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EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS
1999-2000 G.D. Arts Diploma by Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalaya Pune

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2003 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2003 Jusubhai Art Gallery, Mumbai
2003 DCB Art Gallery, Mumbai
2003 Kala Ghoda Art Festival, Mumbai
2003, 06 Art Entrens Art Gallery, Mumbai
2004 Art Land Art Gallery
2005, 06, 07, 09, 10, 12, 19 Pradrshak Art Gallery, Mumbai
2007, 2011, 2016 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2011 Vinnysa Art Gallery, Chennai
2015, 17 ICA Gallery, Jaipur

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1997, 98 Bal Gandharva Kala Dalan, Pune
1999 Holiday Inn, Pune
2000, 03 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2000 Nehru Center Art Gallery, Mumbai
2003 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai
2003 Art Quest Art Gallery, Mumbai
2003, 04, 06, 07 Bajaj Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 Ayya Art Gallery, Chennai
2003, 07 Jamat Art Gallery, Mumbai
2007, 14, 19 Pradrshak Art Gallery, Mumbai
2007 Studio Napean Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi
2007, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 Vinnysa Art Gallery Chennai
2012 London Art Fair London
2011, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, Alankritha Art Gallery Hyderabad
2008, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18 Three Mice Blind Art Gallery Mumbai
2014, 15, 16 Asian Art Gallery AIF (American India Foundation) America
2019 Hotel Conrad Pune

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Born in 1976, in a Maharashtrian family, Sanjay Raut developed an inclination towards stories in early childhood. Stories he heard from his mother about the disciplined learning of the gurukul a system of learning primarily for the Brahmin youth mentored by a guru, the many nuances therein.

By his admission, Raut stands fascinated by this culture and continues to be drawn into its intricacies. Each of his canvases is a portrayal of a unique moment. A sense of calm pervades in his paintings; they become a place where time stands still and life goes on unhurried, away from the humdrum of the big cities

The backgrounds delight with their religious wall paintings, fading from exposure to elements, a kind of traditional religious graffiti that is available to see around both rural and urban India even today. Sanjay draws his visual inspirations from the skeins of his imagination, making the bygone era alive with a vibrant immediacy. Its an idyllic mix of both the urbaneness of a temple town with the peaceful serenity of the rural.

In many ways, his works are an eye-opener to the outside world of what one seeks on this soil. The artist is a celebrated figure, well renowned for his unique yet captivating style of art.

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