Walsh Gallery

Gulammohammed Sheikh

Born 1937, Surendranagar, Saurashtra (Gujarat), India.

Selected Exhibitions

2011
  • City, Kaavad and Other Works, presented by Vadehra Art Gallery at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi (solo exhibition)
2010
  • A Collection, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
  • Water Ways, Walsh Gallery, Chicago
  • Earth, Gallery OED (Open Eyed Dreams), Kochi
2009
  • Relative Visa, Bodhi Space, Mumbai
2008
  • Body Chatter: An Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art, Walsh Gallery, Chicago
  • Baroda: A Tale of Two Cities, (Part I), Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara
  • Kaavad: Traveling Shrine: Home, Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Barod (solo exhibition)
2007
  • Horn Please: Narratives in Contemporary Indian Art, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
  • Edge of Desire : Recent Art in India, organized by National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) and Asia Society India Centre at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
2006
  • Inventing / Inverting Traditions, Indian Art II / III, Grosvenor Vadehra, London
2005
  • Ritu, organized by Anant Art Gallery at Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi
  • Visions of Landscape, The Guild, Mumbai
  • Edge of Desire : Recent Art in India, Asia Society Museum, New York; Tamayo Museum, Mexico City; Museum of Contemporary Art, Monterrey, Mexico; Asian Art Museum of San Francisco; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
2004
  • Looking Back, Looking Forward, Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara
  • Edge of Desire : Recent Art in India, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
  • Mappamundi, A Tapestry based on Digital Work, Asialink Building, Melbourne University, Melbourne, Australia
  • Mappings, organized by The Guild, Mumbai at The Museum Gallery, Mumbai (solo exhibition)
2003
  • Tiranga: Rights and Responsibilities, Travelling Show
  • Contemporary Miniatures : India and Pakistan, Fine Art Resource, Berlin
  • Rain, organized by Gallerie : A Journey of Ideas at Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
  • Crossing Generations : diVERGE, Forty Years of Chemould, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
  • The Making of India, SAHMAT, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
  • Interlude In Sri Lanka, organized by The Guild, Mumbai at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • Works on Paper, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
  • A Celebration of Color, organized by Vadehra Art Gallery, at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
2002
  • Artscope, Art Today, New Delhi.
  • Golden Jubilee Exhibition, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
  • Contemporary Indian Art (with Bhupen Khakhar), Walsh Gallery, Chicago
  • Salon2002, Walsh Galllery, ChicagoParticipated in Painting Workshops at Ganderbal (Jammu & Kashmir), Badkhal Lake (Haryana), Leh (Ladakh), Kasauli (HP), Kasargod (Kerala), Hyderabad, etc. and Smithsonian Institute, Printmaking Workshop, USIS, New Delhi, 1970.
2001
  • Palimpsest, solo exhibition, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai.
  • Palette 2001, Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
  • Swayam/Against violence on Women, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta.
  • The Aesthetic Experience (An experimental workshop in New Media for Contemporary Artists), Art Underground/Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai.
2000
  • Early Works, The Fine Art Company, Mumbai.
  • Transpositions, Lakeeren, Mumbai.
  • A Global View, Indian Artists at Home in the World, The Fine Art Resource, at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
  • Chhaap, Baroda Printmaking Workshop, Portfolios 1,2 at Nazar Art Gallery,Vadodara.
1999
  • The Art of Charity, organised by Sir Jamsetjee Parsee Benevolent Institution at Sir JJ School of Applied Art, Bombay.
  • Art for Spastics, Chennai.Jehangir Nicholson Collection, Selected Works, NGMA, New Delhi.
  • Watermarks by Fine Art Resource at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
  • Indian Art through Ages, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, Singapore Indian Fine Art Society, Singapore.
  • Kalachakra, A Benefit Event for the Elephanta Project (Auction) by INTACH, Mumbai.
1998
  • Contemporary Indian Art by Vadehra Art Gallery at AI Funoon Gallery, Kuwait.
  • Solo Exhibition, Kahat Kabir (gouaches) and Tree of Life (mural documentation) at Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1997
  • Colours of Independence organized by CIMA, Calcutta and at Singapore and at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
  • Indian Contemporary Art by Vadehra Art Gallery at NGMA, New Delhi.
  • Gift for India by Sahmat at Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi.
  • Major Trends in Indian Art by Lalit Kala Akademi at Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi.
1996
  • Water Colours-A Broader Spectrum III, Gallery Chemould, Bombay.
  • Solo Exhibition, Sakshi Gallery, Bombay.
  • Tree of Life mural at Vidhan Bhavan, Bhopal.
1995
  • A Homage, 125th Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, LTG Gallery, New Delhi.
  • Postcards for Gandhi, Sahmat, New Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Bangalore, Ahmedabad.
1995
  • Realism as an Attitude, IV Asian Art Show, Fukuoka, Japan.
  • Indian Contemporary Paintings, New Delhi, Bombay, exhibition and subsequent auction, Christies, London.
  • A Tree in My Life, The Village Gallery, New Delhi.
1994
  • Drawing 1994 by Espace Gallery at AIFACS Gallery, New Delhi.
1993
  • Reflections and Images, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi.
  • Wounds by CIMA, Calcutta and at National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
  • Maharashtra Quake Relief Fund Show by Sahmat, New Delhi.
  • Still Life by Sakshi Gallery, Bombay.
  • Maharashtra Quake Relief Show, Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda.
  • Shraddhanjali in aid of Shraddha Rehabilitation Foundation, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.
1992
  • Journeys Within Landscapes, organized by Sakshi Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.
1991
  • Solo Exhibition at CMC Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1990
  • Exhibition for Gadyaparva (Gujarati journal devoted to creative prose), Bombay.
1989
  • Timeless Art, exhibition and auction, times of India sesquicentennial at Victoria Terminus, Bombay.
  • Artists Alert, Sahmat, New Delhi.
1988
  • Contemporary Indian Miniatures and Paintings, Alliance Francaise, New Delhi.
  • Art for Cry in aid of child welfare organizations, Bombay.
1987
  • Solo Exhibition, Art Heritage, New Delhi.
  • Auction for Helpage India, by Christie's, London in Bombay.
1985
  • East-West Encounter, Max Muller Bhavan, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.
  • Returning Home, Solo Exhibition (a retrospective selection of work from 1968 to 1985) at Centre Georges Pompidou, Musee National d'Art Modeme, Paris.
1982
  • Inaugural Show, Roopankar Museum of Fine Arts, Bhopal.
  • Contemporary Indian Art, Royal Academy of Arts, Festival of India, London.
  • Contemporary Indian Art, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington.
1981
  • Place for People (6artists), Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay and Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi.
1979
  • Contemporary Indian Painting, Iraq and other West Asian Countries.
1978
  • Six who declined the Triennale, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi.
  • Pictorial Space, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
1977
  • Indian Painting 1977, organised by Haryana Tourism and Black Partridge Art Gallery, Chandigarh Museum, Chandigarh.
1976
  • Exhibition, Haryana Tourism and Black Partridge Gallery, Badkhal Lake, Haryana.
1975
  • III Triennale (India), Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi.
  • Six Painters, Black Partridge Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1974
  • Group Show (10 artists), Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi.
  • Contemporary painting of India, Belgrade, Warsaw, Sofia, Brussels.
1973-75
  • Graphic Workshops (traveling shows), Baroda, Delhi, Chandigarh, etc.
1972
  • Group Show (with Bhupen Khakhar, Nagji Patel and Krishna Chhatpar), Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.
1972
  • 25 Years of Indian Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi.
1971
  • Loans from Private Collections, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
1970-71
  • Solo Exhibition, Kunika-Chemould Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1969-71
  • Art Today I, III, Black Partridge Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1970
  • Contemporary Indian Prints, Smithsonian Printmaking Workshop, New Delhi.
  • Graphics 70, Group 8, New Delhi.
1969
  • Solo Exhibition, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.
1968
  • Painters with a Camera, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.
1967
  • Cinquieme Biennale de Paris, Paris.
1963
  • Solo Exhibition, Taj Art Gallery, Bombay.
  • Group 1890, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi.
  • The VII Tokyo Biennale, Tokyo, Japan.
1960
  • Solo Exhibition, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.
  • Solo Exhibition, Kunika Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1957
  • Baroda Group Show, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.

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