A self taught artist, with business profession, he prefers to paint mainly in oil and acrylic medium. He started painting seriously over the last several years and prefers to paint landscapes and still life. He is well versed in Art History and fond of the study of old masters and contemporary artists as well as their trends and techniques.
He is recognized as an Artist by the Central Lalit Kala Academy, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi (ID Card issued: No-1177) and Youth Services and Cultural Department of Gujarat State, Gandhinagar.
State/Regional/All India Level Selections.
• National Exhibition of Central Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi.
• All India Exhibition organized by Indian Academy of Fine Arts, Amritsar.
• All India Exhibition of Maha Koshal Kala Parishad, Raipur.
• All India Art Exhibition organized by Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta.
• Gujarat State Lalit kala Academy’s Annual Exhibitions, Ahmedabad.
• Lokmaniya Tilak Art Exhibition, Pune.
Group Shows.
• Group Show at S.M. Art Gallery, Rajkot - 1994, 1995, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014.
• Group Show of Rajkot based artists organized as Platinum Jubilee Phoolchhab Show, Rajkot.
• “Flame-99”, an Art Exhibition of contemporary artists of Rajkot, organized by Indian Institute of Architects, Saurashtra Centre.
• Ravi Shankar Raval Kala Bhavan, Ahmedabad - 2007, 2010, 2014.
• Ami Chhag Art Gallery, Rajkot - 2009.
Awards.
• Samruti Purashkar at All India Art Exhibition, Maha Koshal Kala Parishad, Raipur.
• Received Momento at Phoolchhab Platinum Jubilee Art Show, Rajkot.
• Received cash award for Outdoor Landscape Painting at Saputara; organized by Gujarat Kala Pratishthan, Surat.
• Received Gujarat State Lalit Kala Academy Award, 2015 - Ahemdabad.
His works are in private collections in India and abroad. |