SANJEEV SONPIMPRE

Born in 1969, Maharashtra, India.
                             B.F.A. (Painting) Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai – 1993, Internationalconference on Art, theory and practice – 1998, International conference on “Postmodernism and its relevance in Indian context” – 1997.
Awards : Solomon Abraham first prize for watercolor portraiture – 1992, UNESCO-ASCHBERG Award residency artist work program at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland – 2000.

Solo Exhibitions

CASH-COW at the ICIA gallery Mumbai-August 2007, METROMORPH at Articulate art gallery,Yantra Annexe,fort,Mumbai-2006, CONFRONTING THE URBAN CONSTRUCT-Works on paper an Online exhibition on www.theartstrust.com, SCEPTICS- Jehangir Art Gallery, and Gallery Beyond, December – 2004, Irish-Studios Irish Museum of Modern Art Dublin, Ireland – 2000, “RECYCLED”, the Birla Academy of Art and Culture Gallery, Mumbai 1998-99

Group Shows

“Emerging India”-at the Henry Moore Gallery,Royal College of Art, London,August 2007, “Mumbai Metronomes” Curated by Bose Krishnamachari and Gallery Art and Soul August2007, “Thought and Being “at Gallery “Osmosis” Mumbai November, Spandan”-curated show by Niyatee Shinde-Articulate Gallery, Mumbai-2006,Creative collaborations-extending the frame-curated by Niyati Shinde-Kitab Mahal, Mumbai-2006,“The second coming”-the quotable stencil=2, -Tao art gallery, Mumbai- december 2005, Abstraction is alive and kicking” curated by Himanshu Desai-Gallery Beyond-december 2005, 4th-Anniversary show-Srishti art gallery, Hyderabad, March 2006, Creative collaborations-extending the frames”-curated by Niyati Shinde- Kitab Mahal, Mumbai, “ Metrospective”, curated by Himanshu  Verma, at Kitab mahal-Mumbai-Oct2005

Art camps and workshops

Baroda art camp 2007, Kenya art camp 2007, Switzerland art camp- 2007, Thailand/Singapore art camp-2007, Water colour camp – Royal society of watercolour London, Bridging the ‘rural’ & the ‘urban’ – Vagad Project -2, Partapur, Rajasthan organized by Chintan Upadhyay, Art workshop at Le Royal Meridian, Mumbai Gallery Beyond, 2004, Workshop at J.W. Marriott, Juhu, September – 2004, RPG Art Camps, Marve Beach house 1999, 2002, 2006, Bridging the rural and the urban-Vagad project-2 Partapur Rajasthan, organized by Chintan Upadhyay, Terracotta/Sculpture art camp at Sukruti studio, Jaipur, organized by Srushti Art Gallery, Hyderabad, Aug-2006.