Biography

Born in 1928, Mumbai, Padamsee completed his Diploma in Fine Arts from Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai in 1949 before moving on to the Stout State University, Wisconsin after receiving J.D. Rockefeller III Fellowship in 1965. Back in India, he was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship and made four short films in 1969-70. He was also awarded the Kalidas Samman by the Madhya Pradesh State Government in 1997-98. Along with several solo shows held throughout his long career, he has participated in the Venice Biennale in 1953 and 1955; Seven Indian Painters’, Gallery One in London in 1958; Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil and Tokyo Biennale, Japan, 1959; I, II, IV International Triennale, Delhi in 1968, 1971 & 1982; ‘India: Myth and Reality – Aspects of Modern Indian Art’ at Oxford in 1982; ‘Artistes Indiens en France’, Paris in 1985; Festival of India, Moscow in 1987 and National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi in 1991; Solo show organised by Saffron Art and Pundole Art Gallery in New York in 2002; Solo show organised by Gallery Threshold in 2005. A retrospective of his works was organised in Delhi and Mumbai in 1980. He showed at ‘Modern and Contemporary Paintings: One Hundred Years’, London in 1996. He lives and works in Mumbai.