V.Solanki

BORN
1947 Junagadh, Gujarat

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS
1982-87 Visiting Faculty, National Institute of Design (N.l.D.), Ahmedabad
1982 Post Diploma in Graphics, Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
1980 Diploma in Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010-11 My People, A Traveling Show presented by Prakrit Art Gallery, Chennai at Gallery Time and Space, Bangalore, Prakrit Art Gallery, Chennai, Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2010 Silent Conversation, Marvel Art Gallery, Ahmedabad
2009 Dignity and Grace Ethnic Ethos, Art Heritage, New Delhi
2009 Indian Harvest, Crimson the Art Resource, Bengaluru
2009 Art Redefined, Artland, Mumbai
2009 Colours, Artland, Mumbai
2009 10/10, Jamaat Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 Kaleidoscope, Tradition Art, Mumbai
2008 The Mahatma, Point of View, Mumbai
2008 Contemplative Figuration, Art Pilgrim, New Delhi
2008 Mystic Strokes, Uma Kejriwal, Pune
2008 See You Again, Cymroza Art Gallery, Osmosis Gallery, Mumbai
2008 Coloss of India, Rangoli, Singapore
2008 Amdavad Etle Amdavad, Karma Art Gallery, Ahmedabad
2008 Fine Lines, Artland, Mumbai
2008 Inaugural Show, Anayas, Ahmedabad
2008 Atelier, Mumbai
2007 Black and White 2006, Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
2005 Silhouettes, The Renaissance Gallery, Bengaluru
2004 Marvel Art Gallery, Ahmedabad
2003 Bombay The Turning Point, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay
2003 Faceless Faces, Cymroza Art Gallery, Bombay
2002 At the Kemps 127, Bombay
2002 Prakrit Art Gallery, Chennai
2001 Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
1999 The Renaissance Gallery, Bengaluru
1998 Crimson Art Gallery, Bangalore
1997 Wallace Gallery, New York
1996 Crimson Art Gallery, Bangalore
1996 Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
1996 Ashle House, Chennai
1995 Cry Benefit Exhibition, New York
1992, 1993 Lalit Kala Academy, Ahmedabad
1991 Mauritius, sponsored by Air Mauritius - Air India - Continental Hotel, Curepipe
1990 Designscape Gallery, Mumbai
1988 Vithi Art Gallery, Baroda
1980 Grindlays Bank, Chennai
1980, 1987 Contemporary Art Gallery, Mumbai
1978, 1991, 1993 Art Heritage, New Delhi
1975, 1978 Max Muller Bhavan, Mumbai
1974, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
1973 Triveni Art Gallery, New Delhi
1969, 1971, 1972, 1989, 1992 Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 10 x 10, Threshold Gallery, New Delhi
2010 Incredible Collection, ICAC, Mumbai
2010 Gandhi Going Strong, Vishala, Ahmedabad
2010 Fusion, Poetry in Frames, New Delhi
2010 Ganesha Adorned, House of MG, LemonGrasshopper, Ahmedabad
2010 Continuing Modernity, Vinyasa Premier Art Gallery, Chennai
2009 Indian Harvest, presented by Crimson- The Art Resouce, Bangalore at SG Private Banking, Singapore
2007 The Big Draw, Crimson Art Gallery, Bengaluru
2007 Modern Trajectories, Vinyasa Art Gallery, Chennai
2006 Mark, Etch and Print, Art Konsult, New Delhi
2006 Unayan, Nvya Gallery, New Delhi
2006 Read Earth and Pouring Rain, organized by Red Earth Galleries, Baroda
2006 Dialogue, by Ejaz and Gitanjali Galleries, Lahore
2006 Euphonic Palettes, Indo-Pak Exhibition, Mumbai, New Delhi
2005 Indian Art Unbounded II, Nitanjali Art Gallery, Dubai
2005 Bridging Borders, organized by Bridgeline, Mumbai and Lahore
2005 Celebrations, Marvel Art Gallery, Ahmedabad
2005 Kri, organized by Prakrit Arts, Hong Kong
2005 A Brush with Masters, Art World, Chennai
2005 Colors 2005, Artland, Mumbai
2005 The Romanticist, Gallery Beyond, Mumbai
2005 Original, The Galleria, Nagpur
2005 Group exhibition 2005, Lanxess ABS Gallery, Baroda
2005 Contemporary Indian Art, Reflections, Hong Kong
2004 Multiple Encounters, organized by Indira Gandhi National Center for Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi, Art Exhibition Indian-American Prints
2004 Contemporary Prints from India, organized by Manhattan Graphics Centre, New York
2004 Contemporary Indian Artists, Sumukha Gallery, Hong Kong
2004 Art Trends 04, organized by Galleria, Hong Kong
2004 Black and White, Crimson Art Gallery, Bangalore
2004 All India Annual Exhibition of Artists, Vinyasa Art Gallery, Chennai
2004 Gujarat State Art Exhibition, Goa, Lucknow
2004 A Slice of India in Mongolia, organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, Embassy of the India, Mongolia
2004 Inaugural Exhibition, Eminent Indian Contemporary Artist, Marvel Art Gallery, Ahmedabad
2004 Pankha, Jatin Das Collection, Craft Museum, New Delhi
2004 Anniversary Exhibition, Indian Contemporary Artist, Threshold Gallery, New Delhi
2003 Threshold Gallery, New Delhi
2003 Kal, Aaj Aur Kal, Indian Contemporary Art Exhibition, Beyond Gallery, Mumbai
2003 Colors of India, organized by Art DEnchantem Mumbai and Creation Art Gallery, Bur Juman Centre, Dubai
2003 Affordable Art Show 2003 and Creation of Drapes, Charuaha International, Ahmedabad
2003 Print Show, Birla Academy of Fine Arts and Culture, Solo Art Gallery, Mumbai
2003 Aapnu Amdavad Ek Varso, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, Ahmedabad
2002 Amdavad No Varso, Intach Ahmedabad Chapter, Hathising Centre, Ahmedabad
2002 Art Horizon, Art Horizon Gujarat, Mumbai
2002 Ganesha, contemporary Indian paintings by Jewel of India and Concern India Foundation, Mumbai
2002 Bulls and Horses, Birla Academy of Fine Arts and Culture, Mumbai
2002 The Human Age, Indian Contemporaries, Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
2001 Faces - Phases, Apparao Galleries, Chennai
2001 Premiere Art Show, annual exhibition, Vinyasa Art Gallery, Chennai
2001 Primary Colours, inaugural gallery exhibition, Mumbai
2000 Linoleum Prints, Y. K. Shukla Foundation exhibition, Ahmedabad
2000 Contemporary Woman, Indian artist modern, by Sagri Dayal and Maya Puri. Hong Kong
2000 Millennium Odds, C. P. Art Centre, Cymroza Art Gallery, Chennai
2000 Works on Paper, Gallery Art Resources Trust, Bombay
2000 Black and White, organized by Galleria, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay
2000 Ignition Part 2, Crimson The Art Resources, Bombay
2000 Works on Paper, Gallery Sumukha, Bengaluru
2000 Samhita, Ability Foundation, Chennai
2000 Graphic Expressions Print Show 2000, Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
2000 Contemporary Woman Modern Indian Artists, Hong Kong
2000 Gems 2000, organized by MSSI, exhibition for auction, Mumbai
2000 Ignition, exhibition of 40 artists, Crimson Art Gallery, Bombay
2000 Millennium Odds, Chennai
2000 India Visited, contemporary Indian art from DArt gallery and Gallery Art Resources Trust, Dubai
2000 Art Login.com, The Launching Day Show, Chennai
1999 Auction, Exhibition - S.S.T.N. Chennai
1999 Fortune Art Gallery - Ahmedabad
1999 Contemporary Indian Paintings - Art World (Chennai) in Malaysia.
1999 Multiple Images - mssi exhibition, Mumbai
1998 Bayer and RPG Indian Art Collection Exhibition, Germany
1998 Galleria Contemporary Indian Art Exhibition, London
1998 Ashray Masters for Child Exhibition, Dubai
1997 Art World, Chennai
1992 Image and Words - Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust, New Delhi
1992 Man and Women, The Art Trust, Mumbai
1990 Vishav Gurjari Exhibition, Mumbai
1988 Cry Exhibition, Mumbai
1987 Indian Drawings - Today, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1985 Thirty Indian artist - Richarson Hindustan Collection, Mumbai
1982 Drawings - Government Museum, Chandigarh
1972, 1980 Graphic prints, Government Museum, Chandigarh
1976 Four artists from Mumbai, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

PARTICIPATIONS
2010 National Printmaking Portfolio, Marvel Art Gallery, Ahmedabad
2010 Celebration of 150 Years, Income Tax Department, Ahmedabad
2010 Art Fusion Show, Golden Jubilee Year of Maharashtra, Nehru Centre, Mumbai
2010 Annual Art Show, Pink Ginger Arts, Mumbai
2010 Colors 2010, Artland, Mumbai
2009 Art Expo India 2009, Trade and Technology Expo Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai
2006 11th Harmony Show, Nehru Centre, Mumbai
2005 10th Harmony Show, Nehru Centre, Mumbai
2004 9th Harmony Show, Nehru Centre, Mumbai
2002 Singapore 2002, Contemporary Asian Art Fair, organized by Gallery Sumukha, Singapore
2001 6th edition of Harmony Show, Nehru Centre, Mumbai
2000 5th Harmony Show, Nehru Centre, Mumbai
1999 4th Harmony Show, Nehru Centre, Mumbai
1998 3rd Harmony Show, Nehru Centre, Mumbai
1991 7th Triennial, New Delhi

HONORS AND AWARD
1996 Drawing Award, All India Art Exhibition, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
1984 Takhman - 28, Etching Prizes, Udaipur
1978 Cash Prize for Lithography at the Fifth All India Graphics Exhibition, Hyderabad
1978 Cash Prize for Best Drawing at the Bombay Art Society Exhibition, Bombay
1974 Silver Medal for Best Drawing, Bombay Art Society Exhibition, Bombay
1972 First Prize for Best Figure Study at the Indian Art Society Exhibition, Bombay
1970 Gold Medal and First Prize at the Indian Art Society, Bombay
1967, 1989 First Prize at the Kalidas Art Exhibition, Ujjain
1966, 1967, 1987 First Prize at the Lalit Kala Academy of Gujarat, Ahmedabad

ABOUT THE ARTIST

By the age of ten, I was drawing and writing poetry, and about four years later I decided to be a painter.

Vrindavan Solanki, who likes to call his diplomas, degrees, and awards pieces of paper, is focused on his career choice. This approach and lack of ambiguity in his work is one of the reasons why his art is original and not derived from the styles associated with particular regions or institutions of learning.

Solanki's paintings depict the men and women of Rajasthan with easy, flowing lines. His fascination with these people dates back to his childhood when children from the Rabari tribe of this state would visit his home. He usually draws them in black and white, capturing their innate beauty and the timelessness of their lifestyle. However, the faces are not the focus of his work, either blinded by glare or left blank. Instead, he concentrates heavily on their outfits. His paintings have a photographic quality as he creates a play of light and shadow on the canvas.

Solanki holds a Diploma in Painting and a Post-Graduation in Graphic Design, both from M. S. University, Baroda. He is the recipient of numerous awards, the first of which was in 1966, when he received the first prize from the Gujarat Lalit Kala Akademi, Ahmedabad. He has had over thirty solo exhibitions and nearly twenty group exhibitions in India and abroad during the last thirty years. Solanki lives and works in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

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