Dileep Singh Chauhan

Born 1954, , India

Received STATE AWARDS by Rajasthan Lalit kala Akademi in the years 1981/82/86/88.

Received ALL INDIA AWARD by Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi in 1991.

Participating in the state annual exhibitions and various other exhibitions organized by Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi, since 1974-75.

Takhman - 28 Group Exhibitions in Rajasthan and at major art centers in India since 1979.

Exhibited in a number of group shows and in almost all the major All India Exhibitions including National Exhibition of Art, New Delhi.

1. Exhibited in The First Bharat Bhawan Biennial of Contemporary Indian Art, 1986. 2. ALL INDIA ART EXHIBITION organized by AIFACS, New Delhi, 1987. 3. Exhibition CONTEMPORARY ART OF RAJASTHAN, Jehangir Art Gallery Bombay, organized by RLKA, 1990. 4. CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION OF RAJASTHAN at Kala Akademi - Panjim Goa, organized by RLKA, 1995. 5. CONTEMPORARY ART OF RAJASTHAN at Sirjana Contemporary Art Gallery, Kathmandu, organized by RLKA, 1996. 6. Exhibited in Colour of Rajasthan organized by RLKA and JKK, Jaipur, 1998. 7. Exhibited in GRAPHIC EXPRESSIONS Print Show 2000, presented by Cymroza Art Gallery, at Mumbai, Chennai, Calcutta, New Delhi. 8. REGIONAL ART EXHIBITION 2000-01 at Ravishankar Kala Bhawan, Ahmedabad, organized by Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra Lucknow. 9. Exhibited in WE13 Printmakers 2000-01, at Jaipur, New Delhi, Chandigarh, Bangalore and Ahmedabad. 10. Exhibited in THE DESERT AND BEYOND EXHIBITION, presented by The British Council, at The Queen's Gallery, New Delhi, 1999. 11. Exhibited in Contemporary Art of Rajasthan – chain exhibition by Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Patiala, 2003. 12. Exhibited in Impressions – Graphics of Rajasthan by Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, 2004. 13. Exhibited in Abstraction in Art by Samanvai Art Gallery, Jaipur, 2006. 14. Exhibited in An Artistic Journey: Rajasthan and UK organized by LKA, New Delhi, British Council and RLKA, Jaipur at Government Museum, Chandigarh, 2007. 15. Exhibited in the 18th Kala Mela, as a senior artist, organised by Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi at Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, 2015. 16. Exhibited in INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION -- INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES 1986--1997, Wales, St. David's Hall, Cardiff, 1997. 17. Exhibited in "6x6", AN INTERNATIONAL TOURING EXHIBITION, Wales, UK, 1997. 18. Exhibited in A Slice of India in Mongolia – Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, presented by the Lalit Kala Akademi – National Academy of Art, New Delhi, 2004. 19. Exhibited in International ART MART (Gnani Art Gallery) Singapore, 2006.

Held the ONE MAN SHOWS of drawings, paintings and prints at various important cities of India and abroad which include: Ravindra Manch, Jaipur, 1980; Ravindra Bhawan, New Delhi, 1980; Ravindra Bhawan, New Delhi, 1983; Ravindra Bhawan, New Delhi, 1984; Gallery Amrapali, New Delhi, 1985; Vadhera Art Gallery, New Delhi, 1990; Gallery Akaar, Chandigarh, 1986; Jahangir Art Gallery, Bombay, 1981; Jahangir Art Gallery, Bombay, 1983; Jahangir Art Gallery, Bombay, 1996; Kala Mela(RLKA), JKK, Jaipur, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001; Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran, Wales(UK), 1996; St. David's Hall, the Hayes, Cardiff, Wales(UK), 1996; Galleries of Arts and Design Centre, Cyncoed, Cardiff, Wales(UK), 1996.

Invited in a number of ALL INDIA PRINTMAKERS and PAINTERS CAMPS at Jaipur, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1995; Jaisalmer, 1983; , 1994, 1995, 1997; , 1985; Simla, 1987; New Delhi, 1990; and Panaji-Goa, 1995; organized by Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi, Himachal Pradesh Akademi, Simla, TAKHMAN-28, WZCC, Udaipur and RTDC.

Invited to participate in National Artist Camp at Garhi, organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, N.Delhi,2000.

Invited to participate in International Painters Camp from SAARC nation’s by Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi at Hyderabad, 2005.

Invited to participate in Senior Artist Camp at Sawaimadhopur-Ranthambore, organized by Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi, Jaipur, 2012.

Assigned for the script writing of the Documentary on Rajasthani Paintings in Virasat- a Jaipur Doordarshan Production, 1989. Written a script for National Telecast Rajasthan Ki Chitrakala- a documentary on Rajasthani Paintings, November, 1989.

Directed a U-matic Film on CONTEMPORARY ART OF RAJASTHAN - a Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi Production, 1991.

Invited as a speaker in the National Seminar on "Contemporaneity, Folk and Tribal Arts" organised by Lalit Kala Akademi Regional Centre, Lucknow, on 22 and 23 March 2010, and many other art seminars.

Invited to speak on the occasion of a function to honour the noted artist Suresh Sharma elected Fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi for 2012, at the M L Sukhadia University, Udaipur, organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, N. Delhi, 2012. Invited as a speaker in the ‘All India Seminar’, organised by Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi at Jawahar Kala Kendra, on the occasion of the 18th Kala Mela, on 14th march, 2015. Talk delivered on “Materials, Techniques, Forms and their Impact on Art “.

A number of articles on Art and Artists are published in Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi Publications on art, Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra publication Lucknow and others.

Edited the book TEN CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS - a Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi publications on art, 1990.

Visited Wales, UK under a fellowship to the Visual Artist exchange programme organized by The British Council, the Arts Council of Wales, the Charles Wallace India Trust and INTACH (UK), 1996.

The paintings are in the COLLECTION of National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi; Lalit Kala Academi, New Delhi; Surya Art Gallery, Germany; State Gallery of Modern Art, Jaipur; Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi, Jaipur; Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur; Delhi College of Art, New Delhi; Jaipur Development Authority, Jaipur; State Secretariat, Jaipur; Rajasthan Public Service Commission, ; Housing & Urban Development Corporation, New Delhi; and in many other public and private collections of India and abroad.

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