Ashutosh Apte

Beautiful forms of Letters are the real sole for my work of art . I sow the seed of any Letter (alphabet) then pour some colors until the letter plant flourishes on my canvas, it blossoms and fruitful with letters . Which also provides me plenty of seeds to sow another plant of art .Beautiful forms of Letters are the real sole for my work of art . I sow the seed of any Letter (alphabet) then pour some colors until the letter plant flourishes on my canvas, it blossoms and fruitful with letters . Which also provides me plenty of seeds to sow another plant of art .Beautiful forms of Letters are the real sole for my work of art . I sow the seed of any Letter (alphabet) then pour some colors until the letter plant flourishes on my canvas, it blossoms and fruitful with letters . Which also provides me plenty of seeds to sow another plant of art .

Ashutosh Apte

Born - January 18, 1962

EDUCATION
1994 - Dip. in Art Education, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai
1991 - Master of Fine Arts, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai
1985 - Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drawing & Painting), Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai
1981 - Art teachers diploma, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai

INSTALLATION AND PERFORMANCE
2009 - Nehru Centre
2009 - 'Toranam', Mavelikara, Kerala
2008 - I Have Thousand Hands to Shake Hand, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2007 - Letters on one thousand paper boats, Installation, 'Voyage', Ratnagiri District
2007 - Nagpur School of Art, Nagpur
2005 - Lalit KAla Akademi, Lucknow
2004 - 'Akshar', With 1500 students of Mahadevi Birla School, Ravindra Sarowar Football Stadium, Kolkata
2004 - Birla Art Gallery, Kolkata
2003 - 'A Metamorphosis from Rural to Urban', Procession with Donkeys, Partapur, Rajasthan
2002 - 'Resonances and Reverberations', NGMA, Mumbai
2001 - Site Specific Installation, NGMA, Mumbai
2001 - 'Utpatti', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 - 'Natya Shastra', Chandivili Studio, Mumbai
1994 - 'Homeless' NCPA, Mumbai
1993 - 'Castling', Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1991 - 'To the temple', Kalamela, Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai

SOLO SHOW
2008 - Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

JOINT SHOWS
2004 - 'Magic Moments, Artists' Centre, Mumbai
2000 - 'Untitled', Jehangir Art Gallery,Mumbai
1998 - 'Land Ahoy', Son-et-lumiere, Mumbai

GROUP SHOWS
2009 - Group show Nehru Centre Art gallery, Mumbai
2007 - 'Contemporary Indian Painting', Exhibition organised by Garvaid Centre', Edinburgh
2007 - Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata
2001 - 'Aksharankan', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
1995 - 'Art Teachers' Confession' Nehru Centre, Mumbai
1993 - 'Space and Time', Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

CAMPS
2009 - Conceptual Art Camp, organised by Lalit Kala Academy, at Mavelikara, Kerala.
2006 - Organised by Gallery Sanskriti, at Maihar - Madhyapradesh
2006 - Artist Camp, organised by Kalavishkar, Mumbai
2004 - National Instllation camp orgnised by Lalit Kala Academi at Lukhnow
2004 - Camp At Nagothane, organised by National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
2000 - Painting Camp orgnised by artists' center at Sawarde, Konkan
2001 - Printmakers camp at Jaipur

TEACHING
2008 -2009- Visiting Lecturer for Aesthetics at Rachana Sansad Fine Art Faculty
1991 - Visiting lecturer for History of Art at Indian Art Institute, Mumbai
1992-93 - Principal at Roby D' Silva Visual Art College, Vasai
1994-95 - Lecturer for Teachers Training at Sahyadhri School of Art, Konkan region
1995 - Visiting Lecturer for Aesthetics at Dalvi's Art Institute, Kolhapur
Also conducted several workshops and was invited to give lectures at various art institutes
such as Karandikar School of Art - Dombivali, Thane School of Art - Thane, Kala Mandir - Kolhapur,
Rajasthan University-Post Graduation courses - Jaipur, Son-et-Lumiere Art Gallery - Mumbai,
Rachana Sansad - Mumbai.

CONCEIVED AND ORGANISED
2005 - 'Virjan', Workshop on the process of Creativity, Kalapushpa, Sangli
2001 - Interactive Workshop, Son-et-lumiere, Mumbai
1993 - Seminar on Art Education, Nehru Centre, Mumbai
1995 - 'TRIMIT', Workshop on Sculpture, Sahyadhri School of Art, Sawarde
1984-93 - 'Zang group' - An Art Students Movement towards Experimental Theatre

DESIGN
2008 - 2009 - Set And Lights for CHANAKYA hindi play
2001 - Asia's first Sexual Health and Information Art Gallery near Red-light area, Mumbai, sponsored by World Health Organisation
1989 - Constume Design for the Pilot Episode of the popular Hindi serial, 'Chanakya'
Designed few prestigious catalogues
Designed Set and Lights for Theatre

WRITINGS
1999 - Wrote series of 63 articles on letters (Akshar)
1993-99 - Wrote weekly column on art in the leading Marathi newspaper, 'Samna'
Wrote articles in selected periodicals eg. Chinha, Bombay Art Soceity's Art Journal, Anvayarth

Wrote and Directed several of one-act plays and four full length plays