Badri Narayan

BORN
July 22, 1929, Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh

DIED
September 23, 2013, Bangalore

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS
Self-Taught Artist

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 The Viewing Room, Mumbai
2007, 2008 Mon Art Gallerie, Kolkata
2006 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
2004 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
2002 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
2002 Gallerie 88, Kolkata
1999 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1993 Pundole Art Gallery, Bombay
1991 Sakshi Gallery, Bengaluru
1985, 1986 University of North Dakota, USA
1964 Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay
1963 Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 Aqua, Gallery Beyond, Bombay
2010 Black is Beautiful, India Fine Art, Bombay
2009 Sacred and Secular, India Fine Art, Bombay
2009 The Root of Everything, Gallery Mementos, Bangalore
2007, 2008 Different Strokes, presented by Tulika Arts at Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay
2007 Journey 2, a charity art exhibition for Passages, Gallery Art and Soul, Bombay
2007 Art for Concern, the annual charity auction 2007, Bombay
2007 Spectra, Gallerie Zen, Bangalore
2002 Legacy of Art, commemorating 50 years of Jehangir Art Gallery, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay
1998 50 Years of Art in Bombay, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Bombay
1998 Jehangir Nicholson Collection, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Bombay, New Zealand Delhi
1997 Image Beyond Image, Glenbarra Museum traveling exhibition, Japan
1997 Japan Collection, New Delhi, Calcutta, Bangalore, Bombay
1996 Perspecta, organized by Gallery 88 at the Oberoi Hotel, New Delhi
1996 Contemporary Indian Painters, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay
1990 Work of the Indo-German Artists Camp on War and Peace, Max Mueller Bhavan, Calcutta
1988 Art for CRY, Bombay, Calcutta, New Delhi, Bangalore
1985 Collectors Choice, Gallery Chemould, Bombay
1982 Indian Art Today, Darmstadt
1980 Four Indian Artists, Surya Galleries, Freinsheim
1979, 1980 Indian Art of the Present Day, Landau
1972, 1973 Indian Graphic Art, Warsaw and Paris
1972 25 Years of Indian Art, New Delhi
1971, 1972 Indian Art Exhibition, Tokyo, Kyoto, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, San Salvador
1966 75 Years of Painting in Western India, Bombay
1966 First Bombay Arts Festival, Bombay
1966 Current Art in India, Newcastle, Ghent
1965, 1966 Travelling Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art, East Africa, Nairobi, Kampala, Dar es Salaam
1965 Graphic Arts from the Five Continents, Leipzig
1964 International Graphic Arts, National Museum, Prague
1963 Vitrum Studio Exhibition, Galerie Vanier, Geneva
1963 Air India Art Exhibition, Perth
1962 Exhibition of Indian Artists, Moscow
1960 Exhibition of Indian Art, Villa Huegel, Essen
1957 First Exhibition of Asian Artists, Tokyo
1955 Exhibition of Indian Art, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia
1949 All-Indian Art Exhibition India, Hyderabad Art Society, Hyderabad

PARTICIPATIONS
2012 Small is Beautiful, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2012 Art for Humanity, Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai
2011 Manifestations V, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2008 Moderns, Royal Cultural Centre, Amman, Jordan, organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, in collaboration with Embassy of India, Amman, Jordan
1992 Bharat Bhavan Biennale, Bhopal
1991 7th Triennial of India, New Delhi
1989 Centenary Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai
1987 Indian Art Exhibition, Festival of India, Moscow
1976 Contemporary Indian Art, 25th Pugwash Conference, Chennai
1971 2nd International Triennial, New Delhi
1968 Golden Jubilee Exhibition, Art Society of India, Mumbai
1968 1st International Triennial, New Delhi
1966, 1967 5th International Print Biennale, Tokyo
1961 2nd International Biennial, Paris

HONORS AND AWARD
1990, 1991 Gaurav Puraskar, Government of Maharashtra State
1987 Padma Shri, Government of India
1984, 1986 Higher Fellowship for Outstanding Artists, Government of India, New Delhi
1968, 1969 Critics' Award, Artists' Centre, Bombay
1965 National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1962, 65, 66, 67, 69,70 Lalit Kala Academy of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad
1962, 63, 66 All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi
1957, 58, 59, 70 Bombay Art Society, Bombay
1949, 54, 60, 62 Gold Medal, Hyderabad Art Society, Hyderabad

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Storytelling comes naturally to me, I have loved telling stories since my childhood.

Born in July 1929 in Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, self-taught artist Badri Narayan has been painting for over 45 years. During this time, he has worked as an art teacher and artist but has always been a deeply introspective individual. This self-reflection and autobiographical perspective is the most consistent theme in Narayan's work.

The artist's paintings are narrative, and titles such as Queen Khemsas's Hamsa Dream and Meeting in the Middle of the River are the starting points for unraveling the complexities presented by the paintings to interpret and understand them. Symbolism is a recurring feature of his works, although he sometimes uses popular icons of Indian culture such as Ganesha. He explains: "I have collected the images that are around me, that I was born into, and they come naturally to me." Narayan draws heavily on Indian mythology and metaphors and acknowledges the influence of the Indian tradition of miniature in his works. The artist believes in the two-dimensionality of painting and prefers to work in a smaller format, which he finds practical and suited to watercolors, which have been his preferred medium for several years. Narayan has also worked with etchings, woodcuts, and ceramics, and illustrated a few children's books.

Narayan's first solo exhibition of paintings was held at the Hyderabad Art Society in 1954. Since then, he has had over fifty solo exhibitions, including several exhibitions at the Pundole Art Gallery, in Mumbai. He has also exhibited his work at Mon Art Gallerie, Kolkata, Sakshi Art Gallery, Bangalore, and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.

Badri Narayan's work has also been featured in several group exhibitions, the most recent being The Root of Everything at Mementos Gallery, Bangalore, in 2009, Different Strokes presented by Tulika Arts at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, in 2007-08, Journey 2 at Art and Soul Gallery, Mumbai, in 2007, and Spectra at Gallerie Zen, Bangalore, in 2007. He has also participated in the Bharat Bhavan Biennial, Bhopal, in 1992, the 7th India Triennial, New Delhi, in 1991, the 1st and 2nd International Triennial, New Delhi, in 1968 and 1971 respectively, the 5th International Biennial of Prints, Tokyo, in 1966-67, and the 2nd International Biennial, Paris, in 1961.

Badri Narayan passed away on 23 September 2013.

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

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