Walsh Gallery

Bhupen Khakhar

Born in Bombay, India, 1934

Resides in Baroda, India

Education

1954
  • B.A., Bombay University
1956
  • B.C., Bombay University
1964
  • M.A., art criticism, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1965
  • Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay
1970
  • Kunika Chemould Art Centre, New Delhi
1972
  • Black Partridge Gallery, New Delhi
1979
  • Anthony Stokes Gallery, London
  • Hester von Royen Gallery, London
1981
  • Gallery Chemould, Bombay
1982
  • Urja Art Gallery, Baroda
1983
  • Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad, India
  • Gallery Chemould, Bombay
  • Knoedler Gallery, London
1985
  • Gallery Chemould, Bombay and New Delhi
  • Hutheesingh Visual Arts Centre, Ahmedabad
1986
  • Gallery Vatari, Tokyo
1989
  • Gallery Chemould, Bombay
1990
  • Gallery Chemould, Bombay
1992
  • Galerie Schoo, Foundation for Indian Artists, Amserdam
1993
  • Gallery Chemould, Bombay
1995
  • Kapil Jariwala Gallery, London
1997
  • Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
1998
  • The Fine Art Resource, Berlin; The Gate Foundation, Amsterdam.
2001/2002
  • Optica Gallery, Montreal; Charles H Scott Gallery, Vancouver
2002
  • Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
  • ´Bhupen Khakhar´, Reina Sofia, Madrid; toured to The Lowry, Manchester.

Selected Group Exhibitions

1982
  • Six Indian Painters, Tate Gallery, London
1986
  • Contemporary Indian Artists, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
1989
  • India Contemporary Art, World Trade Center, Amsterdam
1992
  • Documenta IX, Kassel, Germany
1994
  • Indian Songs, Perth, Australia
1995
  • 100 Years of Indian Art, National Gallery of Art, New Delhi
2002
  • Contemporary Indian Art, Walsh Gallery, Chicago

Honors and Awards

1984
  • Padmashree, Government of India, New Delhi
1986
  • Asian Cultural Council Fellowship in New York

Public Collections

Selected Biography