Manu Parekh
Selected Solo Exhibitions
‘Manu Parekh: Recent Paintings’, Presented by Saffronart at Lalit Kala Akademi - 2019
‘Retrospective, Manu Parekh, ?60 Years of Selected Works’, Presented by Art & Soul Gallery, Mumbai, at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai - 2018
‘City of Magical Light’, Jehangir Art Gallery and Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai - 2014-15
‘Faith: Manu Parekh in Benaras: 1980-2012’, Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon - 2012
‘The Pursuit of Intensity’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai - 2009
‘Banaras’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi - 2004
‘Portraits of Flower and Landscapes of River’, at Jehangir Art Gallery and Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai - 2003
‘Ritual Oblations’, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi - 1999
‘People for Animals’, Art World, Chennai - 1999
‘People for Animals’, Alliance Francois, Chandigarh - 1999
‘Ritual Oblations’, Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore - 1999
‘Ritual Oblations’, Sakshi Gallery and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai - 1999
‘Homage’, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata - 1998
ARKS Gallery, London - 1997
BosePacia Modern, New York - 1996
‘Still Lifes’, sponsored by Seagull Foundation, Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai - 1995-96
Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi - 1994
‘Exhibition of Twenty-Five Years of Works’, sponsored by Seagull Foundation, New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai - 1992
‘Small Drawings’, Sophia Duchesne Art Gallery, Mumbai - 1991
‘Banaras Landscapes’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi - 1991
‘Small Drawings’, Village Gallery, New Delhi - 1990
‘Man-Made Blindings (Bhagalpur Blindings)’, Cymroza Gallery, Mumbai - 1990
Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai - 1989
Paintings, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata - 1988
Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi - 1988
Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi - 1985
Ten Years of Work, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata - 1984
Paintings and Watercolours, Urja Art Gallery, Baroda - 1984
1974, 75, 76 and 1981 Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi
1970 & 78 Paintings, Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
Graphics and Paintings, Ahmedabad - 1968
Selected Group Exhibitions
‘On A Journey’, Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon - 2012
‘The Lost Sparrow’, presented by Gallery Threshold at Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi - 2011
‘Form and Formlessness’, Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon - 2011
‘Aureus 2011’, Gallerie Nvya, New Delhi - 2011
‘10 x 10’, Gallery Threshold, New Delhi - 2010
‘Who Has Seen Gandhi?’, presented by Tangerine Art Space at Raj Bhavan; KynKyny Art Gallery and Tangerine Art Space, Bangalore - 2010
‘Evolve: 10th Anniversary Show’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai - 2010
‘Snow’, The Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi in collaboration with Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai - 2010
‘Zip Files’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai - 2009
‘Faces’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai - 2008
‘Urgent Conversations’, Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre and Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi - 2008
Nature Morte, New Delhi - 2004
Rituals at Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore - 2004
‘Celebration of Colours’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai - 2003
‘The Affordable Art Show’, People for Animals, Maurya Sheraton, New Delhi - 2002
Eight Artists from Bengal, Indian Embassy, Berlin - 2001
‘Works on Paper’, Bose Pacia Modern, New York - 2001
‘Faces’, Gallery Espace, Dubai - 2000
‘Icons’, Lakeeren Gallery. Mumbai - 1999
‘As You Like It’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai - 1999
Opening Show, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai - 1998
‘Colours of Independence’, organized by Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi - 1997
‘Fifty Years of Independence’, by National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi at Vadehra Art Gallery, Mumbai - 1997
‘Through the Looking Glass’, Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai - 1997
‘Gift for India’, Sahmat, New Delhi and Mumbai - 1997
‘Major Trends of Indian Ar’t, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi - 1997
‘Intuitive Logic’, HEART, New Delhi and Mumbai - 1997
‘Kali’, exhibition in Topical Museum, Amsterdam - 1997
Contemporary Indian Painters associated with Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai - 1996
‘Heads’, Maya Art Gallery, Hong Kong - 1995
Postcards for Gandhi, Sahmat - 1995
‘Wounds’, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata and National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi - 1993
Vadehra Art Gallery at Husain Ki Sarai, New Delhi - 1993
Opening Show, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata - 1993
Seven Indian Artists, Travelling Exhibition in Worpswede, Hamburg, Hanover, Brauschweig, Bayeuth - 1982
Modern Indian Painting, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Hirschom Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC - 1982
Participations
‘Ode to Monumental: Celebration, Visuality, Ideology’, presented by Saffronart at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai - 2014
‘Art for Humanity’, Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai - 2012
‘Ethos V: Indian Art through the Lens of History (1900 to 1980), Indigo Blue Art, Singapore - 2011
‘1:3:1- Part I’, W+K Exp, New Delhi - 2011
Annual Exhibition, Chawla Art Gallery, New Delhi - 2010
1981, 78, 75 5th, 4th and 3rd International Triennale, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi
Born in 1939, Ahmedabad, Gujarat (India) I believe that the flower is one of the most impressive forms in nature. It is organic in nature but has seemingly contradictory forces inherent within it: sexuality and
Born in 1939, Ahmedabad, Gujarat (India) I believe that the flower is one of the most impressive forms in nature. It is organic in nature but has seemingly contradictory forces inherent within it: sexuality and spirituality.
Academics
1958-62 Diploma in Drawing & Painting, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai
1951 Student of Mukund Shroff, Ahmadabad
Awards
Honours and Awards
Padma Shree by the Government of India - 1992
Birla Academy of Art and Culture award, Calcutta - 1991 & 1971
National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi - 1982
All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society Award, New Delhi - 1974
President of India’s Silver Plaque, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society Award, New Delhi - 1972
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Born in 1939, Ahmedabad, Gujarat (India) I believe that the flower is one of the most impressive forms in nature. It is organic in nature but has seemingly contradictory forces inherent within it: sexuality and
Born in 1939, Ahmedabad, Gujarat (India) I believe that the flower is one of the most impressive forms in nature. It is organic in nature but has seemingly contradictory forces inherent within it: sexuality and spirituality.
Academics
1958-62 Diploma in Drawing & Painting, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai
1951 Student of Mukund Shroff, Ahmadabad
Awards
Honours and Awards
Padma Shree by the Government of India - 1992
Birla Academy of Art and Culture award, Calcutta - 1991 & 1971
National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi - 1982
All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society Award, New Delhi - 1974
President of India’s Silver Plaque, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society Award, New Delhi - 1972
Selected Solo Exhibitions
‘Manu Parekh: Recent Paintings’, Presented by Saffronart at Lalit Kala Akademi - 2019
‘Retrospective, Manu Parekh, ?60 Years of Selected Works’, Presented by Art & Soul Gallery, Mumbai, at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai - 2018
‘City of Magical Light’, Jehangir Art Gallery and Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai - 2014-15
‘Faith: Manu Parekh in Benaras: 1980-2012’, Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon - 2012
‘The Pursuit of Intensity’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai - 2009
‘Banaras’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi - 2004
‘Portraits of Flower and Landscapes of River’, at Jehangir Art Gallery and Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai - 2003
‘Ritual Oblations’, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi - 1999
‘People for Animals’, Art World, Chennai - 1999
‘People for Animals’, Alliance Francois, Chandigarh - 1999
‘Ritual Oblations’, Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore - 1999
‘Ritual Oblations’, Sakshi Gallery and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai - 1999
‘Homage’, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata - 1998
ARKS Gallery, London - 1997
BosePacia Modern, New York - 1996
‘Still Lifes’, sponsored by Seagull Foundation, Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai - 1995-96
Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi - 1994
‘Exhibition of Twenty-Five Years of Works’, sponsored by Seagull Foundation, New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai - 1992
‘Small Drawings’, Sophia Duchesne Art Gallery, Mumbai - 1991
‘Banaras Landscapes’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi - 1991
‘Small Drawings’, Village Gallery, New Delhi - 1990
‘Man-Made Blindings (Bhagalpur Blindings)’, Cymroza Gallery, Mumbai - 1990
Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai - 1989
Paintings, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata - 1988
Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi - 1988
Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi - 1985
Ten Years of Work, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata - 1984
Paintings and Watercolours, Urja Art Gallery, Baroda - 1984
1974, 75, 76 and 1981 Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi
1970 & 78 Paintings, Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
Graphics and Paintings, Ahmedabad - 1968
Selected Group Exhibitions
‘On A Journey’, Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon - 2012
‘The Lost Sparrow’, presented by Gallery Threshold at Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi - 2011
‘Form and Formlessness’, Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon - 2011
‘Aureus 2011’, Gallerie Nvya, New Delhi - 2011
‘10 x 10’, Gallery Threshold, New Delhi - 2010
‘Who Has Seen Gandhi?’, presented by Tangerine Art Space at Raj Bhavan; KynKyny Art Gallery and Tangerine Art Space, Bangalore - 2010
‘Evolve: 10th Anniversary Show’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai - 2010
‘Snow’, The Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi in collaboration with Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai - 2010
‘Zip Files’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai - 2009
‘Faces’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai - 2008
‘Urgent Conversations’, Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre and Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi - 2008
Nature Morte, New Delhi - 2004
Rituals at Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore - 2004
‘Celebration of Colours’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai - 2003
‘The Affordable Art Show’, People for Animals, Maurya Sheraton, New Delhi - 2002
Eight Artists from Bengal, Indian Embassy, Berlin - 2001
‘Works on Paper’, Bose Pacia Modern, New York - 2001
‘Faces’, Gallery Espace, Dubai - 2000
‘Icons’, Lakeeren Gallery. Mumbai - 1999
‘As You Like It’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai - 1999
Opening Show, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai - 1998
‘Colours of Independence’, organized by Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi - 1997
‘Fifty Years of Independence’, by National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi at Vadehra Art Gallery, Mumbai - 1997
‘Through the Looking Glass’, Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai - 1997
‘Gift for India’, Sahmat, New Delhi and Mumbai - 1997
‘Major Trends of Indian Ar’t, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi - 1997
‘Intuitive Logic’, HEART, New Delhi and Mumbai - 1997
‘Kali’, exhibition in Topical Museum, Amsterdam - 1997
Contemporary Indian Painters associated with Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai - 1996
‘Heads’, Maya Art Gallery, Hong Kong - 1995
Postcards for Gandhi, Sahmat - 1995
‘Wounds’, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata and National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi - 1993
Vadehra Art Gallery at Husain Ki Sarai, New Delhi - 1993
Opening Show, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata - 1993
Seven Indian Artists, Travelling Exhibition in Worpswede, Hamburg, Hanover, Brauschweig, Bayeuth - 1982
Modern Indian Painting, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Hirschom Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC - 1982
Participations
‘Ode to Monumental: Celebration, Visuality, Ideology’, presented by Saffronart at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai - 2014
‘Art for Humanity’, Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai - 2012
‘Ethos V: Indian Art through the Lens of History (1900 to 1980), Indigo Blue Art, Singapore - 2011
‘1:3:1- Part I’, W+K Exp, New Delhi - 2011
Annual Exhibition, Chawla Art Gallery, New Delhi - 2010
1981, 78, 75 5th, 4th and 3rd International Triennale, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
‘Manu Parekh: Recent Paintings’, Presented by Saffronart at Lalit Kala Akademi - 2019
‘Retrospective, Manu Parekh, ?60 Years of Selected Works’, Presented by Art & Soul Gallery, Mumbai, at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai - 2018
‘City of Magical Light’, Jehangir Art Gallery and Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai - 2014-15
‘Faith: Manu Parekh in Benaras: 1980-2012’, Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon - 2012
‘The Pursuit of Intensity’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai - 2009
‘Banaras’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi - 2004
‘Portraits of Flower and Landscapes of River’, at Jehangir Art Gallery and Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai - 2003
‘Ritual Oblations’, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi - 1999
‘People for Animals’, Art World, Chennai - 1999
‘People for Animals’, Alliance Francois, Chandigarh - 1999
‘Ritual Oblations’, Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore - 1999
‘Ritual Oblations’, Sakshi Gallery and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai - 1999
‘Homage’, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata - 1998
ARKS Gallery, London - 1997
BosePacia Modern, New York - 1996
‘Still Lifes’, sponsored by Seagull Foundation, Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai - 1995-96
Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi - 1994
‘Exhibition of Twenty-Five Years of Works’, sponsored by Seagull Foundation, New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai - 1992
‘Small Drawings’, Sophia Duchesne Art Gallery, Mumbai - 1991
‘Banaras Landscapes’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi - 1991
‘Small Drawings’, Village Gallery, New Delhi - 1990
‘Man-Made Blindings (Bhagalpur Blindings)’, Cymroza Gallery, Mumbai - 1990
Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai - 1989
Paintings, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata - 1988
Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi - 1988
Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi - 1985
Ten Years of Work, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata - 1984
Paintings and Watercolours, Urja Art Gallery, Baroda - 1984
1974, 75, 76 and 1981 Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi
1970 & 78 Paintings, Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
Graphics and Paintings, Ahmedabad - 1968
Selected Group Exhibitions
‘On A Journey’, Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon - 2012
‘The Lost Sparrow’, presented by Gallery Threshold at Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi - 2011
‘Form and Formlessness’, Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon - 2011
‘Aureus 2011’, Gallerie Nvya, New Delhi - 2011
‘10 x 10’, Gallery Threshold, New Delhi - 2010
‘Who Has Seen Gandhi?’, presented by Tangerine Art Space at Raj Bhavan; KynKyny Art Gallery and Tangerine Art Space, Bangalore - 2010
‘Evolve: 10th Anniversary Show’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai - 2010
‘Snow’, The Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi in collaboration with Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai - 2010
‘Zip Files’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai - 2009
‘Faces’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai - 2008
‘Urgent Conversations’, Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre and Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi - 2008
Nature Morte, New Delhi - 2004
Rituals at Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore - 2004
‘Celebration of Colours’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai - 2003
‘The Affordable Art Show’, People for Animals, Maurya Sheraton, New Delhi - 2002
Eight Artists from Bengal, Indian Embassy, Berlin - 2001
‘Works on Paper’, Bose Pacia Modern, New York - 2001
‘Faces’, Gallery Espace, Dubai - 2000
‘Icons’, Lakeeren Gallery. Mumbai - 1999
‘As You Like It’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai - 1999
Opening Show, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai - 1998
‘Colours of Independence’, organized by Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi - 1997
‘Fifty Years of Independence’, by National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi at Vadehra Art Gallery, Mumbai - 1997
‘Through the Looking Glass’, Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai - 1997
‘Gift for India’, Sahmat, New Delhi and Mumbai - 1997
‘Major Trends of Indian Ar’t, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi - 1997
‘Intuitive Logic’, HEART, New Delhi and Mumbai - 1997
‘Kali’, exhibition in Topical Museum, Amsterdam - 1997
Contemporary Indian Painters associated with Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai - 1996
‘Heads’, Maya Art Gallery, Hong Kong - 1995
Postcards for Gandhi, Sahmat - 1995
‘Wounds’, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata and National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi - 1993
Vadehra Art Gallery at Husain Ki Sarai, New Delhi - 1993
Opening Show, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata - 1993
Seven Indian Artists, Travelling Exhibition in Worpswede, Hamburg, Hanover, Brauschweig, Bayeuth - 1982
Modern Indian Painting, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Hirschom Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC - 1982
Participations
‘Ode to Monumental: Celebration, Visuality, Ideology’, presented by Saffronart at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai - 2014
‘Art for Humanity’, Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai - 2012
‘Ethos V: Indian Art through the Lens of History (1900 to 1980), Indigo Blue Art, Singapore - 2011
‘1:3:1- Part I’, W+K Exp, New Delhi - 2011
Annual Exhibition, Chawla Art Gallery, New Delhi - 2010
1981, 78, 75 5th, 4th and 3rd International Triennale, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi
