About Us

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

  • Art Hub, Abu Dhabi, UAE,
  • Floodlight Foundation, New Delhi,
  • India Cultural Centre, Busan, S.Korea,
  • Clayarch Gimahe Museum, Gimhae, S.Korea,
  • Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai,
  • Lalit Kala Akademi, Regional Centre, Chennai,
  • Apparao Gallery, Chennai,
  • Asian Heritage Foundation, New Delhi,
  • TAO Art Gallery, Mumbai,
  • Light Publications, Baroda,
  • Uttarayan Art Foundation, Baroda,
  • ‘Takhman 28’, Udaipur, Rajasthan,
  • Lalit Kala Akademi, Regional Centre, Lucknow,
  • RASA Art Gallery, Kolkata,
  • Beijing International Biennale Committee, Beijing, P.R. of China,
  • Mystic Art Gallery, New Delhi &
  • Various private collections in Kolkata, Chennai, New Delhi, Mumbai, Germany, Italy & Canada.