Glimpses from living tradition to modern art.
Director's note
Sarjan Art Gallery, established in 1998, has completed its 25th year recently. Located in Vadodara, India, the gallery houses an exclusive collection of renowned Indian artists, with a special focus on the Artists from Baroda such as Jyoti Bhatt, Bhupen Khakhar, Jeram Patel, K.G. Subramanyan, Shanti Dave and many others. It fosters young talent, supports art lovers, and conducts innovative exhibitions and art-related events. Centrally located with modern facilities, the gallery's passion for curating meaningful exhibitions has set it apart. True to its mission, the gallery regularly organizes workshops and exhibitions from Living Tradition to Modern Art.
The Sarjan Art Gallery was established by Mr. Hitesh Rana, the son of Shri Kanti Rana, who himself was part of the fifth batch of students at the Faculty of Fine Arts, MS University in Baroda. Kanti Rana's dedication to art education led him to found the Hobby Centre in 1969. The Rana family, played a significant role in connecting art with society by pioneering innovative and meaningful art education programs for both children and adults. expressions.
Growing up within an environment deeply involved in art education, Mr. Hitesh Rana recognized the importance of making traditional and contemporary art accessible to art enthusiasts and the public at large. As a result, Sarjan Art Gallery emerged as a crucial platform, providing a space for both established and budding artists from Baroda and beyond to exhibit and share their artistic creations. The gallery serves as a bridge between artists and the broader community, offering a vital space for the showcasing and appreciation of diverse artistic
Past Exhibitions
Artists / Collections
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Abir Karmakar
Born 1977 in Siliguri, India. B.V.A. (Painting), Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta. M.A. (Fine Art, Painting), Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda. The artist lives in Baroda.
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Ajay Chaudhary
Self-Taught
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Ajay Kanwal
Ajay Kanwal (1973) studied Sculpture at the Institute of Music and Pine Arte, Jaanu (BPA) and the Paculty of Pine Arts, M 3 University, Baroda (MPA).
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Alok Bal
Alok Bal studied painting at MSU. He has had Solo Shows in Mumbai (twice in 2006) and one in New Delhi in 2007 His paintings have been a part of several Group Shows in New York. London. South Africa. New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata. Baroda.
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Amarnath Sharma
Lives and Works in Baroda.
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Anand Gadapa
Born in 1971 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Master of Visual Arts (Art History & Aesthetics), MSU, Baroda, 2006. Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) JNT University, Hyderabad, 2002.
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Apoorva Desai
Born in Baroda, Gujarat in 1962. He did his Diploma in painting from C.N.College of Fine Arts, Ahmedabad in 1987 and Post-Diploma in painting from the M.S. University of Baroda in 1989. He worked for two years under the guidance of Smt. Rekha Radwitttiya from 1990-91.
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Arunanshu Choudhury
1969 >> Born in W. Bengal (Hoogli) 1993-95 >> B.A. (Fine) & M.A. (Fine), Painting, M.S. University, Vadodara
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Ashok Bhowmick
Born in 1953 in Kanpur, India.
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Atin Basak
Born in Calcutta in 1966.
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Atmanand Chauhan
Atmanand Chauhan did his graduation in Painting from Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Vadodara.
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Bauva Devi
Smt. Bauva Devi was born in a family involved in traditional Mithila paintings of Madhubani. Her life is full of episodes of survival, perseverance and success. Born in the 1950's into the caste of Mahapatras. She survived a disastrous arranged childhood marriage, and at a young age she saw a blistering drought in the Mithila Region.
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Chandrima Bhattacharya
Born on November 18, 1961, at Patuli (Bardhaman), West Bengal. Graduated from the Indian College of Art and Draughtsmanship with first class first in 1986. Received gold medal from Rabindra Bharati University in 1986 for excellence in fine arts .
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Chintalal Jagdish
Born in 1956, in Ahdhra Pradesh. Diploma in painting from college of Fine Arts. J.N.T.U.. Hyderabad. (1978), and post-Diploma in Mural Design at M.S. University Baroda. (1980).
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Chintan Upadhyay
Chintan Upadhyay (born 1972) is an Indian contemporary artist. He was awarded the Charles Wallace Foundation Award for Residency in Bristol, UK in 2012. The artist began as a painter, but now creates sculptures and installations which he paints the surface.
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Damodar Gajjar
Education: 1958-1962 B.A. Painting, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU, Baroda.
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Debashish Dutta
Debasish Dutta’s paintings speak about life; or rather they narrate his experiences and his ways of seeing the world around him.
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Debraj Goswami
MA (Fine) in Printmaking, Faculty of Fine Arts, M S University, Baroda, 1999
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Girish Bhatt
Birth: 1931-2015 Chhatral, Vadodara, Gujarat Education: 1950-1954: Diploma in Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU 1956-1958- Post Diplom1a in Sculpture, specialization in Bronze casting, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU Teaching period: 1958-91: Reader, Sculpture Department, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU
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Gulam Sheikh
Birth: 16th February 1957 ,Surendranagar, Gujarat Education: 1955-1959: B.A, Painting, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU 1959-1961: M.A. Painting, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU Teaching period- 1967-93 Professor and HoD at Department Of Painting, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU
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Haku Shah
Education: 1950-1955 B.A. Painting, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU, Baroda. 1957-1959 M.A. Painting, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU, Baroda.
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Indrapramit Roy
MA (Fine) in Creative Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, M S University, Baroda, 1989; MA (Painting), Royal College of Art, London, 1992, including a term each at Cite des Arts, Paris and Hoschule der Kunst, Berlin (Inlaks Scholarship and Erasmus Exchange Scholarship)
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Jagadeesh Tammineni
Comes from a small village called Kottavalasa in Srikakulam district.
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Jagannath Mahapatra
Jagannath Mahapatra studied painting at Santiniketan and printmaking at MSU. His paintings have been a part of several important exhibitions in London, New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Baroda.
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Jeetander Ojha
Born: 1979. Lives and Works in Baroda.
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Jeram Patel
Birth: 1930- 2016, Sojitra, Gujarat Education: 1950-55: Drawing and Painting, Sir J. J. School of Art, Bombay 1957-59: Typography and Publicity Design, Central School of Arts and Craft, London Teaching period: 1976-90: Professor and HOD in Applied Art Department, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU
artist
Jignasha Doshi
Lives and works in Baroda
artist
Jignasha Ojha
Date of Birth: 13 September 1979
artist
Jogen Chowdhury
Style: Magic Realist
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Jyoti Bhatt
Birth: 1934, Bhavnagar, Gujarat Education: 1950-1954: Diploma course, Painting, Graphic Arts, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU 1954-1956: Postgraduate Diploma, Creative Painting, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU 1985: Learned Photography in the U.K. Teaching period: 1959-92: Lecturer in the Department of Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU
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Jyotsana Bhatt
Birth: 1940- 2020, Mandavi, Kutch, Gujarat Education: 1958-1962: B.A. Diploma, Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU 1966-1968: Studied ceramics at Brooklyn Museum Art School New York, USA Teaching Period: 1971-2002: Lecturer of pottery and ceramics, Set up Ceramic centre, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU
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K.G. Subramanyam
Birth: 1924-2016, Kuthuparamba, Kerala Education- 1944-48- Diploma in fine arts Visva Bharati University, Kala Bhavan Santiniketan under Binode Behari Mukherjee 1956-Slade School of Art as a British Council scholar, London Teaching period- 1951-80 Professor of Painting Department and Dean at Faculty of Fine Art
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Kamal Pandya
He earned his Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in Painting from MS University in Vadodara in 2009,
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Kamal Rana
Born at Billimora, Gujarat in 1957. He has done Post-Diploma in applied art from the Faculty of Fine Arts, the M.S. University of Baroda.
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Kanti Rana
Birth: 1934- 2021, Bilimora, Navsari, Gujarat
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Kanu Desai
Birth: 12th March 1907- 9 December 1980, Bharuch, Bombay Presidency Education: 1922- Art sessions from Ravishankar Raval 1925-1928- Scholarship to study at Santiniketan under Nandalal Bose
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Khodidas Parmar
Birth- 31st July 1930- 31st March 2004 Education- 1948-1951- Studied Art under Somalal Shah 1951 – SSC and MA in Gujarati and Sanskrit – Shamaldas Arts College, Bhavnagar 1956- Faculty of Fine Arts, Msu, Baroda, Gujarat Teaching Period- 1980- Professor and Ph.D guide for Folk literature at V.A.M.C. College, Bhavnagar
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Krupa Makhija
Born in 1983 in Patan, North Gujarat
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Kumar Mangal Sinhji
Birth date: 5th October 1915, Lathi, Saurashtra, Gujarat
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Manoj Sinha
Manoj Sinha, a visual artist who specialises in drawing cartoons. Having started his journey from his native land, Ranchi, he is presently based in Delhi, working at the Hindustan Times Group. He has also served various organisations as a cartoonist and animator for various projects.
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Muktinath Mondal
Muktinath Mondal studied painting at Indira Sangeet Viswa Vidyalaya, Chhattisgarh and University of Hyderabad.
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N.S. Bendre
Birth: 1910- 1992 , Indore, MP
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Nagji Patel
Birth: 1937 - 2017 ,Juni Jithardi, Gujarat Education: 1955-1959: B.A. Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU 1962- 1964: M.A. Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU of Baroda
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Naina Dalal
Birth- 1935, Vadodara, Gujarat Education- 1953-1957- B.A. Painting Faculty of Fine Art, MSU 1957-1959- M.A. in Painting, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU 1960-1963- Lithography at the London Polytechnic 1974- Etching at Pratt Graphic center, New York, USA
artist
Nandini Das
Born and brought up in Kolkata, West Bengal
artist
Nasreen Mohamedi
Birth: 1937- 1990, Karachi, Pakistan Education: 1954-57: Painting, St. Martin school of Art, London Teaching period: 1971-1988: Lecturer at Faculty of Fine Art, MSU
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Nikileshwar Baruah
Studied painting at MSU.
artist
Nilima Sheikh
Education: 1962-1965: B.A. History, Delhi University, Delhi 1969-1971: M.A Fine Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU Teaching period 1974-81: Lecturer in the Department of Painting, Fine Art Faculty, MSU
artist
Prasanta Sahu
Behind our perception lies a definite act of choice, of choosing to look at images from behind a personal experience database. What we see is transformed by what we know and vice versa.
artist
Raghav Kaneria
Birth- 1936, Anida, Gujarat Education: 1955–59: B.A. diploma in sculpture, at Faculty of Fine Art, MSU 1964–68: M.A. Fine art, Royal College of Art, London Teaching Period: 1969-1996: Professor and HOD of Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU
artist
Rahul Mukherjee
Studied Painting at College of Art, New Delhi and at MSU.
artist
Rajeshwar Rao
Born: 1960, Vizianagaram
artist
Rajib Choudhary
DOB: 10th April 1971, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
artist
Rajnikant Panchal
Birth: 1937- 2004, Dahod, Gujarat Education: 1956-1960: B.A. Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU 1961-1963: M.A. Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU Teaching Period: 1965-1997: Lecturer and Head Professor, Department of Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU
artist
Ramesh Pandya
Birth- 1930-2019, Vadodara Education: 1951-1955: B.A. Painting, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU 1979- M.A. Illinois State University, USA Teaching period: 1956-1990: Lecturer, Painting Department, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU
artist
Ranjitsinh Gaekwad
Birth- 1938- 2012, Vadodara, Gujarat Education- Diploma in Royal arts college, 1960-1962- M.A. Painting, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU Teaching period- 1964-67 Honorary reader at Faculty of Fine Arts
artist
Rasiklal Parikh
Birth: 1910-1982, Rajpipla.
artist
Ratan Parimoo
Birth- 1936, Srinagar, Kashmir Education-1951-1955:B.A. Painting, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU 1955-1957: M.A. Painting, Faculty of Fine Art and Post Diploma in Museology 1963: B.A. Honors in History of Art at London University, UK 1972: Ph.D. Art History, MSU, Baroda Teaching period- 1959-96: HoD and Professor at Art history and Dean of Faculty of Fine Art, MSU
artist
Ravi Kattakuri
He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A) degree from Andhra University in 1997 and later completed his Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A) with a specialization in Creative Sculpture from Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati University in Santiniketan, West Bengal, in 1999.
artist
Rini Dhumal
Birth- 1948, Bengal Education- 1970-1972: M.A, Painting, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU Teaching period- 1984-2005 Professor and HoD, Painting Department, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU
artist
Sajal Sarkar
Born in Kolkata in 1971.
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Sankho Chaudhuri
Birth- 1916- 2006, Santhal Parganas, Bihar Education- 1936-1939: Bachelor of Arts, Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan 1941-1945: Diploma in Sculpture, Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan Teaching period: 1950-70 HoD of the Sculpture Department at the Faculty of Fine Art, MSU, Baroda.
artist
Santosh Verma
Date of Birth: 1956. Place of Birth: Varanasi, India
artist
Sathi Guin
Sathi Guin's works are a reflection of her dreams and emotions, offering an experiential rather than metaphysical or symbolic view.
artist
Selim Munshi
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Shanti Dave
Birth- 25th September 1931, Ahmedabad, Gujarat Education- 1951-1954: Diploma, Painting, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU 1954-56: Post Diploma, Painting, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU
artist
Theegulla Venkanna
Born in 1980, T. Venkanna holds a Masters in Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in Printmaking from the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University of Baroda, and a Bachelors in Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Painting from J.N.T.U, Hyderabad, where he was awarded a Gold medal.
artist
U.P. Rao
Birth- 1900-89, Udipi, Karnataka Education- 1924 Government Diploma Arts, Sir J.J. school of Arts, Mumbai Teaching period- 1931-50: Head of Kalabhavan, Baroda 1950-56: Professor, Painting Department, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU
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Uday Mondal
Uday Mondal studied fine art at IndianArtCollege, Kolkata and painting at MSU (2002).
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V.R. AMBERKAR
Birth- 21st July 1907- 2nd December 1988 , Mumbai
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V.R. Patel
Birth- 1933-2007, Baroda Education- 1959-1961: M.A. Painting, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU Teaching period: 1964-93 Lecturer Paint Graphics Illustration, Department of Painting, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU
artist
Vasudeo Smart
Birth: 17th July 1925--1999 ,Surat, Gujarat
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Vidhyasagar Upadhyay
Born in 1948 in Partapur, Banswara, Rajasthan, India.
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Vinay Trivedi
Birth: 1929-2001, Bhavnagar, Gujarat Education: 1950-1954: Diploma, Painting, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU Teaching period: 1989: Reader and Lecturer in Applied art department, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU
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Vinod Shah
Birth: 1934-2021 Rajkot, Gujarat Education: 1955-1959: B.A. Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU 1959-61- M.A. in Painting, Faculty of Fine Art, MSU Teaching period: 1962-94: Faculty of Fine Art, HOD of painting department