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Solo Shows 2000 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 1998 Birla Academy of Art, Calcutta 1997 Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Mumbai 1995 Gallery B.A.I., New York 1994 Gallery B.A.I., New York 1975 BirthdayBook, New York 1973 BirthdayBook, New York 1972 Selected Artists Gallery, New York 1967 Pundol Gallery, Bombay 1966 Gallery Chemould, Bombay and Delhi 1966 Taj Art Gallery, Bombay 1965 Taj Art Gallery, Bombay 1961-65 World House Galleries, New York (4 shows) 1958 Rome Institute of Oriental Studies, Italy 1952-54 Bombay, Calcutta and New Delhi Exhibitions 1999 A Tribute the Beginning, Crimson-The Art Resource, Mumbai 1997 50 years of Art in Mumbai, The National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai 1982 Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C. 1982 India: Myth and Reality; Aspects of Modern Indian Art, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England. Exhibition catalog. 1977-78 Pictorial Space: A Point of View on Contemporary Indian Art, Conceived and Compiled by Geeta Kapur.Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan Galleries, New Delhi. Exhibition catalog, foreword by Geeta Kapur. 1973 Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C. 1968-69 Commonwealth Exhibition, Montreal 1968 Triennial, New Delhi 1963-64 Paintings from the Museum of Modern Art, New York, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Exhibition catalog, foreword by Alfred H. Barr, Jr. 1963 Commonwealth Exhibition, London 1963 Dunn International (102 Best Painters of the World), Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, N.B. and Tate Gallery, London 1963 National Gallery, Washington, D.C. 1962 Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1960 Sao Paulo Biennial 1957/59 Tokyo Biennial 1956/58 Venice Biennial Group Shows 1997 To Celebrate India's 50 years of Independence, Permanent Mission of India Building, NY 1995 India: Reflections of a Country, Krasdale Gallery, New York 1995 A Group of 8 , Contemporary Arts of India, New York 1994 Permanent Mission of India, New York 1993 Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, New York 1992 Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York 1989 Exhibition of Art, Culture and History, First Global Convention of People of Indian Origin, Sheraton Center, New York 1983 The National Arts Club, New York 1982 Modern Indian Paintings. From the Collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. Catalog 1978 Contemporary Artists of India, New India House, New York, Catalog, foreword by K. Srinivasan, Consul General of India 1978 Contemporary Artists of India, Alternative Center for International Arts, New York, Catalog, foreword by Robert H. Browning 1977 Keen Gallery, New York 1977 Couturier Galerie, Stamford, Connecticut 1977 ASIFS Gallery, New York 1970 Art of Modern World, Gallery of International Modern Art, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta,Inauguration by H.E. Kenneth B. Keating, U.S. Ambassador to India 1969 Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 1969 The University of South Florida 1966 India Group Show, Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center 1965 Gallery Chemould, Calcutta 1966 Gallery Chemould, Bombay, Delhi 1966 Taj Art Gallery, Bombay 1962-64 Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (one exhibition per year) 1962 Mary Washington College 1959 Contemporary Indian Art, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi and various museums in Germany 1959 The Graham Gallery, New York 1958 Gallery One, London 1956 New Delhi, India 1953 Gallery Palette, Zurich, Switzerland Bibliography Bittersweet: The Asian-Indian Experience in the USA, a video by Sanjeev Chatterjee. Includes interview with Mohan Samant Illustration, Where, New York, October, 1995 Feature article and illustration, India Today, February 15, 1995 Award Winners: National Exhibition of Art 1955-1990, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
Article, Span October 1982 Listing, Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art, Catalog of the Collection , January 1, 1977 Illustration #351, Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art, 1929-1967, by Alfred H. Barr Feature article and illustrations, Illustrated Weekly, India, December 12, 1965 Feature Article and illustrations, Time Magazine, March 6, 1964 Reviews New York Times, New York Herald Tribune, February, 1961, February 1, 1964, October 2, 1965,
Art News, Economic Times, 1972, various Mumbai newspapers Other Coverage Modern Art in India by Ajit Mookerjee. Calcutta, 1956
Art of India by Norman Brown, Art of the World Series by Norman Brown Awards 2000 Asian American Heritage Award 1958 Cultural Exchange Scholarship of Asia Society, New York 1957 Cultural Exchange Scholarship of Italian Government 1956-7 Gold Medal of Bombay Art Society
1956 Lalit Kala Academy Award (All Indian Art Award) 1954 Governor's Prize, Maharashtra
1952 Calcutta Art Society Public Lectures Lecture tour of various universities of the United States in 1959. Lectured on contemporary Indian painting and Indian classical music with demonstration on the Indian instrument, sarangi Education Graduated from Sir J. J. School of Arts, Bombay, India in 1952.
Studied Bashouli miniature painting under M. Palsikar, traditional Indian painter Collections Asia Society, New York Birla Art Academy, Calcutta Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh Colgate University, New York Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. The Museum of Modern Art, New York The National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi Tata Atomica Institute, Mumbai, India
