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Raju Sutar

Born on 24th Oct. 1971, Pune

Speaks Marathi, English & Hindi.

 A well-read man with strong personal convictions, passed out of the Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalay, in 1992, specializing in Portraits.

First Exhibition conducted in 1990, Abstract Paintings rendered in Oil on Canvas.


Exhibitions participated as an Artist and Curator to date includes:

2013

Solo Exhibition Colorida Art Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal May 18th to May 31st .

 

Scrap Steel Sculpture workshop and Exhibition. Conducted a workshop followed by an

exhibition at Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Limited, Hospet, Karnataka. 5th feb. to 13th feb.

 

2013

Indo‐German Urban Mela five live ‘Action Painting’ sessions during the fest, Pune. 10th Jan.

to 20st Jan.

 

2013

Pune Biennale first contemporary art biennale, participation in three different exhibitions

(one of them was curated by Subodh Kerkar), Pune. 11th Jan. to 21st Jan.

 

2013

Pune Biennale first contemporary art biennale, curated a section involving 10 installations

by various artists, Pune. 11th J t 21st J by various artists, Pune. Jan. to Jan.

 

2013

Pune Biennale first contemporary art biennale, participation of an installation ‘skeletal hill’

Pune. 11th Jan. to 21st Jan.

 

2012
Postcard Auction ArtAnon is a postcard exhibition organised as a fundraiser for the final year Embroidery Degree Show at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Exhibition dates:Monday 19th November - Friday 23rd November at Holden Gallery (Artist)

2012
Tradition Possession and beyond a jewellery exhibition  by Prof. Georg Dobler, Prof.Margit Jäschke, Esther Brinkmann and Sham Patwardhan-Joshi organized by The Geothe Institute Pune. 21st August-28th August 2012, at Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum, Hotel Grand Hyatt and SOFT (institute of fashion technology) Pune (Curator)

2012
Invited to participate in Documenta (13) in Kassel and Berlin Biennale as part of a delegation of fine arts experts from South Asia. Documenta (13) in Kassel and Berlin Biennale provide a platform for an exchange of ideas, networking opportunities and it encourages multilateral collaborations between Germany and South Asia. By Geothe Institute/ Max Muller Bhavan, Pune and Delhi. (Artist/Curator)

2011
Matruka-Rupa; The Mother Images an exhibition of paintings by Uday Bandivadekar, Pandurang Tathe, Raju Sutar, Vaishali Oak, Sandip Sonavane, Pramod Riswadkar, Vikram Marathe, Ajay Joshi, Shrikant Pradhan, Dibakar Das & Nitin Hadap, 30th Sept. to 8th Oct. 2011 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune (Artist)

Trace Evidence an exhibition of paintings by Janis Milligan from Canada.
6th May to 14th May 2011. at Waves Art Gallery, Pune (Curator)

Bharati Kapadia in Person Event: Digital presentation along with an interactive session
13th Sept. 2011 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune (Curator)

The Unquenchable Road an art Installation at Waves Art Gallery, Pune,
7th Jan. to 15th Jan. 2011. (Artist/Curator)

Homage to Van Gogh by Raju Sutar, Vaishali Oak, Ajay Joshi, Dibakar Das, Meenal Bhawsar, Mayura Khot, Palak Gupta & Harshit Bondre.
31 March. to 9th April. 2011 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune (Artist/Curator)

 

2010

The Source Unknown an exhibition of paintings by a senior artist Sukanta Basu 19th Nov. to 27th Nov. 2010 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

 

The Game of Fortune an exhibition at Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum, Pune and Waves Art Gallery, Pune,  24th Oct. to 31st Oct. 2010. (Artist/Curator)

Picture Street  an exhibition of photographs by Students of National Open School, The Rewachand Bhojwani Academy, Pune, Aarti Butani, Aishwarya Sisode, Aishwarya Raj, Ammar Lokhandwala, Apurv Dwivedi, Bhavika Arora, Huzefa Kachwala, Jamila Poonawala, Karan Nair, Khushal Mutha, Lavesha Vaswani, Majeda Shaikh, Natasha Naraindas, Vishal Chug & Yash Khatanhar, 17th Sept. to 25th Sept. 2010 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune.  (Curator)

Rendering Ajanta an exhibition at Waves Art Gallery, Pune, 27th Aug. to 4th Sept. 2010, with Dibakar Das, Mayura Khot, Snehal Kulkarni, Vaishali Oak. (Artist/Curator)

Desultory Dilemmas II an exhibition of paintings and drawings by artist Dibakar Das.
30th Apr. to 8th May. 2010 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

Sunrise Yellow: Homage to Vincent Van Gogh  an exhibition at Waves Art Gallery, Pune,  30th Mar. to 7th Apr. 2010, with Dhanashree Gosavi, Dibakar Das, Meenal Bhawsar, Santosh Shirsat, Vaishali Oak. (Artist/Curator)

The Confluential Consciousness an exhibition of paintings by Meenal Bhawsar & Mayura Khot, 12th Feb. to 20th Feb. 2010 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

Blink an exhibition of photographs by Sagar Shinde, 22nd Jan. to 30th Jan. 2010 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

Calendar 2010 an exhibition at Waves Art Gallery, Pune,  8th Jan. to 16th Jan. 2010, with Anjali Moghe, Dibakar Das, Dilip Mitra, Jamini Roy, Jogen Chowdhury, K. G. Subramanyam, Nanda Dulal Mukherjee, Shrinivas Mehetre, Sujit Roy Burman, Taposhi Ghoshal, Vaishali Oak. (Artist/Curator)

2009

The Liquid Biengs an exhibition of watercolors by Vaishali Oak, 27th Nov. to 5th Dec. 2009 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

Endless Beginnings an exhibition of drawings by Shailendra Kumar, 6th Nov. to 14th Nov. 2009 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

Contemporary Graphics IV an exhibitiion of graphics by Abhijit Gupta, Arpan Mukherjee, Chhatrapati Dutta, Dipak Bhattacharya, Gautam Das, K. G. Subramanyam, Prabir Biswas, Prasanta Sahu, Pulak Dutta, Rishi Barua, Sibaprasad Karchoudhuri, Samir Aich, Sanat Kar, Soumik Nandy Majumdar & Tanup Nath, 2nd Oct. to 10th Oct. 2009 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

Desultory Dilemmas an exhibition of paintings and drawings by artist Dibakar Das.
18th Sept. to 26th Sept. 2009 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

Between Line & Word an exhibition of drawings along with a live performance of tribal musicians by Randhir Khare, 21st August to 29th August 2009 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

Monsoon Harvest an exhibition of paintings and graphics by Shrinivas Mehetre, Hema Choudhari, Shivani Soni, Anupam Banarase, Rajendra Poudel, Swati Waghmare, Dhanashri Gosavi, Meenal Bhawsar, Mayura Khot, Santosh Shirsat, Dibakar Das, Snehal Chordia, Sagar Shinde & Harshit Bondre, 17th July to 25th July 2009 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

Tribute to Tyeb a group painting at Waves Art Gallery, Pune, 2nd July to 15th July, Group of artists from Pune (Artist/Curator)

We, the soul an exhibition of paintings by Anjali Moghe, 19th June to 27th June 2009 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

Hale & H'arty a public event by Group of artists from Pune at M. G. Road Pune followed by an exhibition at Waves Art Gallery, Pune, 5th June to 13th June 2009 (Artist/Curator)

Papier-razzi an exhibition of Papier Mache sculptures by Anjali Moghe, Arti Patil, Bharati Pitre, Falguni Gokhale, Sharwari Tilloo, Shanth Mannige, Shaunak Patil & Vaishali Oak, 15th May to 23rd May 2009, at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

Inside Out an exhibition of paintings by Shrikant Kadam 3rd April to 11th April 2009 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

The Storyteller an exhibition of original book illustrations by Taposhi Ghoshal, 20th Mar to 28th Mar 2009 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

Chants in Charcoal an exhibition of drawings by Ajay Joshi, 6th Mar to 14th Mar 2009, at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

Temperamental Life an exhibition of tempera paintings by Sujit Roy Burman, 20th Feb to 28th Feb 2009 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

Contemporay Drawings I  an exhibition at Waves Art Gallery, Pune,  6th Feb to 14th Feb 2009 with Jamini Roy, ,Jogen Chowdhury, Sunil Das, ,Laxma Gaud, Nandudulal Mukherjee, Dilip Mitra, Ashok Bhowmik,Shuvprasanna. (Artist/Curator)

Contemporay Graphics III an exhibition of grahics by K. G.Subramanyan, Jogen Chowdhury, S.K. Sajahan, Falguni Mukherjee, Sitansu Mukhopadhyay, Sanat Kar, Kamal Dhar, Prasanta Sahu, Sanchyan Ghosh, Sutanu Chatterjee, Nirmalendu Das & Ashok Bhowmik, 16th Jan to 24th Jan 2009 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

Calendar 2009 an exhibition at Waves Art Gallery, Pune,  2nd Jan to 10th Jan 2009 with T Vaikuntham, Shahbuddin Ahmed, Haku Shah, Paritosh Sen, Shuvprasanna, Akbar Padamsee, K G Subramanyam, M F Husain, Vaishali Oak, Jogen Chowdhury,  S H Raza. (Artist/Curator)

2008

Suzlon: One Earth worked as an art consultant on the global corporate house by Suzlon, executed several large size art installations in various media by several artists from all over the country. (Curator)

Modern & Contemporay India an exhibition of paintings as a part of Common Wealth Youth Games, Pune by Amrita Shergil, K H Ara, Jogen Chowdhury, K G Subramanyam, Badri Narayan, Laxma Gaud, Ganesh Pyne, Krishnamachari Bose, Prabhakar Kolte & Datta Bansode, 10th Oct to 18th Oct 2008 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

birds and feathers exhibition of paintings by Snehal Kulkarni, 13th June to 21st June 2008 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

Contemporay Graphics II an exhibition of graphics by Chandra Bhattacharya, Dilip Mitra, Ganesh Haloi, Jayashree Chakravarti, K. G. Subramanyan, Manoj Datta, Pankaj Panwar, Pinaki Barua & Rini Dhumal, 23rd May to 31st May 2008 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

Contemporay Graphics I an exhibition of graphics by Akbar Padamsee, Ashok Bhowmik, Chandrima Bhattacharya, Jogen Chowdhury, K. G. Subramanyam, Lalu Prasad Shaw, Paritosh Sen, Sanat Kar, Satish Gujral & Suhas Roy, 9th May to 18th May 2008 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

2007

Ceramic on Woodcut an exhibition of ceramics on woodcut by Gauri Gandhi, 14th Dec to 23rd Dec 2007 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

Drawings an exhibition of drawings by eminent artist Haku Shah, 26th Oct to 5th Nov 2007 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

'Line and Texture' an exhibition of painting in traditional miniature painting technique by Mahaveer Swami & Ariene Mercier, 11th May to 20th May 2007 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

'Even stone has a soul' an exhibition of photographs by Hemant Patil, 16th Mar to 25th Mar 2007 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

'beneath the surface' an exhibition of fabric assemblage by Vaishali Oak, 5th Feb to 11th Feb 2007 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

Selective Reality duo exhibition at Ravindra Bhavan, Lalit kala Akademi, New Delhi 15th to 21st Jan. 2007 (Artist)

2006

’Young Art’ 2006 an annual international art exhibition by Aditi Kulkarni (1982) India, Alana Celii (1986) USA, Arjun Vijaya (1982) India, Michael Dettmer (1979) Cyprus, Mitchel Martin (1981) USA, James Page (1979) USA, Pranali Harpude (1981) India, Sara Knudsen (1978) Denmark & Sarah Zidonik (1983) USA, 24th November to 3rd December 2006, at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

Abstract 06 Group Show (four artists), Artspace India, 14th oct. to 28th oct. 2006, Kolkata, India. (Artist)

’Graphic & Drawing’ Part II an international exhibition of graphics and drawings by Andrew Raputo, Russia, Birgitta Volz, Germany, Henrik Hagtvedt, USA, Johannes Gerard, The Netherlands, Juan Canals Carreras, Spain, Miriam Elia, UK, Rajesh Kargutkar, India, Rebecca Cartwright, UK, Sally Grayson, Germany & Alexander Sutulov, Chile, 15nd to 24th September 2006 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

’Graphic & Drawing’ Part I an international exhibition of graphics and drawings by Aditi kulkarni, India, Aditya shirke, India, Akanksha Dhepe, India, David Kerr, UK, Andrew Rizgalla, Australia, Tonietta Walters, USA, Meena sundrani, India, Miguel Avila, USA, Margot Splane, Canada, Jo Anne Adams, USA & Walton Mendelson, USA, 2nd to 10th September 2006 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)


'Expressions in Miniature Size' 2006 an international art exhibition by Antre Maitre - Switzerland, Bee Flower - Russia, Bill Golba - USA, Godfrey Blow - Australia, Grace Law- Canada, Heather Dunn - USA, Jen Silver - USA, Melissa Wilkinson - USA, Pradeep Nerurkar - India, Partha Roy Tom - India, Rhiem Alkadhi - USA, Richard Waynne - Indonesia, Saniya Arif - Pakistan, Vasant Navathe - India & Vijay Gavhankar – India, 21st to 30th July 2006 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

'ellora calls' an exhibition of paintings by Vijay Gavhankar, 24th to 28th February 2006 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

'TIME' an exhibition of fabric assemblage by Vaishali Oak, 10th to 19th February 2006. at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

'Project Calendar' 2006 International annual event, 13th to 22nd January 2006., at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

2005

Deccan Contemporary Group Show, artists from Pune, 30th dec. 2005 to 5th jan. 2006, Ravindra Bhavan, New Delhi (Artist)

Shiva (from the series: In conversation with Ellora) an exhibition of Drawings, Waves art Gallery, 18th to 27th November 2005, Pune. (Artrist/Curator)

'We the People' an exhibition of paintings by Anjali Moghe, 21st to 30th October 2005 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

'Songs of stone' an exhibition of monotypes by Vikas Sarwade, 7th to 16th October 2005, at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

Young Art I an exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures by young artists Rakesh Ghodpage, Dhanashri Gosavi, Sweety Sawant, Mariyam Kachwala, Rohan Chandrachud, Sandesh Khule, Akanksha Dhepe, Vijay Gawhankar, Ashish Vankhede, Pallavi Deodhar, Pranali Harpudea, Pramod Devrshe, Vithal Lamkhude, Sachin Naik, Sanjay Khochare, Somnath Bothe, Sopan Kshirsagar, Vibhishan Katale and Mahendra Potdar. 26 August to 4 September 2005 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

'The Narratives' an exhibition of paintings by Shubhalakshmi, 27th May to 5th June 2005 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

"the collectibles" an exhibition of graphics by M F Husain, Sunil Das, Paresh Maity, Paramjit Singh etc. part of Pune Art Festival, Series of art exhibitions from 21st to 24th April 2005 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune and various venues in Pune. (Curator)

(the beginning)  an exhibition of paintings by Akanksha, Sandesh and Vijay, 8th March to 17th April 2005 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

Paintings an exhibition of paintings by Georgian artist Magno Shavdia 26th March to 3rd April 2005. at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

'Bodygraphy' an exhibition of body-graphs by French artist Emma 5th March to 13th March 2005 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

"Fabric of Reality" an exhibition of fabric assemblage by Vaishali Oak 22nd January to 30th january 2005 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

Shishir 05 an exhibition of paintings by various young artists from the city of Pune,at Sudarshan art gallery, Pune 17th January 2005. The show was visited by eminent artist S.H. Raza. (Artist)

2004               

LCM an exhibition of miniature size contemporary art by various artists from India, at Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery, Mumbai, PART I 23rd August to 1st September 2004. (Artist)

Drawings an exhibition of drawings in India ink and acrylic on brown paper, At Waves Art Gallery, 24th July 2004, Pune. (Artist)

Keeping (bewahren) an art installation by German artist Anjali Göbel, 13th Feb. to 20th Feb. 2004 at Waves Art Gallery, Pune. (Curator)

Magnetism a group exhibition by Vaishali Oak, Anjali Göbel and Raju Sutar, At Waves Art Gallery, 31st January 2004, Pune. (Artist/Curator)

2003               

Art for Cause exhibition of paintings to raise the funds for various cause, organized by Lions Club of Poona Kirkee Foundation, March 2003, Pune. (Artist)

Âmrüt – Ânubhâvã exhibition of paintings from the series called “I am that”, Gallery Art-scapes, Sun-n-Sand, Pune, July 2003. (Artist)

2002               

Art at Basho an exhibition of paintings at Cafe Basho, Koregaon Park, Pune in November 2002. (Artist)

Waking in the night an exhibition of paintings based on a haiku by 17th Century Japanese poet BashoMatsua at Cafe Basho, Koregaon Park, Pune in October 2002.     (Artist)

2001

Van Gogh Picasso Studies an exhibition at Studio S, Pune (Artist)

æxhibition of City Scapes an Artists Documentation of Architectural heritage using Dry Pastel on Paper, Tea Centre, Mumbai(Artist)


2000

Old Face of New City an Artists Documentation of Pune using Dry Pastel on Paper at Café Sunrise, Pune. (Artist)

1999

Art for Kargil in aid of Kargil Victims along with M.F. Husain at Holiday Inn, Pune.               (Artist)

1998

Art for Sustainable World in the Aid of Narmada Bachao Aandolan held at Balgandharva kala dalan, Pune. (Artist)

Art Exhibition in the aid of Concern India Foundation at Holiday Inn Pune. (Artist)

Give & Take India-Holland exchange exhibition by and at Gallery 'ARTIMIDIAIR' The Hague, Holland. (Artist)

Festival of Paintings a group show of 12 artists spanning 6 months 2 artists a month at Café Sunrise, Pune. (Artist/ Curator)

1997

India at 50 a show of Water Colors and Acrylic on Canvas, inspired by the Indian Flag, conducted on the occasion of 50th of Independence, at Ravindra Kala Kunj Pune. (Artist)        

Café Sunrise an on-going exhibition at a Landmark Café in Pune. (Artist)

1996

Art Preview organized by Lions Club Pune Parvati, at Royal Western India - Turf Club. (Artist/Curator)

1995               

Rashtriya Kala Mela at Bangalore. (Artist)

1992               

Participated in a Workshop for Preservation and Restoration of Art, by INTACH Lucknow at Pune University. (Artist)


1990

Four Dimensions A Show of a Quartet of Artists from Pune, at Bal Gandharva Kaladalan, Pune. (Artist)

 

Other activities:

2006               

Conducted Workshop, for students of architecture, Aug. 2006, Sinhagad institute of architecture, Pune.

2005

Conducted Workshops, for various groups, Pune.           

Conducted Workshops, for various groups, Pune.           

Conducted Workshop, followed by an exhibition for under privileged children, 24th Nov. 2003, Waves art Gallery, Pune.

2002

Conducted Workshops and presentation at the Picasso Metamorphosis organized by NGMA &  Soulkurry.com National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai in the year 2002.

1996

Diamond Ring one of India's largest ‘Acrylic on canvas’ (27feet X 27feet) paintings at Gera Plaza Pune. 

Aadhuree a 15 Min. 11 Sec video assemblage dedicated to 100 years of Cinema & M. F. Husain. This was an innovative attempt to express “Art Phases” in 1996.

1995                                               

McBull at Motherland a video about the visit of the eminent painter M. F Husain to his birth town Pandharpur in 1995.

1994               

Bull Head A Steel Scrap Sculpture for the Pune Municipal Corporation Size 16' x 20' x 18', 1994

1993

Informals Contemporary Art Activities Group Paintings at various Public Locations in Pune during 1993.

Homage to Miro Dimension of Canvas 3' x 15'

Breathe Art for Peace on Mumbai Bomb Blasts 6' x 30'

Pune Heritage along with M. F. Husain on the opening of the Pune Festival 6' x 45'

1991               

Art Direction for a Marathi Telefilm "Geet Gaate Indrayani" in 1991.       

Homage to Picasso a Live Group-Painting to celebrate the 110th Birthday of Pablo Picasso at a Saras Baug, a public Garden   & Temple at Pune. Canvas Dimensions 5' x 5', 25th October 1991.             

Acclaim & Recognition:               

Junior Fellowship by Govt. of India, Ministry of HRD, Dept. of Culture in the field of Visual Art for 1997-99.           

Bronze Medal in the All India Exhibition of Art at Ambala Cantonment in 1990.   

Certificate of Merit for Creative Composition in 1989.    

*Stopped Sending to art competitions since 1993