Born
1958 - Jaipur
Education
· First Class First in Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts (Art and Painting)
· Ph.D. in Fine Arts :Thesis on Indian Tribal Art
· Studied at Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts, Paris
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
· 2008 ‘Emergence’, Osborne Samuel and Berkely Square Gallery, London in collaboration with Saffronart.com
· 2007 ‘L’ Ordre du Monde’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
· 2007 Osborne Samuel and Berkeley Square Gallery, London
· 2007 Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
· 2006 Gallery Art Musing, Mumbai
· 2006 Galleri Sult, Stavanger, Norway
· 2006 Body Art Gallery, Singapore
· 2005 Chemould Art Gallery, Mumbai
· 2004 Gallery Art and Literature, Paris, France
· 2002,04,05 Galleri Sult, Stavanger, Norway
· 2001 Galleri Tendenes, Stavanger , Norway
· 2000 Varatun Gård, Stavanger, Norway
· 1999 Atlantic Gallery , New York , USA
· 1999 Stavanger kunstforening, Norway
· 1998 Galleri Akern, Kongsberg , Norway
· 1998 Galerie Mohanjeet, Paris.
· 1994 Galerie Argile, Bruxelles , Belgium
· 1993,97,2000,2003 Galleri Nordstrand, Oslo , Norway
· 1993 Maison de Norvège, Paris , France .
· 1992, 93, 95, Galerie Art and Data, Frankfurt , Germany .
· 1991, 94 Galerie Christine Marquet de Vasselot, Paris, France
· 1991, 93, 95, 2002 The Gallery, Chennai
· 1991 Birla Academy , Kolkata
· 1991, 94 Galerie Christine Marquet de Vasselot, Paris, France
· 1989 Galerie Bernanos, Ministère de Education Nationale, Paris , France
· 1989 Galerie Jean Louis Voisin, Pourville-sur-Mer , France
· 1999 Centre d’Accueil des Etudiants du Proche-Orient, Paris , France
· 1988 American Cultural Society; Washington , U.S.A
· 1988 Mac-Robert Art Centre, University of Stirling , U.K
· 1988 Commonwealth Art Gallery , Edinburgh , U.K
· 1988 Sarala's Art Centre, Chennai
· 1987 Karnataka Chitra Kala Parishath, Bangalore
· 1986 Taj Art Gallery , Mumbai.
· 1985, 95, 2002 Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
· 1982 Academy of Fine Arts , Kolkata
· 1979,80,84,89,92,96,2000 Jehangir Art Gallery , Mumbai
· 1979,87 Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery , Mumbai
· 1978, 80, 82, 84, 85, 87 Bal Gandharva Art Gallery , Pune
Selected Group Exhibitions
· 2008 'X at the rate of Jehangir', presented by Art Musings at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
· 2007 'An Evening in Paris....Rome....London', Sanskriti Art Gallery, Kolkata
· 2007 ‘The Tale of Two Cities’, Sanskriti Art Gallery, Kolkata
· 2006 Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
· 2005 Gallery Art Alive, New Delhi
· 2005 ‘Roop Adhyatma’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
· 2004 ‘Art Resources’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
· 2004 ‘Generation-I’ Saffronart and the Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
· 2004 Gallery Apparao, New Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai
· 2004 Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
· 2004 Saffron Gallery, by Gallery Guild and Saffronart.com, Mumbai
· 2004 Gallery 88, Kolkata
· 2004 Art Musing, Mumbai
· 2003 Art Musing, Mumbai
· 2003 Indian Habitat Center, New Delhi.
· 2003 ‘Torsormative Texture’, Mumbai.
· 2003 ‘Tie Exhibition’, Gallery Apparao, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, New Delhi and Mumbai.
· 2003 ‘Peace’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
· 2003 ‘Book 7’, Bangalore, Chennai, New Delhi and Mumbai 2001 Saffronart and Apparao Galleries, Los Angeles
· 2000 ‘Sacred Space’, Tao Art Gallery , Mumbai.
· 1998, 99 ‘White on White’, New Delhi and Mumbai.
· 1993 ‘Souvenirs d’en France’, Lalit Kala Galleries, New Delhi
· 1989 ‘Indian Eclectics’, Lalit Kala Galleries, New Delhi
Joint Exhibitions
· 2003 S. H. Raza and Sujata Bajaj, Gallery Guild, Mumbai
· 1999 S .H. Raza and Sujata Bajaj, Gallery Seven, Mumbai
Participations
· 2008 Shanghai Art Fair, China presented by Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata
· 2007 ‘London Art Fair’ and ‘Palm Beach Art Fair’, Berkeley Square Gallery, London
· 2007 ‘The Power of Peace’, United Nations in Bali
· 2007 Tate Britain, London
· 2005 Berkeley Square Gallery, Florida Art Fair, Palm Beach
· 2003 ‘L'eau’, UNESCO, Paris
· 2002 ‘Art Singapore 2002’, Apparao Galleries, Singapore
· 2001 Indian Contemporary Fine Art, Los Angeles - Presented by Saffronart and Apparao Galleries
· 2000, 2002 Galerie Claude Lemand, Paris
· 1998 Indian Spring, Hong Kong
· 1998 50 years of independence, Hong Kong
· 1996 Within the Frame Visual Art Centre, Hong Kong.
· 1995 UNESCO, Paris
· 1994 Ausstellung Indische Kunst, Frankfurt , Germany
· 1993 Contemporaines, Grand Palais, Paris
· 1992 Salon Découvertes, Grand Palais, Paris
· 1992 University of Frankfurt , Germany
· 1992 Gallerie Christine Marquet de Vasselot, Paris
· 1992 Galleri Bryggen, Bergen, Norway.
· 1991 Salon des Indépendants Normands , France
· 1991 New York Art Fair
· 1989 Salon de mai, Grand Palais, Paris
· 1989 Neuf Artistes de la Cité Universitaire, C.I.U.P, Paris
· 1989 La Société Plurielle Egalitaire, Galerie Bernanos, Paris
· 1989, 90, 91 Salon Art en Bray, Neufchâtel en Bray , France
· 1989 Artistes Indiens à Paris, Galerie du Cygne, Paris
· 1989 Galerie de la Maison des Beaux-Arts, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris
· 1988 L’Exposition de Peinture Contemporaine Indienne, Tarbes , France
Honours and Awards
· 2003 Raza Foundation Award
· 1991 Bombay Art Society Award 1988-89 French Government Scholarship,
· 1986 Selected for International Youth in Achievement, Cambridge, U.K.
· 1986 Best painting Award, Nashik Kala Niketan
· 1985 Painting selected for National Collection
· 1983 Outstanding Young Person of Maharashtra
· 1982 Outstanding Young Person of Pune
· 1979,84 State Art Award, Maharashtra
· Chancellor's Award, S.N.D.T. University, Mumbai