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AMBADAS - Biography

Born in 1922 in Akola, Maharashtra, India
Living in Oslo, Norway, since 1972

Education
1952 Sir J.J. School of Art, Bombay

Solo exhibitions
2007 Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
2001 Galleri Dobloug, Oslo, Norway
2001 Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi
1998 Chemould Gallery, Bombay
1997 Stanislaw State College of Art / Gallery, California
1994 Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
1993 Galleri LMN Oslo, Norway
1992 Gallery Pundole, Bombay
1991 Art Heritage, New Delhi
1991 Samas, Bhopal and Indore, 1991
1989 Galleri Nicalaj, Bergen, Norway
1988 Modum Kunstforening, Vikersund, Norway
1987 Chemould Gallery, Bombay
1987 Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi
1985 Chemould Gallery, Bombay
1985 Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi
1981 Chemould Gallery, Bombay
1979 Galleri Alana, Oslo, Norway
1977 Galleri Alana; Oslo Norway
1977 Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi
1976 Chemould Gallery, New Delhi
1975 Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway
1975 Surya Gallery, Germany
1973 Surya Gallery, Germany
1973 Gallery Art, Zurich, Switzerland
1970 Conray Gallery Zurich, Switzerland
1970 Konarak Gallery, New Delhi
1968-69 Chemould Gallery, Bombay
1965-70 Kunika Gallery, New Delhi
1962 Triveni Gallery, New Delhi

Group exhibitions
2007 Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
2007 Abstract Art, Art Pilgrim, London
2006 Contemporary Indian Art, Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
2005 Abstract Contemporary Indian Art, Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
2001 Abstract Contemporary Indian Art, Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
1999 Asker Kunstforening, Norway
1996 National Exhibition, Oslo Norway
1994 Drawing Show, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
1995 Indian Contemporary, Japan
1988 Indian Contemporary, Japan
1976 International Biennale, Menton
1970 Negar Gallery, Teheran
1969 Art Today, Ashoka Gallery, New Delhi
1968 Five Contemporaries, New Delhi and Ahmedabad
1967 Contemporary Art in India and Iran by Ben & Abbey Grey Foundation, shown in 4 US towns
1967 Twenty fi ve years of Art in Bombay, Chemould Gallery, Bombay
1967 Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil
1965 Tokyo Biennale, Japan
1961-64 Art Now in India, London & Newcastle
1962 Group 1890, New Delhi
1963 12 Young Painters, New Delhi
1951 Group Non-Representational, Bombay

Collections
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
National Gallery, Norway
Glenbarra Museum, Japan
Lalit Kala Akademi of Art, New Delhi
Roopankar Museum of Art, Bhopal
Chandigarh Museum
Birla Academy of Fine Art, India
Tate Institute of Fundamental Research, India
Ben & Abbey Grey Foundation, USA
Norwegian Cultural Council
NORAD (Norwegian foreign aid agency)

Member of ‘Group 1890’, founded in 1962
Member of group ‘Non-Representational’, founded in 1951

Honours and awards
1963 National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, India
1965 Invited by the West German Government to visit Germany
1970 Invited by the US Government to visit the United States of America
1986 Jury Member, Biennale, Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal, India
1991 Artist in residence, Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal, India
1994, 96 Award from BKS, Norway

 
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