Manisha Gawade

She is a trans-national who has been trained in various forms of painting including glass and textiles in several parts of the world as a matter of choice. And yet she refuses to be bound by mere grammar of surfaces and styles to reach out and explore a form that is hers alone. She transcends the regional to bring to her work the horizon of a truly global citizen and yet there is a rootedness in her work that has the whiff of the Indian ethos - not self-consciously, but simply and naturally. Her work pulsates with energy that is the life blood of her chosen medium.

Shows in 2009

Kaleidoscope, organized by the Indian Embassy at the Dubai Ladies Club in Jan 2009

'Homenaje a Fernando Santi' at Argentina in April 2009

Its All in the lines a duo show by Manisha Gawade and Alka Raghuvanshi at Mystic Art Gallery in April 2009.

 

Shows in 2008

Part of Different Strokes I, II held in Muscat and Bahrain in October and November 2008.

Vicarious Pleasures – why not? By Art Spice in October 2008 and at Mystic Art Gallery, New Delhi, November 2008

Rainbow Expressions by Studio Vasant, New Delhi in November 2008.

Mystic Expressions at Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre by Mystic Art Gallery in October 2008.

Indo-British Art in September 2008 at Studio Vasant, New Delhi in October 2008.

Beyond Lines in Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, in August 2008.

Mystic Abstracts and Figuratives at the Palm Court, India Habitat Centre, June 2008 and at Mystic Art Gallery, New Delhi in July 2008.

Moonbeams and Sundrops held in New Delhi in May 2008 and in July 2008 in Bangalore, where the show focused on light in very subtle abstractions.

Dancing Hues in April 2008 by Enkita Arts at the Metropolitan Hotel, New Delhi, and May 2008 at the Epicentre, Gurgaon.

Group Show Windows of Hope by Sahaj Sankalp at Palm Court, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi in January 2008.

Group show From the Mind’s Eye by Enkita Arts and Studio Vasant, at Studio Vasant in New Delhi in December 2007-January 2008.

 

Shows in 2007

Solo Exhibition Parallel Realities held at the Lalit KalaAkademi, New Delhi, Feb 2007, and at Kalahita Art Gallery in April 2007.

Group Show Silent Dreams, Voluble Realities, Bagash Art Gallery, March 2007 Dubai, U.A.E.

Group Show Art Smart by Enkita Arts and Ing Vysya Bank in Panchsheel Park and Vasant Vihar, New Delhi in December 2007.

Group Show Past, Present unto the Future Contemporary Art by Dhoomimal Art Gallery , New Delhi in December 2007.

Group show Dazzling Statements by Enkita Arts, at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi in November 2007.

Group Show Resonating Metaphors by Enkita Arts at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi in October-November 2007.

Group show Resounding Echoes at the Rashtriya Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow , September 2007.

Group show Annual Show 2007 at the Sara Arakkal Galerie, Bangalore , August 2007.

Group Show Transitional Realities at Fox Mondal and Little Art Gallery, NOIDA, August 2007.

Group show Encore! Art for Prabhat held in New Delhi in July 2007 to help raise funds for the mentally challenged.

Group show Art for Concern, a Concern India Foundation initiative held in New Delhi in June 2007.

Group exhibition on Buddha in May 2007 held on Buddha Purnima for the Canvas Art Gallery in May 2007.

Group exhibition Gurenica to Nithari held in the Canvas Art Gallery in April 2007, which delved into violence in all its manifestations.

Group exhibition as part of the Habiart Art Fair held in March 2007 and April 2007 with about 10 galleries participating in it at the Travancore House and the Radisson Hotel in New Delhi.

Group exhibition Recent Works at 1x1 gallery, Dubai, U.A.E.Nov 2007.

Solo Show Mindscapes of Mindspaces Aug 2007, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Dubai U.A.E.

 

Shows in 2006

National Exhibition of Art of the Lalit Kala Akademi at Bhopal in November 2006

Group exhibition Transitions held at the Art Enterence Gallery in Mumbai in August 2006.