SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
 

2010    Presented by Art Heritage at Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi

2010   The Drawings of K. G. Subramanyan, The Guild, Mumbai

2010    Bangladesh Drawings, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai

2010    Art Musings, Mumbai

2009    Magic of Making: Recent Artworks by K.G. Subramanyan, at Akar Prakar, Aakriti Art  

            Gallery and The Seagull Foundation for the Arts, Kolkata

2009    Presented by Seagull Foundation for the Arts, in Collaboration with Nandan Gallery,

            Kala  Bhavana, Kolkata

2007    The Painted Platters, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai

2007    The Magic of Making, presented by The Seagull Foundation for the Arts at The Seagull

            Arts and Media Resource Centre, Kolkata and Rabindra Bhawan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

2006    Art Heritage, New Delhi

2006    Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat

2005    Recent Paintings, presented by Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

2004    The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai

2004    Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi

2003    K.G. Subramanyan : A Retrospective, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New  

            Delhi  and Mumbai

2003    K.G. Subramanyan : Recent Paintings, Art Heritage, New Delhi

2003    Paintings in Enamel, The Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, Kolkata

2003    Chairs: An Exhibition of Recent Work, The Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre,  Kolkata

2002    Exhibition of Paintings by Prof. K.G. Subramanyan, Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara, Gujarat

2001    Art Heritage, New Delhi

2000    K.G. Subramanyan, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi

2000    Art Heritage, New Delhi

1999    The Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, Kolkata

1999    Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai

1999    Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi

1999     K.G. Subramanyan – Dissolving Contradictions, The Window, Mumbai

1998    K.G. Subramanyan : Paintings and Drawings, organized by Seagull Foundation for the

            Arts, Kolkata at Art Heritage, New Delhi

1998    A Recent Series of Large Paintings by Prof. K.G. Subramanyan, Art Heritage, New Delhi

1998    K.G. Subramanyan : Paintings and Drawings, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai

1997    Nazar Gallery, Vadodara, Gujarat

1997    K.G. Subramanyan, Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai

1996    Art Heritage, New Delhi

1994    Exhibition of Paintings by K.G. Subramanyan, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai

1994    K.G. Subramanyan Recent Works, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata

1993    Exhibition of Paintings by K.G. Subramanyan, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai

1993    Art Heritage, New Delhi

1992    K.G. Subramanyan, Exhibition of Paintings, Sakshi Gallery, Synergy Art Foundation,

            Bangalore and Chennai

1992    Art Heritage, New Delhi

1991    Exhibition of Paintings by K.G. Subramanyan, Kala Yatra and Sista’s Art Gallery,

            Bangalore, Karnataka

1990    Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai

1990    Gallery 7, Mumbai

1990    CCA Gallery, New Delhi

1989    Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai

1989    Of Myth and Fairy Tale, Recent Works- K.G. Subramanyan, Seagull Foundation and   

             Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata

1988     Exhibition of Acrylic Sheet Paintings, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford

1986     Exhibition of Acrylic Sheet Paintings, Art Heritage, New Delhi

1986     Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai

1986     Gallery 7, Mumbai

1986     Centre for Contemporary Art Gallery, New Delhi

1985      Art Heritage, New Delhi

1984      Retrospective, Art Heritage, New Delhi

1983      Retrospective K.G. Subramanyan, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata

1982      Exhibition of Glass and Acrylic Sheet Paintings, Art Heritage, New Delhi

1982      Exhibition of Glass and Acrylic Sheet Paintings, Nandan Gallery, Santiniketan, West Bengal

1981      Retrospective, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

1980      Art Heritage, New Delhi

1979      Exhibition of Prints,  Art Heritage, New Delhi

1978      Exhibition of Terracotta Relief’s and Paintings, Nandan Gallery, Santiniketan, West Bengal

1978      Exhibition of Terracotta Relief’s, Art Heritage, New Delhi

1972      Exhibition of Terracotta Relief’s, Kunika –Chemould, New Delhi

1971      Exhibition of Polytichs, Kunika –Chemould, New Delhi

1969      Gallery Chemould, Mumbai

1969      Kunika –Chemould, New Delhi

1967      Gallery Chemould, Mumbai

1967      Gallery Navina, New York

1966      Gallery Chemould, Mumbai

1962-63   Kunika Art Centre, New Delhi

1961       Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

1959       Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

1958       Delhi Silpi Chakra, New Delhi

1956       Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

1955       Delhi Silpi Chakra, Freemason’s Hall, New Delhi

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
 

2012       Contemporary: A Selection of Modern and Contemporary Art, prsented by Sakshi

               Gallery at The Park, Chennai

2011      Adbhutam: Rasa in Indian Art, Centre of International Modern Art(CIMA), Kolkata

2011      The Art of Drawing,  The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai

2011      Pause: A Collection, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai

2011      High-Light, presented by Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai at The Oberoi, Gurgaon

2011      Of Humour, Wit & Satire, Gallery Threshold, New Delhi

2010-11   A Collection,  Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai

2010       The Living Insignia, Gallery Ensign, New Delhi

2010       Modern Folk: The Folk Art Roots of the Modernist Avant-Garde, Aicon Gallery, New

               York

2009       Think Small, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi

2009       Kalpana: Figurative Art in India, presented by The Indian Council for Cultural

               Relations (ICCR) at Aicon Gallery, London; The Indian Council for Cultural Relations

               (ICCR)

2009       Tracing Time, Bodhi Art, Mumbai

2008        Baroda: A Tale of Two Cities, (Part I), Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara, Gujarat

2008        X at the rate of Jehangir, presented by Art Musings at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

2008        Freedom 2008 : Sixty Years After Indian Independence, Centre for International

                Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata

2007        Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai

2006        Shadow Lines, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi

2006        Drawing Show an Act of Art II, Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai

2005        Three Solo Exhibitions - K.G. Subramanyan, Manjit Bawa, Dhruva Mistry, organized

                 by Sakshi Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

2005         Remembering Bhupen, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai

1996         Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

1996         Art Heritage, New Delhi

1994         Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata

1993         Seven Contemporary Indian Painters, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi

1992         Journeys Within Landscapes, organized by Sakshi Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery,

                 Mumbai

1986         Grey Art Gallery, New York

PARTICIPATIONS
 

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

2011       Time Unfolded, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi

2010        Master’s Corner, organized by Indian Contemporary Art Journal at Jehangir Art

                Gallery, Mumbai; India International Art Fair, New Delhi

2010        Contemporary Printmaking In India, presented by Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai at

                Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai

2010         National Printmaking Portfolio, Marvel Art Gallery, Ahmedabad

2010         Roots, 25th Anniversary Exhibition of Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai at The Park, Chennai

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         Moderns, Royal Cultural Centre, Amman, Jordan organized by Lalit Kala Akademi,

                 New Delhi in collaboration with Embassy of India, Amman, Jordan

2008         Harvest 2008, organized by Arushi Arts at The Stainless Gallery, New Delhi

2007-08    From Everyday To The Imagined: Modern Indian Art, Singapore Art Museum,

                 Singapore and at Museum of Art, Seoul National University, Seoul

2006-07    Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New

                 Delhi and Mumbai

2006         Cubism in Asia : Unbounded Dialogues, The Singapore Art Museum, Singapore

2005         Cubism in Asia : Unbounded Dialogues, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea

2005         Cubism in Asia : Unbounded Dialogues, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

2005         Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India, Queen’s Museum of Art, New York

2004         Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth

2002         Art South Asia, Manchester

1998         Tryst With Destiny: Art from Modern India 1947-97, Singapore

1996         Chamatkara: Myth and Magic in Indian Art, Centre for International Modern Art   

                 (CIMA), Kolkata and London

1996         Contemporary Indian Paintings, Sotheby’s, New York

1995         Seven Contemporary Indian Painters, Gallery le Monde de l’Art, Paris, France

1988         Festival of India, Tokyo, Japan

1987         Festival of India, Moscow, USSR

1987        Coup de Coeur, Geneva

1987         Kala Yatra, Bangalore, Karnataka

1986         Indian Aert from the Chester and Davida Herwitz Family Collection’, Hood Museum,

                 Hanover, Massachusetts

1984         Kala Yatra, Bangalore, Karnataka

1983         Six Indian Artists’, Tate Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts, London

1982         India : Myth and Reality, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK

1982         Six Indian Artists’, Tate Gallery, London

1982         Contemporary Indian Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London

1980         Asian Artist’s Exhibition, Part II, Japan

1980         Indian Art’, Washington DC, USA

1980         Indian Art Exhibition, Tokyo

1979         Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil

1979         Asian Artist’s Exhibition, Part I, Japan

1976         Mention Biennale, France

1975        3rd International Triennale, New Delhi

1971        Indian Art’, Tehran, Iran

1968        1st International Triennale, New Delhi

1966         Indian Art Exhibition’, Ghent, Belgium

1965         Art Now in India, Lanig Art Gallery, Newcastle

1965         Commonwealth Arts Festival, London

1965         Ten Indian Artists, South East Asia

1964         Ten Indian Artists, USA

1964         Exhibition of Textile Paintings, Mural, Woven Hangings, New York World Trade Fair, New York

1964         Tokyo Biennale, Japan

1961         Sao Paolo Biennale

1956         Three Young Artists from Abroad, Hitchin, UK

1953         Indian Art Exhibition’, USA
 

HONOURS AND AWARDS 
 

2012           Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India

2006          Padma Bhushan, Government of India

2005          Lifetime Achievement Award, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata

2004          Lalit Kala Ratna Puraskar, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi on the occasion of its         

                  Golden Jubilee

2001          Gana Krishti Puraskar, Kerala

2001           Manaviyam Ravi Varma Award, Government of Kerala

2000          Jadunath Sarkar Gold Medal, Asiatic Society, Kolkata

2000          Abanindra Puraskar, Kolkata

1999          Kala Ratna, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi

1997          D. Litt (Honoris Causa), Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi

1994          Shiromani Puraskar, Kolkata

1993          Conferred Fellowship, Kerala Lalit Kala Academy, Kerala

1992          D. Litt (Honoris Causa), Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata

1991         Gagan – Aban - Puraskar, Visvabharati, Santiniketan

1985         Fellow, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

1980          Kalidas Sanman

1977-78     Visiting Fellow, Kala Bhavan, Visvabharati, Santiniketan

1975          Padma Shri, Government of India

1968          Gold Medal, First International Triennale, New Delhi

1966          Fellowship, J. D. Rockefeller III Fund, USA

1965          National Award for ‘Studio’, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

1961          Maharashtra State Award

1961          Medallion of Honorable Mention, Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil

1959          Bombay Art Society, Mumbai

1957          Governor’s Prize, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai

1955-56     British Council Research Scholarship to Slade School of Art, UK