Akbar Padamsee

(Indian, 1928–2020)

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Akbar Padamsee

Nude, 2003

Price on Request

Biography

Timeline

1928
Born: Mumbai, India
1949
Received a degree in Fine Arts from Sir J.J. School of Arts, Bombay
1965
J.D. Rockefeller III. Fund Fellowship
1969 - 1970
Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship
1998
Bank of India Excellence Award
2004
Award: Lalit Kala Ratna, Lalit Kala Akademi
Lives and works in Mumbai

Exhibitions

2012
2011-12 'The Body Unbound', Rubin Museum of Art, New York (solo)
'Gallery Collection', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
'Rewind , Review ... ', Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
'Contemporary: A Selection of Modern and Contemporary Art', prsented by Sakshi Gallery at The Park, Chennai
2011
'Form and Formlessness', Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon
'States of Departure: Progressives to Present Day', Aicon Gallery, London
'POP: Progressives on Paper', Aicon Gallery, New York
'Masterclass', Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010
'Body Parts', The Loft, Mumbai (solo)
Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai (solo)
'Figure/Landscape - Part One', Aicon Gallery, New York
'The Progressives & Associates', Grosvenor Gallery, London
'Black and White', Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai
'From Miniature to Modern: Traditions in Transition', Rob Dean Art, London in association with Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
'Black is Beautiful', India Fine Art, Mumbai
'Masters of Maharashtra', collection from Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi at Piramal Gallery, National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai
2009
'Bharat Ratna! Jewels of Modern Indian Art', Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
'Indian Art After Independence: Selected Works from the Collections of Virginia & Ravi Akhoury and Shelley & Donald Rubin', Emile Lowe Gallery, Hempstead
'Sacred and Secular', India Fine Art, Mumbai
'Think Small', Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
'Progressive to Altermodern: 62 Years of Indian Modern Art', Grosvenor Gallery, London
2008
‘Sensitive Surfaces’, Galerie Helene Lamarque, Paris (solo)
'Faces', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
‘Freedom 2008 – Sixty Years of Indian Independence’, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2007-08 ‘India Art Now: Between Continuity and Transformation’, Province of Milan, Milan, Italy
2007
‘Metascape to Humanscape’, Aicon Gallery, Palo Alto (solo)
‘Winter Show’, Aicon Gallery, Palo Alto
2006
Photographs, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai, India (solo)
Metascape to Humanscape’, Aicon Gallery, New York (solo)
Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA) Gallery, Kolkata
‘Shadow Lines’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
'Drawing Show an Act of Art II', Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai
2005
Gallery Threshold and the French Embassy in India, Delhi, India (solo)
Contemporary Indian Art, Nehru Center, London, UK
Threshold Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
2004
Retrospective of Watercolors, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, India (solo)
Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
1992
Art Heritage, New Delh, India (solo)
Sanskriti Art Gallery, Calcutta, India