EXHIBITIONS
1953-57 Exhb. at Srinagar & Bombay. (Also in 1959,
62, 64). 1962 Kumar Gallery, New Delhi. Exhb. at Los
Angles, USA. 1963, 65 Gallery Mayer, New York, Calcutta,
Kabul & Tel-Aviv. 1964 Revel Gallery, New York.
1967 Gallery Chemould, Bombay. Dhoomimal Art Gallery,
New Delhi. 1969 Pundole Art Gallery, Bombay. 1978 Triveni
Kala Sangam, Organised by Gallery Chanakya, South Korea.
1989 Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay. 1991 Little Theatre
Gallery, New Delhi. 1994 Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New
Delhi. 2003 Manifestations, organised by Delhi Art Gallery,
World Trade Center, Mumbai and Delhi Art Gallery, New
Delhi. 2004 Manifestations II, organised by Delhi Art
Gallery, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai and Delhi Art
Gallery, New Delhi. 2005 Manifestations III, organised
by Delhi Art Gallery, Nehru Center, Mumbai and Lalit
Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
COLLECTION
Glenbarra Art Museum, Hemeji. Chester and Davida Herwitz
Collection, USA. Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. National
Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. Neville Tuli and Osians
Connoisseurs of Art Archive, Mumbai. Delhi Art Gallery,
New Delhi.
AWARDS
1954-56 Cultural Scholarship, Govt. of India. 1957
National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. 1977
Awarded Padmashri, Govt. of India. 1979 Sahitya Akademi
Award for his collections of poems, Besukh Ruh, New
Delhi. 1984 Artist of the Year, Sahitya Kala Parishad,
New Delhi. 1984 Award, AIFACS, New Delhi. 1985 Received
Kalhana Award.
STYLE
The basic underpinning of the style, on which Santosh
built his artistic expression, is the Kashmir Shaiva
philosophy. The geometrically precised and symmetrical
compositions are seemingly structured in the manner
of classical Mandala`s or Yantra`s, yet they are not
mere appropriation.
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