AMRUT PATEL

BEGINNINGS

Born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. 1975-96 Worked with Weaver`s Service Center, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India. Lives and works in New Delhi.

EDUCATION

• 1968 Diploma in painting, Gujarat State.
• 1970 Training in fresco and mural techniques, Banasthali, Rajasthan.

EXHIBITIONS

• 1989 Nature and Environment, organised by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi and Czechoslovakia.
• 1990 Participated in the Festival of India, Russia.
• Vishva Gurjary, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.
• Solo exhb., Indo-Soviet Roerich Art Club, New Delhi.
• 1993 Solo exhb., India International Centre, New Delhi.
• 1994 Solo exhb., Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad.
• Visited Eqypt with textile exhb., under "Days of India in Egypt".
• 1997 Visited Denmark on invitation from Trapholt Museum, Kolding.
• As exhb. designer for "The Indian Sari".
• 1998 Solo exhb., Art Today, New Delhi.
• Invited Artist, Lantern of the east, 5th Pyang Teak International Art Festival, Pyang Teak Cultural Centre.
• Exhb. of Contempqrary Art to support mentally handicapped, organised by "Prayas", AIFACS, New Delhi.
• Group exhb. of five eminent artist, organised by Haryana Tourism, Surajkund.
• 1999 Solo exhb., Admit One Gallery, New York.
• 2004 Solo exhb., Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
• Curator "Swarnrekha", exhb. of Nation

COLLECTION

• Air India, Mumbai.
• State Lalit Kala Akademi, Gujarat.
• State Bank of India, Mumbai.
• Readers Digest, Mumbai.
• Imprint, Mumbai.
• Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
• National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
• Ceat Tyre, Mumbai.
• Dura-Tex, Mumbai.
• Nehru Kala Kendra, Jaipur.
• Taj International, Mumbai.
• Doordarshan, New Delhi.
• Premier Automobiles, Mumbai.
• ICICI Limited, New Delhi.
• TCNS, New Delhi.
• Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.

AWARDS

• 1967, 78 Gujarat State Lalit Kala Akademi, Ahmedabad.
• 1968 Awarded Fellowship for painting, Fine Art College, Ahmedabad.
• Attended Art Teacher`s Seminar organised by Central Government at J.J. School of Art, Bombay and School of Art, Jabalpur.
• 1968 Award, Mysore Dashera Exhb., Mysore.
• 1968 Award, AIFACS Exhb., Amritsar.
• 1971 Award, Maha Koshal Kala Parishad, Raipur.
• 1976 National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
• 1980, 86 Award, Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi.
• 1990 National Award as Designer, Ministry of Textiles, New Delhi.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1969-71 Lecturer in Painting, Fine Art College, Ahmedabad. 1971-75 Lecturer in Painting, Fine Art College, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat.

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