Biography

Born in 1943 in Ahmedabad, he had no formal training in art but worked under the guidance of the veteran artist and teacher Chhaganlal Jadhav. He was a businessman, until he became a full-time painter in 1979. His interest in the Nathdvara School of Painting made him write The Book ‘Krishna as Shrinathji - Rajasthani Paintings from Nathdvara’ which was published by Mapin in 1987. Later an exhibition of Nathdvara paintings from his collection was organised by the CMC Gallery, New Delhi in 1989. He has held over 14 solo shows and also been part of several group shows nationally and internationally including Sixth Triennale, India, 1986; Bharat Bhavan Biennale, 1990; ‘Utsava – Festival of India’, Perth, Australia, 1995; Group show ‘Faces’, Dubai, 2000 and ‘JIVA’, Singapore, 2004. He lives and works in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.