BEGINNINGS
He was born at Akola, Maharashtra. 1959-69 Worked as
Textile Designer for Handloom, W.S.C. Govt. of India
in Madras, Delhi and Bombay. 1962 He was the organising
member of `Group 1890`. 1966,68 He was invited by the
German Govt. to be a guest artist. 1971 Travelled to
USA on the invitation of the Central Govt. 1986 Served
on the jury of the Bharat Bhavan Biennale, Bhopal. Lives
and works in Oslo, Norway.
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EDUCATION
- 1947-52 Diploma (Painting) J.J. School of Art,
Bombay.
EXHIBITIONS
- 1951 Non- Representation Group Exhb., Bombay.
- 1960 `12 Young Painters`, New Delhi.
- 1962 Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi.
- 1963 `Group 1890`, group show inaugurated by Pandit
Jawaharlal Nehru.
- 1964 `Art Now in India`, New Castle, England &
Ghent, Belgium.
- 1965 Participated in the Tokyo Biennale, Japan.
- 1965-70 Solo show at Kunika Chemould Gallery, New
Delhi.
- 1966 National Exhb. Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala
Akademi, New Delhi.
- 1967 Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil.
- 1967 `Twentyfive Years of Art in Bombay`, sponsored
by Chemould Gallery.
- 1967 `Contemporary Art in India and Iran`, sponsored
by the Ben and Abie Foundation. 1968 `Five Contemporaries`,
New Delhi and Ahmedabad.
- 1968-69 Chemould Gallery, Bombay. 1970 `Art Today`,
Ashoka Gallery, New Delhi.
- 1970 Nagar Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
- 1970 Coray Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland.
- 1970 Exhb. at Konark Gallery, New Delhi.
- 1973 Solo Exhb. at Gallery Art, Zurich.
- 1973-75 Surya Gallerie, Freinsheim, Germany.
COLLECTION
- National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
- Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
- Roopankar-Museum of Art, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal.
- Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta.
- Chandigarh University Museum, Chandigarh.
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay.
- Taj Hotel, Bombay.
- Masanori Fuluoka, Glenbarra Art Museum, Hemeji,
Japan.
- Ben & Abbey Grey Foundation, USA. H.M. Shahabanu
of Iran.
- State Gallery, Norway.
- Norsk Kulturrad, Norway.
- Jehangir Nicholson Museum, NCPA, Bombay.
- Mr. Yehudi Menuhin.
- Dr. Octavio Paz, Mexico.
- Mr. & Mrs. R. Rettberg, West Germany.
- Mr. Peter Rindle, Vienna.
- Dr. Lee, Canada.
- Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Whaley, U.K.
- Dr. E. Riedi.
- Mr. & Mrs. Imhasely.
- Mrs. V. Raeber, Switzerland.
- Mr. W. Beardsley.
- Dr. Samuel Clerk. Mrs. Kerson.
- Mr. and Mrs. Paul Aimmermann, U.S.A.
- Mr. P.N. Amersey.
- Mr. D.S. Bottlewala.
- Mr. J.M. Billimoria.
- Mr. J.P. Dubash.
- Mr. S.P. Godrej.
- Mr. & Mrs. Navroz Vakil, Bomba
AWARDS
- 1963 Received National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi,
New Delhi.
- 1965 He was invited to West Germany.
- 1970 He was invited to the United States.
- 1990-91 He was appointed `Artist in Residence`,
Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal.
- 1994,96 Stripend from BKS, Norway.
STYLE
Familiar whorls and whirls of the broad brush, with
textures created by its hairlines. All this may look
like furrowed land seen from the air, or a cross-section
of the earth`s womb discovered deep down some shaft,
or reflections of reeds undulating in a placid stream,
or spools of celluloid unwound and left on the floor
in a heap. This is, of course only to find a verbal
parallel to describe the visual schemes of Ambadas not
to pinpoint their essence, which is a sort of dynamic
movement of form, light and colour, all together.
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