PAINTER, SCULPTOR ARTIST
" There is plenty of room left for exact experiment in art, and the gate has been opened for some time what has been accomplished in music by the end of the 18th century has only begun in fine art."
Balu Chaudhari for the last decade has been engaged in bringing a similar metamorphosis to his creative expression. Balu Chaudhari’s artwork exudes the indomitable artistic desire to capture fleeting moments of the natural and human world and to cast it into multiple non-definitive pictographs. During the initial period of his artistic career Balu Chaudhari worked within the graphic medium especially collograph. Without getting involved into the debate about the primacy of medium or creative expression, Balu Chaudhari recognizes that this initial association with graphics influenced him greatly. Collographic embossing helped him to bring three dimensional depth and projection in his forms. Gradually when he moved towards the more conventional medium of paint and brush he successfully brought enigmatic fathomless depth through his deep texture of colors. His forms share affinity with generative symbols in nature like seeds and their outward manifestation, like leaves with their...
Artist Biodata
Balasaheb Nathu Chaudhari was born in 1984, Pune. He completed his education: GD ART (Drawing & Painting ) ATD & Dip-e-Eid, Abhinav Kala Mahavidhyalaya, Pune. The Group Sows he has held are: New Signature Group Show Bharat Bhawan Bhopal, 2009; Youth Eye Group Show, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2010; HIBISCUS.ART Group Show, M.S.U of Baroda, 2010; Colors of Bhopal, Bharat Bhavan Bhopal, 2010; Thane Kala Bhavan, Mumbai, 2011; Color of Malwa, Group Show, Bhopal, 2012; Milestone Group Show, MS University, Baroda, 2012; DB Dhar, Shrinagar, Kashmir, 2012; Group show Swaraj Bhavan Art Gallery, Bhopal, 2013; Rendering Duality, Group Show, Dhoomimal Art Centre, Delhi, 2014; Retrieving to Harmony Group Show, Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi, 2014; Sutra Art Gallery Wisconsin USA, Display & Group show, 2014; Enigmatic Encounters Group show, Jehangir Art Gallery, 2014. Balasaheb has participated in: Abhinav Kala Mahavidhyala Annual Art Exhibition, 2003, 04, 05; Constro Art Exhibition, 2005; Sai Chitra Kala Mahavidhyalay State Level Competition, 2002,03,04; Binale International Print Art, M.P, 2008-09; Sambhavnaye Art Exhibition, Gazipur, 2008; S.C.Z.C.C. Nagpur, 2009; L.L.K.A. Lucknow, 2009- 2012; Annual All India Art Exhibition (AIFACS), New Delhi, 2009-10; Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2010; Crew wildlife film festival & painting show, 2013; Niv Art Center Gallery, Saket Delhi group show, 2014; Bombay Art Socity Jahangir art gallery, 2016; 56 State Art Exhibition, Jahangir art Gallery, 2015-16; Hue Grop show lalit kala Akadami Lukhonav, 2016; ART 35ninefish art gallery byculla Mumbai, 2018. The Solo Shows include: Breathing Forms Solo Show Bharat Bhavan Bhopal, 2014; Meandering Metamorphosis solo show Triveni Art gallery New Delhi, 2015; Frozen shadows solo show Art Entrance Gallery Mumbai, 2016; Frozen Shadows-2, Pradarshak Art Gallery, Khar West, Mumbai, 2017, Dhoomimal Art Centre, Delhi, 2019. The artist has been awarded the CREW, Wildlife Painting Award, 2014; 56 State art Exhibition Award, 2016. He has attended Manav Sankent International Art Festival Ujjain, 2006; Kala Vart Kala Parve International Art Festival, 2007; International Artist camp, Pune, 2010; D.B. Dhar, Shri Nagar, Kashmeer, Art Camp, 2012; International Portrait camp Swaraj Savsthan Bhopal, 2012; Crew central Indian highlands wildlifeamp, 2013; Drishay Art Gallery National Art Camp, 2014. His works are with Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal; Kalavartnyas, Ujjain; Stephen Perkins, USA and many other private collections in India and Internationally.
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.