HAKU SHAH

ABOUT SHAH
Born in 1934.Haku Shah graduated in Fine Arts
from M.S. University Baroda in 1955. In 1959 he
did his Masters in Fine Arts from the same
university.
Haku Shah is a painter, cultural anthropologist,
teacher and author of international repute. He
has lectured as a regent professor at the
University of California in Davis. He has several
important awards and honours to his credit
including Nehru Fellowship, the Rockefeller Grant
and Gagan Avani Purashkar and the Padma
shree.

HIS CAREER
His work caught public eye, and by 1965 he had held several oneman shows in Kolkata and Mumbai. In 1968, he curated the 'Unknown
India' exhibition, organized by Art Critic Stella Kramrisch at the
Philadelphia Museum of Art. He received the Rockefeller Grant in the
same year and in 1971, the Nehru Fellowship Award.
Over the years, he has carried out extensive field research and
documentation on rural and tribal arts and crafts, traditions and folk
lore. He has taught at a Gandhian Ashram in south Gujarat for several
years and established a tribal museum at Gujarat Vidyapith in
Ahmedabad, which was set up by Mahatma Gandhi. Haku curated the
museum for several year, which was to become his last legacy.
His work is deeply influenced by the tribal art and culture, a theme on
which he has written several of his works, and also Bhakti movement,
especially its Nirguna poetry. In 2009, he published his memoirs
titled, Manush.

PAINTINGS
BY HAKU
SHAH

MANGAL VENU RENU

BHOO MANGAL
MEDIUM:
SERIGRAPH ON PAPER
THEME:
RELIGIOUS
STYLE:
NARRATIVE
COLOR:
MULTICOLORED
SERIES:
FAITH AND PASSION
IMAGE SIZE:
11.2 X 18.2 INCH
EDITION NO:
39/300

REFLECTION

This Painting Is A Religious Painting Which Gives Us The

Fact That The Person Playing The Flute In The Painting
Is Lord Krishna.
The Background Is Also Has A Cow And The Scenery Is
An Iconography To It.
The Colour Pallete Is Bright And Multi-coloured.
The Technique Used In The Painting Is Serigraph On
Paper Which Is A Different Kind Of Paper.
It Also Has Some Mantras Written On The Border Of
The Figures .
The Painting Doesn't Focus Much In The Right Anatomy
Of The Figures Instead It Is More Focused On The
Feelings Expressed Through The Painting.
The Painting Has A Religious Message About
Peacefulness And Calmness.

TITLE: FLUTE PLAYER

MEDIUM: OIL ON CANVAS

THEME: RELIGIOUS
STYLE: NARRATIVE
COLOR: MULTICOLORED
SERIES: FAITH AND PASSION

REFLECTION
The Painting Shows The Religious Belief Of The
Lord Krishna Playing The Flute Sitting On The
Ground.
The Cows In The Background And The Blue
Body Is The Iconography Through Which The
Proof Is Made Of Lord Krishna.
The Colour Pallet Is Bright Blue And White And
Brown In The Background.
The Technique Used Is Serigraph On Paper

AT REST
MEDIUM:
SERIGRAPH ON PAPER
THEME:
MEN
STYLE:
NARRATIVE
COLOR:
MULTICOLORED
SERIES:
FAITH AND PASSION
IMAGE SIZE:
11.2 X 18.2 INCH
EDITION NO:
38/300

REFLECTION
The Painting Shows Two Men Taking Rest
Under A Tree.
Shah Has Also Been Called The Painter Of The
Folks Which Is Clearly Depicted In The
Painting .
He Describes Rural And Village Life In His
Paintings.
The Colour Pallete Is Dull Colours.
The Technique Used Is Serigraph On Paper.

TITLE: HAMSO RAHA NA JAYE

MEDIUM: SERIGRAPH ON PAPER

THEME: PASSION
STYLE: NARRATIVE
COLOR: BLUE
SERIES: FAITH AND PASSION
IMAGE SIZE: 11.2 X 18.2 INCH
EDITION NO: 38/300

REFLECTION

The Painting Is Also About Missing Someone

Very Badly.
The Name Of The Painting Suggests That Maybe
Its Showing Mirabai Missing Lord Krishna Or
Radha Missing Lord Krishna.
The Colour Pallet Is Blue.
The Technique Is Serigraph On Paper
Depiction Of Lord Krishna Being Missed By Gopis
Can Also Be Possible.

SAKHI
MEDIUM:
SERIGRAPH ON PAPER
THEME:
WOMEN
STYLE:
NARRATIVE
COLOR:
MULTICOLORED
SERIES:
FAITH AND PASSION
IMAGE SIZE:
11.2 X 18.2 INCH
EDITION NO:

REFLECTION
The Painting Means Friends .It Depicts
The Friendship Between Two Women.
The Women Are Standing And Sitting
Both Maybe Showing That Friendship
Means To Think About The Other One
First.
The Colour Pallet Is Multi-coloured And
Dull.
The Technique Used Is Serigraph On
Paper.

AWARDS
1968:John D. Rockefeller 3rdFellow, New York,
U.S.A.
1971: Nehru Fellowship Award, New Delhi
1973: Civic Award, Municipal
Corporation,Ahmedabad
1975:John D. Rockefeller 3rdFellow, New York,
U.S.A.
1989:Padma Shri, President Of India
1991: Regent Professor, California, U.S.A.
1997: Kala Ratna,All India Fine Arts And Crafts
Society(Aifacs), New Delhi.
1998: Kala Shiromani,Lalit Kala Akademi,
Ahmedabad
2006: Gagan Avani Puraskar,Shantiniketan

SOLO EXBHITIONS

1996: Cymroza Gallery, Mumbai

1997: The Village Gallery, New Delhi;India International
Centre(IIC), New Delhi; The Gallery, Chennai, Art Indus, New
Delhi; Herwitz Art Gallery, Ahmedabad
1998: Durban Art Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa;Lalit Kala
Akademi, Chandigarh
1999: All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society, (AIFACS), New Delhi
2000: Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Mumbai
2002: Visual Art Gallery,India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2004: Coomarswamy Hall,Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai;
Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara
2005: Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi; Cima Gallery, Kolkata;
Marvel Art Gallery, Ahmedabad
2007: Time & Space Gallery, Bangalore; Visual Art
Gallery,India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2008: Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai;Emami Chisel ArtGallery,
Kolkata; Marvel Art Gallery, Ahmedabad (NovDec 2008)

PUBLICATIONS
1982:The voice that paints, in Shilpakar, pp.7787, Crafts
Council of Western India, Bombay.
1984:On Art and Ritual,India International Centre Quarterly,
vol. 11, no.4:1433, New Delhi. (Interview with Geeti Sen)
1985:Form and many Forms of Mother Clay, Contemporary
Indian Pottery and Terracotta (with contributions by Pupul
Jayakar, C. Sivaramamurti and Stella Kramrisch) exhibition
catalogue for theNational Crafts Museum, New Delhi.
1985:Votive terracotta of Gujarat, Mapin Publishers,
Ahmedabad. (edited by Carmen Kegal)
1985:Gopal, ein indischer Balladensnger zeichnet sein Leben,
Jogi Gopal gay chhe, Gopal chitre chhe (German and Gujarati)
Peter Hammer Verlag, Wuppertal. (with Barbara and Eberhard
Fischer) Gopal singt, Lieder eines indischen Balladensngers
und Zeichners, tape and leaflet of songs by Gopal.

1987: Some 19th-century gars pata or jajmni

documents of Muslim potters in Kutch, in Verhandlungen
der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Basel, vol. 97:103
120, Museum fr Vlkerkunde Basel. (with Eberhard
Fischer)
1991:Mati in Indigenous Visions, India International
Centre Quarterly, New Delhi (interview with Geeti Sen)
1992:Tejumeans radiating light, in Brunner and
Vogelsanger edit. Teju zeichnet, aus den Malheften einer
indischen Familie (pp.512), Vlkerkundemuseum der
Universitt Zrich.
1992:Contemporary streams of tribal and folk art,
exhibition catalogue New South Wales Gallery, Australia.
2009:Manush(memoirs).

MAJOR PROJECTS
1979: Process Of Technology, Concept And Design,Trope
Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1981: Village Vasna, Concept/Collection And Photos, Museum
Of Mankind, London.
1983: Form And Many Forms Of Mother Clay, Concept, Design,
Curator And Catalogue, Crafts Museum, New Delhi. And Mingei
International, San Diego, California.
1986: The Art Of The Adivasis, Commissioner, Concept And
Design, In Japan, As Part Of "Festival Of India.
1988: Form Colour And Creativity, Curator, Concept And
Design, Crafts Museum, New Delhi.
1989: Shilpa Gram, Created Permanent Village As Museum,
Craft Centre, Revival Of Arts And Crafts And Theatre, Concept
And Design, Udaipur.
1990: Shilpa Mela, Arts And Crafts Fair At Ahmedabad,
Visualizer, Designer And Consultant, For Handicrafts
Corporation, Government Of Gujarat.

REFRENCING
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haku_Shah
http://www.hakushah.com/aboutus.aspx
http://www.artintaglio.in/ArtistGallery.jsp?pg=1&ArtistId=52
www.google.co.in/images/hakushah

THANK YOU
NISHA AGARWAL
UGFD A