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Profile of Mahaveer Swami

Education

  • Diploma in Painting and Sculpture, Jaipur, 1980

Guru

  • First father, then miniature artist late Shree Ved Pal Sharma “Bannu ji”

Awards

  • National Award, New Delhi, 1987

  • Kala-Mani Award by Chief Minister of Haryana, 1989

  • Sanskriti Award, New Delhi, 1992

  • Padam-Shree Isamudeen Usta Award, Bikaner, 1995

  • Kala-Shree Award by Chief Minister of Haryana, 1997

  • Smt. Janki Devi Somani Award, Kolkata, 1999

  • Rajiv Ratna Award, Bikaner, 2002

Exhibitions

  • Richard Kimball Art Gallery, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., 1993

  • Galerie 88, Kolkata, 1994

  • Wave Hill Café Art Gallery, New York, 1995

  • World Trade Center, Mumbai, 1995

  • National Craft Museum, New Delhi, 1996

  • Bikaner House, New Delhi, 1996

  • Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur, 1997

  • Gallery J.M. Vallat, Paris, 2002

  • Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2005

  • Galerie 88, Kolkata, 2005

  • Horikawa Art Gallery, Kobe, Japan, 2005

 

Demonstrations

In India

  • National Craft Museum, New Delhi, 1986, 1992

  • Department of Painting, Punjab University, 1987

  • Kala Bhawan, Vishva Bhaarti, Shantinekaten, 1989

  • Suraj Kund, Haryana,1998

  • SAARC Festival, New Delhi, 1990

  • Vanasthali Vidhyapeeth, Vanasthali, 1991

  • Gwalior Trade Fair, Gwalior,1991

  • Marudhara Shodh Sansthan, Kolkata, 1999

In foreign countries

  • Gallery Lafayette, Paris,1991

  • Art and Craft Festival, Jerusalem, 1993

  • Egypt Museum, Cairo, 1993

  • Art Festival, Dubai, 1993

  • Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, U.S.A., 1994

  • Fairy and Shackler Art Gallery, Smithsonian Institute,  Washington D.C., U.S.A., 1995

  • Gallery J.M. Vallat, Paris, 2002

Paintings Published

  • “The Garden of Life” by Naveen Patnayak, Published by Aquarian Publishing.

  • “Natural history paintings from Rajasthan” by James J. White and Autumn M. Farole, Published

  • by Hunt Institute of Botanical Documentation.

  • “8 International Exhibition of Botanical Art and Illustration” by James J. White, Autumn M. Farole and Sharon M. Tomasic, Published by Hunt Institute of Botanical Documentation.

  • “The Indian Healing Touch” by Export and Import Bank of India, Published by Mapin Publishing Private Limited.

  • “Aesthetic Vedanta” by Swami B.V. Tripurari, Published by Mandala Publishing Group.

  • “Beauty, Power and Grace” (award winner) by Krishna Dharma, Published by Mandala Publishing Group.

  • “Joy of Self” by B.V. Tripurari, Published by Mandala Publishing Group.

  • “The Bhagavad-Gita” by B.V. Tripurari, Published by Mandala Publishing Group.

Private Collections

In India

  • Gallery Mansur, New Delhi

  • Gallery 88, Kolkata

  • Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai

  • Modi Group

  • Bajaj Group

  • Tata Group

  • Poddar Group

  • Seagrams Group

  • Arora Group

In Foreign

  • Rainbow Art Gallery, Jerusalem

  • World Erotic Museum, Berlin

  • Hunt Institute Museum, Pittsburg

  • Harbor Square Gallery, Camden, Maine  

  • Sackler Art Gallery, New York

  • Gallery J. M. Vallat, Paris

  • Wave Hill Café Art Gallery, New York