About Gagji Monpara
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth
1st June 1965 (Nonghanvadar, Bhavnagar - Gujarat)
QUALIFICATION
1992
Diploma in Sculpture, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
1994
Post-Diploma in Sculpture, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
AWARDS
2003
46th National Exhibition Award (Kochi), Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi
2003
43rd Gujarat State Lalit Kala Academy Award, Ahmedabad
2003
17th All India Art Contest by South Central Zone Cultural Center, Nagpur
2002
All India Fine Arts and Craft Society, New Delhi. (State Level Award, Gujarat)
2002
16th All India Art Contest by South Zone Cultural Center, Nagpur
CAMPS WORKSHOP
2009
Sculpture Camp at Nagpur, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi
2009
Art Workshop at National Art Fair at Jalandhar, Lalit Kala Academy, New Ddelhi & District Cultural and Literary Society, Jalandhar
2009
All India Multy Media Art Camp at Udaipur, Takhman-28 & Shilpgram, WZCC, Udaipur
2006
Metal Casting Camp at Lucknow, Rashtriya Lalitkala Kendra, Lucknow
2000
All India Stone Carving Camp at Pune, Y.C.P. and Bharatiya Kala Manch, Pune.
1994
Sculpture Camp at Nimeta, Suruchi Resorts Group, Vadodara
1993
Out Door Sculpture Camp at Junagarh, Sakkarbaug, Vadodara
1992
Wood Carving Camp at Vadodara, West Zone Cultural Centre, Udaipur
1992
All India Cultural Camp at Cuttak, M/o HRD, Government of India, New Delhi
1991
Wood Carving Camp at Vansda, Amar Constructions, Vadodara
EXHIBITION [SOLO SHOWS]
2011
Diversion, at Amdavad Ni Gufa (Harwitz Art Gallery), Ahmedabad
EXHIBITION [GROUP SHOWS]
2011
Shaping Imagination, at Hutheesing Visual Art Center, Amdavad Art Society, Ahmedabad
2010
Annual Show, Amdavad Art Society, Ahmedabad
2009
Annual Show, Amdavad Art Society, Ahmedabad
2008
Annual Show, Amdavad Art Society, Ahmedabad
2008
Pancham, Jahangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008
Pancham, Exhibition Hall, Faculty of Fine Arts, Vadodara
2008
Mini Sculpture Exhibition, Faculty of Fine Arts, Vadodara
2006
’Sprouting Sculpture’ Exhibition, L & P Hutheesing Visual Art Centre, Ahmedabad
2006
’Sprouting Sculpture’ Exhibition, Aakruti Gallery, Vadodara
2006
Museum Gallery, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai
2006
Lalitkala Academy, New Delhi
2005
Ravindra Bhavan, Lalitkala Academy, New Delhi
2005
Museum Gallery, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai
2005
’Hanging Sculpture’ Exhibition, Aakruti Gallery, Vadodara
2004
’Now ’V’ are in Kolkata’, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
EXHIBITIONS [PARTICIPATION]
2006
Swarna Rekha, Exhibition of National Award Winners, Lalitkala Academy
2003
46th National Exhibition (Sculpture) at Kochi, Lalitkala Academy, New Delhi
2003
Gujarat State Lalitkala Academy, Ahmedabad
2003
All India Art Contest & Exhibition (Sculpture), S.C.Z.C. center, Nagpur
2002
All India Art Contest & Exhibition (Sculpture), S.C.Z.C. center, Nagpur
2002
Gujarat State Lalitkala Academy, Ahmedabad
2002
All India Fine Arts and Cart Society, New Delhi, State level, Ahmedabad
1997
All India Mini Sculpture Exhibition, Karnataka Shilpkala Academy, Bangalore
1997
All India Art Biennial of Rajasthan, Rajasthan Lalitkala Academy, Jaipur
1996
All India Art Contest Exhibition (Sculpture), S.C.Z.C. center, Nagpur
1995
All India Art Contest Exhibition (Sculpture), S.C.Z.C. center, Nagpur
1994
Gujarat State Lalitkala Academy, Ahmedabad
1994
All India Art Contest Exhibition (Sculpture), S.C.Z.C. center, Nagpur
COLLECTIONS
Transpek Industries, Sun Pharmaceutical India Limited, Vadodara
United Phosphorus, Ankleshwar
Sawani Estate Developers, Surat