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Bhupen Khakhar Biography
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1954 |
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Bachelor of Arts, Mumbai University, Mumbai
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1956 |
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Bachelor of Commerce, Mumbai University, Qualifies as a Chartered Accountant
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1964 |
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Master of Arts (Art Criticism), Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
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2012
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Aqua - Gallery Beyond, Mumbai
The Calendar Project: Iconography in the 20th Century - National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
Crossings: Time Unfolded, Part 2 - Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
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2011
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The Body Unbound - Rubin Museum of Art, New York
Ethos V: Indian Art Through the Lens of History (1900 to 1980) - Indigo Blue Art, Singapore
Masters Ltd: Limited Editions - Gallery Beyond, Mumbai
Anecdotes - Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
Watermark II - Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai
High-Light - Mumbai at The Oberoi, Gurgaon
Manifestations V - Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
Narrations, Quotations & Commentaries - Grosvenor Gallery, London
Time Unfolded - Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
Of Humour, Wit & Satire - Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
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2010
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Orientations: Trajectories in Indian Art - Foundation 'De 11 Lijnen', Oudenburg, Belgium
Summer Show 2010 - Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
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2009
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Lo Real Maravilloso: Marvelous Reality - Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
Long Gone & Living Now - Gallerie Mirchandani + Steinreucke, Mumbai
Progressive to Altermodern: 62 Years of Indian Modern Art - Grosvenor Gallery, London
Kalpana: Figurative Art in India - Aicon Gallery, London; The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)
Shifting Shapes, Unstable Signs - Yale School of Art, Connecticut, USA
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2008
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Body Chatter: An Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art - Walsh Gallery, Chicago
Modern India - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM), Valencia, Spain
Expanding Horizons: Contemporary Indian Art (Traveling Exhibition) - P.L.Despande Kala Academy Art Gallery, Mumbai; Sant Dyaneshwar Natya Sankul Art Gallery, Amravati; Platinum Jubilee Hall, Nagpur; Tapadia Natya Mandir Sports Hall, Aurangabad; Hirachand Nemchand Vachanalay’s, Solapur; Acharya Vidyanand Sanskrutik Bhavan, Kolhapur; PGSR Sabhagriha, SNDT, Pune; Sarvajanik Vachanalaya Hall, Nasik
Moderns - Royal Cultural Centre, Amman, Jordan
Multiple Modernities: India, 1905-2005 - Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA
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2007
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India Art Now: Between Continuity and Transformation - Province of Milan, Milan, Italy
Horn Please: Narratives in Contemporary Indian Art - Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
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2006
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Posthumous Exhibitions:
Inventing / Inverting Traditions - Grosvenor Vadehra, London
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2003
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A Retrospective - Mumbai at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
Solo Exhibition - Sarjan Art Gallery, Baroda
Sub Terrain: Artworks in the City Fold - Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
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2002
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Contemporary Indian Art : Gulammohammed Sheikh, Bhupen Khakhar - Walsh Gallery, Chicago
Telling Tales: Narrative Impulses in Recent Art - Tate, Liverpool
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2001
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Solo Exhibition - Optica Gallery, Montreal/ Charles H.Scott Gallery, Vancouver
Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
Bhupen Khakhar - Reina Sofia, Madrid; toured to The Lowry, Manchester
Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis - Tate Modern, London
Abbild: Recent Portraiture and Depiction - Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria
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2000
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A Global View: Indian Artists at Home in the World - Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
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1998
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Solo Exhibition - The Fine Art Resource, Berlin; The Gate Foundation, Amsterdam
Private Mythology: Contemporary Art from India - The Japan Foundation, Tokyo
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1997
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Solo Exhibition - Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
Indian Contemporary Art– Post Independence - Vadehra Gallery, Delhi, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
Colors of Independence - Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
Tryst with Destiny - Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata, Singapore Art Museum
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1996
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Contemporary Art in Asia : Traditions / Tensions - Asia Society, New York
Watercolors: A Broader Spectrum III - Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
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1995
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Solo Exhibition - Kapil Jariwala Gallery, London
100 Years: From the NGMA Collection - National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
The Other Self: Exhibition of Indian and Dutch Artists - National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi / Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam
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1993
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Solo Exhibition - Gallery Ka-Eins, Frankfurt
The Spirit of India - Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag
India Songs: Multiple Streams in Contemporary Indian art - Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
A Critical Difference: Contemporary Art from India - Aberystwyth Arts Centre Touring Exhibition, U.K.
Trends and Images - Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
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1992
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Solo Exhibition - Galerie Schoo, Foundation for Indian Artists, Amsterdam
Journeys within Landscapes - Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
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1991
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Solo Exhibition - Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
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1990
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Ambassadors Choice: Contemporary Indian Art from the Collection of H. E. Mrs. E. M. School of The Netherlands - National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
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1989
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The Richness of the Spirit: Selection from Contemporary Figurative Indian Art - Kuwait Museum, Egyptian Academy, Rome
Open Mind - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent
Artists Alert - Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
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1987
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Coups de Coeur - Halle Sud, Geneva
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1986
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Solo Exhibition - Gallery Watari, Tokyo
Contemporary Indian Artists - Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
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1985
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Solo Exhibition - Kanoria Centre for Arts/ Hutheesingh Visual Arts Centre, Ahmedabad
East-West Encounter: Exhibition and Symposium - Jehangir Art Gallery/ Max Mueller Bhavan/ National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai
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1983
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Solo Exhibition - Knoedler Gallery, London
Solo Exhibition - Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad
Solo Exhibition - Urja Art Gallery, Baroda
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1982
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Contemporary Indian Art, Festival of India - Royal Academy of Arts, London
Six Indian Painters - Tate Gallery, London
Contemporary Indian Art - Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.
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1981
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Place for People - Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
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1979
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Solo Exhibition - Anthony Stokes Gallery, London
Solo Exhibition - Hester van Royen Gallery, London
Narrative Paintings: Figurative Art of Two Generations - ICA, Bristol, London
Focus: 4 Painters, 4 Directions - Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
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1978
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Six Who Declined to Show at the Triennale - Kumar Gallery, New Delhi
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1977
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Pictorial Space - Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
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1975
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Inaugural Exhibition - Black Partridge Art Gallery, New Delhi
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1974
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Group Exhibition - Rabindra Bhavan Galleries, New Delhi
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1972
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Solo Exhibition - Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
Group Exhibition - Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
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1969
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Art Today I and II - Kunika Chemould Art Centre, New Delhi
Indian Painters ‘69 - Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
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1967
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Solo Exhibition - Kunika Chemould Art Centre, New Delhi
Seven Painters - Gallery One, London
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1965
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Solo Exhibition - Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
ArtNow in India - Royal Festival Hall, London / Liang Art Gallery, Newcastle
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1963
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Inaugural Exhibition - Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
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