Born
1931
Simla, Himanchal Pradesh
Died
1991
London
Education
1947-52 Diploma in Painting, Delhi Polytechnic, New Delhi
Exhibitions
Selected Posthumous Exhibitions
2015 'Humanscapes: A...
Selected Posthumous Exhibitions
2015 'Humanscapes: A Retrospective', DAG Modern, New York
2013 'The Naked and the Nude: The Body in Indian Modern Art', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2012 'Migrations', Tate Britain, London
2012 'Crossings: Time Unfolded, Part 2', Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
2011 ‘Manifestations VI', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 ‘Manifestations V', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010-11 'Figure/Landscape: Part Two', Aicon Gallery, London
2010 'A Missing History: 'The Other Story' Re-visited', Aicon Gallery, London
2010 ‘Manifestations IV', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2009 'Anglo-Indian Express', Grosvenor Gallery, London
2009 'Bharat Ratna! Jewels of Modern Indian Art', Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2009 'Progressive to Altermodern: 62 Years of Indian Modern Art', Grosvenor Gallery, London
2008-09 'Modern India', organized by Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) and Casa Asia, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture at Valencia, Spain
2008 'Frame Figure Field: 20th Century Modern and Contemporary Indian Art', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2006 ‘Avinash Chandra: A Retrospective’, Osborne Samuel, Berkeley Square Gallery, London
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1985 Patricia Judith Art Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
1983 Patricia Judith Art Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
1982 National Gallery, London
1981 October Gallery, London
1977 Gilbert Parr Gallery, London
1971 Kretschmer Gallery, New York
1970 Galerie Contemporaine, Geneva
1970 Lehigh University, Bethlehem
1969 Lo Guidice Gallery, Chicago
1969 Gallery Moos, Toronto
1968 University of Missouri,
1968 Columbia Rose Fried Gallery, New York
1967 Hamilton Gallery, London
1967 Vanderlip Gallery, Philadelphia
1965 Galerie Sekler, Stockholm
1965 Galerie Parnass, Wuppertal
1965 Hamilton Gallery, London
1964 Bear Lane Gallery, Oxford
1964 Ash Barn, Stroud
1964 American Art Gallery, Copenhagen
1964 Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg
1963 Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield
1963 Bradford City Art Gallery, Bradford
1963 Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
1963 Galerie Palette, Zurich
1963 Queens University, Belfast
1963 Hamilton Gallery, London
1962 Molton Gallery, London
1962 Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art, Durham
1962 Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle
1962 York City Art Gallery, York
1962 Middlesborough Art Gallery, Middlesborough
1961 Galerie de l’Universite, Paris
1961 Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
1961 Galerie 20, Arnahm
1961 Galerie Kartina, Amsterdam
1960 Bear Lane Gallery, Oxford
1960 Molton Gallery, London
1959 Queen’s University, Belfast
1958 Ulster Museum, Belfast
1958 Architectural Association, London
1957 Imperial Institute, London
1953-54 New Delhi
1951 Srinagar
Selected Group Exhibitions
1989 / 90 ‘The Other Story’, Hayward Gallery, London
1989 / 90 Wolverhampton Gallery, Wolverhampton
1989 / 90 Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester
1987 Horizon Gallery
1984 Lalit Kala Gallery, India
1982 Galerie Parnass, Wuppertal
1963 Hamilton Painters and Sculptors, London
1963 ‘Neun junge englische kunstler’, Galerie, Semiha Huber, Zurich
1963 Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
1963 ‘Indian Painting Now’, Hamilton Painters and Sculptors, London Arts Council of Great Britain, London, Newcastle, Kilmarnock, Darlington, Cardiff, Aberdeen, Huddersfield
1962 Gulbenkian Museum, Durham
1962 Molton Gallery, London
1961 Galeirei Numaga, La Chaux-de-Fonds
1961 Newcastle Museum, Newcastle
1961 Ubersee Museum, Bremen and Munich
1961 Touring exhibition, American Federation of Arts, USA
1961 Bear Lane Gallery, Oxford
1961 Reading Museum, Reading
1960 Kaplan Gallery, London
1960 Commonwealth Gallery, Castle Museum Norwich
1958 AIA Gallery, London
1958 Waddington Galleries, London
1958 ‘Seven Indian Artists in Europe’, Gallery One, London
1957 Obelisk Gallery, London
Participations
1963 Edinburgh Festival, Indian Exhibition Represented in Documenta 3, Kassel
1961 Galerie de l’Universities, Paris Biennale, Paris
1954 All India Exhibition, National Academy of Art, New Delhi
Honours and Awards
1967 Fellowship, Fairfield Foundation, USA
1965 John D Rockefeller III Fund Fellowship
1962 Gold Medal, Prix Europeenne, Ostend, Belgium
1954 First Prize, Narional Exhibition of Art, New Delhi
1967 Fellowship, Fairfield Foundation, USA
1965 John D Rockefeller III Fund Fellowship
1962 Gold Medal, Prix Europeenne, Ostend, Belgium
1954 First Prize, Narional Exhibition of Art, New Delhi
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