Sunil Padwal

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Sunil Padwal
File:Sunil Padwal in his studio.jpg
Sunil Padwal in his studio
Born Sunil Chandrakant Padwal
1968
Mumbai, India
Nationality Indian
Known for visual art, installation art, painting

Sunil Padwal (born 1968) is an Indian painter based in Mumbai, India.

Background

Sunil was born in Maharashtra,India. He did BFA foundation from Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai in 1986 and Bachelor of Fine Arts from Sir J. J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai in 1989.

He works on line drawings, paintings, sculptures and installations. He lives and works in Mumbai.

Work

Sunil Padwal, is known for his anguished protagonist.[1] His line drawing series is a culmination of memory, confused metropolis, changing cityscape, and various turpitudes of modern day society.[2] Padwal seeks inspiration[3] from different aspects of everyday life, including work in progress, pollution everywhere, fast changing skyline, noisy traffic, humans and animals stuck in today's concrete jungle.

MYOPIA[4][5] an exhibition in Mumbai in 2008 explored issues relating to the Mumbai terror attack, with images of war and terror.[6] It contained images of the female form and art installations. India Today commented that his "recent works almost feels like they are a reflection of the mood of the country at the moment."[7]

Solo exhibitions

  • Soliloquies: notes from the drawing book. Presented by Veranda8 at Space 1857, Chicago US (July 2012)[8]
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Drawing from : Soliloquies: notes from the drawing book by Sunil Padwal
  • Soliloquies: notes from the drawing book Gallery BMB, Mumbai (Dec. 2011)[9][10] It displayed the chaos and confusion of a metropolis through his line drawings.[3][11][12][13]
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Installation view – 'Digitally twisted' from the exhibition Soliloquies: notes from the drawing book by artist Sunil Padwal
  • Myopia – Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai (Dec. 2008)[6][7]
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Installation view – 'Toys are us' from the exhibition : Myopia by Sunil Padwal
  • Numb – Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi (June 2007)[14][15]
  • Untitled – Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong (May 2006)[16]
  • Test of Humanity – Agora Gallery, Soho, New York City (Oct. 2005)[17][18]
  • Untitled – Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai (January 2004)[19]

Group Shows

  • Public Enemy Number 1 – Exhibit 320, curated by Shaheen Merali, New Delhi (Dec. 2010)[20][21][22]
  • 'The Way We Are', Mon Art Gallerie, Kolkata (March 2010)[23]
  • A MAZ ING – RPG Academy of Art & Music presents, Surprise Fantasy Awe an Art Exhibition, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai (Feb. 2008)[24]
  • Indiart Show Imprints – Celebrating The India, Japan Friendship Year 2007 at The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan[25]
  • 'Are We Like This Only?'- Vadehra Art Gallery / Rabindra Bhavan Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi (March 2005)[26]
  • 'The Bombay Boys' – Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi (Dec. 2004)[27][28]
  • '2D / 3D' – Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong (Sep. 2003)[29]
  • 'Maratha Kaleidoscope' – Intex Colours on Canvas, Dubai, UAE (March 2002)[30]
  • 'Bombay Lite' – Apparao Galleries, Chennai (July 2002)[31]
  • Indian Contemporary Art – (The RPG Collection), Leverkusen, Monheim, Germany (April 1998)[32]

Public art

Awards

  • Communication Artist Guild Award (CAG – 1990)
  • Emerging Artist of The Year Award (The Harmony Show III– 1998), Nehru Centre, Mumbai[38]
  • Society Young Achievers Award (Fine Art – 2004).[39]

References

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