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Rameshwar Broota
  • Date of Birth:
    January 1, 1941
  • Place of Birth:
    New Delhi
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    Indian
  • Education:
    1960-64 New Delhi College of Art, New Delhi

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    Rameshwar Broota
    • Lives and works out of New Delhi.
    • His experimental Video art films made in 1985 were shown at Shridharani Gallery in 1987.
    • In 1991 he made Shabash Bete on video with Vasundhara Tewari in a workshop organised by Max Mueller Bhawan.
    • Was Conferred the L. N. Gupta Memorial Award in 1988 and the Title Award 'Kala Vibhushan' by AIFACS in 1997.
    • Received the Senior Fellowship of the Government of India for the years 1987 and 1988.
    • The painter has won three National Awards of the Lalit Kala Akademi during the years 1980, 1981 and 1984, the AIFACS Awards in 1973 and 1975 and the Hyderabad Art Society Award for Graphics in 1976.
    • Never had a solo showing of his paintings, by choice, in Delhi, though earlier he had exhibited in Calcutta in 1984 and 1990 and in Mumbai at Gallery 7 in 1997.
    • In his present works, He has slowly moved into the realm of the timeless- the abstract- where the presence of gross 'Man' has almost metamorphosed into the universal substance, leaving behind and merging with the subtle and tactile surface.
    • In his Gorilla Series, that lasted for 10 years, from 1970 to 1979 Broota's deep sensitivity to the crass materialism in society was reflected in the Gorilla
    • In his early works which are a satirical and pungent comment on the social environment of his times.

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    Rameshwar Broota
    Last Updated: Saturday, May 16, 2009
    Rameshwar Broota was born in 1941. He graduated from the Delhi College of Art and later became a faculty member there. He has also taught art at the Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. In 1975 he visited France under a cultural exchange program and later exhibited his work at the National Art Fair held in Cagnes-sur-mer, Paris, in 1976. He has represented India at the III, IV and V Triennales held in India and the II Havana Biennale held in Cuba in 1986. He has also exhibited his work at the Museum of Moden art in Oxford, the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington and the Damstadt Museum in Germany. He is a recipient of the National Award of the Lalit Kala Akademi in 1980, 1981 and 1984. He currently heads the Department of Art, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi. The artist lives and works in New Delhi.

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