CERAMICS’ India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
‘FROM THE CENTER’ A group exhibition of Contemporary Indian Ceramists, Gallery Art & Soul, Mumbai.
2008 ‘ART n SOUL’ Gallery ACCRETE, Udaipur, Rajasthan.
‘DIFFERENT STROKES’ Mystiq art Gallery, New Delhi.
2007 ‘DUO’ An exhibition of Paintings & Ceramic sculptures, New Delhi.
‘TIME & SPACE’ A Group Exhibition of Paintings & Ceramics at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata.
PARTICIPATIONS
2015 ‘CIMA Award Show’ CIMA Gallery, Kolkata.
2014 ‘MRITTIKA II’, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal.
2013 United Art Fair, New Delhi.
2012 ‘THE PLATTERS SHOW’, A Fundraiser exhibition of People For Animals, New Delhi.
2011 53rd National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
119th Annual All India Art Exhibition of Bombay Art Society, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
17th All India Studio Pottery Exhibition, AIFACS, New Delhi.
2007 11TH All India Art Exhibition of State Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow.
2006 15th All India exhibition of Studio Pottery organized by AIFACS New Delhi.
72nd Annual All India Art Exhibition of Indian Academy of Fine Arts, Amritsar, Punjab.
26th Annual State Exhibition of State Lalit Kala Academy, Lucknow.
WORKSHOPS/CAMPS
2014 Installation Camp, Lalit Kala Akademi, Regional Centre, Lucknow.
2013 International Ceramic Camp, Uttarayan Art Foundation, Baroda.
2009 Multimedia Art Camp Organized by Takhman-28, & W.Z.C.C. Udaipur.
2007 ‘KALA UTSAV’ Regional Artists Camp, Lalit Kala Akademi, Regional Centre, Lucknow.
COLLECTION