The Indian Portrait

An online museum on the fascinating journey of Indian Portraits
from the collection of Anil Relia

Sukhdev Rathod

Sukhdev Rathod (b. 1979) Terracotta workshop, Jaipur, 2006 Sukhdev Rathod was born in 1979 and had an interest in art since his childhood. He went on to study at the Sundrenagar college of Art and then at the M S University, Baroda. He mostly paints various everyday objects, giving them his own individuality and story […]

Nabibakhsh Mansoori

Nabibakhsh Mansoori (b. 1966) Patang Hotel, Ahmedabad, 2010 Nabibakhsh Mansoori was born in 1966 in Idar, in Sabarkantha, Gujarat. He completed his Diploma in Fine Arts from Ahmedabad and his Post Diploma from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda. He also received the distinguished Bendre-Husain Scholarship from the Bombay Art Society. Mansoori’s paintings are exuberant, […]

Siddharth Ghosh

Siddharth Ghosh (b. 1967) University residency, Bangalore, 2009 Siddharth Ghosh was born in 1967, near Darjeeling and graduated with a Bachelors in Painting and Masters in Print Making from M S University, Baroda. Ghosh’s paintings are always filled with joy and beauty and captures the true manifestation of self-awakening. He has been inspired by the […]

Paresh Maity

Paresh Maity (b. 1965) Uttarayan Artist Camp, Vadodara, 2001 Paresh Maity was born in 1965 in Tamluk, West Bengal and studied Fine Arts from the Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata and masters from the Delhi College of Arts. While in school he made clay images of gods and goddesses and sold them to […]

Indrapramit Roy

Indrapramit Roy (b. 1964) Faculty of Fine Arts, Vadodara, 2014 Indrapramit Roy was born in 1964 to a family steeped in the arts: his father was associated with Bohuroopi, one of the premier theatre groups and mother was a sitar player. He studied print making at the Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan and painting at the Faculty […]

Vijay Bagodi

Vijay Bagodi (b. 1959) Sat-Taal Artist Camp, Uttarakhand, 2011 Vijay Bagodi was born in 1959 in Gulbarga, Karnataka and studied there at the Ideal Fine Arts Institute. He did his diploma in painting and post-diploma in Print making and Graphic Arts at M S University, Baroda under the Karnataka Lalit Kala Akademi Scholarship. During his […]

Anju & Atul Dodiya

Atul Dodiya (b. 1959) / Anju Dodiya (b. 1964) Archer Artist meet, Nathdwara, 1999 Atul Dodiya was born in 1959 in Mumbai to a family that had migrated to the west-coast metropolis from Kathiawar in Gujarat. He studied from the J. J. School of Art, Mumbai and went to École des Beaux-Arts, Paris along with […]

Bina Desai Rao

Bina Desai Rao (b. 1958) Graphic Studio, Faculty of Fine Arts, Vadodara, 1979 Bina Desai was born in 1958 in Valsad, Gujarat and is married to fellow-artist Siva Kesav Rao. She has a Masters degree in Fine Arts, from M S University, Baroda, and studied Textile Design under AEP program from National Institute of Design, […]

Rekha Rodwittiya

Rekha Rodwittiya (b. 1958) Jyoti Bhatt’s residence, Vadodara, 2009 Rekha Rodwittiya was born in Bangalore in 1958 and studied B.A. in painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda and at the Royal College of Art, London. The representation of the female figure has been a paramount concern for her, even as it has been […]

Ajit Seal

Ajit Seal (b. 1958) Print Camp, Guwahati, 2011 Ajit Seal was born in 1958 and did his Diploma in painting from Guwahati College of Art in 1979. Post that he joined the Garhi Studio in Delhi where he learnt the techniques of print making. He also did his Post-Diploma from the Department of Print making […]