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Charan Sharma
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"The language of the paintings is direct and simple. Their colors, lines and forms are also simple. And there is a mood - which, like music, leads on to beauty. These experiences are my own. They are rooted in the soil. Whatever I have experienced is exploding on my canvas like a celebration of life and joy."
Born in the town of Nathadwara, Rajasthan in 1950, Charan Sharma obtained his Masters of Art in Drawing and Painting from the...
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"The language of the paintings is direct and simple. Their colors, lines and forms are also simple. And there is a mood - which, like music, leads on to beauty. These experiences are my own. They are rooted in the soil. Whatever I have experienced is exploding on my canvas like a celebration of life and joy."
Born in the town of Nathadwara, Rajasthan in 1950, Charan Sharma obtained his Masters of Art in Drawing and Painting from the University of Udaipur there in 1974, after obtaining a Bachelor’s degree in another field and finding that it was not his calling. He later studied graphics at the Sir J.J. School of Arts in Mumbai, obtaining a postgraduate diploma on the completion of this course in 1976.
Sharma has always been described as a very architectonic painter. Most of his paintings depict, with very simples forms and colours, the interiors and exteriors of buildings, whether hovels or palaces. Sharma says of his most recent series of paintings, "My new body of work suggests that the content and style of my paintings have changed in a decisive manner. Historic ruins looking on eloquent heaps of pebbles have yielded place to explorations of grandeur inside ancient palaces. Walls converge on many kinds of apertures. There is no limit to the richness of imagery seen in these paintings."
Growing up in a state like Rajasthan, it is no surprise that its rich architectural heritage has finally shown up on Sharma’s canvases. And there is no doubt that these grand interiors of palaces and forts he paints are but a reflection of the many ‘darbars’ and ‘mahals’ that are such a common sight in Rajasthani cities like Udaipur, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer and Jaipur.
Sharma has held solo shows very frequently since his first one man exhibitions that were held in Udaipur and Jaipur in 1972, including several at Mumbai galleries in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993 and 1996; at Singapore in 1983-84 and 1988, and at Delhi in 1988, 1994 and 1996. He has been a part of many group exhibitions and sales on both national and international levels, including the United Nations Women’s Guild show hosted in Vienna in 1982, the 1985 International Print Biennale, the International Experimental Art Exhibition at Budapest in 1985, a show in Yugoslavia in 1986, and the1993 Helpage India Auction.
Charan Sharma’s honours include prizes at the ‘Painting of the Year’ competition, organized by the United Overseas Bank of Singapore in 1983-84, the Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy Award given to him in 1985, and the 1997 Maharana Mawar Foundation Award. Also to this artist’s credit are several books that he has designed, illustrated or shot photographs for, like the biographical work on J Krishnamurthy titled "The Thousand Moons". Sharma has also directed a film on his hometown of Nathadwara called "Astha ke Ascharya."
Charan Sharma lives in Mumbai with his artist wife Nimisha Sharma.
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Born
1950
Nathadwara, Rajasthan
Education
1976 Studied Graphics at Sir J.J School of Arts, Mumbai.
1974 Master of Arts (Drawing and Painting), University of Udaipur, Rajasthan
1969 Bachelor of Arts, Rajasthan University, Rajasthan
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011 'Anusthan- Invocation',...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011 'Anusthan- Invocation', Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2007 Museum Gallery, Mumbai
2006 Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi
2005 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2004 Hong Kong and Sydney, Australia
2002 Private Showings in Hong Kong and San Francisco
2001 Show at San Francisco organized by CRY USA
2001 Private Show at San Francisco and Boston
2000 Dynamic Break Through Dubai
1999 Kalart Gallery, San Francisco
1998 Images of Exuberance at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1996 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
1996 Cache Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1995 Rajputana Palace, Sherton Hotel, Jaipur.
1994 Cache Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1993 Lalit Kala Gallery, Mumbai.
1991 'A Leap Beyond the Horizon', Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
1988 Alliance Francaise de Singapour.
1987 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai.
1982 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
1980 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai.
1979 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai.
1978 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
1974 Lalit Kala Gallery, Mumbai.
1974 Suchna Kendra Uadipur.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 'Melange', The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Kolkata
2004 A Journey, a Charity Art Show for Passages at Art & Soul, Mumbai
2001 Surya Gallery, Hyderabad
1999 Art Critic's Choice at National Gallery of Modern Art (N.G.M.A), Mumbai
1998 Surya Gallery, Hyderabad
1996 'Contemporary Indian Painters' in aid of Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1996 To mark N.G Nadkami's career as art critic.
1992 United National Women’s' Guild, Vienna.
1991 'Contemporary Art of India' show’, Glenbarra Art Museum, Japan
1988 New Delhi and Mumbai.
1983 UOB Bank Exhibition, Singapore.
1983 National Museum of Singapore.
1977 Takaman Group Show, Mumbai.
1976 Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi
1973-75 Takaman Group Show, Udaipur and Jaipur.
Participations
2010 'Master's Corner', organized by Indian Contemporary Art Journal at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; India International Art Fair, New Delhi
2005 Harmony Show, Nehru Centre, Mumbai
2001 Harmony Show, Nehru Centre, Mumbai
1985 International Print Biennial.
1983 International 'Experimental Art' Exhibition, Budapest.
Honours and Awards
1997 Maharana Mewar Foundation Award.
1987 Painting of 7"x14"...
1997 Maharana Mewar Foundation Award.
1987 Painting of 7"x14" commissioned by Reserve Bank of India for IGDIR, Mumbai
1985 Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy Award for Painting
1983 A 'Painting of the Year' Competition by United Overseas Bank Group, Singapore.
1973 All India Inter College Competition, Gwalior.
1972 'Fresco Mural', Asian International Trade Fair (Asia 72)
1972 Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy Award for Graphic.
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