PAINTER
"Everything appeared to me more thrilling. My lines were broken in tune with the throbbing of my heart."
Artist Biodata
PN Choyal, born 1924, studied Fine Art Diploma, 1948; DTT, School of Arts & Crafts, Jaipur, 1946; Government Diploma, Painting, Sir J.J. School of Arts, Mumbai, 1953; Slade College of Arts, University College, London, 1961-62; MA Hindi Lit., 1955. Art Camps: SARC Festival, 1986; Painters camp at Mandav, MP, 1986; Painters Camp Karnataka Akademy, 1986; Aaj, 1995, Udaipur; ABC Art Gallery, Varanasi; Jawahar Kala Kendra, WZCC, Udaipur & Art camp at Agra, 1996; Rajasthan LKA & LKA, Delhi between 1970 – 1990; All India artists’ camp of fellows of Rajasthan, LKA, between 1996 – 1998; Veteran Artists’ camp – Rajasthan LKA & WZCC, 1998; 50 years Celebration camp – WZCC & NZCC, 1998; Artist camp at Hyderabad, WWF, 2003; AIFACS, Delhi-1983, 1986 & 1990. National Award, LKA, Delhi, 1988; Honours: Elected ‘FELLOW’ by Rajasthan LKA. Veteran Artist, AIFACS, Delhi, 1984; Kala Ratna, 2007, LKA, Delhi. One Man & Group Exhibitions: Kota, Udaipur, Jaipur, Alwar, Delhi, Mumbai, Madras, Chandigarh, Banglore and Calcutta, Japan, Moscow, Brazil, Algeria etc. Participated: All major Art Exhibitions held in India which include AIFACS, Delhi; Akademy of Fine Arts, Amritsar; Oriental Society and Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta; UP Akademy; Bombay Art Society; Drawing exhibitions organised by Govt Museums and Art Gallery, Chandigarh; Rajasthan LKA and Central LKA, Delhi. Invitations Moscow-Veteran Artists of India, 1986; VIth Triennale, 1986; Sao-Paulo-International Biennal, 1987; Havana-International Biennal-1989. Deputed Commissioner for Indian Section, Bharat Bhavan Biennal-1992; Global Forum , Shimane Artists Conference, Japan, 1992; One man show at KYOTO, Shimin Gaiko Association, 1992; Cultural Dept. Japan & Shimin Giako Assoc. Joint Exhibition at Kobe, JAPAN, 1993; Collections: NGMA, LKA, Rajasthan LKA, Modern Art Gallery, Chandigarh Museum, Govt. Museum Jaipur, Maharani Gayatri Devi, Governer’s house Jaipur, Maharao Bhim Singh Kota, H.H. Jawahar, Taj group, Larson and Turbo, Steel Authority of India, Air India, CRY, Jawahar Kala Kendra – Jaipur and Several other private collections in India and abroad. YAMASO BIJITSU Art Gallery, Kyoto, Japan. Choyal passed away in 2012.
Artworks
The Dhoomimal name is now touching eighty-five years of promoting contemporary Indian art, in this capacity a flagship enterprise within the fraternity, having witnessed the evolution and growth of art and art institutions from their very inception within the country.