CV: SANDEEP JOSHI
‘Shri Nivas’, Brahmpuri, Dandia Bazar,
Vadodara 390001, Gujarat.
Contact: +91-98980 36396
Email: sandeepcjoshi2@gmail.com
Artist and art historian
Education
2013 NET in Visual Arts, University Grant Commission
2012 M.V.A. in Art History, Faculty of Fine Arts, The M. S. University of Baroda
Art Teaching Experience
2016-present Art teacher, at St. Kabir Indian International School, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
2022 Visiting faculty at Design College, Auro University, Surat, India.
Practicing visual artist and have experience in teaching at all levels.
Resource person
2020-Present Member, Editorial Board, Abhidha-Journal of Art, Archaeology, and Cultural Heritage, Assam.
2018-Present Hon. Adviser (Research), Pragjyotish Centre for Cultural Research, Guwahati, Assam.
2018-20 Member, Conservation and restoration of heritage buildings, The M. S. University of Baroda.
2017 Shree Sayaji Pratishthan, Faculty of Management and Leadership, The M. S. University of Baroda.
Participation
Participated in number of group shows and art camps (painting) in India including
2007 Bombay Art Society, Mumbai
2007 Watercolor Camp, Pune
2008-10 Gujarat Lalit Kala Academy, Ahmedabad
2012 Tagore Exhibition (150th birth anniversary), Baroda Museum and Picture Gallery, Vadodara
2015 Phoenix City Mall Gallery, Bangalore
Seminars and Workshops
2022 Illustrated lecture on ‘Ajanta Caves: Beyond Paintings (History, Architecture, and Patronage) – A Virtual Tour’, online webinar conducted by Amity University, Jaipur.
2020 Participated Karle and Bhaje Caves site seminar
2019 Participated Kanheri Caves site seminar
2018 ‘Nathdwara Paintings – Haveli Traditions and Bazaar’, paper presented in a National Seminar organised by Department of Ancient History and Archaeology, Jiwaji University, Gwalior. 7-8 March, 2018
2017 ‘Sayajirao Gaekwad’s Contribution in Art and Architecture’, three lectures organised by Shri Sayaji Pratishthan, Faculty of Management and Leadership, The M S University of Baroda.
2014 ‘Multi-disciplinary Workshop, December 2014’, art history fellow, Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow.
2014 ‘Thresholds of Modern Art in Gujarat’, UGC sponsored national seminar on ‘Evolution of Modern and Contemporary Indian Art’, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra.
2010 Madhubani Painting, a workshop and exhibition of Madhubani paintings for school students at Akruti Art Gallery, Kirtimandir, Vadodara.
Field-work
Study of the Ajanta caves (among other monuments) with several field tours and in-situ research.
Few field tours to Nathdwara and Kankroli, Ahmedabad, Chhota Udepur and Pune to study various folk, tribal and popular cultures.
Publications
2017 Nathdwara Paintings: Shrinathji Cult, Haveli Traditions and Bazaar. In Sahapedia.org, an Encyclopaedia of Indian Arts, Culture and Heritage, New Delhi. www.sahapedia.org/nathdwara-paintings-shrinathji-cult-haveli-traditions-and-bazaars
Kalamkari of Gujarat: Mata ni Pachhedi. In Sahapedia.org, an Encyclopaedia of Indian Arts, Culture and Heritage, New Delhi. www.sahapedia.org/kalamkari-of-gujarat-mata-ni-pachhedi
Baroda Patronage: Sayajirao Gaekwad III as a patron of art. In sahapedia.org, an Encyclopaedia of Indian Arts, Culture and Heritage, New Delhi. www.sahapedia.org/baroda-patronage-sayajirao-gaekwad-iii-patron-of-art-0
2016 Threshold of Modern Art in Gujarat, Chinha, an annual art journal of Gauhati Artists’ Guild, 2016. ISSN 2320-0464.
2015-16 Modern Indian and Western Art (ten modules) for UGC’s PG Pathshala, online programme, University Grant Commission, New Delhi.
2015 Pithora Paintings: Art and Ritual Performance of Rathwa Tribe of Gujarat. In wordkraft.in, New Delhi. http://wordkraft.in/pithora-paintings-art-and-ritual-performance-of-rathwa-tribe-of-gujarat-2/
Politics of Disagreements: Attacks on Art and Artists. In wordkraft.in, New Delhi. http://wordkraft.in/politics-of-disagreements-attacks-on-art-and-artists/
2014 Reflections: A story of visual communication in India, an exhibition catalogue of prints printed during pre & post-freedom struggle by various presses of India, Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow.
2013 Baroda Architecture: Semblance of Modernity,Choreomag, a cultural magazine, Vadodara.
2012-13 Created short summaries of jataka stories painted in Ajanta based on the seminal research by Dieter Schlingloff as contained in Ajanta: Handbook of the Paintings 1, I-III (New Delhi: IGNCA, 2013). The short summaries are published in Singh, R.K. An Introduction to the Ajanta Caves (Baroda: Hari Sena Press, 2012).
2012 Baroda Architecture: Reading the Patronage and Modernity under Sayajirao III, Art and Deal Magazine, Delhi, Issue 54/ Vol. 8, No. 23.
Curations
2016 Modern Art in Gujarat, Collector’s Office Mahiti Dirgha on 1st May 2016, Gujarat Gaurav Divas, featuring early revivalists/modernists of Gujarat (1890-1950) whose efforts contributed to the development of modern art.
2012 Interpreting Vishwamitri. The show was based on the issues of the cleaning and the development of the bank which has been undertaken as a river front project for Vishwamitri river in Baroda. The artists explored the possibilities of representations of Vishwamitri river and Vishwamitri Riverfront Project. April 2012.