Solo Exhibitions
2022 Aadiyogi Shiv: A Journey in cosmic indigo, textile paintings travelling exhibition, exhibited at Bikaner House, Delhi, Bihar Museum, Patna, NIFT Delhi, NIFT Patna.
2019 Heritage Mississauga Museum, Mississauga, Toronto, Canada.
2019 Prithvi fine art and cultural centre, Delhi
2018 Prithvi fine art and cultural centre, Delhi
2018 Art Konsult Gallery, Delhi.
2017 Civil Services Officers Institute, Vinay Marg, New Delhi.
2017 Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan, Delhi.
2016 Art Konsult Gallery, Delhi.
2015 EMS Museum Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
2014 Ramada Plaza, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2013 Azad Art Gallery, I.C.C.R, Delhi
2012 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2011 Shrishti Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2010 Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, Karnatka Chitrkala Parishath, Bangalore,
2007 Kumar Gallery, New Delhi & Museum Gallery, Mumbai
2006 Kumar Gallery, New Delhi & Jehangir Gallery, Mumbai
2005 Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata
2005 Hamail Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
2005 National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
2004 Shridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi
2004 Kumar Gallery, New Delhi
2004 Shrishti Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2003 Kumar Gallery & India International Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi
2003 Galerie Muller & Plate, Munich, Germany
2003 Tagore Culture Centre, Indian Embassy, Berlin, Germany
2002 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2002 IndusInd Art Gallery, Chandigarh
2002 Shridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi
2000 Nehru Centre & India Club, London
2000 Chitra Kala Parishad, Bangalore
2000 Triveni Gallery, New Delhi
1999 Lalit Kala Academi, Lucknow
1998 Lalit Kala Academi, New Delhi
1998 AIFACS, New Delhi
1997 AIFACS, New Delhi
1996 Genesis Art Gallery, Calcutta
1995 Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata in aid of CRY
Selected Group Participation – International
2022: KL International Art Exhibition ‘New Horizon’, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2022: Fine Arts Department, Luxor University, Luxor, Egypt
2022: Ras Al-Ain Gallery, Amman, Jordan
2019: Senlis Sacred Art Festival, France
2019: Symphony of Colors, Galerie Metanoia, Paris
2019: Gallery 26, Oslo, Norway
2019: Symposium of women artists, Nicosia and Kyrenia, Cyprus
2019: Journey of light, small format, Prithvi fine art and cultural centre, Delhi
2017 3 rd Jerusalem Biennale, Jerusalem.
2016 Forms of devotion, an exhibition of Indian Art at central museum at Conde Duque in central Madrid
2015/16 Forms of devotion, an exhibition of Indian Art at China Art Museum, Shanghai, China (Nov 2015 to Feb 2016).
2015 Exhibition of water colour, International Union of Mail Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
2015 India Festival at Technopolis, Athens, Greece.
2015 Forms of Devotion, The spiritual in Indian Art, Museum of Sacred Art, Belgium at Lalit Kala Akademi, India
2015 Seven Indian Artists, Group Exhibition, EMS Museum Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
2010 Group show Indian Artists at San Francisco, USA
2007 Group Show at Mississauga, Canada
2007 25 Contemporary Artists of India, Moscow Museum, Moscow.
2007 Women Artists of South East Asian Countries, Hamail Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan.
2005 India-Korea Art Show at Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, Delhi
2004 Hamail Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
2004 Amrita Shergil Revisited-on the eve of Internationals Women Day,
ICCR, New Delhi, show travelled to State Museums at Tashkent,
Brishkek and Almaty in Central Asia
2002 Galerie Muller & Plate, Munich, Germany
2001 Galerie Muller & Plate, Munich, Germany
2001 Opera House, Vienna
Selected Group Participation – India
2022: Truth Remains, Prithvi Fine Art and Cultural Centre, Delhi.
2022: Inner face of Reality, Prithvi Fine Art and Cultural Centre, Delhi.
2022: I have a dream, Masha Art, Gurugram.
2022: Palash festival of Art, IGNCA, New Delhi.
2022: Awadh Art Festival, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2021: Let Light Descend on Earth, Prithvi Fine Art and Cultural Centre, Delhi.
2021: Empowered women, Prithvi Fine Art and Cultural Centre, Delhi.
2020 :Public art for delhi, Visual art gallery,India Habitat centre, Delhi
2019 : Women artists exhibition, National Gallery Of Modern Art, Delhi
2019 : Sculpt for Delhi, India International Centre, Delhi
2019 : Confluence of aesthetics, Reeves art gallery, Bangalore
2018 : Mortality and beyond, Gallery 78, Hyderabad.
2016 An Overwhelming Imagination: The Junction of Interactivity, Art Konsult, Delhi.
2016 India Art Festival, Art Konsult, Delhi.
2016 Blue Beyond Dimensions, Gallery Sree Arts, Delhi.
2015 Contemporary Art Show by India’s 40 Master artists, ICAC at Jahangir art Gallery, Mumbai.
2015 Yog Chakra, an exhibition of Paintings organized by Sangeet Natak Academy, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India
2015 28 th National Exhibition of Contemporary Art, South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Ministry of Culture at Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal
2014 Gallery Radhika Art Initiative, Lado Sarai, Delhi
2013 College of Art, Chandigarh University
2012 Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2012 Bharat Bhawan Museum, Bhopal
2011 Concluding ceremony of Celebrating 150 yrs of I. T. Deptt., a group show held in Delhi (July 2011)
2011 Group Show, Claridges, Surajkund organized by Prithvi Fine Art & Cultural Centre, New Delhi
2010 Inaugural Ceremony of Celebrating 150 yrs of I. T.Deptt., a group show held in Delhi (July 2010), the show will travel to 16 cities of India
2010 “Nai Ummeed” The Art Festival (August 2010) The Lalit, New Delhi
2010 Art Mantra, Visual Art Gallery (August 2010), New Delhi
2010 “Savera” charity auction (May 2010) at The Lalit, New Delhi
2010 Annual show of Tao Art Gallery (March 2010), Mumbai
2010 Annual Show of Kumar Art Gallery (Jan. 2010), New Delhi
2009 Annual Show of Arushi Art Gallery (Aug.2009), New Delhi
2009 Art Junction (May 2009), The Lalit, New Delhi
2009 Art Mantra (May 2009) Gurgaon
2008 Dus Mahavidyas A show of ten women artists of the world held at Visual Art Gallery(Nov. 2008) New Delhi, Tao Art Gallery
(Nov.2008), Mumbai, Time & Space Gallery (Jan., 2009), Bangalore
2008 A show of four women artists, Alliance France (Nov.2008), New Delhi
2008 Annual Show of Kumar Art Gallery (Jan. 2008), New Delhi
2007 Fine Arts Academy, New Delhi by Arushi Art Gallery
2007 Ati Art Gallery at New Delhi and Bangalore
2007 Kumar Gallery, New Delhi
2006 Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre organized by Ganesha Gallery, New Delhi
2006 Kumar Gallery, New Delhi
2006 Arushi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2005 10th Harmony Show, Mumbai
2005 Mute Dialogues, A Group Show at Habiart Gallery, IHC, New Delhi
2005 Group Show organized by Gargi Seth, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi
2005 Concluding Golden Jubilee Celebration Group show, Kumar Gallery, Delhi
2005 Dhumimal Art gallery, Annual Show, New Delhi
2005 Art Felt Gallery, New Delhi
2005 Spring 2005 at Punjab Academy, New Delhi
2005 Contemporary Women Artist of India, Government Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2004 Inaugural group show of the new gallery, Kumar Art Gallery, New Delhi
2004 Group show of five women artist, Capitol Court, Ashoka Hotel, New Delhi
2004 Art & Poetry-Harvest 2004 – Indian Contemporary Art, Arushi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2004 Charity show for the new building of Alliance Francaise, French Embassy in New Delhi
2003 Inaugural show of the new gallery, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi
2002 Art an Expression of Peace, Habiart Gallery, New Delhi.
2002 Gallery Chemistry of Colours, New Delhi
2002 All India Art Exhibition, AIFACS, New Delhi
2002 Gallery Chemistry of Colours, New Delhi
2002 Uttar Pradesh Lalit Kala Academy, Meerut
2001 Stree Shakti at Habiart Gallery, New Delhi
2001 Russian Cultural Centre, New Delhi
2001 Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
2001 Art Junction Gallery, New Delhi
2001 U.P. Lalit Kala Academy, Lucknow
2001 Academy of Fine Arts & Literature, New Delhi
2001 Gallery Freedom & India Habitat Centre, New Delhi for Gujarat Earthquake Victims
2000 Gallery Freedom, New Delhi
2000 Academy of Fine Arts & Literature, New Delhi
2000 Art Folio, Chandigarh
2000 AIFACS, New Delhi paintings for Kargil Jawans
2000 Art Today, New Delhi
2000 Centre for Punjabi Literature and Art, New Delhi
2000 AIFACS, New Delhi
2000 Gallery Freedom at Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi
1999 Greenwood Gallery, New Delhi
1999 Antahkaran Gallery, New Delhi
1998 Stelstar Show in aid to Sahyog at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
1997 Taj Palace, New Delhi by ‘People for Animals’
1996 Rotary Club of Calcutta at Chitrakoot Gallery, Calcutta
Participation in National Exhibitions
2005 AIFACS, New Delhi
2004 National Exhibition, Lalit Kala Academi, New Delhi
2003 AIFACS, New Delhi
2001 AIFACS, New Delhi
2000 AIFACS, New Delhi
2000 State Lalit Kala Academi, Lucknow
1999 Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi
1999 AIFACS, New Delhi
1998 AIFACS, New Delhi
Her paintings are in the permanent collection of the Bharat Bhavan Museum, Bhopal, Museum of Sacred Art (MOSA) Belgium and Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki (Greece). Her works have been represented at the India Art Fair, New Delhi in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019. As part of Indian Delegation she held a solo exhibition of paintings at Shenzhen, China, 11th International Cultural and Industrial fair 2015.
Apart from winning all India awards for drawing and painting her works occupy space on the walls of the country’s most prestigious residences and offices including those of the President and Prime Minister as well as Governors of Karnataka and Jammu and Kashmir. This multifaceted lady also dabbles in several other fields like photography and she has taken part in national exhibitions of photography in 1999 and 2001, New Delhi.
ABOUT AADIYOGI SHIV: A JOURNEY IN COSMIC INDIGO (TEXTILE PAINTINGS)
The Longest Indigo Painting on sustainable handspun khaddar textile …..
I was in Jaipur to receive a lifetime achievement award for my contribution to the field of fine art on 26th December 2019 at an art festival organised by Art Fiesta.
During the festival, I met Mr Ashok Aatreya a writer, an old acquaintance. I had time on hand and we had some meaningful conversations about the indigo natural colour and dye.
Just on an impulse, I said I would also like to paint on hand-spun khaddar with indigo. On the last day of my trip, Ashok took me to a work centre in village Ratelia, Sanganer to make me have a hands-on experience with indigo. I started to paint on the hand-spun khaddar with dabu (mud resist). I was excited to experiment and could really paint well.
Then and there I decided to create a mass appeal for revival of natural indigo by making a 100 metre long painting using the natural colour and dye on hand spun khaddar.
That day was the beginning of a new found passion, which kept growing inside me. I thought of it all the time and waited for the right time to start, a more favourable weather to paint for long hours.
So I have been conceptualising this painting since end of December 2019.
After purchase of handspun khaddar cloth, natural indigo colour and dye, I started the actual painting on 25th February 2020, worked for nine days in Ratelia village, Sanganer at Shilpi Sansthan.
I first painted with dabu, a mud resist with brush and then put saw dust on it and then sun dried the painting. After that it was soaked in drums of indigo dye and then washed and dried again.
The second method applied for painting is that I dyed the khaddar cloth first in light shades of indigo, dried it and then painted on the cloth again with paint brush in dark shades of indigo colour. I have used both these methods to paint on the hand spun khaddar.
I completed 185 metres in nine days, worked at Shilpi Sansthan, Ratelia village, Diggi road, Sanganer, Jaipur, India.
Then I returned to Delhi on 4th March 2020 because Corona virus infection had started spreading in close-by city Jaipur.
After 4th March I painted on the dyed cloth with dark indigo. The rest of the 15 metres painting I completed in my studio at Delhi. One can see the whole set of paintings on the website prithvifineartandculturalcentre.org
These works are born out of infinite, formless energy of Aadiyogi Shiv, Ardhnarishwar, the ultimate feminist.
There is no beginning, no end, all encompassing, omnipresent Shiv is present in all of us.
In this series of works, I have tried to remind people of my country, India to take pride in our heritage. Khadi and Neel are our very own for ages. Our block printing technique is our own age-old way of chhapakala which is now becoming extinct. Machine has made everything so mechanical and impersonal. I just wanted to give some new, abstract idioms to our chhapakala which may be refreshing and contemporary.
I have also painted Sanskrit text on some paintings to quote Aadi Shankaracharya especially his Shivoham stotra and Ardhnarinateshwar stotra.
All this has never been executed by any other artist as far as I know.
Title of the painting
“Aadiyogi shiv… a journey in cosmic indigo”
Technique and style
Abstract, conceptual, minimalist painting on natural sustainable hand spun khaddar with organic indigo colour and dye.
Basic details
Painting done by Sangeeta Gupta
185.0 metres done in Ratelia Village, Sanganer, Rajasthan
15.0 metres done in my studio,
A-1 /232 Safdarjung Enclave New Delhi 110029, India.
Total length of the painting
200 metres.
hand spun khaddar /textile
Width 36 inches /45 inches
Colour
Natural indigo plant extract colour
Dye
Natural indigo dye.
Duration of Execution of the painting
Painting initiated on 25th February, 2020 and work continued till 4th March 2020.
Work venue
Shilpi Sansthan
Ratelia village, Diggi road, Sanganer Jaipur 303905, India
Independent witnesses
Brij Udaywal and Ashok Aatreya
Team/associates and other witnesses
Brij Udaywal
Ajay Rakesh Singhmar
Surender Meena
Satish Joshi.
We have to return to the basics if we want to survive in peace. Hand-spun khaddar is environment friendly and natural colour and dye are handmade too, they are chemical free. Therefore, to promote sustainable living and promote natural indigo I decided to create this painting that is abstract, conceptual, minimalist painting on natural sustainable hand-spun khaddar with organic indigo colour and dye.
To encourage revival of indigo cultivation, a cash crop as a mass movement to make it a commercially viable venture for farmers, dyers and craftsmen.
To encourage printmakers to apply contemporary art, merge it with the traditional craft of block printing with natural dabu (mud resist) and organic indigo.
To make it a highly sought-after export product.
Adiyogi Shiv, my 36th solo exhibition was held at Bihar Museum, Patna (5th November to 26th November 2022).
Before that it was held at Bikaner House, Delhi between 6th to 12th October 2022 wherein a book titled ‘Aadiyogi Shiv: A Journey In Cosmic Indigo’, published by Bihar Museum, Patna was launched and a documentary film titled ‘Aadiyogi Shiv: A Journey In Cosmic Indigo’ was also screened every day during the exhibition. The film is produced by Prithvi Fine Art and Cultural Centre, Delhi. It is directed, shot and edited by artist/poet/filmmaker Sangeeta Gupta. (link for the film: https://youtu.be/n_phKyTjS8o )
And then it was exhibited at NIFT, Delhi (21st to 30th October 2022).
The show is ongoing at NIFT Patna as of now.