Shripad Amrut Gurav

Address: C/o. Prashant Porob. H. No: 53, At Post: Narva, Sao Matias Tiswadi – Goa 403403.

Email: guravshripad@rediffmail.com / guravshripad8@gmail.com

Mobile: +91 9823399623

Qualification:

2006 – Master of Fine Art (first with Distinction) in Printmaking from Central University of Hyderabad.

2003 – Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting), Goa University.

Scholarship/Awards:

• 2018 – Honourable Mention Award in 1^st Print Biennale India organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.

• 2018- ‘Goa State Award’ for Painting in kalanand Art Contest of Prafulla Dahanukar Art Foundation.

• 2009 – Junior Research Fellowship in Printmaking from H.R.D. Ministry of Culture India.

• 2006 – Hyderabad University- Gold Medal in Printmaking.

• 2005/06 – Merit Scholarship in Printmaking from University of Hyderabad for academic yr. 2005 – 06.

Solo shows:

• 2020 – SHOW GOA, curated by Samira Sheth at The Project Café-Assagao Goa.

Camps:

• 2021-Printmaking camp organsied by IndieArts in Chitramayee State Gallery of Art, Madhapur – Hyderabad.

• 2016 – Printmaking Camp at Banyan Art Studio, Hyderabad organized by Meraki Art gallery – Hyderabad.

• 2015 – National printmaking Camp at Directorate of Art & Culture, Panaji Goa.

• 2014 – Space and Roots: Painting camp at Lalit kala Akademi, Chennai.

• 2013 – International Artists camp oraganised by Tellus Art Foundation (Sweden) and Directorate of Art & Culture-Goa, at Bogmallo-Vasco Goa.

• 2012- ‘PRATYANKAN’ – workshop on Graphic Art organized by West zone cultural centre, Udaipur in collaboration with Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda. (March)

• 2011 – Junior Artists Camp organized by AIFACS. New Delhi.

Participation:

• 2023 – “Singing The body Electric” curated by Kristine Michael at Apre Art House, Colaba Mumbai.

• 2023- “Short Stories from Goa” at Art Explore gallery, New Delhi.

• 2022- “0832” group show curated by Wendy coutinho at Museum of Goa, Pilerne Goa.

• 2022- “Posthumous Dialogues” with F.N. Souza, homage to a Goan Artist curated by Sabitha Satchi in museum Of Goa, Pilerne Goa.

• 2021 – ‘First take’ – 2021 by Abir charitable trust, L&P Hutheesing visual Art Centre – Ahmedabad.

• 2021 – ‘Spaces & Dimensions’, group show at Surya Kiran Heritage Hotel, Campal – Goa.

• 2021 – ‘Goa Gazebo’ online exhibition organized by Foundation of Art and Culture – Bhopal.

• 2021 – ‘A Goan Idyll’ online exhibition of Kynkyny Art gallery – Bangalore.

• 2021 – ‘Dialogues in Wood’ exhibition of woodcut Prints organized by Goa Artists Collective, Sangolda – Goa.

• 2021 – ‘Motley’ Sala De Arte, Panjim Goa.

• 2020 – Goa Open Arts Festival, Nagoa – Goa

• 2020 – ‘Anthology’ Gallery One, New Delhi.

• 2019 – 127^th Annual Art Exhibition, The Bombay Art Society.

• 2018 – ‘Freedom is in the air’ Museum of Goa, Pilerne.

• 2018 – Fundacao Oriente Visual Arts Award show, Panjim

• 2018 – ‘Bonded by Work’, group show at Gallery 78, Hitex – Hyderabad (Telangana)

• 2018 – ‘Man Enough’ group show at Cube gallery, Moira – Goa.

• 2018- ‘On the Threshold of Time-6’ Art heritage gallery, New Delhi

• 2018 – 59^th National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.

• 2016 – ‘From the Artist Studio’, Samsara Art – Mumbai.

• 2015 – ‘Kama, interrupted’ curated by Apoorva Kulkarni at Gallery Gitanjali, Panjim – Goa.

• 2015 – ‘Goa is not a small place’ curated by Viraj Naik at Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad.

• 2014 – Regional Art Exhibition at Lalit Kala Akademi – Regional centre, Chennai.

• 2014 – ‘Balcao’-group show at Stainless Gallery by Dhoomimal Art Gallery – New Delhi.

• 2013 – ‘Divine Inspiration’ at India Fine Art – Mumbai.

• 2013 – ‘Multiple Encounters’ an exhibition of young Print Artists of India at AIFACS – New Delhi.

• 2013 – ‘Flowering Cultures’ Contemporary Artists from India-Italy.

• 2013 – Biennale international De Gravure Contemporaine at Musee des Beaux-Arts de Liege – Belgium.

• 2013 – National Art Exhibition, Odisha lalit kala Akademi – Bhubaneswar Odisha.

• 2013 – ‘Cardolgy-III’ postcard format show curated by Jasmine Shah Varma at Samsara Art, Mumbai.

• 2012 – ‘Look At This Land’ – group show of Etching Prints at Sunaparanta Center for the Arts- Altinho – Panjim.

• 2012 – ‘GOA RELOADED’ – group show at NIV Art Centre, New Delhi

• 2012 – 4^th Contemporary Miniature format International Mask Exhibition by Nav Siddhartha group in Lalit kala Akademi – New Delhi

• 2010 – Fifth International Biannial of mini-Prints-Tetovo 2010, Macedonia.

• 2010/2008/2006 – Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Print – Art, Bhopal (India)

• 2010 – ‘Black is Beautiful’ India Fine Art, Mumbai.

• 2009 – ‘Sacred and Secular’ India Fine Art, Mumbai.

• 2008 – ‘Art Bazaar’ Coomarswamy Hall, Mumbai.

• 2008 – ‘Moonsoon Show’ at Artist Centre, Mumbai.

• 2008 – ‘Bhasha’ curated by Dr. Alka Pande, Stainless Art Gallery, New Delhi.

• 2008 – ‘Rush’ Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.

• 2008 – ‘young Goan Masters’ – Series-I Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.

• 2007 – ‘Mapping the Roots’ Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi.

• 2007 – ‘Painted Realizations’ Birla Academy, Kolkata.

• 2007 – ‘Young Masters Art Chamber, Goa.

Woman is a principal character in my compositions which refers to the ‘Yakshis’ of ancient Indian sculptures and they are being incorporated in this ‘modern’ world. They are well dressed in contemporary modern outfits and prevailing fashion. Somewhere life and lifestyle determines culture, identity, religion, habits, class etc. The images could also be interpreted as narrations of life in Goa’s old conquests, under Portuguese sovereignty for the longest period. However, because of the manner in which western modernity entered into Goa via “christianisation” it left an impact on ‘life’ of Goa.

I like to portray such things in a very satirical manner and presenting it in a story format, story imagined and presented in a theatrical manner. Somewhere using animal allegory to poke fun at my own culture, to poke fun at my own foibles.

Confluence of mysteries and dichotomies holds a dialogue, its my personal nostalgic journey. Reality in an arrangement of a personal visual language existentially depicting symbolisms of the alignment of urbanites and to that that of Goan characters, its landscapes etc.s

The Language of “Etching” (printmaking) has been the foremost means of expression for me. It involves discipline and precision and the process itself is mysterious and magical.