CURRICULUM VITAE

Piyush A. Thakkar Temporary Teaching Assistant Department of Painting Faculty of Fine Arts The M. S. University of Baroda Vadodara 390 002 Gujarat. Mobile No. +91 9726 068 447

Recipient of Nasreen Mohammedi Award, as well as Late Shri. M. M. Bhade Gold Medal and Late Shri. N. G. Bhatt Gold Medal at the Masters level, Faculty of Fine Arts, the M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara.

PERSONAL PROFILE Permanent Address Jay Jalaram Provision Store, Juna Bazar, Miyagam Karjan, Dist. Vadodara, Gujarat. Contact No. Email Date of Birth Languages known + 919726068447/ +9194298-25656 p_ushthakkar@hotmail.com/piyushathakkar@gmail.com 13th December 1979 Gujarati, English, Hindi

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION 2005 20032005 UGC-NET (for Lecturership) M. Fine Arts (Painting) Faculty of Fine Arts The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara RECEIVED TRAINING IN: Art history: Modern Western Art, Modern Indian Art; Philosophy of Art: Philosophy of Western Art and Philosophy of Indian Art STUDIO COURSES: Creative painting and Drawing 1999 2003 B. Fine Arts (Painting) Faculty of Fine Arts The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara RECEIVED TRAINING IN:

Theories and Languages: History of Art, Aesthetics, Psychology, English and Hindi Literature. STUDIO COURSES: Study from Life, Composition, Portrait and Elective Graphics (Lithography and Etching) TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2011 Delivered two lectures as Subject Expert, in a workshop for A.T.D. teachers, organized by District Institute of Education & Training, Vadodara, on 13-14 September. Facilitated as Resource person for Art-in-Education (Visual Art) Workshop, at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Sadhi, Dist. Vadodara, 10 16 August. July 2010 Till Date Temporary Teaching Assistant, Department of Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara. Subjects I teach are Drawing, Colour Design and Fundamentals of Visual Arts. 2010 National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, a stint of teaching assignment, between 1425 June. I collaborated in teaching Drawing course. October 2008July 2010 (Artist)-Lecturer, Institute of Architecture, Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Patan. Subjects I taught: Basic Design, All the Electives related to Art and Humanities. Sep. 2006 Sep. 2008 Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Fine Arts, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat. Subjects taught: Colour Design, Fundamentals of Art and History of Art. 2007 National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, a stint of teaching assignment, between July 26-30. Conducted a Module of Basics of Drawing.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE August 2011- Till Date Have been conducting a Series of Interviews with the Faculties/ Artists who were associated with the Faculty of Fine Arts, Vadodara in the Formative years. For example Prof. G. M. Sheikh, Prof. Jeram Patel, Prof. Jyoti Bhatt, and others. August 2005July 2006 Research Associate in a Project on Compiling a Gujarati Reader on Modern Indian Art and Aesthetics, funded by India Foundation for Arts, Bangalore. (Principal Investigator: Prof. Prabodh Parikh) June 2003 May 2005 M. Fine Arts dissertation Gujarat-man Kala-nan Pagran (Ushering of Art in Gujarat) Early Twentieth Century Art Practices in Gujarat and Ravishankar Raval

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE 2006 Till date Assisting, as one of the team members, Prof. Sitanshu Yashaschandra, Editor of Forbes Gujarati Sabha Trimasik, a prestigious research journal, published for the last 75 years. Nature of work: copy-editing, proof reading, layout, etc. PAPERS PRESENTED 2011 Presented a paper Ravindranath-ni Chitrakala in National Seminar on Tagore Samkalin Prabhav ane Satatya, organized by Shri S. D. Patel Arts and C. M. Patel Commerce College, Aanklav in Collaboration with Gujarat Sahitya Akademi, Gandhinagar, at Urja Kendra, Aanklav, during 910 March. 2008 Presented a paper Visualizing Regional Culture in National Seminar on Region, Literature, Culture: Issues and Stakes, organized by the Department of English, The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, during 18-19 March. 2004 Presented a paper Satish Gujral-nan Chitro-man Bharat Vibhajanni Ghatana in Workshop on Sahitya, Kala ane Filmo-man Jhilayeli Vibhajan-ni Ghatana, organized by Akshara-Vadodara (a culture-study group), at The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, on 11th January. 2001 Presented a paper Padar-nan Tirath: Ek Vanchan at Workshop on Rajkiya Navalkatha, jointly organized by Akshara-Vadodara (a culturestudy group) and Gujarat Sahitya Akademi, Gandhinagar, at The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, during 6th-7th January.

SEMINAR/WORKSHOP ATTENDED 2011 Participated in Multi-Media Workshop, organized by Lalit Kala Akademi Regional Centre, Lucknow, during 31 March to 06 April. 2011 Participated in National Seminar on Tagore Samkalin Prabhav ane Satatya, organized by Shri S. D. Patel Arts and C. M. Patel Commerce College, Aanklav in Collaboration with Gujarat Sahitya Akademi, Gandhinagar, at Urja Kendra, Aanklav. 2010 Participated in a National Seminar on From Literature to Cinema: A Creative Metamorphosis, organized by Sahitya Akademi, Delhi and Gujarat Sahitya Akademi, Gandhinagar, at Nadiad. 04-05 December. 2010 Delivered a lecture on The Art Scene since 1940: With special reference to the contribution of Jeram Patel, in Kala Vishayak Karyakram: Vartalaap, on April 09, Organized by Gujarat State Lalit Kala Akademi, Ahmedabad.

2010

Participated in National Seminar on Region, Literature, Culture: Issues and Stakes, organized by the Department of English, The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara.

2007

Participated in the 5-Day Graphic Workshop, at the Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad.

2006

Invited as an Expert from Visual Arts in Creative Brainstorming Workshop under the SBC project, April 6-7, at the NID, Ahmedabad.

2004

Represented Department of Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, at SAMHITA, a National level Seminar-cum-Workshop held during 16-20 November, organized by College of Art, Delhi.

2004

Second Theory/Praxis workshop on Interrogating Cultural Studies, 16-22 August, organized by the Forum on Contemporary Theory at The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara.

2004

Workshop on Sahitya, Kala ane Filmo-man Jhilayeli Bharat Vibhajan-ni Ghatana, January 11, organized by Akshara Vadodara (a culture-study group), at The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara.

2003

First National Interdisciplinary course on Theory/Praxis, 18- 24 August, organized by the Forum on Contemporary Theory, at The M.S. University of Baroda. Vadodara.

2001

Workshop on Rajkiya Navalkatha, 6-7 January, Jointly organized by Akshara Vadodara (a culture-study group) and Gujarat Sahita Akademi, at The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara.

Creative Writing 2002 Creative Writers Workshop, 11-13 September, conducted by Sahacharya, at Boradi, Gujarat. 2000 Creative Writers Workshop, 13-15 August, conducted by Sahacharya, at Navsari, Gujarat.

GROUP EXHIBITION/ PARTICIPATION 2011 Exhibition of paintings by 90 renowned artists, on Lord Shri Ganesha, organized by Art Infinite, at Jamnagar, Gujarat, 47 September. 2011 To Japan, from Baroda, an exhibition to raise a relief fund for Japan, at Exhibition Hall, Faculty of Fine Arts, The M. S. University of Baroda, 2831 July. 2011 SAMVAAD, a Three Artist Show at Contemporary Art Gallery, 17-19 June, Ahmedabad.

2011

EKAALAAP, a Solo Show of recent Drawings at Contemporary Art Gallery, 13-16 June, Ahmedabad.

2011

A Group Show of works completed during the Multi Media Workshop, April 06, Organized by Lalit Kala Akademi Regional Centre, Lucknow.

2008

Tracing Erasures, a Group Show, 17-23 May, exhibited at the Durbar Hall Art Centre, Ernakulam, Kerala.

2007

AfterImages, a Group Show, 2-6 October, exhibited at the Exhibition Hall, Faculty of Fine Arts, The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara

2007

Art show 07, a Group Show, 2-4 February, exhibited at Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad

2006

Art show 06, a Group Show, 22-28 January, exhibited at Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad

2004

UNTITLED 04, a Group Show, 22-25 Dec, exhibited at Exhibition Hall, Faculty of Fine Arts, The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara

2004

THIRTEEN ARTISTS, a Group Show, August 15-18, exhibited at Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara

2004

A work Untitled selected at the exhibition in 44th Exhibition of Gujarat State, Lalit Kala Akademi, Ahemdabad

2003

A work To Stop Train Pull Chain selected at 76th All India Art Exhibition State Level December 2003

PUBLICATIONS Book-Covers/ Illustrations 2011 Parab, a literary journal, 2011 November, published by Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, Ahemdabad. 2011 2011 Parab, 2011 October. Forbes Gujarati Sabha Trimasik, a research journal, published by Forbes Gujarati Sabha, Mumbai, Vol 75, Issue 3. 2010 Dapu, a novel, by Surmal Vahonia, published by Bhasha Research and Publication Centre, Vadodara. 2008 Dero, a collection of Gujarati short stories, by Kanji Patel, published by Rangdwar Prakashan, Ahmedabad. 2007 Gorakh Gopalam and Other Poems, a collection of Gujarati poems by Indra Shah, published by the author, USA. 2006 Green Belt, a collection of Gujarati poems by Pravin Darji, published by Gurjar Grantharatna Karyalay, Ahmedabad.

2005 2005

Vahi, a journal of poetry, Lunawada, Gujarat. Badlati Kshitij, a novel in Gujarati by Jayant Gadit, published by Parswa Prakashan, Ahmedabad.

2004

Saap-phera, a collection of Gujarati poems by Babu Suthar, published by Hetu Prakashan, Vadodara.

2004

Upatela Rango-thi Risayeli Bhinto, a collection of Gujarati poems by Vipasha Mehta, published by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi.

Creative Writing Essays in Appreciation 2012 (Forthcoming) Avakash-nu Nigudh Sangopan Rachta Chitrakar: Jeram Patel, a critical essay on the works of Jeram Patel, to be published in Forbes Gujarati Sabha Trimasik, edited by Prof. Sitanshu Yashaschandra. 2011 Aatmashtha Aalok na Ankano: Ravindranath ni Chitrakala, an essay in appreciation of Paintings of Ravindranath Tagore, to be Published in Forbes Gujarati Sabha Trimasik, edited by Prof. Sitanshu Yashaschandra, Vol. 75-76, Pages 220-227. 2009 Nanakda Diva Jetla Chitro-thi Aapna Andhara ne Ajawalti Shailja-ni Vat, an essay in appreciation of a Child artist Shailja Patel, published in a literary journal Tathapi, Vol 4, Issue 14, December February 2009, Pages 92-94. 2009 A Few Pages from a Notebook: Notes for the Craft of Patola, an essay in The Glorious History and Culture of Anhilwad Patan, edited by Manibhai K. Prajapati. 2008 Prof. Gulam Mohammad Sheikh and Many Literatures, an essay published on the Online Art Journal, Guild. 2007 A Note in Appreciation of Varun Cursetjis Recent Works, exhibited at the final display, in Faculty of Fine Arts, at The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara. 2006 Reflections on the Edge, a catalogue essay, in appreciation of M. Sashidharan Nairs recent works exhibited in New Delhi. Poetry 2011 Three Poems published in Sandhi, a literary journal of US Bharat Foundation Inc., Issue 19, July - September 2011, Pages 22-26, USA. 2011 A series of Poems, Sukh Vishe, Published in Parab, a literary journal published by Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, Issue 11, May 2011 2011 A Series of poems, Tari Aaspaas, Published in Kavilok, a journal of poetry, Issue 2, March-April 2011. 2011 Lekhan Vishe, a poem published, in Etad, Issue189, March 2011

2011

English Translations of Poems in Gujarati, published in Online Poetry Journal, Muse India, Edited by Dilip Zaveri, ISSN: 0975 1815

2011

Four Poems published in Sandhi, a literary journal of US Bharat Foundation Inc., Issue 17, Jan-March 2011, Pages 16-20, USA.

2010

Ek Kalakar-nu Vyakul Rupak, a series of poems published in Etad, a literary journal, Issue 185, January March, Pages 6-8

2009

A Series of poems: Tran Kalpnankano, in Gujarati Kavitachayan 2006, an anthology edited by Sanju Wala, published by Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, Ahmedabad.

2008

The Shadow, a poem in translation, in Achhandas: Gujarati Free Verse Poems in Translation, an Anthology edited by Dr. Chinu Modi, published by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi, Gandhinagar.

2008

Aa, Ae ane Pelo Unalo. A series of poems published in Etad, Issue 178, April-June 2008, Pages 4-7, Mumbai.

2008

Poem, Shiyalu Pavano-ni Vat, published in Navneet Samarpan, March 2008, Mumbai.

2007

A series of poems, Ane Chhele, published in Navneet Samarpan, November 2007, Mumbai.

2007

Two series of poems published in a literary journal Tathapi, Vol 2, Isuue 7-8, June August, Pages 12-13, Vadodara.

2006

A series of poems entitled Deh, in a literary journal Etad, issue 171, Mumbai.

2005

Two poems in Gujarati, in Gujarati Kavitachayan 2003, an Anthology edited by Nitin Mehta, Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, Ahmedabad.

2005

Translation of Seven Hindi poems of J. Swaminathan into Gujarati, in a poetry journal Vahi, Lunawada, Gujarat.

2000-2004

Publication of Gujarati Poems in poetry journal Vahi, Lunawada, Gujarat.

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIP 2005-2007 2005 Artist in Residence Fellowship, Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad. Two Gold Medals: 1. Late Shri. Milind Madhukar Bhade Gold Medal 2. Shri. Naredra Gajanan Bhatt Gold Medal for securing highest marks in M. Fine Arts (Painting), Faculty of Fine Arts, The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara 2005 Nasreen Mohamadi Award

2005

Was awarded first prize for My Own Poetry (Gujarati) in Junoon 05 a youth festival, at The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara

2002

Ila Desai Scholarship for the year 2001-2002, for securing highest marks in Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara

OTHER ACTIVITIES 2011 Invited to read my poetry at a program Mulaqat, jointly organized by Sahitya Akademi, Mumbai and Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, Ahmedabad, on December 16, at Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, Ahmedabad. Invited as an Expert in the Camp for Children, organized by Vanche Gujarat Abhiyan, Gujarat. Worked as Judge for Open Baroda Art Competition, organized by Bal Bhavan Society, Vadodara. Worked as Elite Jury Member, for competitions of Visual Arts, at Agriunifest 2010 - 11 (InterAgriculture University Youth Festival), Anand. 2010 Worked as Jury Member for various competitions of visual arts, at 20th youth festival- Swarnim Yuva Mahotsav, organized by Bhavnagar University. Inaugurated and presided over with a Lecture - an exhibition of Group Show, organized by Archaeological Museum, Jamnagar. Deputed as Internal Examiner, for Arts and Fine Arts College, Palanpur, by Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Patan. 2009 Worked as External Examiner for the Evaluation of Exam, at Faculty of Fine Arts, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat. 2008 Participated as a Poet, in a Poetry Reading Program, Kavi Kahe, organized by Doordarshan, Guajrat. Regional Selection Committee Member, for the scholarship in Visual Arts, given by Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Invited as a Member of Regional Selection Committee, for the award of scholarships for the year 2008, under the Cultural Talent Search Scholarship Scheme, awarded by Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, Government of India Poetry Reading with distinguished poets, on the DD-Girnar, a program conceived and compred by Prof. Sitanshu Yashaschandra Interviewed at the All India Radio, Vadodara, on Maro Sokh

Chitrakala-Kavita, under the series of Youth Programme 2005 Conducted a Painting Workshop and Organized an Exhibition at Hutheesingh Visual Arts Centre; as a part of The Fade In Theatre Festival, Ahmedabad 2004-2005 Worked as Illustrator of Bol, a magazine for children, published by Bhasha Research and Publication Centre, Vadodara Co-ordinated in conducting programs at Aakashwani, Vadodara under the section Adi Jati Maate-na Karyakramo sponsored by Bhasha Research and Publication Centre, Vadodara Conducted Creative Workshops of Tribal Children, at The Tribal Akademy, Tejgadh, Ta. Chhotaudaipur 2003-2004 Co-Edited Lakshya 04, an annual magazine, published by The Maharshi Arvind Hall, The M.S.University Halls of Residence, Vadodara

REFERENCES 1. Prof Sitanshu Yashaschandra 302, Tower B, Shravan Residency Cosmic Enclace, Sama Road Vadodara. 390 024 Tel.No: (M) 922 818 7436 2. Prof M A Dhaky 6th Floor, Peoples Plaza Beside Memnagar Fire Station Navrangpura Ahmedabad. 380 009 Tel.No: (R) 079-27910956 Prof. Jeram Patel 19 Sejal Society Fatehgunj Vadodara 390 002 Tel. No: ( R ) 0265 2794148 4. Shri Vasudevan Akkitham I/c. Head Department of Painting Faculty of Fine Arts The M.S. University of Baroda Vadodara. 390 002 Tel.No: (M) 982 406 5888

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