Born in 1949 in the city of Pune , Sudhir Patwardhan is a self taught artist and a practicing radiologist. He began painting seriously in the 70’s when he shifted to Mumbai.
His works depict dosicetal ccocnerns by exploring the dynamics of interconnectedness between human beings and their einviornment. Sudhir Patwardhan explore different facets of urban existence in his works and the city of Mumbai features prominently in his works. The human figure rmeians the centre of his painterly universe. This human figure in turn is surrounded by their natural environment. His early paintings depict people living on the margins of society such as rickshaw pullers and railway porters.
Sudhir Patwardhan uses scale to maintain an emotional distance from his subject. Recoridng landscapes in transition have been lasting inetrest for him. His emphasis is on the ordinary working people of various suburbs, shanty towns and satellite townships of India. Another aspect to his works is that his subjects are always imbued with a kind of dignity. He never exoticises or fetishises his subjects for the sake of artistic self expression. His depiction of his subjects in always controlled, sensitive as they go about performing their chores in busy city sreets or in suburban construction sites.
He held his first solo exhibition of paintings in Delhi at the famous theatre personality E.Alkazi`s art gallery Art Heritage in 1979.Since then, he has exhibited his works at numerous solo and group shows in both India and abroad.
Sudhir Patwardhan curated an exhibition of Indian Contemporary Art ‘Expanding Horizons’ which travelled around Maharashtra. He also curated a show at Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai and Sudarshan Art Gallery, Pune.
His paintings are in many public and private collections including The National of Modern Art, New Delhi; Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi; Punjab University Museum, Chandigarh; Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal; Gallery of Contemporary Art, Kochi; Peabody Essex Museum, Mass. USA. and the Herwitz Family Collection, USA.
Sudhir Patwardhan lives and works in Mumbai.
Education
Self -Taught
1967-72 Graduated in Medicine from the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 'Sudhir Patwardhan: Select works 1970 to 2018', Roopankar Museum, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal
2016 'Line by Line', Galerie 88, Kolkata
2012 'Route Maps', The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai 2011 'Family Fiction', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2007-08 ‘Citing The City’, Traveling Exhibition at Sakshi Gallery, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; Gallerie 88, Kolkata; Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi and Red Earth Gallery, Vadodara
2004 India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2004 ABC Gallery, Vadodara
2004 Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2002 Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2002 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2001 Sakshi Gallery, Bengaluru
1999 Design Centre, Thane, Maharashtra
1999 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1999 Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
1995 Gallery Chemould, Kolkata
1994 Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1994 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1992 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1990 Art Heritage, New Delhi
1989 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1988 Pokharan, Thane, Maharashtra
1984 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1979 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1979 Art Heritage, New Delhi
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015 'Remembering Bhupen', Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara
2014 'Sacred / Scared', Latitude 28 Gallery, New Delhi
2013 'Still Life', Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
2013 'ZONES OF CONTACT: Propositions on the Museum', Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
2012 'Social Fabric', presented by Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) at Rivington Place; Londs Konsthall, London
2012 'On Line', Gallery Le Sutra, Mumbai
2012 'Small is Beautiful', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2011 'Rekhavishkar 1 & 2' (The Art of Drawing), The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
2011 'Narrations, Quotations & Commentaries', Grosvenor Gallery, London
2010-11 'Figure/Landscape: Part Two', Aicon Gallery, London
2010 Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2010 'Figure/Landscape: Part One', Aicon Gallery, New York
2010 'Freedom to March: Rediscovering Gandhi through Dandi', presented by Ojas Art at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2010 'Earth', Gallery OED (Open Eyed Dreams), Kochi
2010-11 'Writing Visuals', The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Kolkata; W + K Exp, New Delhi
2010 'Black and White', Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai
2009 'Indian Art After Independence: Selected Works from the Collections of Virginia & Ravi Akhoury and Shelley & Donald Rubin', Emile Lowe Gallery, Hempstead
2009 'Tracing Time', Bodhi Art, Mumbai
2008 'Santhal Family: Positions Around an Indian Sculpture', in association with Bodhi Art, and supported by the British Council, Kunststiftung NRW and the Provence of Antwerp at Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (MuKHA), Belgium
2008 'Multiple Modernities: India, 1905-2005', Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA
2007 ‘Horn Please: Narratives in Contemporary Indian Art’, Kusntmuseum Bern, Switzerland
2007 ‘Faces of Indian Art’, Art Alive Gallery at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2007 Inaugural show, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2007 ‘Art on the Wing’ Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara
2007 ‘Celebration’ Project 88, Mumbai
2007 ‘Greenscape’ BNHS Auction, Mumbai
2007 ‘Art Fusion Show’ Nehru Center, Mumbai
2007 ‘Gateway Bombay’, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass, USA
2007 ‘Yuva Parivartan’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006-07 ‘Indian Art - Inventing / Inverting Traditions’, Grosvenor Vadehra, London
2006 ‘Shadow Lines’ Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2006 ‘Art for Conservation’, Mall Galleries, London
2006 ‘A work of Art, a work on paper’ Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006 ‘Modern Indian works on Paper’ Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Jersey
2006 ‘Art for Concern’, Hacienda Art Gallery, Mumbai, Bangalore
2006 ‘El Filo del Deseo - Arte Reciente en India’, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey MARCO, Mexico
2005 ‘Joie de Vivre’ Art Konsult, New Delhi
2005 ‘Bhupen among Friends’, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
2005 ‘Still-Life’, Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
2005 ‘Grey’, Gandhara Art Gallery, Kolkata
2005 ‘New Paradigma II’, Gallery Threshold, Kolkata
2005 ‘Bicentenary Celebrations Auction’, Asiatic Society, Mumbai
2005 ‘Ardhanarishvara’, Tao Gallery, Mumbai
2004 ‘Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India’, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia; Asia Society, New York
2004 ‘Visions of Landscape’, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
2004 ‘Selected works from the Jehangir Nicholson Collection’, Mumbai
2004 ‘Paintings from the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) Mumbai’, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
2004 ‘The World of Serigraphs’ Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara
2003 ‘Diverge, Forty years of Gallery Chemould’, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
2003 Exhibition organized by Parkinson’s Disease Foundation of India, Mumbai
2003 ‘Tiranga’, Jindal Foundation for Performing and Creative Arts, Indian Habitat Center, New Delhi
2003’Works on Paper’, Gallery Threshold , India Habitat Center, New Delhi
2003 ‘Men Against Violence and Abuse’, Artists’ Centre, Mumbai
2003 Exhibition organized by Gandhara Art Gallery at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2003 ‘A Celebration of Color’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi and at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2003 ‘Said & Unsaid’, Apparao Galleries, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2002 ‘Post-Independence Indian Art from Sunanda and Umesh Gaur Collection’, Paul Robeson Gallery, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, U.S.A
2002 ‘Icons and Symbols in Indian Art’, Center of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2002 ‘Indian Contemporary Art from Northeastern Private Collections’, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, U.S.A.
2001 ‘The Human Factor’, The Guild, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2001 ‘Ideas and Images’, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
2001 ‘In Conversation’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2001 ‘Figures in My Mind’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2001 ‘Osian's The Passionate Detachment' auction’, Mumbai
2001 ‘Century City’, Tate Modern, London
2000 ‘Human Figure’, Gallery 42, New Delhi
2000 ‘Millennium Show’, Nehru Centre, Mumbai
2000 Chitram Art Gallery, Kochi
2000 ‘Extreme Gourmet, Indigo’, Lakeeren, Mumbai
2000 ‘Their Story’, VAHI Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2000 ‘Early Works’, Fine Art Company, Mumbai
1999 ‘The Art of Charity’ ,Sir J.J Parsee Benevolent Institute, J.J School of Art, Mumbai
1999 ‘Ideas and Images’, Critics Choice, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
1999’ Elephanta Project’, INTACH, Mumbai
1999 ‘The World Is Round And Time Is Cyclical, Art Today, New Delhi
1999 ‘Icons of the Millennium’, Lakeeran Art Gallery, Mumbai
1999 Vadehra Art Gallery and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1998 Anniversary Exhibition, Chitram Art Gallery, Kochi
1998 ‘Indian Contemporary Art’, Vadehra Art Gallery and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1998 ‘Artists for Sustainable Development’, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1997 ‘Charcoal and Conte’, Birla Century Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 ‘Epic Reality’, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
1997 ‘The intuitive Logic II’, Exhibition and Auction, Mumbai
1997 ‘The Intuitive Logic’ , A Festival of Contemporary Painting, Mumbai
1997 ‘Indian Contemporary Art- Post-Independence’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
1997 ‘Ashraya’, Bangalore
1997 ‘Image Beyond Image’, Glenberra Art Museum, New Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Mumbai
1996 ‘Contemporary Indian Painters 96’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1996 ‘Urban Signals, Shifting Images’, Birla Century Art Gallery, Mumbai; Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
1996 ‘Exhibition Felicitating Dnyaneshwar Nadkarni’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1996 ‘Contemporary Indian Painting from the Herwitz Family Collection Part II’, auction by Sotheby's, New York
1996 ‘A Tree In My Life’, The Village Art Gallery, New Delhi
1995 ‘Art India Now’, Bose Pacia, New York
1995 ‘Mumbai RPG’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1995 ‘Art for CRY’ , Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai and Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1995 ‘Postcards for Gandhi Sahamat’, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and New Delhi
1995 Contemporary Indian Painting from the Herwitz Family Collection Part I, auction by Sotheby's, New York
1994 ‘Drawing 94’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
1993 ‘Trends and Images’, Center of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
1993 ‘Shraddha Samarpan’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1993 ‘Parallel Perceptions’, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
1992 ‘Journeys within Landscapes’, Sakshi Gallery , Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1990 ‘An Artistic Riot’, Sophia Art Gallery, Mumbai
1990 ‘Gadyaparva Exhibition’, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1989 ‘Artists Alert’, exhibition for Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust, New Delhi
1989 ‘Timeless Art’, exhibition and auction by Sotheby's, Mumbai
1989 ‘The Richness of Spirit’, Egyptian Academy, Rome
1988 ‘The Richness of Spirit ‘, National Museum, Kuwait
1988 ‘Art for CRY’, Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi and Bangalore
1986 Group exhibition organized ,by Altaf, New Habib High School, Mumbai
1985 ‘2nd Conference’, All India League for Revolutionary Culture, Dhanbad
1985 ‘Contemporary Indian Art’, Festival of India , New York
1985 ‘Thirty Artists in the Collection of Richardson Hindustan’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1984 ‘Ten Artists’, Gallery 7, Mumbai
1982 ‘Seven Indian Artists’, Worpswede, Hanover, Hamburg, Bayreuth, Braunsweig, Germany
1982 ‘Inaugural Exhibition’, Roopankar, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal
1981 ‘Place for People’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai and Ravindra Bhavan, New Delhi
1979 ‘Madhya Pradesh Kala Parishad’, Bhopal
Joint Exhibitions
2005-06 With Gieve Patel at Museum Gallery, Mumbai and Bose Pacia, New York
2000 ‘Objective and Subjective’, Sudhir Patwardhan and Ajay Desai, Gallery 7, Mumbai
Participations
2013 'Aesthetic Bind: Subject of Death', Celebrating 50 Years of Contemporary Art, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai
2012-13 'Radical Terrain: Modernist Art from India', Rubin Museum of Art, New York
2012 Diamond Jubilee Celebrations, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2012 'The Calendar Project: Iconography in the 20th Century', part of Project CINEMA CITY: Research Art & Documentary Practices presented by National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) and Ministry of Culture, Government of India at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
2012 'Art for Humanity', Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai
2012 ‘To Let the World In: Narrative and Beyond in Contemporary Indian Art’, as part of Art Chennai, Edition II at Lalit Kala Regional Centre, Chennai
2012 'Crossings: Time Unfolded, Part 2', Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
2011-12 'Modernist Art from India: The Body Unbound', Rubin Museum of Art, New York
2011 'Of Gods and Goddesses, Cinema, Cricket: The New Cultural Icons of India', Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2011 '1:3:1- Part III', W+K Exp, New Delhi
2011 'The Intuitive: Logic Revisted', from the Osians Collection at The World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland
2010 'Evolve: 10th Anniversary Show', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2010 'Roots', 25th Anniversary Exhibition of Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai at The Park, Chennai
2008-09 ''Modern India', organized by Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) and Casa Asia, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture at Valencia, Spain
2008-09 ‘Expanding Horizons: Contemporary Indian Art’, Traveling Exhibition presented by Bodhi Art at Ravinder Natya Mandir, P.L.Despande Kala Academy Art Gallery, Mumbai; Sant Dyaneshwar Natya Sankul Art Gallery, Amravati; Platinum Jubilee Hall, Nagpur; Tapadia Natya Mandir Sports Hall, Aurangabad; Hirachand Nemchand Vachanalay’s, Solapur; Acharya Vidyanand Sanskrutik Bhavan, Kolhapur; PGSR Sabhagriha, SNDT, Pune; Sarvajanik Vachanalaya Hall, Nasik
2007 ‘1st Anniversary Exhibition’ Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai
2001 ‘10th Anniversary Show’, Sakshi Gallery, Bengaluru
2000 ‘The Harmony Show’, Nehru Center, Mumbai
1999 ‘Anniversary Exhibition’ , Chitram Art Gallery, Kochi
1992 ‘Silver Jubilee exhibition’, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
1987 ‘Coupe de Coeur’, Geneva, Switzerland
1986’Festival of India’ , Georges Pompidou Center, Paris, France
1976,75,74 Bombay Art Society, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
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