Artist of the Collection · Vadodara, Gujarat · originally from Bokaro

Amarnath Sharma

City life and the human presence within it, shaped through considered forms and quiet colour.

Originally from Bokaro, Amarnath Sharma lives and works in Vadodara. His paintings place people at the centre of urban space, using solid forms and carefully considered composition to reflect on the social life of the city.

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Amarnath Sharma artwork in the Saraswati Foundation collection

The artist

People in the city

Sharma’s city scenes bring together defined patterns, solid forms and a restrained palette. His subjects often turn on how people occupy, move through and respond to the modern metropolis.

Awards & honours

1995

Budh Bihar Society award

Award listed in the Saffronart artist profile.

2000

Nasaran Mohmadini Award for Painting

Award listed in the Saffronart artist profile.

Biography

Painting urban experience

Sharma completed a BFA in Painting and a master’s degree in Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University of Baroda; Saffronart records the master’s degree in 2002.

Working mainly in acrylic, he has also explored graphics and clay. His imagery is populated by city dwellers and uses solid forms, defined patterns and sombre colours to register the pressures and rhythms of urban life.

He lives and works in Vadodara, where teaching children has also informed his practice and the way he observes everyday experience.

Biography synthesised from museum, gallery and institutional profiles.

Selected exhibitions