Sudhir Patwardhan Indian, b. 1949
Born in Pune, Maharashtra, in 1949, Sudhir Patwardhan graduated in medicine from the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, in 1972. A practicing radiologist, Patwardhan is a visual artist whose work primarily concerns the cityscape, with its constituent people in their everyday particularities comprising his dramatis personae.
He held his first solo exhibition of paintings in Delhi at the famous theatre personality E.Alkazi’s art gallery Art Heritage in 1979. This exhibition was then held in Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. Since then he has held more than fifteen solo exhibitions in all major galleries, including Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai (1979,1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2002), Art Heritage, Delhi (1990, 1994), Gallery Chemould (1994), Mumbai, Vadehra Art Gallery, Delhi (1999), Sakshi Gallery, Banglore and Mumbai (2001, 2002), Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai (2017), and Vadehra Art Gallery, Delhi (2017). Apart from several solo shows he has also participated in international exhibitions, including Aspects of Modem Indian Art, Oxford, UK, 1982; Contemporary Indian Art, Festival of India, London, 1982; Seven Indian Artists, Hamburg, West Germany, 1982; Contemporary Indian Art, Festival of India, New York, 1985; Festival of India, Center George Pompidou, Paris, 1986; and Coupe de Coeur, Geneva, 1987.
His paintings are included in many public and private collections, including the National of Modern Art, New Delhi; Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi; Punjab University Museum, Chandigarh; Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal; Gallery of Contemporary Art, Kochi; Peabody Essex Museum, Mass. USA. and the Herwitz Family Collection, USA.
The artist lives and works in Mumbai.
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A Handful of Dust
D-53 Defence Colony, New Delhi 19 May - 18 June 2022Exhibiting Artists: Jagannath Panda, K.M. Madhusudhanan, N.S. Harsha, Sudhir Patwardhan, Praneet Soi, Gigi Scaria, Sujith S.N., Susanta Mandal, Pranati Panda, Sachin George Sebastian, Shailesh B.R., Biraaj Dodiya, Shrimanti Saha, Priyanka...Read more -
Call Me By Your Name | Conceptualised by Udit Bhambri
D-53 Defence Colony, New Delhi 21 July - 13 August 2021The puzzles of love involve two master components: the self and the other, which are a kind of couple. It’s in our nature to acknowledge ourselves in or with some...Read more -
Erasure | Curated by Susanta Mandal
D-53 Defence Colony, New Delhi 2 March - 2 April 2021Erasure, curated by artist Susanta Mandal, initiates an exchange of ideas around the thematics of the creative process through an exhibition format, inviting artists Anju Dodiya, Atul Dodiya, Sudhir Patwardhan,...Read more -
SUDHIR PATWARDHAN | Spectres
D-53 Defence Colony, New Delhi 27 October - 24 November 2017Titled Spectres, the show comprises of a significant body of over 80 works by the artist. Patwardhan inspects the concept of public space in India even as he plays with...Read more
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INDIA ART FAIR 2023
NSIC Exhibition Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi 9 - 12 February 2023With a diverse roster of artists across conditioning, intention, practice and cultural attitudes – including A. Ramachandran, Anju Dodiya, Atul Dodiya, Balkrishna Doshi, Biraaj Dodiya,...Read more -
Art Basel OVR:2021
Sudhir Patwardhan: Portraits of an Existential Artist 9 - 12 February 2022Vadehra Art Gallery is pleased to announce its participation in the upcoming edition of Art Basel’s Online Viewing Rooms OVR:2021, dedicated to works created in...Read more -
India Art Fair 2019
31 January - 3 February 2019
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Delhi: Why you need to check out Call Me By Your Name, the star-studded art exhibition at Vadehra Gallery
By Shikha Sethi | GQ India 24 November 2021At the newest exhibition at Vadehra Gallery in Delhi, it’s a star-studded lineup: Atul and Anju Dodiya, Arpita Singh, Gieve Patel, Sudhir Patwardhan, NS Harsha,...Read more -
Bikaner House: Collaborative in-person exhibitions are back
By Gerogina Maddox | The Hindu 5 March 2021The last time I walked into Bikaner House was just before the lockdown was announced. I saw an exhibition featuring the works of Pooja Iranna...Read more -
Delhi: Everything you need to see and experience at the India Art Fair
By Uma Nair | Architectural Digest India 30 January 2020Vadehra Art Gallery Vadehra Art Gallery brings a slew of works that give insights into millennial movements. Sachin George, the genius with scissors and paper...Read more -
Sudhir Patwardhan's tireless documenting of Mumbai's people and places
By Ranjita Ganesan | Business Standard 11 January 2020In Sudhir Patwardhan’s Paying the Bill (2005), a woman stands stoically at the counter of the Maharashtra State Electricity Board office, umbrella tucked under one...Read more -
The Art of Resistance: Sudhir Patwardhan’s ‘Street Play’ reflects the diversity of defiant voices
By Nancy Adajania | Scroll 1 January 2020Sudhir Patwardhan’s 1981 painting Street Play is a tour de force of political art. Made in the run-up to the massive textile mill strike that...Read more -
The city and its crowded soul
By Deepanjana Pal | Hindustan Times 28 December 2019Considering how the people and architecture of Mumbai and Thane have inspired artist Sudhir Patwardhan for decades, it is fitting that his retrospective at the...Read more -
Mumbai: Sudhir Patwardhan’s NGMA retrospective celebrates 45 years of his love affair with the Maximum City
By Shaikh Ayaz | Architectural Digest India 5 December 2019On the way to meet artist Sudhir Patwardhan, you encounter all the familiar motifs associated with his art. From Mumbai's local trains and old neighbourhoods...Read more -
Through the eyes of a painter
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Painter with doctor's precision
By Aseem Bhargav | The Pioneer 21 November 2017Sudhir Patwardhan is unflinching in his portrayal of a life in change, says Aseem Bhargav Few painters can possibly claim and possess a talent so...Read more -
Sudhir Patwardhan's Spectres: The artist comes to terms with the perils within
By Manik Sharma | FirstPost 19 November 2017There comes a point in every man’s life, usually after he is past a certain age, that he turns his gaze inward. Artists aren’t independent...Read more -
‘I try not to exploit the subject in the name of self-expression’
By Shilpa R | The Hindu 13 November 2017Until 2005, Sudhir Patwardhan lived two lives — that of a radiologist and a painter. If the former was his primary occupation, the latter occupied...Read more -
Sudhir Patwardhan: An Artist Every Day
By Rosalyn D'Mello | Open Magazine 8 November 2017UNDER THE PRETEXT of two upcoming shows, I made every attempt to invite myself over to veteran artist Sudhir Patwardhan’s studio in Mumbai. He’d be...Read more -
We need a space where ideas can confront each other: Artist Sudhir Patwardhan
By Pooja Pillai | The Indian Express 29 October 2017Why is the exhibition named ‘Spectres’? I’m someone who can’t think of titles. ‘Reflections’ was one of the things that I thought of, but then...Read more -
Sudhir Patwardhan’s Spectres illuminates the intimate space of home
By Uma Nair | Architectural Digest India 3 October 2017Vadehra Art Gallery presents Sudhir Patwardhan's Spectres, at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. The show comprises a body of over 80 works by the artist. Retired...Read more