Artist Name:
Maqbool Fida Husain

Reference Number:
87

EXHIBITIONS

• From 1948 Several Shows in different cities of India, Europe, USA, Canada, The Middle East & South East Asia.
• 1990 Installations Theatre of the Absurd, New Delhi
• 1991 Installations Shwetambari (white is super substance) Bombay
• 1992 Six days of live painting at the Tata Centre, New Delhi
• 1993 National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
• 1971 Special invitee along with Pablo Picasso in Sao Paulo Brazil
• 1982 India : Myth & Reality, Aspects of Indian art Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
• 1982 Six Indian Painters, Tate Gallery, London
• 1985 Contemporary Indian art Festival of India, Grey Art Gallery, New York
• 1986 Indian Art Tomorrow Festival of India, The Phillips Collection, Washington DC
• 1994 12 Artists, Pao Galleries - Hong Kong Art Centre, Hongkong organised by Sarala's Art International.

RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

• 1969 Bombay
• 1973 Calcutta
• 1978 Delhi

AWARDS & HONORS

• 1955 National Award
• 1959 Tokyo Biennale
• 1967 Golden Bear, Berlin Film Festival
• 1968 Padma Shri
• 1973 Padma Bhushan
• 1986 Nominated to Parliament
• 1989 Padma Bibhushan
• Honorary Doctorate from Benares Hindu University & Mysore University

MURALS

• Executed Murals in major cities in India and abroad Made twelve short films since 1967.