Amit Ambalal

Amit Ambalal was born in Ahmedabad in 1943 and was a businessman before he became a full time artist in 1979. He studied art under the guidance of the veteran artist and teacher Chhaganlal Jadhav. Ambalal held his first solo show at Hutheesing Visual Arts Center, Ahmedabad in 1980. Since then he has exhibited in several solo shows in Ahmedabad, Baroda, Mumbai, Kolkata and New Delhi. His work has also been shown at several group shows including the Sixth Triennale India (1986) and Bharat Bhavan Biennale (1990). Ambalal lives and works in Ahmedabad.

Graduate in Arts, Commerce and Law

He had his art education under Shri. Chhaganlal Jadav

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010 'Sermons in Ceramics', Amdavad Ni Gufa, Ahmedabad

2008 Presented by Gallery Espace, New Delhi at Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai

2008, 2000, 94, 92 Gallery Espace, New Delhi

2006 ‘Black Spring of the Blue God’, Organized by Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai and Gallery Maya, London

2005 ‘Leela, The Lightness of Being’, Bodhi Art, New Delhi and Singapore

2004 Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai

2003 ‘The Civitella Experience’, Hutheesing Visual Arts Centre, Ahmedabad

2002,03, 2000 Archer Art Gallery, Ahmedabad

2001, 98 Galerie F.I.A., Amsterdam

1998 Archer, Herwitz Gallery, Ahmedabad

1997, 93, 90, 86 Gallery Chemould, Mumbai

1996 Herwitz Gallery, Husain Doshi Gufa, Ahmedabad

1993, 80 Hutheesing Visual Arts Centre, Ahmedabad

1992, 84 Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad

1986 Sanskar Kendra Gallery, Ahmedabad

1983 Sangat, Ahmedabad

1983 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

1980 Urja Art Gallery, Baroda

1980 Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata



GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 'Masters Ltd: Limited Editions', Gallery Beyond, Mumbai

2011 'Of Humour, Wit & Satire', Gallery Threshold, New Delhi

2009 'Think Small', Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi

2008 'Mapping Memories – 2, Painted Travelogues of Bali and Burma, Gallery Threshold, New Delhi

2008 'Mapping Memories – 1, Painted Travelogues of China and Greece', Gallery Threshold, New Delhi

2006 'Drawing Show an Act of Art II', Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai

2006 ‘Making of Divinity’, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai

2006 ‘Back to the Future’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi

2005 ‘Palette 2005’, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi

2005 ‘Divine Inspiration’, India Fine Art, Mumbai

2005 ‘Papyrus Works on Paper’, Sarjan Art Gallery, Baroda

2005 ‘Group Show 2005’, Lanxess ABS Gallery, Baroda

2005 ‘In Short’, Hacienda Gallery, Mumbai

2005 ‘Bhupen Among Friends’, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai

2005 ‘Angkor-The Silent Centuries’, Bodhi Art, Singapore, New Delhi

2005 ‘Ritu – A Gathering of Seasons’, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi

2004 ‘Art for Shaily’, The Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

2004 ‘Jiva / Life’, Bodhi Art, Singapore

2004 ‘A Tribute to Bhupen Khakhar’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai

2004 ‘Indian Artists for France’, Alliance Francaise, New Delhi

2004 ‘The Margi and the Desi’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi

2004 ‘Interlude in Srilanka’, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai

2003 ‘Of Memories, Dreams, Reveries’, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi

2003 ‘Shantipath’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai

2002 ‘Leela’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi

2002 ‘Navarasa’, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

2002 ‘Cinema Still’, Apparao Galleries, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

2001 ‘The Aesthetic Experience’, Sakshi Gallery and Art Underground, Mumbai

2001 ‘In Conversation’, Gallery Espace, New Delhi

2001 ‘Similarities and Dissimilarities – West’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai

2000 ‘Once Upon a Time’, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai

2000 ‘Memoirs of the Past, Images of the Present and Picturing the Future…’, The Fine Art Company, Mumbai

2000 ‘Faces’, Design Art, New Delhi

2000 ‘Beyond the Surface’, Gallery Espace, Delhi and Fine Art Company, Mumbai

2000 ‘Early Works’, The Fine Art Company, Mumbai

1999 ‘The World Is Round and Time is Cyclical’, Art Today, New Delhi

1999 ‘Humour on Line’, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai

1999 ‘Icons of the Millenium’, Lakeeren, Mumbai

1999 ‘Ganesha’, Chauraha International, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai

1999 ‘Multiple Images’, organized by Sir Jamsetjee Parsee benevolent – Institute of Sir J.J. School of

Applied Art, Mumbai

1998 Wilberding Collection of Contemporary Indian Art, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai

1997 ‘Major Trends in Indian Art since 1947’, Lalit Kala Academy, Delhi

1997 ‘Gift for India', Sahmat, New Delhi

1997 James Harvey Gallery, Sydney

1995 ‘A Tree In My life’, Village Gallery, New Delhi

1995 Gouache on paper, Gallery Espace, New Delhi

1995 ‘Post Cards for Gandhi’, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai, New Delhi

1995 ‘Indian Beast’, The Gallery, Chennai

1995 ’Watercolors – A Broad Spectrum’, Gallery Chemould

1995 Art for CRY, Mumbai

1994 Drawing 94, Delhi

1993 Schoo's Gallery, Amsterdam

1993 Art for CRY, Delhi

1993 Shraddha Samarpan, Mumbai

1991 ‘Artists Against Communalism Images and Words’, touring exhibition

1990 A gallery of Indians, Harvard

1990 Gadyaparva Exhibition, Mumbai

1990 Chitragurjari, Mumbai

1989 Indian Contemporary Art, Amsterdam

1989 Artist Alert, Delhi

1988 Art for CRY, Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi, Bangalore



PARTICIPATIONS

2011 ‘Manifestations V', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi

2011 'The Intuitive: Logic Revisted', from the Osians Collection at The World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland

2010 'Master’s Corner', organized by Indian Contemporary Art Journal at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; India International Art Fair, New Delhi

2010 'National Printmaking Portfolio', Marvel Art Gallery, Ahmedabad

2010 ‘Manifestations IV, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi

2010 'Roots', 25th Anniversary Exhibition of Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai at The Park, Chennai

2009 'Lo Real Maravilloso: Marvelous Reality', 20 Years Celebration of Gallery Espace at Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi

1996 'Harmony Show', Nehru Centre, Mumbai

1996 Biennale, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal

1995 ‘Utsava’, Festival of Perth, Amsterdam

1990 Painting Biennale, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal

1986 Sixth Triennale, New Delhi

2003 Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship, Italy

1974 Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, Ahmedabad

1968 Gujarat State Lalit Kala Academy, Gujarat