ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
JEHANGIR SABAVALA
Born 1922, in India.
The Academie Julian, Paris (1953-54)
The Academie Julian & Academie Andre Lhote, Paris (1953-54)
The Heatherly School of Art, London (1945-47)
The Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris (1957)
Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai (1942-44)
Elphinstone College, University of Mumbai (1939-41)
The artist lives and works in Mumbai.
Select Solo Exhibitions
2008 Ricorso, Aicon Gallery, New York; Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2005-06 Jehangir Sabavala: A Retrospective, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai and Delhi,
organized by Sakshi Gallery
2002 Occasions of Light: Recent Paintings by Jehangir Sabavala, organized by Sakshi Gallery,
Mumbai at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; Shridharani Gallery, Delhi; Aicon Gallery, New York
1998 Recent Paintings by Jehangir Sabavala, organized by Eminence Designs and Apparao
Galleries, Chennai; Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1993 Pilgrim, Exile, Sorcerer-Recent Paintings-Jehangir Sabavala, organized by Gallery Arts Trust
(Chennai) at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), Delhi
1988 Exhibition of Paintings by Jehangir Sabavala, organized by ITC, The Gallery, Chennai
Exhibition of Paintings by Jehangir Sabavala, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1983 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1980 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1976 Jehangir Sabavala Paintings' '73 to '75', organized by Gallery Chemould at Jehangir Art Gallery,
Mumbai; Black Partridge Art Gallery, New Delhi
1973 Jehangir Sabavala Recent Paintings, Gallery Chemould, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1972-73 Kunika- Chemould Art Centre, Delhi and Gallery Chemould, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1969 Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London and Edinburgh, Scotland
1966 Recent Works of Jehangir Sabavala, organized by Gallery Chemould, Gallery Chemould,
Mumbai and Kunika-Chemould Art Centre, New Delhi
1964 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
1958 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1955 Exhibition of Paintings-Jehangir Sabavala, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1951 Jehangir Sabavala - Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings, Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai
Select Group Exhibitions
2005 Trends and Techniques, Water Color in India, Galerie 88, Kolkata
2004 The Jehangir Nicholsan Collection, Mumbai
2003 Rain, Galerie International and Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai
2001/03/04 Ideas and Images-III, V, VI, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
2001 Palette 2001, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
RPG Collection, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
2000 Engendering Images of India, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
Early Works, Fine Art Company, Mumbai
Erotica, Fine Art Company, Mumbai
The Millennium Show, Nehru Centre, Mumbai
Celebration of the Human Image, Gallery 42, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Distillations, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai
A Sorrowful Mystery, The Arts Trust, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
1999 The World is Round and Time is Cyclical, Art Today, Delhi
Flashback – Flash forward, presented by RPG, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
The Indian Fine Arts Society, Singapore
1998 A Collector's Eye, The Jehangir Nicholson Collection, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
Indian Contemporary Art, presented by RPG and Bayer, Leverkusen and Monheim, Germany
Ruminations, Apparao Galleries, Mumbai
Spirit and Soul, Indian Painting Today, The Rotunda, Hong Kong
1997 The Search, Apparao Galleries, Chennai, New York
Rare and Important Paintings, The Classic Source and Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
The Looking Glass Self, Gallery Lakeeran, Mumbai
Colours of Independence, presented by CIMA, Kolkata and the National Gallery of Modern Art,
New Delhi
50 Years of Freedom of Expression, presented by RPG, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
Image beyond Image, the Masanori Fukuoka Collection, National Gallery of Modern Art,
Mumbai
50 Years of Art in Mumbai: 1947-97, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
1996 Chamatkara: Myth & Magic in Indian Art, Whiteleys Art Gallery, London
1996 Urban Signals Shifting Images, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai, Kolkata
1995 Indian Contemporary Art, Galeri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur
Art for CRY, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; Rabindra Bhavan Art Gallery, New Delhi
1994-95 People for Animals Art Show, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi
1994 Review 1930-1993, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
1992 Silver Jubilee, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
Masters of India Art Show, Art's Trust, Mumbai
Pioneers to the New Generation, Arts Acre, Kolkata
1990 Art Mosaic, Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi
1988 Art for CRY, Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi and Bangalore
1982 Modern Indian Paintings, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
1981 Indian Painting Today, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1979-81 Kala Yatra's Contemporary Indian Painting & Sculpture, Kuala Lumpur, Kochi, Kolkata
1979 Asian Artists Exhibition, Fukuoka Art Museum, Tokyo
1975 Gallery Nasrudin, Boston
Honours and Awards
2005 Felicitation by the Society of Contemporary Artists, Kolkata
2004 Lalit Kala Ratna Award presented by the President of India
2003 The Maharashtra Rajya kala Pradarshan Kalakar Vibhag: Satkar
2002 The Dadabhai Naoroji Millennium Award, Mumbai
2001 All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society 'Kala Ratna', Delhi
2000 National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
1993 Art Society of India, Citation
1977 Padma Shri, by President of India
1949 Grand Prix de la Peinture, Monaco