Dhaneshwar Shah
Dhaneshwar Shah graduated from the college of Arts and after receiving his MFA began lecturing there. Currently the recepient of a prestigious residency in Australia he has also been given the Civitella Ranieri Residency award in Italy. The Lalit Kala Akademi in 2006 conferred him with the National Award for painting. About his work: Committed to what he calls beauty of scale he plays constantly with the size and proportion of objects. Bigger things get smaller, smaller things get bigger. The use of perspective to focus and foreground objects, the bright earthy range of coloursand the repitition of forms for metaphor and outline all derive from his confessed admiration for the miniature tradition especiallly in the Mughal and Rajasthani styles. Objects of everyday life, culled from his immediate surroundings as well as a range of vibrant animal figures inhabit his canvases. Presently Dhaneshwar is in the process of completing a short documentary on the tribal art of the Bastar region.
Educational Qualification:
- 2002 B.F.A(Painting) from College of Art, New Delhi
- 2005 M.F.A(Painting) rfrom College of Art, New Delhi
Awards:
- 2006 Residency Award for Australia
- 2005 M.F Hussain Award(M.F.A) C.O.A, New Delhi
- 2005 Award for Drawing 77nth All India Art and Drawing Exhibition(AIFACS)
- 2005 Dhoomimal Award
- 2003 Best Entry Award for Painting 12th Yuva Mahotsava, Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi
- 2002 Ambedkar Merit Award, NCT
- 2002 Class wise Awaard (B.F.A)
Scholarships:
- 2005-07 National Scholarship(HRD)
Exhibitions and Participations:
- 2006 Summer Art Exhibition(AIFACS)
- 2006 78th All India Drawing Exhibition(AIFACS)
- 2005 77nth All India Drawing Exhibition(AIFACS)
- 2005 "Hiroshima:Never Again", Arpana Art Gallery, New Delhi
- 2005 "Journey within and beyond", Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
- 2005 Art and Design Show(Oberoi Hotel), New Delhi
- 2004 76th All India Drawing Exhibition(AIFACS)
- 2003 "Art for trhe Nation"(YMNA), AIFACS, New Delhi
- 2003 Graduation Show(COA)AIFACS, New Delhi
- 2003 69th All India Exhibition of Art, The Indian Academy of Fine Art, Amritsar
- 2003 12th Yuva Mahotsava, Sahitya Kala Parishad, Govt. of Delhi
- 2003 "NAVSAR", India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
- 2002 56th BOP Annual Art Exhibition, Chandigarh
- 2002 "Young Talents" Art Exhibition, Daffodils, Grand Hyatt Hotel, New Delhi
- 2001-03 Dhoomimal annual Art Exhibition, New Delhi Artist Camps and Workshops
- 2006 All India artis Camp(AIFACS), New Delhi
- 2005 Artists Camp Qutub Festival(Sahitya Kala Parishad)
- 2002 Mrs Helen Grier(Painter, Australia), Workshop on Scroll Painting, COA, New Delhi
- 2002 Mrs Elizabeth Rogers, "Drawing from the right side of the Brain", COA, New Delhi
- 2002 Workshop on "Silk Screen" with Senior Artist, COA, New Delhi
- 2001 Workshop on Painting with Senior Artist, NDMC, New Delhi