Sanjeev Sonpimpare




My work is more often based on my contemplations of “life today”, while considering “change” historically. Though my work may not narrate or represent what is plainly visible, my method actually allows a possibility to “process” what has been perceived and let guide the inner eye to proceed. My work process involves photographic documentations, collecting visual references, processing of the images, research on facts, etc...


Born
1969, Maharashtra. , India.             
Education:
B.F.A. (Painting) Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai - 1993.      
International conference on Art, theory and practice –NCPA Mumbai- 1998
International conference on “Postmodernism and its relevance in   Indian context” – NCPA,Mumbai-1997.
Awards:
UNESCO-ASCHBERG Award Artists Residency Work program at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland – 2000.
Solomon Abraham first prize for watercolor portraiture – 1992
Work Experience :
Nucleus Art Home-(Art Visualization) - , Powai,Mumbai,2000
IITC,Mumbai, Teaching- Drawing and Fashion Illustration.
Visiting Lecturer at Rachna Sansad Art College.2013-14

Solo Art Exhibitions:
CASH_COW at the ICIA gallery Mumbai-August 2007
METROMORPH-at Articulate art gallery,Yantra Annexe,fort,Mumbai-2006
CONFRONTING THE URBAN CONSTRUCT-Works on paper an Online exhibition on-  www.theartstrust.com2006
SCEPTICS- Jehangir Art Gallery, and Gallery Beyond, December - 2004
Irish-Studios Irish Museum of Modern Art Dublin, Ireland – 2000.
RECYCLED- the Birla Academy of Art and Culture Gallery, Mumbai – 1998-99
Group Shows:
Punch Sena” CIMA Kolkata 2012
Mind the Gap”Delhi 2010
Print show” Priyasri gallery Mumbai-2009
The Miniature Format Show,Sans Tache Art Gallery,Worli Mumbai2008
Keep drawing-Gallery Espace,Delhi September 2008
Janus - Ati Art Gallery, and The Ambassador Hotel, New Delhi, November 2008

Freedom: sixty years after Indian Independence,CIMA Gallery Kolkata,and The Museum Gallery, Mumbai 2008
Mumbai Metronomes” Curated by Bose Krishnamachari and Gallery Art and Soul- at the museum galleryAugust2007
Thought and Being “at Gallery “Osmosis” Mumbai November 2006
Spandan”-curated group show by Niyatee Shinde-Articulate Gallery, Mumbai-2006
Creative collaborations-extending the frame”-curated by Niyati Shinde-Kitab Mahal, Mumbai-2006
The second coming”-the quotable stencil=2, -Tao art gallery, Mumbai- december 2005
Abstraction is alive and kicking” curated by Himanshu Desai-Gallery Beyond-december 2005Mumbai  

Concepts and Ideas 2008” five artists group show at the CIMA art Gallery Kolkatta August 2008
Bajaj Art project group show curated by Shailin Smith and Sushma K Bahl  ANANYA-at India Habitat centre New Delhi September       2008
India Art Summit Global Art festival at Pragati Maidan New Delhi 2008 participation with Gallery ESPACE
pulsating rhythms on paper” at Tangerine Art space,Banglore september 2007
Emerging India”-curated by Art Alive Gallery Delhi-at the Henry Moore Gallery,Royal College                                                                                                                                                       Of Art London sep2007
Mumbai Metronomes” Curated by Bose Krishnamachari and Gallery Art and Soul- at the museum galleryAugust2007
Thought and Being “at Gallery “Osmosis” Mumbai November 2006
Spandan”-curated group show by Niyatee Shinde-Articulate Gallery, Mumbai-2006
Creative collaborations-extending the frame”-curated by Niyati Shinde-Kitab Mahal, Mumbai-2006
The second coming”-the quotable stencil=2, -Tao art gallery, Mumbai- december 2005
Abstraction is alive and kicking” curated by Himanshu Desai-Gallery Beyond-december 2005Mumbai.   
4th-Anniversary show-Srishti art gallery, Hyderabad, March2006
Creative collaborations-extending the frames”-curated by Niyati Shinde- Kitab Mahal, Dec, 2005
Metrospective “ , curated by Himanshu  Verma, at Kitab mahal-Mumbai-Oct2005        
Present future”-NGMA, Mumbai-2005
Ideas and images-NGMA, Mumbai2005
Arad biennale,   Romania-2005
Harmony-WTC,.Mumbai2005


Bombay Boys”- Pallete Art Gallery, New Delhi- December-2004.
Are we like that only”, Vadhera Art Gallery, and New Delhi–Jan2005.
Bombay x 17”, organised by Krishnamachari Bose and Kashi Art Gallery, Cochin, Kerala – 2004
The idea and Images – VI”, NGMA, Mumbai, October-2004.
Contemporary expressions from India”, at Siddharth Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal, August – 2004.
The Quotable Stencil” – Curated by Himanshu Desai, Tao Art Gallery, 2002.
Mela – a carnival of Indian Art”, The Jehangir Art Gallery by RPG 2002.
Harmony” – Nehru Centre Mumbai 2002.
Memos for the new millennium from artists of a moulting world”-Birla acad.of art and culture-Mumbai, Curated by Abhay sardesai..2000
Excerpts from my Diary Pages” The Fine Art Company, Mumbai 2001.
Art and Technology” NGMA, Mumbai-2000.
SIC” collaborative installation by four Mumbai artists, comprising Photography, sound, video and light, The Fine Art Company, Mumbai 2001.
50 Years of Art in Mumbai” NGMA, Mumbai -1997.
Mirror/Wall--- Lakeeren & Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai- 1996.


Art Auction Participations:
Atr for Sabrang benefit Auction,Taj Lands End,Mumbai,October 2008
ASTA GURU auction 2008 Mumbai
BNHS charity auction Mumbai2007
Concern India Foundation charity auction 2005 and 2006 2009
Art camps and workshops Participations:
Baroda art camp 2007
Kenya art camp-, 2007
Switzerland art camp- 2007
Thailand/Singapore art camp-2007


Water colour camp – Royal society of watercolour London,in collaboration with The Arts Trust ,Mumbai-2007
Bridging the ‘rural’ & the ‘urban’ – Vagad Project -2, Partapur, Rajasthan organized by Chintan Upadhyay.
Art workshop at “The Le Royal Meridian”, Mumbai Gallery Beyond, 2004
Workshop at “J.W. Merriott”, Juhu, September – 2004.
RPG Art Camps, Marve Beach house 1999, 2002, 2006
Bridging the “rural” and the” urban”-Vagad project-2 Partapur Rajasthan, organized by Chintan Upadhyay
Terracotta/Sculpture art camp at “Sukruti “studios Jaipur, organized by “Srushti Art Gallery, Hyderabad”Aug-2006

                                  



                           



 

 

                                   

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