Alpesh Dave
ABOUT THE ARTIST
My thread on canvas works is natural, simple and deep. I strive to make them seem completely without contrivance, mere figments of the mind, stripped to the essence and willed into visibility.
I use cotton threads and needle to create an artwork, it is a manual process and no machines are used in creating the masterpieces. My artwork is two-sided, one is realistic and the other side is abstract form.
I never impose an image upon the surface, instead of facilitating its evolution, embracing both the traditional and the contemporary and in doing so creates a space in which viewers can experience an authentic, elemental and meaningful simplicity.
BORN - 5TH DEC-1984
EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS
DIPLOMA IN PAINTING FROM SHETH C.N. COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS, AHMEDABAD 2008
POST DIPLOMA IN PAINTING FROM FACULTY OF FINE ARTS M.S.UNIVERSITY, BARODA, GUJARAT 2010
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
SOLO SHOW AT VISION ART GALLERY MUMBAI 2010
SOLO SHOW AT HOTEL HYATT ART GALLERY AHMEDABAD 2014
SOLO SHOW AT JAWAHAR KALA KENDRA JAIPUR 2015
SOLO SHOW AT GALLERY OF STATE LALIT KALA ACADEMY 2015
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
BIKANER ART STUDIO, BIKANER RAJASTHAN 2007
HATHISING VISUAL ART CENTER 2005, 2008
STAR ARTIST GROUP AT COLABA, MUMBAI, 2009
AMDAVAD NI GUFA AHMEDABAD 2010
HERITAGE WEEK HOTEL VISHALA AHMEDABAD 2010
GANDHIJI HOTEL VISHALA AHMEDABAD2010
1X1 SQ. FT.CHARITY SHOW IN PALDI AHMEDABAD 2011
ICON ART GALLERY HYDERABAD 2011
HUTHEESING VISUAL ART CENTER AHMEDABAD 2013
GUJRATI LITERATURE FESTIVAL SHOW IN AHMEDABAD 2014 2015
SIMEESHA ART SHOW IN HUTHEESING VISUAL ART CENTER AHMEDABAD 2013,2014, 2015 2016
ART AFFAIR IN AMDAVAD NI GUFA AHMEDABAD 2013
C.N. COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS IN AHMEDABAD 2012,2013
A- STUDIO IN AMDAVAD NI GUFA AHMEDABAD 2013
BARODA MARCH ART SHOW IN PRINCE OF VILLAS MUSEUM MUMBAI 2014, 2015
THE PORTRAIT PROJECT SHOW IN NEW DELHI 2014
THE PORTRAIT PROJECT SHOW IN COLABA MUMBAI 2014
THE PORTRAIT PROJECT IN DIA ART FAIR NEW DELHI 2015
20”X20” PORTRAIT SHOW IN DELHI 2015
AHMEDABAD MIRROR CHARITY SHOW AHMEDABAD 2016
LYBRINTHTALESH-3 AT GALLERY -7 MUMBAI 2016
ART BAHRAIN ACROSS BORDERS (ARTBAB) AT BAHRAIN 2017
AN INTERACTIVE CAMP OF DRAWING AND PAINTING SHOW AT C.N. COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AHMEDABAD 2016
AHMEDABAD ART FAIR AT RAJPATH CLUB AHMEDABAD 2017
AHMEDABAD ART FAIR AT RIVERFRONT AHMEDABAD 2018
HONORS AND AWARD
46TH STATE LALIT KALA ACADEMIC AWARD FOR PAINTING 2006
VIBRANT GUJARAT NATIONAL EDUCATION SUMMIT 2014
55 STATE LALIT KALA ACADEMI AWARD 2015
AIFACS AWARD 2015
PRAFULL DAHANUKAR ART FOUNDATION GOLD MEDAL AWARD OF WEST ZONE IN TEXTILE 2017
4TH ALL INDIA ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF EMAMI CHISEL ART CERTIFICATE AWARD CALCUTTA 2017
PRAFULL DAHANUKAR ART FOUNDATION STATE AWARD IN TEXTILE 2018
WORKSHOPS
BIKANER ART STUDIO, BIKANER, RAJASTHAN, 2007
AN INTERACTIVE CAMP OF DRAWING AND PAINTING AT C.N. COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AHMEDABAD 2016
GUJRAT STATE LALIT KALA ACADEMY SENIOR / JUNIOR CAMP AT DIU 2016.
PARTICIPATIONS
GUJARAT STATE LALIT KALA ACADEMY 2004, 2005, 2006
EMAMI CHISEL ART COMPETITION CALCUTTA 2013
NATIONAL ART EXHIBITION DELHI 2014
FIRST TAKE OF ABIR’S AT AHMEDABAD 2016