EDUCATION
Master Degree in Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts,
Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda. In the initial
years taught art to children. Toured sited of stone
quarries throughout the country on a Govt. of India
scholarship to learn the qualities of stones and the
techniques of carving.
EXHIBITIONS
1961 National Exhb., Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
1965, 94 Exhb., Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay. 1967 9th
Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil. 1972, 74 Exhb. in Ahmedabad.
1975, 82 3rd and 5th Internationl Triennale, Lalit Kala
Akademi, New Delhi. 1975 12th Antwerp Biennale, Belgium.
1979, 90 Contemporary Asian Art Festival, Japan. 1982
Exhb., Urja Art Gallery, Baroda. 1982 Festival of India,
London. 1986 International Festival of Art, Baghdad.
1988 Festival of India, Tokyo. 1988 Exhb., Olympic Park,
Seoul, Korea. 1990 Contemporary Asian Art Festival,
Japan. 1995 Exhb., LTG Gallery, New Delhi. 1996 Exhb.,
Nazar Art Gallery, Vadodara. 1996 Recent Sculptures,
Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai. 2005 Manifestations III,
organised by Delhi Art Gallery, Nehru Center, Mumbai
and Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
COLLECTION
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. Lalit Kala
Akademi, New Delhi, Bangalore and Ahmedabad. Bharat
Bhavan, Bhopal. Jyoti Ltd., Vadodara. Museum of Fine
Arts, Chandigarh. Madhavan Nair Foundation, Kerala.
Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd., Vadodara. Delhi
Art Gallery, New Delhi.
AWARDS
1960 Award, Bombay State Art Exhb., Bombay. 1961, 76
National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. 1962,
63, 64 Received Gujarat State Award. 1962-64 Received
the Cultural Scholarship. 1976-78 Cultural Fellowship,
Ministry of Culture and Education, New Delhi. 1961,
76 National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. 1995-96
Emeritus Fellowship, Ministry of Culture and Education,
New Delhi. 1997 Gaurav Puraskar, Lalit Kala Akademi,
Gujarat. 2002 Received Individual Support Grant, Gottlieb
Foundation, USA.
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