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'''Gautam Vaghela''' (born 1936) is an Indian artist.<br />
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His early art education was at the [[Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art]] in [[Bombay]]. He later he went on to train in [[fresco]] and [[mural]] techniques in Banasthali, [[Rajasthan]]. From 1962 to 1994 he was associated with the Weaver's Service Centre at the government of India's [[Ministry of Textiles (India)|Ministry of Textiles]]. He retired as Director, Coordination and Design Exports for the Centres and Indian Institutes of Handloom Technology. The W.S.C's had artists working closely with weavers for the development of modern textile designs, and it was at the Centre that Vaghela interacted with artists including [[K.G. Subramanyan]], Prabhakar Barwe and Ambadas.<br />
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Vaghela has illustrated several books including ''The Story of Dance: Bharata Natyam by Krishna Sahai'' and ''Another India: An Anthology of Indian Contemporary Fiction and Poetry'' with British painter [[Howard Hodgkin]]. In more than four decades as an artist and designer, he has exhibited all over India and overseas, including at the 1966 [[Biennale de Paris]] and the 1967 [[São Paulo Art Biennial]].<br />
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==Awards==<br />
*1982: [[Padma Shri]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmashri_awards_list1.php?start=1378|title=Padma Shri Awardees|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]|access-date=7 June 2010}}</ref><br />
*1990: Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar<br />
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==Selected illustrations==<br />
*''The Story of Dance: Bharata Natyam by Krishna Sahai'' (2003) {{ISBN|81-87981-51-2}}<br />
*''Another India: An Anthology of Indian Contemporary Fiction and Poetry'' (1990) {{ISBN|0-14-012428-4}}<br />
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