Gulam Mohammed Sheikh

Gulam Mohammed Sheikh

at Ahmedabad, 2008
Born (1937-02-16) 16 February 1937
Wadhwan, Surendranagar, Gujarat, India
Nationality Indian
Known for Painting

Gulam Mohammed Sheikh (born 16 February 1937) is a painter, poet and art critic from Gujarat, India. He was awarded the Padmashri in 1983 and Padmabhushan in 2014 for his contribution in field of art.[1]

Early life

Sheikh was born on 16 February 1937 in Wadhwan, Surendranagar, Gujarat, India. He matriculated in 1955. He completed B. A. in Fine Art in 1959 and M. A. in 1961 from Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda. He received ARCA from Royal College of Art, London in 1966.[2][3][4][5]

Career

In 1960, he joined as a professor of Fine Arts in the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda. His teaching positions have included teaching art history in the Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda (1960–63 and 1967–81,) and as Professor of Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda (1982–1993). He has been a Visiting Artist at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1987 and 2002, and a Writer/Artist in Residence at Civitella Ranieri Center, Umbertide, Italy (1998), at the University of Pennsylvania (2002), and at Montalvo, California (2005).

Sheikh has been a major figure in the world of Indian art for more than four decades. He has participated in major exhibitions all over the world and his works are displayed in private and public collections including the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi, Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, USA. Gulam has been active not merely as an artist but also as a teacher and writer.

His collection of Gujarati surrealistic poems, Athwa (1974) won him considerable critical acclaim. He has also written a prose series, Gher Jatan and edited a special issues of Kshitij as well as Vishwamanav and Sayujya magazines. American Chitrakala (1964) is his translated work.[2]

Style

"Sheikh's art is by its nature," writes Chaitanya Sambrani, "one that takes on task of narrating, and therefore, recreating the world. There is a close tie-in between this narrative and an act of mapping the world, which gives to the speaking subject the possibility of addressing the world as his/her own". Recently Sheikh had been working on the Mappa Mundi series where he defines new horizons and ponders over to locate himself in. Sheikh construes these personal universes enthused from the miniature shrines where he urges the audience to exercise the freedom to build up their Mappa Mundi. His deep understanding of literary tradition especially Sufism enables him to create visual couplets in his works.[6]

Personal life

Gulam Mohammed Sheikh lives with his artist-wife Nilima in Vadodara, India.

Awards

Guest Lectures

Exhibitions

Publications

2017, 'Nirkhe te Nazar', a collection of writings on visial arts in Gujarati, Samvad Prakashan, Vadodara & Khsitij Sansodhan Prakashan Kendra, Mumbai.

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ "Paes, Gopichand, Yuvraj, Dipika Get Padma Awards". www.newindianexpress.com. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  2. 1 2 Brahmabhatt, Prasad (2010). અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ (History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era) (in Gujarati). Ahmedabad: Parshwa Publication. pp. 34–39. ISBN 978-93-5108-247-7.
  3. ↑ "Gulam Mohammad Sheikh". Retrieved 17 December 2010.
  4. ↑ http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Gulam-Mohmad-Shekh.html
  5. ↑ http://www.artintaglio.in/ArtistProfile.jsp?ArtistId=185
  6. ↑ Mohan Lal (1992). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: sasay to zorgot. Sahitya Akademi. p. 4006. ISBN 978-81-260-1221-3.
  7. ↑ "Padma Awards Directory (1954–2009)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
  8. ↑ "Padma Awards Announced". Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
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