Manu Parekh

BORN
1939 Ahmedabad, Gujarat

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS
1958-62 Diploma in Drawing and Painting, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai
1951 Student of Mukund Shroff, Ahmedabad

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014-15 City of Magic Light, Jehangir Art Gallery and Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2012 Faith Manu Parekh in Banaras 1980-2012, Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon
2009 The Search for Intensity, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2004 Banaras, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2003 Flower Portraits and River Landscapes, at Jehangir Art Gallery and Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
1999 Ritual oblations, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi
1999 People for Animals, Art World, Chennai
1999 People for Animals, Francois Alliance, Chandigarh
1999 Ritual Oblations, Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore
1999 Ritual Oblations, Sakshi Gallery and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1998 Tribute, CIMA International Modern Art Centre, Calcutta
1997 ARKS Gallery, London
1996 BosePacia Modern, New York
1995-96 Still Lifes, sponsored by Seagull Foundation, Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai
1994 Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
1992 Twenty-Five Years of Work Exhibition sponsored by Seagull Foundation, New Delhi, Calcutta, Mumbai
1991 Small Drawings, Sophia Duchesne Art Gallery, Mumbai
1991 Banaras Landscapes, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
1990 Small Drawings, Village Gallery, New Delhi
1990 Artificial Blinds Bhagalpur Blindings, Cymroza Gallery, Mumbai
1989 Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay
1988 Paintings, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta.
1988 Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1985 Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1984 Ten years of work, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta
1984 Paintings and watercolors, Urja Art Gallery, Baroda.
1981 Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1978 Paintings, Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
1976 Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi
1975 Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1974 Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi
1970 Paintings, Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
1968 Graphics and Paintings, Ahmedabad

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 On a Journey, Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon
2011 The Lost Sparrow, presented by Gallery Threshold at Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
2011 Form and Formlessness, Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon
2011 Aureus 2011, Nvya Gallery, New Delhi
2010 10 x 10, Threshold Gallery, New Delhi
2010 Who Has Seen Gandhi, presented by Tangerine Art Space at Raj Bhavan, KynKyny Art Gallery, and Tangerine Art Space, Bangalore.
2010 Evolve 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2010 Snow, The Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi in collaboration with Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2009 Zip Files, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 Faces, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 Urgent Conversations, Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Center and Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
2004 Nature Morte, New Delhi
2004 Rituals at Sumukha Gallery, Bangalore
2003 Celebration of Colours, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2002 The Affordable Art Show, People for Animals, Maurya Sheraton, New Delhi
2001 Eight artists from Bengal, Embassy of India, Berlin.
2001 Works on Paper, Bose Pacia Modern, New York
2000 Faces, Gallery Espace, Dubai
1999 Icons, Lakeeren Gallery. Bombay
1999 As You Like It, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1998 Inaugural Exhibition, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
1997 Colors of Independence, organized by CIMA Center for International Modern Art, Kolkata at National Gallery of Modern Art NGMA, New Delhi.
1997 Fifty Years of Independence, by National Gallery of Modern Art NGMA, New Delhi at Vadehra Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 Through the Looking Glass, Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai
1997 Gift for India, Sahmat, New Delhi and Mumbai
1997 Major Trends in Indian Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1997 Intuitive Logic, HEART, New Delhi and Mumbai
1997 Kali, exhibition at the Topical Museum, Amsterdam.
1996 Contemporary Indian Painters Associated with Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1995 Heads, Mayan Art Gallery, Hong Kong
1995 Postcards for Gandhi, Sahmat
1993 Wounds, Center for International Modern Art CIMA, Calcutta and National Gallery of Modern Art NGMA, New Delhi.
1993 Vadehra Art Gallery in Husain Ki Sarai, New Delhi
1993 Inaugural Exhibition, CIMA International Modern Art Centre, Kolkata
1982 Seven Indian Artists, traveling exhibition in Worpswede, Hamburg, Hannover, Braunschweig, Bayreuth.
1982 Modern Indian Painting, National Gallery of Modern Art NGMA, Hirschom Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
1964-85 Thirty group exhibitions in India and abroad.

PARTICIPATIONS
2014 Ode to Monumental Celebration, Visuality and Ideology, presented by Saffronart at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2012 Art for Humanity, Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai
2011 Ethos V Indian Art through the Lens of History 1900 to 1980, Indigo Blue Art, Singapore
Annual Exhibition 2010, Chawla Art Gallery, New Delhi
1981 Fifth International Triennial, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi
1978 Fourth International Triennial, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi
1975 Third International Triennial, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi

HONORS AND AWARD
1992 Padma Shree by the Government of India
1991 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
1982 National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1974 All India Society of Fine Arts and Crafts Award, New Delhi
1972 President of the Indian Silver Plate, Prize of the Society of Fine Arts and Crafts of India, New Delhi
1971 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Born in 1939 in Gujarat, Manu Parekh obtained a Diploma in Drawing and Painting from the Sir J.J. School. Mumbai School of Art, 1962. Parekh's early works explored the relationships between man and nature, as he believed it was an energetic bond that needed to be celebrated. The artist also notes that, since then, contradictions have formed the basis of his artistic practice, regardless of the theme or genre of his works.

Controversy has always intrigued Manu Parekh: the energy of organic form and the sexuality inherent in these forms are intangible elements in his works. His paintings cause viewers to become aware of the world around them through the emotion, pain, and anguish expressed in the themes of his paintings. His colors and shapes exude a volatile energy that can barely be contained within the confines of his canvas and become an extension of the artist's personality.

Bold colors and prominent lines are an integral part of Parekh's work and each one of them exudes the energy he tries to capture. Parekh admits to being greatly influenced by his surroundings. His stay in the city of Calcutta, for example, attracted him to Santiniketan and the ancient masters of Indian art, Ram Kinkar Baij and Rabindranath Tagore. Her appreciation of his work, more on a perceptual than a stylistic level, prompted her to delve deeper into the thoughts that inform his work.

Banaras as a city came to play an integral role in Parekh's work after his first visit there following the death of his father. This holy city of hope, of faith, of tourists, offered him a large number of contradictions in one place. Parekh also highlights his relationship with his wife Madhvi, a self-taught artist, and his admiration for Picasso as key influences on his works.

Parekh held his first solo exhibition of graphics and paintings in Ahmedabad in 1968 and has not looked back since. His most recent solo exhibitions include Banaras - Eternity Watches Time presented by Saffronart and Berkeley Square Gallery, London, at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, in 2007, Banaras at Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, in 2004, Portraits of Flower and Landscapes of River at Jehangir Art Gallery and Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai, in 2003, Ritual Oblations at Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore, and Sakshi Gallery and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, in 1999, and Small Drawings at Sophia Duchesne Art Gallery. , Mumbai, in 1991. Parekh has also had solo exhibitions at BosePacia Modern in New York and ARKS Gallery in London.

Parekh received the President of India's Silver Plate and the Award from the Society of Fine Arts and Crafts of India, New Delhi, in 1972, the National Award from Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, in 1982, and the Padma Shree of the Government of India. in 1992.

The artist lives and works in New Delhi.

Notification - We do not usually display Manu Parekh's work, only send it to private art collectors and interested art buyers.

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