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Akbar Padamsee Biography
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1949 |
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Received a degree in Fine Arts from Sir J.J. School of Arts, Bombay
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1965 |
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J.D. Rockefeller III. Fund Fellowship
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1969 - 1970 |
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Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship
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1998 |
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Bank of India Excellence Award
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2004 |
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Award: Lalit Kala Ratna, Lalit Kala Akademi
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Lives and works in Mumbai
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2012
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2011-12 'The Body Unbound', Rubin Museum of Art, New York (solo)
'Gallery Collection', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
'Rewind , Review ... ', Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
'Contemporary: A Selection of Modern and Contemporary Art', prsented by Sakshi Gallery at The Park, Chennai
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2011
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'Form and Formlessness', Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon
'States of Departure: Progressives to Present Day', Aicon Gallery, London
'POP: Progressives on Paper', Aicon Gallery, New York
'Masterclass', Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi
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2010
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'Body Parts', The Loft, Mumbai (solo)
Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai (solo)
'Figure/Landscape - Part One', Aicon Gallery, New York
'The Progressives & Associates', Grosvenor Gallery, London
'Black and White', Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai
'From Miniature to Modern: Traditions in Transition', Rob Dean Art, London in association with Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
'Black is Beautiful', India Fine Art, Mumbai
'Masters of Maharashtra', collection from Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi at Piramal Gallery, National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai
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2009
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'Bharat Ratna! Jewels of Modern Indian Art', Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
'Indian Art After Independence: Selected Works from the Collections of Virginia & Ravi Akhoury and Shelley & Donald Rubin', Emile Lowe Gallery, Hempstead
'Sacred and Secular', India Fine Art, Mumbai
'Think Small', Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
'Progressive to Altermodern: 62 Years of Indian Modern Art', Grosvenor Gallery, London
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2008
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‘Sensitive Surfaces’, Galerie Helene Lamarque, Paris (solo)
'Faces', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
‘Freedom 2008 – Sixty Years of Indian Independence’, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2007-08 ‘India Art Now: Between Continuity and Transformation’, Province of Milan, Milan, Italy
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2007
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‘Metascape to Humanscape’, Aicon Gallery, Palo Alto (solo)
‘Winter Show’, Aicon Gallery, Palo Alto
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2006
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Photographs, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai, India (solo)
Metascape to Humanscape’, Aicon Gallery, New York (solo)
Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA) Gallery, Kolkata
‘Shadow Lines’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
'Drawing Show an Act of Art II', Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai
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2005
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Gallery Threshold and the French Embassy in India, Delhi, India (solo)
Contemporary Indian Art, Nehru Center, London, UK
Threshold Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
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2004
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Retrospective of Watercolors, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, India (solo)
Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
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1992
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Art Heritage, New Delh, India (solo)
Sanskriti Art Gallery, Calcutta, India
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1991
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National Exposition of Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
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1982
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Contemporary Indian Art, Royal Academy of Art, London, UK
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1981
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India: Myth and Reality - Aspects of Modern Indian Art, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK
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1980
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Retrospective of works organized by Art Heritage Delhi and Mumbai, India (solo)
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1967
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal, Canada (solo)
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1960
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Painting in Grey, Gallery '59, Bombay, India (solo)
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1959
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Tokyo Biennale, Tokyo, Japan
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1958
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Seven Indian Painters, Gallery One, London, UK
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SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
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National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
Jehangir Nicholson Museum, Mumbai, India
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