Biography
Rajesh has completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing & Painting from Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai, Maharashtra and his Masters of Fine Arts in Drawing & Painting from Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai, Maharashtra in 2005 and 2007 respectively. His first solo held in Kunst (Zeug) Haus Museum, Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland, 2009. He has participated in several group shows which includes ‘April Salon’, Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai, 2010, ‘Art Singapore- Exhibitors’, Art Fair in Southeast Singapore, 2008, ‘ Bodhi Art Award 2007’ at Bodhi Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2007, ‘QUARTET’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2007, ‘FOOT BY FOOT’, Organized by Tao Art Gallery at Kala-Ghoda ,Mumbai, 2007 and ‘3R’, Gallery Art & Soul, Woril, Mumbai, 2006. His works have been selected for Bombay Art Society Exhibition, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai (2009, 2006 & 2003), Reynolds, Water Proof Mumbai show at Kalakhoda, Mumbai, 2008, Art Society of India, Annual Art Exhibition (2008 & 2004), etc. He is recipient of ‘State Award’, Maharashtra State Art Exhibition, 2009 & 2005, Granted with a fellowship, live and work in Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland, 2009, Shri Bhim B. Purohit Memorial Award, Bombay Art Society, 2008, ‘Bodhi Art Award’, 2007, National Scholarship in the field of Painting (Visual Art), Govt. of India Ministry of Culture, 2007, Usha S Mehta Art Bursary, 2006, etc. He lives and works in Mumbai.
