DIED
14 April 2018 New Delhi

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS
1949-52 Studied Painting under Andre Lhote and Fernand Leger, Paris
1946 M. A. in Economics from the St. Stephens College, Delhi University, New Delhi
1945 Sharada Ukil School of Art, New Delhi

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION
2016 'Ram Kumar: Traversing the Landscapes of the Mind', Saffronart, New Delhi
2014 'Ramkumar Drawings from the 60's', Aakriti Art Gallery, Kolkata, New Delhi
2013 'Ram Kumar and the Bombay Progressives: The Form and the Figure Part I', Aicon Gallery, New York
2012 'Drawings', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 'Ram Kumar: A Retrospective', Aicon Gallery, London
2011 Chawla Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010-11 'Selected Works: 1949 -2010', presented by Vadehra Art Gallery at Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi; Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010 'Ram Kumar: A Retrospective', Aicon Gallery, New York
2009 Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2008 ‘Homage to Kekoo Gandhy’, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai
2008 Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2007 ‘Reflective Landscapes’, Aicon Gallery, New York
2006 Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2005 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
2005 Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2003 Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2002 Saffronart and Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, New Delhi, San Fransico, New York
2001 Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2000 Landscapes from New Zealand, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
1999 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1998 A Gallery, New York
1997 Arks Gallery, London
1997 Amdavad Ni Gufa, Ahmedabad
1996 ‘Pages From a Sketch Book’, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1996 ‘Ram Kumar – A Journey Within’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
1993 Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
1992 Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
1992 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1991 Chitrakoot Gallery, Kolkata
1990 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1990 Center for Contemporary Art, New Delhi
1988 Works on Paper, Alliance Francaise, New Delhi
1986 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1984 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1983 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1983 Sarla Art Centre, Chennai
1983 Works on Paper, Miskolc, Hungary
1981 Works on Paper, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1980 Art Heritage, New Delhi
1979 Chanakya Gallery, New Delhi
1978 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1977 Chanakya Gallery, New Delhi
1976 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1974 Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1973 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1971 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1968 Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi
1966 Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1966 Grosvenor Gallery, London
1965 Kunika Art Center, New Delhi
1964 Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1963 Kunika Art Center, New Delhi
1960 Wax and Ink on paper after the first visit to Benaras, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi
1959 Kumar Gallery, New Delhi
1958 Warsaw and Krakow
1957 Alliance Francaise, New Delhi
1953 Alliance Francaise, Mumbai
1949 Y.M.C.A. Hall, Simla

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2014 'Immutable Gaze Part I: Masterpieces of Modern and Pre-Modern Indian Art', Aicon Gallery, New York
2013 'Pioneers of Modernism', Sovereign FZE, Dubai
2013 'Ideas of the Sublime', presented by Vadehra Art Gallery at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2013 'Nothing is Absolute: A Journey through Abstraction', The Jehangir Nicholson Gallery at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Mumbai
2013 'The Discerning Eye: Modern Masters', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2012 'Iconic Processions', Aicon Gallery, New York
2012 'Gallery Collection', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2012 'Aqua', Gallery Beyond, Mumbai
2012 'Contemporary: A Selection of Modern and Contemporary Art', presented by Sakshi Gallery at The Park, Chennai
2012 'Through the Ages: South Asian Sculpture and Painting from Antiquity to Modernism', Aicon Gallery, New York
2012 'Sightings', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2011-12 'Reprise 2011', Aicon Gallery, New York
2011 'Modern Masters', Aicon Gallery, New York
2011 'POP: Progressives on Paper', Aicon Gallery, New York
2011 'Anecdotes', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2011 'Masterclass', Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010 'Paper Trails', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010 'The Progressives & Associates', Grosvenor Gallery, London
2010 'From Miniature to Modern: Traditions in Transition', Rob Dean Art, London in association with Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
2010 'Master Class', The Arts Trust, Mumbai
2009 'Indian Art After Independence: Selected Works from the Collections of Virginia & Ravi Akhoury and Shelley & Donald Rubin', Emily Lowe Gallery, Hempstead
2009 'Progressive to Altermodern: 62 Years of Indian Modern Art', Grosvenor Gallery, London
2009 'Tracing Time', Bodhi Art, Mumbai
2009 'Moderns and More', Aicon Gallery, Palo Alto
2008 'Modern and Contemporary Indian Art', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2008 'Post Independence Masters', Aicon Gallery, New York
2008 ‘Freedom 2008 – Sixty Years of Indian Independence’, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2006 ‘Shadow Lines’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2006 ‘Moderns Revisited’, Grosvenor Vadehra, London
2005 Ashta Nayak: Eight Pioneers of Indian Art', Aicon Gallery, New York
2004 ‘Concept and Form’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2001 ‘Ashta Nayak’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2001 ‘Modern Indian Art’, organized by Saffronart and Pundole Art Gallery, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York
1997 ‘Image-Beyond Image’, a Traveling Exhibition of Works from the Glenbarra Art Museum, Japan, at New Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, and Mumbai
1996 ‘The Moderns’, National Gallery Of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
1991 ‘Remembering Kali Pundole’, Joint Exhibition with M. F. Husain, V. S. Gaitonde, Akbar Padamsee and Krishen Khanna, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1988 ‘Three Indian Artists’, Karachi, Pakistan
1971 Ten Indian Artists, a traveling exhibition in U. S. A.
1958 Eight Indian Artists, Graham Gallery, New York
1958 Seven Indian Painters in Europe, Gallery One, London
1958 Graphic exhibition with M. F. Husain, Tyeb Mehta and V. S. Gaitonde, Mumbai
1952 Delhi Shilpi Chakra, New Delhi

RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION
1994 National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Jehangir Art Gallery (Traveling Exhibition), organized by Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
1993 From 1949-93 at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi, organized by Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
1986 From 1953-86 at Art Heritage, New Delhi organized by Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1986 Museum of Contemporary Art, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal
1985 Art Heritage, New Delhi
1980 From 1953-80, Birla Museum, Kolkata

SELECTED JOINT EXHIBITION
2012 'Eternal Landscapes', with Paresh Maity presented by ICIA at The Arts Trust, Mumbai
1995 With Jogen Chowdhury, Gallery Raku, Japan <
1967 With M. F. Husain, Geeta Gallery, New Delhi
1967 With M. F. Husain, Prague

PARTICIPATIONS

2015 'Abby Grey and Indian Modernism: Selections from the NYU Art Collection', Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York
2014 'Ode to Monumental: Celebration, Visuality, Ideology', presented by Saffronart at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2012-13 'Radical Terrain: Modernist Art from India', Rubin Museum of Art, New York
2012 'Art for Humanity', Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai
2012 'Modernist Art from India: Approaching Abstraction', Rubin Museum of Art, New York
2012 'Crossings: Time Unfolded, Part 2', Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
2011 'Ethos V: Indian Art Through the Lens of History (1900 to 1980), Indigo Blue Art, Singapore
2011 ‘Manifestations VI', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 'Roots in the Air, Branches Below: Modern & Contemporary Art from India', San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose
2011 'Time Unfolded', Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
2011 'Celebrations 2011', Kumar Gallery, New Delhi
2010 'Manifestations IV', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010 'Art Celebrates 2010: Sports and the City', represented by Vadehra Art Gallery at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi to coincide with the hosting of the Commonwealth Games
2010 'Evolve 10th Anniversary Show', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2010 Annual Exhibition, Chawla Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010 'Celebration 2010', Annual Exhibition, Kumar Art Gallery, New Delhi
2008-09 'Paz Mandala', Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2008-09 ‘Expanding Horizons: Contemporary Indian Art’, Traveling Exhibition presented by Bodhi Art at Ravinder Natya Mandir, 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
2008 'Moderns', Royal Cultural Centre, Amman, Jordan organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi in collaboration with Embassy of India, Amman, Jordan
1987 Coups de Coeur, Geneva
1985 Artistes Indien en France, Nationale des Arts Plastiques, Paris, Festival of India in France
1982 The Gesture and Motif, Festival of India in U. K., Royal Academy of Arts, London
1980 Contemporary Asian Artists, Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan
1979 Sao Paolo Biennale
1973 Contemporary Indian Art, a traveling exhibition U. S. A.
1959 Sao Paolo Biennale
1959 Tokyo Biennale, Japan
1958 Venice Biennale, Italy
1957 Tokyo Biennale, Japan

HONORS AND AWARD
2010 Padma Bhushan from Government of India
2003 Officers Arts et Letters, French Government
1986 Kalidas Samman, Madhya Pradesh State Government
1972 Premchand Puraskar, Uttar Pradesh State Government for Meri Priya Kahaniyan, a collection of short stories in Hindi
1972 Padmashree, Government of India
1970 J. D. Rockefeller III Fellowship, New York
1959 Honorable Mention, Sao Paolo Biennale
1958 National Award, New Delhi
1956 National Award, New Delhi

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