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song of the winged bird: Gogi saroj Pal

Meeting Gogi Saroj Pal is a new experience each time. For here is a visual artist, who in her creative span of over four decades in the Captial city of New Delhi, never been afraid of change. But it is not change for change’s sake. She has the courage to reinvent herself as an artist yet all through her work there is a connecting chain born out of deep meditation and riyaz as the music. But each note of the raga that she has been singing has something fresh to off er. Her’s is the not of the much celebrated nightingale or the cuckoo bird. It is the every day morning song of the sparrow, which twitters on the tree in the backyard, perches on the frail branch, swings on the clothesline and rests for a while on the fence. Perhaps it was said of Gogi: “Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings.” Th e winged bird called Gogi has been showing regularly and participating in artists’ workshops, and camps. She works in several media including oil, gouache, ceramics, weaving, graphics and installations. Th e iconography of woman is an important feature of Gogi Saroj Pal’s work and her images are not devoid of context and she casts a spell by interweaving reality with fantasy and myth. Th e status of women in society and nuances of their degradation fi nd refl ection in her work. Today she is counted among the leading and pioneering artists,who has given a new vocabulary to contemporary Indian art. Excerpts from an interview by Nirupama Dutt with Gogi Saroj Pal:

What are the memories of your childhood and how did these shape your dream to be an artist?

Childhood was very rich and I grew up in an environment charged with a revolutionary spirit. Our country had just about gained its freedom. My father Dharam Pal and uncle Yash Pal were associated with Bhagat Singh and Bharat Naujawan Sabha. Th e spirit was one of changing the old order for something new. A lot of stress was laid on education and my grandmother Prem Devi, who was a school teacher at Lahore in 1901, aft er the infamous earthquake in Kangra, was an enlightened and aware woman. My father was from hilly area

of Kangra, my mother was a Punjabi and my childhood was spent in different places in Uttar Pradesh where my father worked in sugar mills. The house would be full with brothers, sisters and cousins. I recall once a certain part of the mill complex was being paved with cement and we young ones went there and engraved our aim on it. In our innocence we wrote ‘Ham amar hona chahate hain’ (We want to be immortal).I laugh when I think about it. We did not know what greatness or immortality was but yet we yearned for it, hearing perhaps the stories of people who laid down their lives in the struggle for the country’s Independence.

Did you find yourself a little different from your siblings and was the artist in you expressing her identity even then?

The road to art is a long one and I will not say that I knew there was an artist in me then. But what I do know is that there was in me a strong sense of curiosity. I was an inquisitive and somewhat stubborn child and never at rest until I had found a satisfying answer to my queries. This inquisitive nature of mine was to follow me to the art college where I would be in argument with my teachers when it came to following the beaten track. Yes, in my childhood I found my grandmother showing a lot of patience in addressing the doubts and fears that are a part of a child’s world.

Was the decision to take up art as a profession entirely your own or did your family play a part in it?

I have told you that I was a stubborn girl and as I grew older, I found myself different from other girls around me. I was not interested in clothes, make-up or boys for that matter. My cousins and sisters sniggered at me but somewhere I knew what I wanted. I would wear a skirt because that was a convenient dress that did not get dirty too soon, canvas shoes were fine for my feet and a face scrubbed well with soap was all the make-up I needed. I sought company of mature people wanting to learn and know more. The decision to be an artist was

entirely my own. The creative search was budding in my heart. With my uncle being a very famous writer, I was exposed to the literary world. However, I picked up the brush instead of the pen because I wanted to do things my way. My family was very uncertain about my future as an artist for in those times there were few takers of art and the woman artist had yet to make her presence felt. But there was always a hathyogini in me. The road to art was long, sometimes lonely and sometimes difficult but an adventurous spirit was mine and I did find my way through the chaos to express myself in art. I was aware that I should be properly schooled in art and should know the tools of the line that I had chosen well. I studied art for two years in Vanasthali and then moved for a full graduate course in College of Art at Lucknow. But I felt I still needed to know more and I wanted no short-cuts so I added a post-graduate course at the College of Art at Delhi. Sometimes people would laugh that I had spent so many years on education alone but I knew what I wanted and was not afraid of working hard to achieve it.

You came as a slip of a girl in a skirt and canvas shoes, dragging your attaché case at the Delhi bus stand to be one of the teeming crowds was back in 1968. It must have been quite a task to establish your identity as an artist in the rather harsh Capital city?

I chose Delhi because I felt that I would be exposed to more art here than in a smaller town. I realised that in a country that had centuries-old tradition of art and craft, the lot of the contemporary artist was not all that easy. When I descended on the art scene, Western derived contemporary Indian Art had already reached its peak. It was time for introspection that what direction should my art take. Art is all about telling your story in your own language. At the both conscious and subconscious levels I started to search and imbibe in the Indian contemporary art, inspirations from indigenous imagery, both textual and visual. There were not many to notice me or pay heed to my heed to my point of view. However, I had full faith in my convictions and I followed my own path. I began to evolve my own creative visual imagery on what it meant to be a woman in the larger sense. I was taking steps to paint the universal woman or eternal feminine impulse. The figure was of course

of the Indian woman who lives close to earth, takes life as it comes, keeps her concerns and convictions to herself and yet survives and the world continues in her continuity.

Gogi, now that you have come a long way and are acknowledged as an artist who has re-imaged woman and it is said that your paintings would be a source for knowing the condition of Indian woman in our times, what do you feel about your work?

I continue my great adventure in painting. I was never afraid to re-invent or begin all over again. My oil paintings on canvas were being appreciated but I felt that I required another medium that would give more fluidity to my forms and sharpness to the colours that I was using. I wanted a more expressive medium and so I moved to gouache on paper even though there were many apprehensions by others. Also paper was in my lap and painting this became a more womanly act as I explored and nurtured it as one would a child. I have also explored other mediums like weaving, ceramics, stuffed dolls and installation. My life and cultural identity carve the directions of my expression. I continue to create visual symbols and icons that have a direct reference to our times. Thus from one thematic series to another be it the Anandit Nayika, Kamdhenu, Aag ka Dariya, All the Flowers are for You or more recently Nati Binodini. At this state in life, I am more focused. The more you accomplish, the more you want to do. I feel that I made a choice to live an artist’s life and I am content for this was the only way of life for me.

You have encountered much pain in your personal life including the loss of dearest ones and a number of serious illnesses. Has your art helped you overcome them?

Pain and loss are a part of human existence. What matters is that how well you bear them. A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. During the recent struggle with having the hip joint replaced and the muscles not able to cope and thus leaving incapacitated for a long time and in excruciating pain, my art did come to my rescue. Seeing me work on a painting and knowing the pain I was going through, a doctor commented,

‘You must be a very religious person.’ Well if art be considered religion, I am a very religious person. When I paint, I do not feel the pain. My body ceases to exist. Painting Kinnari once again with the multiple images that I call the Kinnari Mantra were an act of meditation for me in which the mind was able to overcome the pain of the body. For a while the sparrow or the Kinnari limped but then she was flying. Mentally I was not bed-ridden. Freedom is a mental condition and so I could fly and so did my images.

What kind of a relationship have you shared with your partner and co-traveller in the journey of art, Ved Nayar the renowned sculptor and painter?

Both Ved and I appreciated each other’s work even before we came together. Our relationship was based on very close understanding of each other and I can say while we share common concerns our way of handling colour, form and materials is very different. Our thought process and creative process too is different so our works complement each other.

As a child you wanted to achieve immortality. Do you feel you have succeeded in realizing this dream?

Ha! (she laughs). Today the meaning of immortality lies in mortality, that is living and creating. Well, so I am immortal in the image of the eternal woman carrying her existence across the river of fire or taking on many roles as Nati Binodini.

Poetry is a way of life for Nirupama Dutt and some of it gets translated into words. Her poems are lived experience and she tries to touch the infinite through the finite in a contemporary version of the Sufi tradition of Punjab. She is a senior journalist and has worked with many newspapers for last many years.

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1945 Born at Neoli, UP. 1961-62 Studied at College of Art, Vanasthali, Rajasthan. 1962-67 Diploma in Painting, College of Art; Lucknow. 1968-69 Vocational student for postgraduate study in painting, College of Art; Delhi

AwArds 1978-79-81 Group “8” Medals at All India Graphic- Prints Exhibition, Chandigarh & New Delhi 1980 Gogi was given the Sanskriti Award, New Delhi.1981-82 Fellowship of Lalit Kala Akademi, Garhi Artists’ Studios, New Delhi. 1986-88 Fellowship, Department of Culture, New Delhi 1987 She was awarded in the International Biennial of Plastic Arts at Algiers.1990 She was awarded National Award in painting by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.1996 She won an award in the Cleveland Drawing Biennial in U.K.

PArticiPAtion in internAtionAl exhibitions 1975 International Women’ s Exhibition, New Delhi. 1980 Third World Print Biennial, London & Baghdad 1981-83 14th & 15th print Biennial, Lubjiyana, Yugoslavia. 1982 Bedford Print Biennial, England 1982 5th Triennale, India - participated by contributing an “Installation”. 1982 International Print Biennial, Cuba 1984 International Print Biennial, Trino, Rome 1985 International Painting Festival, Cogne-su-Mer, France. 1986-92 International Biennial, Dhaka, Bangladesh 1986 Indian Graphic Print Exhibition in Finland, Germany & Yugoslavia. 1987 Indian Art Exhibition, Japan & South Korea 1988 ‘Print making in India’ Exhibition shown in many cities in United States. Compiled by Paul Lingren

1988 Paintings of Indian Women Artists, India Festival in USSR, Moscow 1988 ‘Work on Paper, exhibition of Graphic Prints by Indian Artists, Frankfurt, Germany. 1989 Contemporary Paintings, from India, organised by `Art Wave, New York 1991 Group Show Kunsthalle Maine, Maine, Germany 1991 A group show of Indian Artists, Lotus Gallery, Amsterdam 1991 A group show of Two Indian Women Artists, Schoo’s Art Gallery, Amsterdam. 1992 Exhibition of Paintings, Bilder Aus Indien, Hamburg, Germany 1992 “To Encounter Others”, An international exhibition of contemporary art at Kassel/Hann Munden, Germany which coincided with Documenta 9 _ contributed an installation “Swayambram”. 1993 ‘A Critical Difference’, an exhibition of contemporary Indian art shown at six art centers in U.K. - Funded by Charles Wallace Art Trust and British Council. 1993 Contemporary Indian Art, Yokohama, Japan. 1993 “Sihanvlokan - Red Saryu has Eyes” - lnstallation in 8th Triennale - India. 1994 Participated in the International River Front, Liverpool Festival _ Designed and hoisted a flag. 1995-96 Installation in the “Inside Out”, an exhibition of Indian Women Artists at Middlesbrough, U.K. Funded by Charles Wallace Art Trust 1997 ‘Women Artists of India _a celebration of Indian Independence’ at the Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, USA. 1997 Exhibition of recent paintings at Kalart Gallery,San Francisco, USA 1997 Group exhibition titled ‘ Kali ‘ at Tropical Museum, Amsterdam 1998 Exhibition of recent paintings at de Bijenkorf organised by Holland Art Gallery & Gallery Foundation for Indian Artists, Amsterdam Artists’ Workshops & Camps 1977 Graphic Prints Workshop, Lalit Kala Akademi’s Garhi Studios, New Delhi. 1978 Artists’ Camp organised by Punjab University Museum at Kasauli. 1979 Graphic Prints Workshop, organised by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.1981 Graphic Prints Workshop, Santi Niketan 1981 Graphics (woodcut) workshop, Chandigarh _ Conducted by Carol Summers.

1981 Art Poster Camp,Lalit Kala Akademy,Garhi Studios,New Delhi.1983 Graphic Prints Workshop, Faculty of Art, Baroda University 1984 Graphic Art Camp,M.S.University,Art Studios,Baroda.1985 Graphic Workshop, Lalit Kala Akademi, Garhi Studios _ Conducted by Krishna Reddy. 1989 Artists’ Camp, Srinagar organised by N.Z.C.C 1990 Artists’ Camp, Karnal Lake organised by Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi1994 Installation Camp organised by Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi1995 International lnstallation Workshop on Art and Ecology organised by Max Muller Bhawan, New Delhi 1997 Graphic Art Camp,J.J.Collage of Art,Bombay.1997 Ceramic Camp,Good Earth.Fridabad.1998 Painting & Glass Art Camp organised by Alembic Chemicals, Vadodra 1998 Uttarayan, Sculptors Camp, Vadodra. 2000 Graphic Art Camp,Collage of Art,New Delhi.2004 Art Camp,Mauritius.2005 Art Camp,Combodia.2005 Art Camp,Sri-Lanka.2005 Art Camp,W.G.Marriot,Bombay.2006 Art Camp,Istambul,Turkey.2006 Art Camp,POwai,Bombay.2006 Art Camp,W.G.Marriot,Bombay.

solo exhibitions 1969 Oil Paintings at Delhi Silpi Chakra, New Delhi 1972 Water Colours at Triveni Gallery, New Delhi 1975 Water Colours at Black Partridge Art Gallery, New Delhi. 1979 Graphic Prints at Art Heritage Gallery, New Delhi 1981 Oil Paintings at Art Heritage Gallery, New Delhi. 1982 Oil Paintings at Sarla Art Gallery, Madras

1982 Paintings & Graphic Prints at Vithi Art Gallery, Baroda 1982 Oil Paintings, Ceramics & Graphic Prints at Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay 1986 Oil Paintings at Art Heritage, New Delhi 1986 Graphic Prints, Montreal, Canada 1986 Paintings at Chemould Art Gallery, Bombay 1987 Gouache Paintings, Gallery Aurobindo, New Delhi 1988 Oil Paintings at Kala Yatra, Sista Art Gallery, Bangalore. 1988 Acrylic and Gouache’ Paintings at Gallery ‘Rohtas’, Rawalpindi, Pakistan 1989 Gouache Paintings, Kala Yatra; Sista Art Gallery, Bangalore 1989 Gouache Paintings of the series, Eternal Bird, Artist Studio Gallery, New Delhi. 1990 Paintings and Prints, Westmount Public Library, Westmount, Canada 1990 Gouache and Acrylic Paintings at Cymroza Art Gallery, Bombay 1990 Water colour Paintings (1972-73) as a support activity to Safdar Hashmi Memorial Festival at the Artist Studio Gallery, New Delhi 1991 Gouache and Acrylic paintings from the series, “Home Coming” and “A Visit to the Valley of Flowers” at the Artist Studio Gallery, New Delhi 1991 Painted Pottery and Bonsai Pots at the Artists Studio Gallery, New Delhi 1991 Miniature format paintings to form part of the “Installation “ later shown in Germany & U.K. in 1992 at the Artist Studio Gallery, New Delhi 1992 Miniature format paintings to form part of Installation, later shown in Germany & U.K., in 1992 at the Cymroza Art Gallery, Bombay 1992 ‘Kinnari’, Gouache paintings at Alliance Francaise, New Delhi 1993 Exhibition of Paintings organised by Anwar Siddiqui in London 1994 Miniature Format Paintings at the Artist Studio Gallery, New Delhi 1994 Display of the Installation, “Swayambram” at the Max Mueller Bhawan, New Delhi 1995 Exposition of recent paintings and two Installations at the ‘Art Today’, art gallery, New Delhi.1996 ‘Icons of Womanhood’, gouache’ paintings at ARKS Gallery, London.2000 ‘Being a Woman’ at Jamaat Art Gallery-Mumbai.

2001 ‘Mother Icon’- photographs of ‘Ma-Hidamba’ at Kulu Dassehra & the paintings inspired by this experience at FIA- Amsterdam .2001 ‘Embroidering Phulkaries & Memories’ at Lalit Kala Akademi’s Garhi Artists’ Studios, New Delhi 2002 ‘Embroidering Phulkaries & Memories’ Jamaat Art Gallery-Mumbai . 2003 ‘All the flowers are for you’ at Dhoomimal Art Center, New Delhi. 2002: ‘Archival Digital Prints’ at Dhoomimal Art Center, New Delhi & Crimson Art Gallery, Bangalore. 2004 ‘All the flowers are for you’ at Kiki London Art Gallery, London. 2003:’Mahashanan’ at Pioneer Art Gallery , New Delhi. 2004 ‘All the flowers are for you’ & Revisiting Amrita Shergill at Crimson Art Gallery, Banglore.2005 ‘All the flowers are for you’ at Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai .2007 ‘All the flowers are for you’ at Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai .2010 ‘Kinnari and Kinnari Mantras’ at Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai.

GrouP exhibitions 1965 Exhibition of Graphic Prints, Lucknow 1965-68 Participated in U.P. Lalit Kala Academy’s Exhibitions 1967 Participated in U.P. Lalit Kala Akademi’s Exhibition at New Delhi & the Women Artists Exhibition. 1967 National Exhibition, Art & Craft Society, Calcutta. 1968 Group Show of Paintings, Delhi Silpi Chakra, New Delhi 1971 Group Show of Water Colours organised by UN Council of Indian Youth, New Delhi. 1976-90 Participated in the annual National Exhibitions organised by Lalit Kala Akademi. 1978 Exhibition of Graphic Prints by Artists working in Garhi Studios, New Delhi. 1979 Small Format Paintings’ exhibition organised by Lalit Kala Akademi on the occasion of its Silver Jubilee Celebrations 1980 Six Women Painters, at Indus Gallery, Karachi. 1981-84 Participated in the Exhibition, organised by Karnataka Akademi of Arts, Bangalore.

1982 Five Women Painters, Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi. 1983 Exhibition of works of artists of ‘KARU’ group at Baradari, Garhi Studios, New Delhi. 1984 Group Show at Cymroza Art Gallery, Bombay. 1984 Group Show at Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay. 1984 Contemporary Print - Making in India, Jehangir, Art Gallery, Bombay. 1986 Exhibition of paintings by contemporary Indian Women Artists, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. 1987 Exhibition of sculptures by contemporary Indian Women Sculptors, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. 1987 Group Show of Serigraph-Prints at Triveni Art Gallery, New Delhi. 1989 Group Show at Village Gallery, New Delhi. 1989 Contemporary Artists from Delhi, Sakshi Gallery, Madras. 1990 Conceptual Self-portraits, Artist Studio Gallery, New Delhi. 1990 Group Show at Kala Yatra, Bangalore. 1990 Group Show of self-portraits, Chemould Art Gallery, Bombay. 1990 Exhibition of National Award Winning Works, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. 1990 A group exhibition on the occasion of the visit of Nelson Mandela at the Little Theater Group Art Gallery, New Delhi. 1990 A group show along with Ved Nayar at the Artist Studio Gallery, New Delhi. 1990 Participated in a group show organised by `Sehmat’ on the occasion of Janotsav’. 1991 Participated in a group show on the Year of Girl Child’ organised by Shruti, the Art Gallery of Maurya Sheraton Hotel, New Delhi. 1991 Participated in a group exhibition and auction organised by Helpage India at Jehangir Art Gallery, conducted by Aspery, London. 1991 Group Exhibition of Works in the collection of CMC. 1991 Group Show of Ceramics at Artist Studio Gallery as complimentary activity to the “Colour of the Earth” exhibition organised by the British Council. 1992 Group exhibition organised by Sparrow, Bombay. 1992 The Expressive Line, Art Age presentation, Calcutta.

1993 “Wounds” organised by CIMA at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. 1993 Exhibition for Maharashtra earthquake relief, organised by the Faculty of Art, Baroda. 1993 Exhibition organised by CRY at Maurya Sheraton, New Delhi. 1993 “More than a decade ago, the Artist’s Choice” organised by the Display Gallery, New Delhi. 1993 “Four Women Artists”; LTG Art Gallery, New Delhi. 1994 “The Blind Eye”, paintings in weaving - participated in a Group Show at L.T.G. Gallery, New Delhi. 1994 “The Blind Eye’, paintings in gouache on paper - participated in the Miniature Format Exhibition, organised by CIMA, Calcutta 1994 Paintings in Weaving, a group show at Artist Studio Gallery, New Delhi 1995 Participated in the exhibition organised by the “People for Animals” at Taj Palace, New Delhi 1995 Invited to participate in an exhibition on ‘BOMBAY’ organised by RPG 1997 ‘50 years of Indian Independence’ a group show organised by Vadhera Art Gallery at the National Gallery of Modern Art 1997 ‘Self and the World’ exhibition of Indian Women Artists organised by Gallery Espace at the National Gallery of Modern Art 1997 ‘Post - Independence Art Trends’ organised by Lalit Kala Akademi. 1997 ‘The Looking Glass -Self ’ a group show at Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai 1998 ‘Unmasking’ a group show of conceptual self - portraits organised by Om Gallery, New Delhi. 1998 ‘Works on Paper’ Gallery Espace, Delhi, 1999 Graphic Print Workshop at JJ- Mumbai- Cymroza & British Council, Mumbai,1999 ‘The Creative Process’- Guild art Gallery, Mumbai,1999 ‘Art & Industry’- an Art Camp- TISCO & Cymroza, Jamshedpur, During 1999- 2000, Gogi organized / participated in: 1. The limited edition of her book, ‘Letters to Punnu from Garhi studios 1983- 85: ‘Ma-Gogi’ was launched in London on May 1999, 2002.1999 Invited Artist- ‘Extending Parameters’- Indian Printmakers Guild, Delhi.

1999 ‘Kunst Rai’- International Art Fair, Amsterdam. 1999 ‘Water’- Art Indus, Delhi, 9.1999 ‘Icons of the Millennium’- Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai, 1999 ‘Art for Spastics’ a charity auction conducted by Bonhamas at Taj Coromondal, Chennai, 1999 ‘Anniversary show’- Gallery Ganesha, Delhi, 1999 ‘Black & White - Drawing Show’, Art Today, Delhi, 1999 ‘Small Format’- Art Today, Delhi, 2000 ‘Two for Millennium’- Art Today, Delhi, 2000 ‘The Miniature Format Show’- Sans Tache, Mumbai, 2000 ‘Old Drawings & Paintings’ - The Fine Art Company, Mumbai, 2000 ‘Sewa’- An Auction, Mumbai, 2000 ‘Their Story’ - Freedom Gallery, Delhi, 2000 ‘Millennium Show’- Birla Akademi, Calcutta, 2000 ‘Juxapose’- Son Et Lumiere, Mumbai, 2000 ‘Art for Theatre’- Vadehra Art Gallery, Delhi, 2000 ‘The Millennium Masks’- Dhoomimal art Centre, Delhi, 2000 ‘Women Artists- New Images 2000’- LTG Gallery, Delhi, 2001 ‘Paper Pulp Show’- Fine Art Company, Mumbai, & Gallery Espace, Delhi.2001 ‘Nayika’- TAO Art Gallery, Mumbai. 2002 ‘Nav Nayika’ TAO Art Gallery, Mumbai. 2003 Indian Contemporary Art, Kaualalumpur, Malaysia.2004-05-06 Polka Art Gallery2004 Maurutius Art Camp2004 Confluence, art camp & exhibition, New York, USA2004 Confluence, art camp & exhibition, Los Angles, USA2004 Drawing Exhibition, crimson art gallery.2005 Exhibition in aid of cancer society, Cymroza art gallery.2005 Art camp, women artists, Ankor Vat, Combodia.

2005 Earth exhibition, Tao Art Gallery.2005 Art Camp, Sri Lanka.2005 Exhibition in aid of cancer society, Art & Soul art gallery.2005 Art camp in Turkey.2005 Group show, Art Konsult art gallery.2005 Group show at Lasalle- SIA College of Arts, Singapore, organized by Tao Art Gallery.2005 Group show, Chelsea college of Art & Design, organized by Tao Art Gallery.2005-06 Art Camp, JW Marriot, mumbai.2005 Group Show organized by Popular Prakashan, Anant art galley, Delhi & Tao Art Galley, Mumbai.2006 Group show, Art Konsult art gallery.2006 Harmony Show2006 Garhi Artists, Group Show. 2006: Holi & Monsoon group shows organized by Red Earth in Delhi & Mumbai.2006 Work on paper, New York.2006 Water exhibition, Sofia college, Mumbai.2006 Work on paper, Celebrating 35 years of Cymroza Art Gallery.2006 ‘Red Earth’, Group Show, Baroda.2006 ‘Devotion’ Group Show, Art Positive Gallery, New Delhi.2006 Pratham Art Auction exhibition organized by Christies in London.2006 Raag Badal organized by Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal. 2007 Tahlka Art Auction, London.2007 Khushi Art auction, New Delhi.2008 Group Show, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai.2009 Group Show ‘Body as Vessel’ Art Alive, New Delhi.2009 Group Show ‘Indian Harvest’ Crimson - The Art Resource, Banglore.2010 Group Show ‘PRAKRIT ARTS’ Channai.2010 ‘Manifestation’, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi2010 ‘The Living Insignia’, Gallery Ensign, New Delhi.

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