Gopi Gajwani was born in 1938 in Sindh and graduated in art from Delhi College of Art in 1959. He worked along with the doyens of modern Indian art to establish an energetic art scene in the capital. Gopi Gajwani has held 20 one-man shows of his drawings and paintings and has participated in a number of exhibitions and art camps in India and abroad. His interest for graphic design and colors has helped him formulate his planned out abstractions and also brought him many accolades. His pictorial frames are fields of perfection, going beyond representations. He creates fields of contemplation for the viewers in his paintings.
He is also an ardent photographer and filmmaker and has several short films to his credit while his photographic works have also been widely featured and appreciated.
Gopi Gajwani has made a mark as a pronouncedly abstract painter over the years and as a superb craftsman excelling in impeccably defined contoured shapes and forms
A widely exhibited artist, Gopi Gajwani’s work is held in prominent collections in India and abroad. He is an exuberant painter. His paintings have been described as abstract expressionism. His use of colour is exceptional and speaks of the harmony of a celebrated symphony. He transforms space into shapes and design which are abstract and yet convey meaning when you contemplate its depths. |
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| BIOGRAPHY: |
1938 Born in Sind
Studied at the Delhi School of Art, New Delhi |
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| One-man shows: |
Shridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi,
1966, 1968, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005
USIS Bombay, 1977
Art Heritage, New Delhi, 1978
USIS New Delhi, 1987
Dhoomi Mal Gallery, New Delhi, 1988
Taj Art Gallery, Bombay, 1994
Gallery Espace, New Delhi, 1995
Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay, 1996
ABC Art Gallery, Varanasi, 1997
Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay, 2003 |
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Participation in: |
Delhi Silpi Chakra, New Delhi, 1967
National Exhibition of Art, New Delhi, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1981, 1982
‘A Tribute’, New Delhi, 1972
‘Art Today’, Kunika Chemould Art Centre, New Delhi, 1972
‘Art ‘72’, Ashok Hotel, New Delhi, 1972
Graphics & Drawings, Black Partridge Gallery, New Delhi, 1975
Artists’ Forum, Gallery 26, New Delhi, 1976
53 Artists of Delhi, New Delhi, 1979
Lalit Kala Trade Fair Exhibition, New Delhi, 1979
Contemporary Paintings in Miniature Format, New Delhi, 1980
6th Triennale-India, New Delhi, 1986
Festival International de La Bande Dessinee, Sierre, Switzerland, 1987
Art for CRY, New Delhi, 1988
LTG Art Gallery, New Delhi, 1990
‘A Tribute to Nelson Mandela’, LTG Art Gallery, New Delhi, 1990
‘Artists of the Decade’, Habiart Gallery, New Delhi, 1991
‘Pioneers to the New Generation’, Artsacre, Calcutta, 1992
‘The Multidimensions’, Kriti Art Gallery, New Delhi, 1992
‘Petals of Offering’, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 1992
Art Camp, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 1992
Srishti Art Gallery , New Delhi, 1992
‘An Immediate Look’, Habiart Gallery, New Delhi, 1992
‘Drawing ‘94’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi, 1994
Korea-Indo Art, New Delhi, 1995
‘Vision ‘95’, Urusvati Centre for Contemporary Art, New Delhi, 1995
‘A Homage’, LTG Art Gallery, New Delhi, 1995
‘Images on Paper’, Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi, 1996
Pyong-Taek International Art Festival, Korea, 1996
‘Images on Paper’, Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi, 1996
International Triennial of Painting, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1996
‘The End of Silence’, Gallery Mirage, New Delhi, 1997
‘Tribute to Mother Teresa’, Gallery Art Indus, New Delhi, 1997
‘Art Access Week’, Birla Academy of Art, Bombay, 1998
‘Artists for a Sustainable World’, Academy for fine Arts & Literature, New Delhi, 1998
‘The Probing Eye’, Photographic impressions, Art Indus & Apeejay Surendra Group, New Delhi, 1998
‘Unending Race’ An abstract show, Art Junction, New Delhi, 1998
‘Jodhpur Musings’, Welcome Heritage & Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi, 1998
‘Prayas’, AIFACS, New Delhi, 1998
‘Masters for a child’, Ashraya, Dubai, 1998
‘Water Colour & Contemporary Painting’, Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi, 1999
‘Woman/Goddess’, Exhibition of Photographs, British Council,New Delhi, 1999
‘Art Access Week’-III, Birla Academy of Art, Bombay, 1999
‘Twelve Months into Life’, Art Junction, New Delhi, 1999
‘Tenth Anniversary’, Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi, 1999
‘Delhi through the eyes of Indian artist’, Moscow & NGMA, New Delhi, 1999
‘A decade of the gallery at the turn of the century’ LTG Art Gallery, New Delhi, 1999
‘Art Access Week-IV, Birla Academy of Art, Bombay, 2000
‘Millennium Annual 2000’, Birla Academi of Art & Culture,Calcutta, 2000
‘The Eternal Embrace’, A tribute to universal motherhood, Axis International, Dubai, 2000
‘Abstract Contemporary Indian Art’, Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi, 2001
‘The Harmony Show’, Nehru Centre, Mumbai, 2001
Rossi & Rossi Gallery, London, 2001
‘Art Access Week-V, Birla Academy of Art, Bombay, 2001
‘Harvest 2001’, Arushi Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2001
‘Twelth Anniversary’, Gallery Ganesha, New Delhi, 2001
‘Contemporary Indian Art’, Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi, 2001
‘Fifteen Contemporaries’, AIFACS, New Delhi, 2001
India-Korea Contemporary Art Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 2002
35th Anniversary, Birla Academi of Art & Culture, Calcutta, 2002‘
Art Access Week-VI, Birla Academy of Art, Bombay, 2002
‘Harvest 2002’, Arushi Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2002
‘The Art of Abstract’, Gallery Anant, New Delhi, 2002
‘Only Connect—The essence of Life’, Gallery Art Alive, New Delhi, 2002
‘Lokraag’, Gallery Art Pilgrim, New Delhi, 2002
‘Landscapes and Contemporary Indian Painting’
Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi, 2002
‘Korea-India’— Contemporary Art Exhibition,
Kwang Hwa Moon Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 2003
‘An Expression of Art’, Vyakt Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2003
‘Chitrangan’, Rotary Club of Calcutta, Kolkata, 2004
‘Art for Vision’, Sankara Nethralaya, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 2004
‘Contemporary Indian Art’, Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi, 2005
India-Korea Contemporary Art Exhibition, Gallery Montage Arts, India Habitat Centre , New Delhi, 2005
‘Resonance’, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 2005
‘Still-Life--The Inscrutable Genre’, Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi, 2005
‘Devotion’, Gallery Art Positive, New Delhi, 2005
‘Contemporary Indian Art’, Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi, 2005
‘The Harmony Show’, Nehru Centre, Mumbai, 2006
‘Ati’ Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2006
‘Devotion’, Gallery Art Positive, New Delhi, 2007
‘Jaisalmer Yellow’, Exhibition from art camp from SAARC countries, New Delhi, 2007
‘Pastels’, Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi, 2008
‘Continuum’, Udayan Care, New Delhi, 2008
Art for Freedom, Tehelka, June 2008, London
‘Keep Drawing’ Gallery Espace, New Delhi, 2008
‘Contemporary Drawings’, Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi, 2009
‘Art Celebrates 2010’ Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 2010 |
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| Participation in Art Auctions: |
OSIAN’s, December 2005, Mumbai
Khushii, India on Canvas, November 2006, New Delhi
Art-India Times.com, March 2007, New Delhi
Triveda, Modern & Contemporary Art, April 2007, New Delhi
Planutsav, April 2007, Mumbai
Tehelka, Art for Freedom, June 2007, London
OSIAN’s, September 2007, Mumbai
Khushii, India on Canvas, October 2007, Mumbai
Ashraya Art, November, 2007, New Delhi
Art for Aged, January 2008, New Delhi |
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