Suraj Ghai

SURAJ GHAI

• 1935–2018

• National Diploma in Fine Arts, Delhi School of Art, 1957
• Specialization in Fresco Painting (Mural), at Ecole des Beaux- Arts, Paris, under a French Government Scholarship for Higher Education, 1961-63
• Taught Fine Arts at Faculty of Fine Arts, Benares Hindu University, 1966-67
• Visiting Lecturer in Mural, College of Art, New Delhi, 1973-79
• Visiting Lecturer in Art, School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), New Delhi, 1985-89

ONE – MAN SHOWS
• Varanasi Images – Delhi Silpi Chakra, 1968
• Images in Transformation – Shridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi, 1971
• Drawings – Triveni Art Gallery, New Delhi, 1983
• Cynical Drawings – Triveni Art Gallery, New Delhi, 1987
• 5th One Man Show – Triveni Art Gallery, New Delhi, 1987
• One Man Show – Centre Art Gallery, Calcutta, 1997
• Selected Paintings (1990–98) – Shridharani Art Gallery, Triveni, New Delhi, 1998

PARTICIPATIONS
• Seven Painters – A.I.F.A.C.S., New Delhi, 1958
• Nine Painters – I.E.N.S., New Delhi, 1960
• The Unknown – A.I.F.A.C.S., New Delhi, 1960
• Foreign French Scholars Show – Galerie Tedesco, Paris, 1962
• Foreign French Scholars Show – Centre Albert Chatelet, Paris, 1963
• Trends in Romanticism – Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, 1968
• United Artists – Varanasi and Lucknow, 1967
• Impact 71 – Gallery Konark, New Delhi, 1971
• Ventura Gallery – Ashoka Hotel, New Delhi, 1972
• Tribute to Professor Sanyal Show – L.K.A., New Delhi, 1974
• 53 Delhi Artists – Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi, 1978
• 20 Artists – Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi, 1980
• Small Format Painting Show – L.K.A., New Delhi, 1980
• Six Delhi Artists – Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, 1981
• Art for CRY at Mumbai, Calcutta, Bangalore and New Delhi, 1988-89
• Confluence – Alliance Françoise and Birla Academy, Calcutta, 1992
• More Than a Decade Ago – Display Gallery, New Delhi, 1993
• Art With Heart for CRY – Srishti Art Gallery, New Delhi, 1993
• Souvenit D’en France – French Cultural Centre and, L.K.A., New Delhi, 1993
• Drawing’ 94 – Gallery Espace, New Delhi, 1994
• Uruswati Gallery – Group Show, New Delhi, 1995
• A Tree in My Life – Village Gallery, New Delhi, 1995
• Uruswati Gallery – Group Show, New Delhi, 1996
• Shahjahan Art Gallery – Group Show, New Delhi, 1996
• Sarvtanjore Art Gallery – Group Show, New Delhi, 1996
• Artists for Animals – Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi, 1998
• IASG Group Show – Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi, 1998
• And also in many National Exhibitions of Lalit Kala Academy, and other major exhibitions

ART CAMPS
• Sahitya Kala Parishad Delhi Art Camps (Painting) 1980, (Graphics) 1990
• Tamil Nadu Lalit Kala Akademy Camp, 1981
• Arts Acre’s Camp at Calcutta, 1989
• B. Sanyal, Petals of Offering, L.K.A., New Delhi, 1992
• Confluence by Alliance Françoise and Birla Academy, Calcutta, 1992
• Udayan Care, Graphic Workshop, Etching, 1995

HONOURS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
• Founder Member of THE UNKNOWN, a group of young painters and Sculptors in Delhi, in 1960s
• Sahitya Kala Parishad, Delhi, Award for Painting, 1993
• Designed and Executed Theatre Décor for Badal Sircar’s Pagla Ghoda, and Vich Vicholi by Sh. Prem Jalandhari: Punjabi Version of the English Play The Match Maker by Thornton Wilder, 1968
• Initiated the Saturday Art Fair movement in Delhi to popularize art in the masses, 1979-82

COLLECTIONS
• National Collection of Lalit Kala AKademy, New Delhi
• National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
• Indian Airlines
• Chandigarh Museum
• Sahitya Kala Parishad, Delhi
• Dr. and Mrs. Maurice Lamy, Paris
• H.E. Serge Boidevaix, Paris
• Francois Descouyette, Paris
• J.J. Maigrener, Canada
• Nand K. Choudhary, Canada
• Alliance Francaise, Calcutta
• M.F. Hussain
• B. Sanyal
• Piloo Modi
• Kulbhushan Kharbanda (Films)
• Anil Saari (Poet and Journalist)
• Prithipal Singh Vasudev (Playwright)
• Ms. Sarah Ramesh Rao, Canada
• St. Paul’s Cathedral Gallery, Calcutta
• And many other private and institutional collections