Jehangir Art Gallery and Aura Art collaborates to present paintings by Sidharth at the first edition of Aura Art Expo.

About the artist:

Born in 1956 in Punjab. He learnt Thangka painting technique from the Tibetan monks at Dharmashala, where he spent six years. He went on to graduate from College of Art in Chandigarh. Eager to learn different techniques, he studied glass blowing in Sweden, techniques of Madhubani paintings, Kashmir Papier-mâché Crafts and other south Asian and oriental techniques from various master craftsmen. He has also done detailed studies on mineral and vegetable pigments. Sidharth has held eighteen solo shows and has participated in over eighty group shows in India, UK, Sweden and USA since 1976. His works have been acquired by the Indian Government Museum; the British Council in Delhi; the British, Mexican and Swedish Ambassadors and the Düsseldorf Museum, Heda, Sweden. He is the author of Neti Neti and has made fifteen documentaries on Indian Temples, Art and Architecture. His painting was auctioned by Sotheby's in 2007. 

Image: © Sidharth