Manish Chavda

Born in 1978, finished his Diploma in Painting with Distinction in 2002 and Art Teacher’s Diploma in 2003. In 2002 he has received the Gujarat State Lalit Kala Academy and Shree Manekaba Silver Medal from Sheth C. N. Vidhyalay, Ahmedabad. He has also won the Gujarat State Lalit Kala Academy Scholarship in 2002. In 2004, he won the 112th All India Annual Art Exhibition by Bombay Art Society, Mumbai. He has given demonstration in Portrait and Creative Painting at Shisu Vihar, Bhavnagar. He has participated in several group shows: In 2000 – Contemporary Art Gallery, Ravishankar Raval Art Gallery, Ahmedabad; 2002 Herwitz Art Gallery, 16th All India Art contest exhibition (Nagpur), Art Horizon Gujarat, Nehru Center Art Gallery Mumbai, 6th Western Region Art Exhibition (Camlin Art foundation), Gallery Space Hyderabad; 2003 111th All India Annual Art Exhibition (The Bombay Art Society’s). In 2005 a group show for Tsunami relief at the NGMA, Mumbai,