“For me the great happiness lies in stimulating strong recollections of specific emotions of the audience through my paintings.
Since my childhood, I have received life, still life and nature as the most inspiring source for drawing and painting. I am immensely passionate for figurative compositions and live portraiture.
I do believe that painting from life investigates not only the painting’s ability to record the authenticity of the real world but to communicate the artist’s experiences also. Effects of light are all over to reveal nostalgia, isolation, and spirituality!”

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

 D.M.E.- Diploma in Mechanical Engineering ( Govt. Polytechnic Ratnagiri )
 B.F.A. -BACHELOR OF FINE ART (Drawing and Painting) from L.S. Raheja School of Art, Mumbai in the year 1997 with 1st class with a scholarship
 M.F.A. -Masters in Fine Art from Karnataka State Open University

EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS:

 1994-2013 Many Group Shows In multiple Art Galleries
 1996 Sun – Et – Lumiere Art Gallery, Mumbai
 1996 Varsha 1996 Monsoon Show At Y.B. Chavan Art Gallery, Mumbai  2008 Nehru Center Art Gallery, Mumbai
 2008 Indian Oil All India Art Exhibition, Mumbai
 2010 Indian Oil All India Art Exhibition, Mumbai
 2012 Indian Oil All India Art Exhibition , Mumbai
 2008 Monsoon Show „Chatak‟ Nehru Center Art Gallery, Mumbai
 2009 Fusion Show Nehru Center Art Gallery, Mumbai
 2010 Monsoon Show „Chatak‟ Nehru Center Art Gallery
 2011 Fusion Show Nehru Center Art Gallery
 2011 Jehangir Art Gallery , Mumbai
 2012 Nehru Center Art Gallery, Mumbai
 2015 Jehangir Art Gallery , Mumbai
 2016 Indian Oil All India Art Exhibition, Mumbai
 2017 Art Society of India & National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
 14th to 30th July, 2016 „The Portrait Show‟, The Bombay Art Society, Bandra Reclamation, Bandra West, Mumbai
 2017 The Bombay Art Society‟s 2nd artists life members‟ show
 2018 „The Portrait Symposium” Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi and The Bombay Art Society, Mumbai Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

AWARDS:

 1994 „Maharashtra State Art Award‟
 1996 „The Art Society Of India’s The Best Portrait Award‟
 1997 „37th Maharashtra State Art Exhibition‟
 2006 „The Bombay Art Society Of India’s ‘His Excellency, The Governor Of Maharashtra Award And Gold Medal’
 2008 „48th Maharashtra State Art Award’
 2008 „Sanskar Bharati’s ‘Naman 1857’ National Award
 2012 „Lokmanya Tilak & Barrister V.V.Oak Award’
 2016 „Kalaratna Award’ from Gujrat Kala Pratishthan
 2017 All India Portrait Competition, Certificate of participation, Shantikumarji Firoda Memorial Foundation, Ahmednagar & Kalajagat
 2017 „Kaladarpan Award‟, Sanskar Bharati, Sangli
 2018 „Lalit Puraskar’, Cultural Education Society‟s Lalit Kala Mahavidyalaya, Ichalkaranji
 2018 „Kalasparsh‟, Dombivlikar Art Society, Dombivli
 2018 „Kaladarpan‟, Rotary Club of Mumbai, Parleshwar, Mumbai

DEMONSTRATIONS:

 2006 L.S. Raheja School Of Art, Mumbai
 2006 Symbiosis Institute Of Design , Pune
 2006 Jagatik Marathi Parishad & Bombay Art Society, Mumbai‟s Chitra – Shilpa

Kavya, Maharashtra

 2007 The Art Society Of India, Mumbai
 2009 Kalaniketan Art College, Kolhapur
 2010 Karandikar Kala Akademi, Dombivli
 2011 Goa School Of Visual Art, Goa
 2011 Karandikar Kala Academi , Dombivli
 2011 Kala Vidya Sankul ,Mumbai
 2014 Sai Chitrakala Mahavidyalay, Pune
 2015 Rajarambapu Patil Kalamahavidyalay, Sangali
 2016 Abhnav Kala Mahavidyalaya, Pune
 2016 Gujrat Kalapratishthan, Surat, Gujrat
 2017 Art Circle, Ratnagiri * Live portrait of Pt. Zakir Hussain at live Concert
 2017 Abhnav Kala Mahavidyalaya, Pune
 2017 Sanskar Bharati ,Sangali Pune
 2018 Jalgaon Art Society, Jalgon
 2018 Cultural Education Society‟s Lalit Kala Mahavidyalaya, Ichalkaranji
 2018 Dombivlikar Art Society, Dombivli
 2018 Rotary Club of Mumbai, Parleshwar, Mumbai
 2019 Rustyrose Art Gallery, Sangli
 2019 „School of Design, Ajinkya D. Y. Patil University, , Pune 

WORKSHOPS AND GUIDANCE:

 2006 L.S. Raheja School of Art, Mumbai.
 2006 Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune (Sketching, Illustration and Carry catcher).
 2009 Guide for Panhale, Kolhapur expedition, Sanskar Bharati ,Pune
 2009 Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Pune
 2010 Karandikar Kala Academy, Thane
 2011 F5 Thatz it India pvt. Ltd ,Mumbai
 2015 Lakshya- the 24 hours sketchathon, Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune
 2016 „Camel draws for Drought‟, an initiative by Camlin-Kokuyo and Vandana Foundation to support farmers of Maharashtra
 2016 Lakshya- the 24 hours sketchathon, Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune
 2017 „Structure analysis, Drawing and Production methodology for stained Glass‟ at Glass Studio, Mahim, Mumbai
 2017 Lakshya- the 24 hours sketchathon, Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune
 2018 Portrait Symposium, the 3-day portraiture workshop organized by Lalit kala Akadami, Delhi and The Bombay Art Society, Mumbai
 2018 Caricature workshop at „School of Design, Ajinkya D. Y. Patil University, , Pune
 2018 ANIFEST INDIA 2018‟ presented by The Animation Society of India (The art of caricature and structural drawing), Jay Hind College, Churchgate, Mumbai, Maharashtra
 2018 The Animation Society of India (The art of caricature and structural drawing) , Pune
 2018 Lakshya- the 24 hours Sketchathon, Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune
 2019 The five-day workshop, „Drawing for Animation‟ for National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, Gujrat
 „School of Design, Ajinkya D. Y. Patil University, , Pune

PAINTINGS & ILLUSTRATIONS AT COLLECTION
 Indian Oil, India
 Mr. Ram Agarwal, London
 Gadre Marine Export Pvt. Ltd., India
 Silver Dolphin Inc. Uk
 Mr. Ashwin Kulkarni, USA
 Mr. Tapan Gill, New Zealand
 Penguin Publications Pvt. Ltd. Kolkata
 Manas Hospitality Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
 Padma Bhushan Dr. S. B. Mujumdar, Chancellor Symbiosis International University, Pune
 Cobaltarts LLP, Mumbai
 Mr. Ravi Ruia, The Vice-Chairman Essar Group
 Mrs. Veena Patil, Veena World, Mumbai & many more Private Collections in India& Abroad
 Mr. Ravi Ruia, Essar Group
 „School of Design, Ajinkya D. Y. Patil University, Pune