Atul Dodiya - Slide Lecture : Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi - Amrita Sher-Gil National Art Week

To celebrate the birth centenary year of the legendary Indian Artist Amrita Sher-Gil, Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi organized Amrita Sher-Gil National Art Week from 18th to 24th February 2013.
Designed and conceived by Diwan Manna, artist and Chairman of Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi along with his team of dedicated workers, 19 eminent artists, art critics, art historians, curators, directors of museums, film makers and editors of art journals participated in this unique Art Week.
Participants included stalwarts such as: Anjolie Ela Menon, S. Kalidas, Pushpamala N, Ashok Vajpeyi, Sheba Chhachhi, Kavita Singh, Mithu Sen, Girish Shahane, Navina Sundaram, Dayanita Singh , Anju Dodiya, Sadanand Menon, Tasneem Mehta, Atul Dodiya, Alka Pande, Bhavna Kakar, Roobina Karode, Vivan Sundaram and Nanak Ganguly.
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ATUL DODIYA
Atul Dodiya was born in 1959, Mumbai, India.
Widely considered as one of India's most significant artists, Atul Dodiya was trained in Mumbai, at Sir JJ School of Art, 1982 and École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1991-1992. The paintings by Atul Dodiya are populated by diverse traditions in painting, the written words, images from the media and of saints, legends, national history, political events, traumata and autobiographical narratives. His allegorical paintings on canvas or metal roller shutters and watercolours may be aggressive or poetic.
Atul Dodiya had 28 solo shows in India and abroad, which includes a mid career retrospective at Japan Foundation Asia Centre, Tokyo in 2001, a solo show in Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid in 2002.
Participated in 1st Yokohoma Triennale, 2001, 51st Venice Biennale, 2005, Documenta12, 2007, 7th Gwangju Biennale, 2008, 3rd Moscow Biennale, 2009, Biennale Jogja XI, 2011, 7th Asia Pacific Triennale, Brisbane, 2012 and Kochi Muziris Biennale, Kochi, India, 2012.
Selected participation:
2001: Tate Modern, London
2002: Kunsthalle, Vienna
2003: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
2004: Museo Temporario/Culturgest, Lisbon
2006: The Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki
2007: Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
2008: Mori Art Museum, Japan
2009; Essl Museum, Vienna
2011: Centre Pompidou, Paris
2012: Arken Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
Atul Dodiya was awarded Gold Medal of Maharashtra Government, 1982 and Fellowship at Sir JJ School of Art, 1982/1983, French Government Scholarship, 1991/1992, Sanskriti Award, 1995, Sotheby's Prize, 1999, Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship, Italy, 1999 and GQ Man of the Year Award, 2009.
Represented in several private and public collections in India and abroad, including National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, Mumbai, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.
Atul Dodiya lives and works in Mumbai, India.
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