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Madhvi Parekh
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Born in Sanjaya, a village in Gujarat, Madhvi Parekh reflects her rural influences in her stylized folk art.
Married to Manu Parekh, an artist from J.J.School of Art, Madhvi gained much of her exposure to art and inspiration for her paintings, from him. She explored the possibility of depicting her childhood memories through her paintings, where images of fantasy and early days are woven into her entire work, which lend it a surreal,...
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Born in Sanjaya, a village in Gujarat, Madhvi Parekh reflects her rural influences in her stylized folk art.
Married to Manu Parekh, an artist from J.J.School of Art, Madhvi gained much of her exposure to art and inspiration for her paintings, from him. She explored the possibility of depicting her childhood memories through her paintings, where images of fantasy and early days are woven into her entire work, which lend it a surreal, dreamlike quality.
Her subjects have a freshness and spontaneity to them; and although her themes always revolve around images that affect her; her compositions are flexible, and all her paintings have a strong sense of design.
There is an element of emancipation in the majority of Madhvi's works, where man is depicted free from the tyranny of mechanical time.
Madhvi's work has its inspiration in rural India, while her style is contemporary; influenced by artists such as Paul Klee and Clemente.
She has been exhibiting her work since 1972, all over the world and has more close to a hundred solo and group shows to her credit.
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Born
1942
Sanjaya near Ahmedabad
Education
Self-Taught
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2006 Vadehra Art Gallery, New...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2006 Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2003-04 Nature Morte, New Delhi
2001 Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1999 Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
1997 ‘Fantasy and Folklore’, Gallery Bose Pacia Modern, New York
1997 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 Nazar Art Gallery and Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda
1997, 95 Gallery Foundation for Indian Artists (F.I.A), Amsterdam, Netherlands
1994 Iwalewa Haus, Bayreuth, Germany
1993-94 Exhibition of 30 years of works sponsored by Seagull Foundation and Vadehra Art Gallery, Mumbai, Kolkata and New Delhi
1992 Sakshi Gallery Chennai, Bangalore
1986 Dhoomilal Art Gallery, New Delhi
1985 AI-Khaleeja, Kuwait
1984 Urja Art Gallery, Vadodara
1982 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1978 Dhoomilal Art Gallery, New Delhi
1975 Dhoomilal Gallery, Mumbai, New Delhi
1972 Chemould Art Gallery, Kolkata
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 'Aureus 2011', Gallerie Nvya, New Delhi
2010 'Snow', The Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi in collaboration with Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2009 'Zip Files', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 'Faces', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006-07 ‘Inventing / Inverting Traditions’, Grosvenor Vadehra, London
2006 ‘Making of Divinity’, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai.
2006 ‘Back to Future’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2006 ‘The Essence Art Show: Egypt’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2005 ‘Bridges: Exploring New Paradigms’, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
2005 ‘The Margi and the Desi – between Tradition and Modernity’, organized by Gallery Espace at Rabindra Bhawan, Lalit Kala Galleries, New Delhi
2004 ‘Fair and Furious: Feminine Fables’, Jebiwool Art Museum, Seoul
2003 ‘Celebration of Colors’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2002 ‘Nav Nayika’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2002 ‘Home, Street, Shrine, Bazaar’, Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art, Manchester Gallery, UK
1999 'Icon' Of The Millennium, Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai
1999 ‘As You Like It’, organized by Vadehra Art Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1999 Nature Morte, Sydney
1998 ‘Watercolor’, , organized by Vadehra Art Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 James Harvey Gallery, Balmain, Australia
1997 ‘50 Years of Independence’, Vadehra Art Gallery in National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA ), New Delhi
1997 ‘Color of Independence’, organized by Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA) in National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA ), New Delhi
1997 ‘Through the Looking Glass’, Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai
1997 ‘Self and the World’, Gallery Escape in National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA ), New Delhi
1997 ‘Major Trends in Indian Art’, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1997 ‘The Intuitive Logic – II’, New Delhi, Mumbai
1997 ‘Gift for India’, SAHMAT in Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1997 ‘Kali’, Exhibition in the Tropical Museum, Amsterdam
1996 ‘Inside Out- Contemporary women Artists of India’, a traveling show by Middlesborough Art Gallery, U.K.
1996 'Watercolor Show’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
1996 Contemporary Indian Painters, Associated with Jehangir Art Gallery
1996 ‘Chamatkar’, Organized By Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA) , Kolkata at London
1995 'HEADS", Maya Art Gallery Mumbai
1995 'Cry' Mumbai
1995 Group Show of Three Women Painters at Gallery Schoo, Amsterdam
1995 Group Show of Watercolors at Chemould Art Gallery, Mumbai
1995 Group Show of 1uuDS, Maya Art Gallery, Hong Kong
1995 Helpage India, Mumbai
1995 ‘Postcard for Gandhi’, SAHMAT at New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and New York
1994 Organized by Gallery Schoo at London
1993 Opening Show of Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA) , Kolkata
1993 Group Show by Vadehra Art Gallery, at Hussain Ki Sarai, New Delhi
1993 Group Show by Vadehra Art Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1993 ‘A Critical Difference’, show of 9 Indian Artist at Camden Art Centre, London
1990 ‘Contemporary Art’, SAHMAT Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1990 ‘Tribute to Nelson Mandela’, Little Theatre Gallery, New Delhi
1989 ‘Art Mosaic’, Spastic Society, New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata
1988 ‘Through the Looking Glass’, Watercolors by Arpita Singh, Nalini Malani and Nilima Sheikh, at the Lakaeeren Gallery, Mumbai; CCA Art Gallery, New Delhi; Bangalore; Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai and Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal
1987 ‘Contemporary Indian Art for Cry’, Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata
1985 'Play’, ICCR, Istanbul, Ankara, Yugoslavia
1983 Group Show of three Women Artists, Bharat Bhavan Bhopal
1978 ‘New Contemporaries’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1971 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
1968 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
Joint Exhibitions
1977 Head Series with Manu Parekh, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi
1969 With Manu Parekh, Chetna Art Gallery, Mumbai
Participations
2014 'Ode to Monumental: Celebration, Visuality, Ideology', presented by Saffronart at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2011 'Ethos V: Indian Art Through the Lens of History (1900 to 1980), Indigo Blue Art, Singapore
2011 'Roots in the Air, Branches Below: Modern & Contemporary Art from India', San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose
2010 'Art Celebrates 2010', represented by Gallerie Ganesha at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi to coincide with the hosting of the Commonwealth Games
2010 'Evolve: 10th Anniversary Show', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2010 Annual Exhibition, Chawla Art Gallery, New Delhi
1996 ‘Harmony Show’, Nehru Centre, Mumbai
1975 '3rd Triennale of India, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
Honours and Awards
2003 Whirlpool Women’s Achievement in The Field of Fine Art
1989-91 Government of India Senior Fellowship
1989 Fund for Artist Colonies, Residency Fellowship at Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
1989 USIA Fellowship for extensive travel in USA
1979 National Award from Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1970-72 French Government Scholarship for Fine Arts to study in Paris
2003 Whirlpool Women’s Achievement in The Field of Fine Art
1989-91 Government of India Senior Fellowship
1989 Fund for Artist Colonies, Residency Fellowship at Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
1989 USIA Fellowship for extensive travel in USA
1979 National Award from Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1970-72 French Government Scholarship for Fine Arts to study in Paris
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What is your source of inspiration?
Life, the vibrancy of the things that surround me, is the source of all my works. The subjects of each individual painting are the representations of different aspects of life, as I encounter it. I never pre-plan; so I paint what comes naturally to me. My paintings are based on memory, stories I had heard as a child, as well as my immediate surroundings.
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What is your source of inspiration?
Life, the vibrancy of the things that surround me, is the source of all my works. The subjects of each individual painting are the representations of different aspects of life, as I encounter it. I never pre-plan; so I paint what comes naturally to me. My paintings are based on memory, stories I had heard as a child, as well as my immediate surroundings.
Colour seems to be the most dominant aspect of your paintings?
As a child, from the rural parts of Gujarat, I have seen the most brilliant lights of nature -on my way back from school the setting sun would set the whole world around on fire, and bathe it in a shimmering golden light. Those colours have become an integral part of me, and they come to me quite naturally.
How do you respond when your paintings are termed as being folk?
Well, I have had no formal training in art; it is only after my marriage to Manu Parekh and under his guidance that I began my journey in the world of art. I had an instinctive feel for design, it was a form that came naturally, and I have grown up surrounded by the decorative floor designs (Rangoli) wall decorations. So it is but natural that my works express this aspect most strongly. I am expressing what I am, a woman from India. So whether one calls it folk or not it does not matter.
What are the influences on your work?
The art of narration has a strong impact, all my works tell a story. The dotted lines in my paintings are reminiscent of the running stitches used in embroidery which as I used to do as a child. My recent visit to Bhutan has infused a sense of space; I was traveling through vast open space, surrounded by mountains I was fascinated by the terrain. This trip has also changed my colour palette; it has taken on a subtler hue.
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