Manu Parekh
Born in 1939 - Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Education
1958-62 Diploma in Drawing & Painting, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai
1951 Student of Mukund Shroff, Ahemadabad
Selected Solo Shows
2012 'Faith: Manu Parekh in Benaras: 1980-2012', Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon
2009 'The Pursuit of Intensity', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2004 'Banaras', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2003 'Portraits of Flower and Landscapes of River', at Jehangir Art Gallery and Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
1999 'Ritual Oblations', Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi
1999 'People for Animals', Art World, Chennai
1999 'People for Animals', Alliance Francois, Chandigarh
1999 'Ritual Oblations', Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore
1999 'Ritual Oblations', Sakshi Gallery and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1998 'Homage', Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
1997 ARKS Gallery, London
1996 BosePacia Modern, New York
1995-96 'Still Lifes', sponsored by Seagull Foundation, Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai
1994 Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
1992 Exhibition of Twenty-Five Years of Work sponsored by Seagull Foundation, New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai
1991 'Small Drawings', Sophia Duchesne Art Gallery, Mumbai
1991 'Banaras Landscapes', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
1990 'Small Drawings', Village Gallery, New Delhi
1990 'Man-Made Blindings (Bhagalpur Blindings)', Cymroza Gallery, Mumbai
1989 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1988 Paintings, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata
1988 Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi
1985 Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi
1984 Ten Years of Work, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
1984 Paintings and Watercolours, Urja Art Gallery, Baroda
1981 Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi
1978 Paintings, Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
1976 Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi
1975 Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi
1974 Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi
1970 Paintings, Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
1968 Graphics and Paintings, Ahmedabad
Selected Group Shows
2011 'The Lost Sparrow', presented by Gallery Threshold at Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2011 'Form and Formlessness', Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon
2011 'Aureus 2011', Gallerie Nvya, New Delhi
2010 '10 x 10', Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
2010 'Who Has Seen Gandhi?', presented by Tangerine Art Space at Raj Bhavan; KynKyny Art Gallery and Tangerine Art Space, Bangalore
2010 'Evolve: 10th Anniversary Show', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2010 'Snow', The Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi in collaboration with Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2009 'Zip Files', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 'Faces', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 'Urgent Conversations', Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre and Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
2004 Nature Morte, New Delhi
2004 Rituals at Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore
2003 'Celebration of Colours', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2002 'The Affordable Art Show', People for Animals, Maurya Sheraton, New Delhi
2001 Eight Artists from Bengal, Indian Embassy, Berlin
2001 'Works on Paper', Bose Pacia Modern, New York
2000 'Faces', Gallery Espace, Dubai
1999 'Icons', Lakeeren Gallery. Mumbai
1999 'As You Like It', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1998 Opening Show, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
1997 'Colours of Independence', organized by Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
1997 'Fifty Years of Independence', by National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi at Vadehra Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 'Through the Looking Glass', Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai
1997 'Gift for India', Sahmat, New Delhi and Mumbai
1997 'Major Trends of Indian Ar't, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1997 'Intuitive Logic', HEART, New Delhi and Mumbai
1997 'Kali', exhibition in Topical Museum, Amsterdam
1996 Contemporary Indian Painters associated with Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1995 'Heads', Maya Art Gallery, Hong Kong
1995 Postcards for Gandhi, Sahmat
1993 'Wounds', Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata and National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
1993 Vadehra Art Gallery at Husain Ki Sarai, New Delhi
1993 Opening Show, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
1982 Seven Indian Artists, Travelling Exhibition in Worpswede, Hamburg, Hanover, Brauschweig, Bayeuth
1982 Modern Indian Painting, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Hirschom Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
1964-85 Thirty group shows ir India and abroad
Participations
2012 'Art for Humanity', Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai
2011 'Ethos V: Indian Art Through the Lens of History (1900 to 1980), Indigo Blue Art, Singapore
2011 '1:3:1- Part I', W+K Exp, New Delhi
2010 Annual Exhibition, Chawla Art Gallery, New Delhi
1981 5th International Triennale, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi
1978 4th International Triennale, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi
1975 3rd International Triennale, Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi
Honours and Awards
1992 Padma Shree by the Government of India
1991 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta
1982 National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1974 All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society Award, Mew Delhi
1972 President of India's Silver Plaque, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society Award, New Delhi
1971 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta