Name : Gulam Mohd Sheikh
Brief Bio : A painter, writer and an art critic, Gulam Mohd. Sheikh was born in 1937, Gujarat. He did his MFA in paintings, from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Gujarat, in 1961. Later went to the Royal College of Arts, London on a common Wealth Scholarship, in 1966. His deep understanding of literary tradition especially Sufism enables him to create visual couplets in his works.
Apart from his participations in India and abroad, selected solo exhibitions include :
‘Mappings’, organized by The Guild, Mumbai, at The Museum Gallery, Mumbai, 2004;
‘Palimpsest’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai;
Tao Art gallery, Mumbai, 2001;
‘Kahat Kabir’ (gouaches) and ‘Tree of Life’, (mural documentation), Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, Mumbai, 1996.
‘Tree of Life’, Mural at Vidhan Bhavan, Bhopal, 1996;
‘A Tree in My Life’, The Village Gallery, New Delhi, 1995;
Art Heritage, New Delhi, 1988;
‘Returning Home’, a retrospective selection of Works from 1968 to 1985,
Centre Georges Pompidou, Musee National d’Art Modeme, Paris, 1985.
Gulam Mohd. was honoured with the Kalidas Samman,by the Madhya Pradesh Government, 2002;
The Ravishankar Rawal Award, Gujarat Government, 1998-99;
Residency at Civitella Ranieri Center, Umbertide, Italy, 1988.
The Padamshri, by the Government of India, 1983;
The National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 1962;
The Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, 1961-3;
Gujarat Lalit Kala Akademi, Ahmedabad, 1961.
The artist lives and works in Vadodara, Gujarat.
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