Pankaj Panwar

Born:  1961,   Lucknow

Education:

* Post-Experience Diploma in Sculpture,  Royal College of Art,  London, UK

* M.F.A. (Sculpture) M.S. University,  Baroda

* B.F.A. (Sculpture),  Kala-Bhavana,  Visva-Bharati University,  Santlniketan.

Scholarships I  Feliowships:

* French Govt. Scholarship

* Henry Moore Fellowship

* Charles Wallace Grant

* Jr. Research Fellowship

* National Cultural Scholarship,

Artist-in-Residence:

* Ecole Superieure des Beaux Arts,  Le Mans,  France

* Queens Park High School, Chester, UK

* Leeds City Art Gallery,  Leeds,  UK.

* Gridzedale forest,  Lake Dist.  U.K.

* Harmony Art Foundation,  Mumbai.

Solo Exhibitions

* Grosvenor museum, Chester, UK.

* R. C. A. London, UK

* Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, UK

* Art-Heritage, New Delhi.

Curated Shows:

* “Shaptarishee”, Sculpture in Steel,  organized by Deepika Jindal, Curated Alka Pandey , Habitat center, New Delhi

*Edge of Desire - Idioms of Indian & Italian contemporary Art, organized by NGMA, Kolkata, Bombay, Delhi

* “Ltd. Edition”  organized by Gallery Threshold, New Delhi

* "The human figure. organized by gallery Threshold, New Delhi

* “Sculpture Show” organized by Aakriti gallery & Art resource, New Delhi

* "Entrusted" organized by Charles Wallace Trust, Delhi

* "Continuity, Disjuncture, Creativity" organized by Akar Prakar, Calcutta

* " Tale of two cities”., organized by Birla Academy, Kolkata & Bombay

* "Hundred and Fifty years of Art of Bengal", by CIMA, Calcutta & Bombay

* "Multi Media Art of the 90's", by CIMA, Calcutta

* "Aesthetic Redefined" organized by Birla academy Bombay

* "Vision Recaptured" organized by British High Commission, Delhi, Madras, Calcutta

* " Sculpture - 95" organized by gallery Espace, Delhi.

Awards:

* National Award for Sculpture, 47th National Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi , New Delhi

* All India Exhibition Sculpture Award, L.K.A. Lucknow.

* Nomura Sculpture Award, Nomura International, London. UK.

Camps I Workshops:

* Ramkinkar Centanary sculpture workshop/ symposiunm, Uttarayan,  Baroda

* Artist workshop, organized by Art Resource Trust, at Maldives. 

* Harmony International Sculpture symposium/residency, Mumbai

* India-Thai Art workshop, Shilpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

* Bronze Sculpture camp, Jaipur, Ragisthan

* Conducted Sculpture workshop at Kohima, Nagaland, organized by LKA.

* Scottish Sculpture workshop, Lumsden, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

* All India Sculpture Camp, Garhi Studios, New Delhi, by Lalit Kala Academy

* All India Sculptor's camp, Javahar Bhavan, Jaipur

* All India Young Artists camp, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal.

 Commissioned to create an Open Air Sculpture at Gridzedale Forest,  Lake Dist, UK.

Collections:

National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi /  Lalit Kala Academy, N. Delhi / Art Heritage, Delhi /  Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal / CIMA, Calcutta /  Uttarayan Art Center, Baroda /  Birla  Academy Kolkata /  Harmony Art Foundation, Bombay /  Nomura International, London /  Grosvenor Museum UK /  Grizedale Forest & Gallery UK, /  Galerle Schoo -Amsterdam, Holland / Shllpakorn University Thailand /  Gallerie-Kunsthalle Hosp, Austria  /  Ecole superior des Boax-Art, Le Mans France  / and several private collections.

Professor in Sculpture, Kala-Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, W.B.  India.

Address: University Res. no. 27, Andrewspalli, Santiniketan - 731235,  W.B. India.

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