Krishen Khanna: A Profile

PERSONAL:
  • 1925 Born in partitioned Punjab, India.
  • 1938-42   Rudyard Kipling Scholar at Imperial Service College Windsor, England
  • 1942~44   Government College, Lahore, B.A. (Hons) English Literature.
  • 1946-61 Officer with Grindlays Bank Ltd., Bombay Madras and Kanpur.
  • 1961 Resigned from Grindlays Bank to devote full time to art
EXHIBITIONS:
  • 1956-95   Over 40 one-man shows held at galleries in India and abroad.
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS AND HONOURS:
  • 1963-64 Artist in residence, American University; Washington D.C
  • 1965
    • National Award Lalit Kala Academi New Delhi
    • Fellowship of the Council of Economics and Cultural Affairs, New York.
  • 1968
    • Gold Medal First Triennale of Contemporary World Art, New Delhi.
    • Special invitation by West German Government to visit Germany and to see Documenta
  • 1986 President's Award, International Festival of Art, Baghdad, Iraq.
  • 1988 Member International jury, Baghdad Festival of Art.
  • 1989
    • Gold Medal First Biennale Of Art, Lahore, Pakistan.
    • Award of Sahitya Kala Parishad, Delhi.
  • 1990 Padma Shri by the President of India.
FILMS AND DOCUMENTARIES:
  • 1995 Salman Rushdie & The Lost Portrait - BBC London - Directed by Chris Gramlund.
  • 1996
    • The A.R. Show - Celeb: Krishen Khanna - RAQS Media Collective.
    • The Story of Indian Painting - Episode 9-12 - Cine Arts India -New Delhi, Dara Shikoh's Murraqqa - e - Nasser.

     

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