Gopi Gajwani

Gopi Gajwani (born Sind, India 1938) is a painter, photographer, designer, and cartoonist from New Delhi, India. He graduated from the Delhi School of Art in 1959 with a degree in Graphic Designing.

Career

Gajwani did his graduation in arts from Delhi College of Arts.[1][2] He was a designer at the American Centre for twenty-nine years, creating posters for plays, films, dances, and workshops, both home-grown and foreign.[3] He contributed cartoons and caricatures to the magazine Span and other publications, besides working as an illustrator. Gajwani designed several coffee table books, some with his own photographs. He also worked as a filmmaker, making experimental short films from 1973 to 2014.[4] His short films, including Time (1973) and The End (1974) were shown in Lalit Kala Akademi's Art in Cinema programme[5]

As a painter, Gajwani had numerous one-man shows at the Shridharani Art Gallery in New Delhi. He also participated in over a hundred group shows in New Delhi and Mumbai, as well as countries outside India.[6]

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References
  1. "Buy Gopi Gajwani Paintings Online - View Prices and Size at Mojarto". www.mojarto.com.
  2. Gupta, Gargi (3 December 2017). "Sailoz Mookherjea: A forgotten genius". DNA India.
  3. Artadoo
  4. 'Colours of celluloid: Abstract perceptions of Gopi Gajwani', The Sunday Guardian
  5. 'The Burden of Time & Endgame: Gopi Gajwani as Film-maker', Prayag Shukla, Lalit Kala Contemporary
  6. Imago Mundi


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