Manu Parekh

“Born in 1939 in Gujarat, Manu Parekh completed a Diploma in Drawing and Painting from the Sir J.J. School of Art.”

Honours and Awards

1992: Padma Shree by the Government of India
1991: Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta
1982: National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1974: All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society Award, New Delhi
1972: President of India’s Silver Plaque, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society Award, New Delhi
1971: Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta

About The Artist

Born 
1939 –Ahmedabad,Gujarat

Education

  • 1958-62 Diploma in Drawing & Painting, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai
  • 1951 Student of Mukundshroff, Ahemadabad

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • The 2014-15 ‘City of Magical Light’, Jehangir Art Gallery and Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • 2012 ‘Faith: Manu Parekh in Benaras: 1980-2012’, Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon
  • 2009 ‘The Pursuit of Intensity’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • 2004 ‘Banaras’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
  • 2003 ‘Portraits of Flower and Landscapes of River’, at Jehangir Art Gallery and Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • 1999 ‘Ritual Oblations’, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi
  • 1999 ‘People for Animals’, Art World, Chennai
  • 1999 ‘People for Animals’, Alliance Francois, Chandigarh
  • 1999 ‘Ritual Oblations’, Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore
  • 1999 ‘Ritual Oblations’, Sakshi Gallery and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • 1998 ‘Homage’, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
  • 1997 ARKS Gallery, London
  • 1996 BosePacia Modern, New York
  • 1995-96 ‘Still Lifes’, sponsored by Seagull Foundation, Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai
  • 1994 Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
  • 1992 Exhibition of Twenty-Five Years of Work sponsored by Seagull Foundation, New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai
  • 1991 ‘Small Drawings’, Sophia Duchesne Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • 1991 ‘Banaras Landscapes’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
  • 1990 ‘Small Drawings’, Village Gallery, New Delhi
  • 1990 ‘Man-Made Blindings (Bhagalpur Blindings)’, Cymroza Gallery, Mumbai
  • 1989 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • 1988 Paintings, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata
  • 1988 Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi
  • 1985 Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi
  • 1984 Ten Years of Work, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
  • 1984 Paintings and Watercolours, Urja Art Gallery, Baroda
  • 1981 Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi
  • 1978 Paintings, Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • 1976 Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi
  • 1975 Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi
  • 1974 Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi
  • 1970 Paintings, Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2012 ‘On A Journey’, Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon
  • 2011 ‘The Lost Sparrow’, presented by Gallery Threshold at Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
  • 2011 ‘Form and Formlessness’, Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon
  • 2011 ‘Aureus 2011′, GallerieNvya, New Delhi
  • 2010 ’10 x 10’, Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
  • 2010 ‘Who Has Seen Gandhi?’, presented by Tangerine Art Space at Raj Bhavan; KynKyny Art Gallery and Tangerine Art Space, Bangalore
  • 2010 ‘Evolve 10th Anniversary Show’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • 2010 ‘Snow’, The Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi in collaboration with Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • 2009 ‘Zip Files’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • 2008 ‘Faces’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • 2008 ‘Urgent Conversations’, Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre and Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
  • 2004 Nature Morte, New Delhi
  • 2004 Rituals at Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore
  • 2003 ‘Celebration of Colours’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • 2002 ‘The Affordable Art Show’, People for Animals, Maurya Sheraton, New Delhi
  • 2001 Eight Artists from Bengal, Indian Embassy, Berlin
  • 2001 ‘Works on Paper’, Bose Pacia Modern, New York
  • 2000 ‘Faces’, Gallery Espace, Dubai
  • 1999 ‘Icons’, Lakeeren Gallery. Mumbai
  • 1999 ‘As You Like It’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • 1998 Opening Show, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
  • 1997 ‘Colours of Independence’, organized by Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
  • 1997 ‘Fifty Years of Independence’, by National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi at Vadehra Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • 1997 ‘Through the Looking Glass’, Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai
  • 1997 ‘Gift for India’, Sahmat, New Delhi and Mumbai
  • 1997 ‘Major Trends of Indian Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
  • 1997 ‘Intuitive Logic’, HEART, New Delhi and Mumbai
  • 1997 ‘Kali’, an exhibition in Topical Museum, Amsterdam
  • 1996 Contemporary Indian Painters associated with Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • 1995 ‘Heads’, Maya Art Gallery, Hong Kong
  • 1995 Postcards for Gandhi, Sahmat
  • 1993 ‘Wounds’, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata and National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
  • 1993 Vadehra Art Gallery at Husain Ki Sarai, New Delhi
  • 1993 Opening Show, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
  • 1982 Seven Indian Artists, Travelling Exhibition in Worpswede, Hamburg, Hanover, Braunschweig, Bayreuth
  • 1982 Modern Indian Painting, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Hirsch Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
  • 1964-85 Thirty group shows in India and abroad

Participations

  • 2014 ‘Ode to Monumental: Celebration, Visuality, Ideology’, presented by Saffronart at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • 2012 ‘Art for Humanity’, Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai
  • 2011 ‘Ethos V: Indian Art Through the Lens of History (1900 to 1980), Indigo Blue Art, Singapore
  • 2011 ‘1:3:1- Part I’, W+K Exp, New Delhi
  • 2010 Annual Exhibition, Chawla Art Gallery, New Delhi
  • 1981 5th International Triennale, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi
  • 1978 4th International Triennale, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi
  • 1975 3rd International Triennale, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi
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