CONCEPTUAL ARTIST, PAINTER
"Talking with him, listening to his enthusiasm and the excitement in his voice of the observations of life surrounding him, you learn that he loves to have fun."
Artist Biodata
Shahid Parvez, born 1970, Udaipur. He did MFA in Drawing & Painting with Gold Medal from ML Sukhadia University, Udaipur, 1993, UGC NET, 1999 and now is Professor and also completed his Doctorate. He has received many Awards including Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi; AIFACS, Wales, Rajasthan Scholarship Award, British Council , New Delhi; Binnale Award, RLKA, Jaipur, The Royal West of England Academy Award, Bristol, UK and 74th Annual Award, AIFACS, New Delhi. He has had several exhibitions including James Harvey Gallery, Sydeny; Galerie “ LE Volcan” Paris; Llanover Hall Arts Centre, Cardiff, UK; “Be Art” Gallery, Bagoor, SPAIN & Effect, De Galerie, Den Haag, Holland, several at Dhoomimal Art Centre, Delhi. His Participations include Mini Print International Exhibition, Spain 3D Gallery, Bristol, Wales U.K.; “Relativities” The 4th British International Miniature Print Exhibition, U.K.; “Wales Dunes” British Council, New Delhi; “Tradition to Modernity” Fulda, Germany; International d’art Minature prints Exhibition , Canada; International Triennial of Graphic Art Bitola, Macedonia; The 9th International Art on Paper Fair, Sydney; Waiheke Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand; IV Printmaking Festival of Evora, Portugal & Mini Print Triennale, Finland; many thematic shows at Dhoomimal Art Centre, Delhi. Shahid’s works are with noted collectors in India and Abroad.
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.