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'''Manu Parekh''' is an Indian painter, known for his several paintings on the city of [[Varanasi]]. Reported to be influenced by [[Rabindranath Tagore]] and [[Ram Kinker Baij]], Parekh is a recipient of the 1982 [[Lalit Kala Akademi]] Award.<ref name="Saffronart profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.saffronart.com/artists/manu-parekh | title=Saffronart profile | publisher=Saffronart | date=2015 | access-date=10 October 2015}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of the [[Padma Shri]], in 1991.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Parekh was born in 1939 in Ahmedabad, in the Indian state of [[Gujarat]]<ref name="Saffronart profile" /> and graduated in arts from the [[Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art]], Mumbai in 1962<ref name="Tao Art Gallery profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.taoartgallery.com/manu-parekh/ | title=Tao Art Gallery profile | publisher=Tao Art Gallery | date=2015 | access-date=10 October 2015 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304141827/http://www.taoartgallery.com/manu-parekh/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> where he had the opportunity to train under Mukund Shroff.<ref name="Contemporary Indian Art profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.contemporaryindianart.com/manu_parekh.htm | title=Contemporary Indian Art profile | publisher=Contemporary Indian Art | date=2015 | access-date=10 October 2015 | archive-date=5 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305042504/http://www.contemporaryindianart.com/manu_parekh.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref> Later he also had a short stint at the [[National School of Drama]].<ref name="Encapsulating Manu Parekh’s life and art">{{cite web | url=http://www.theartstrust.com/Magazine_article.aspx?articleid=355 | title=Encapsulating Manu Parekh’s life and art | publisher=he Arts Trust | date=2015 | access-date=10 October 2015 | archive-date=3 July 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703051128/http://www.theartstrust.com/Magazine_article.aspx?articleid=355 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Starting his career in the theatre, he worked as an actor and stage designer for one year and joined ''Weavers' Service Centre'', [[Mumbai]] of [[Pupul Jayakar]] as art designer in 1963 where he stayed for two years. He shifted his base to [[Kolkata]] in 1965 and, in 1974, moved to [[New Delhi]], joining [[Handicrafts and Handlooms Export Corporation of India]] as a Design Consultant. He left the corporation later to pursue his career as a freelance artist.<ref name="Contemporary Indian Art profile" /><br />
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Parekh has had several group exhibitions and the ''Modern Painting'' exhibition at the [[National Gallery of Modern Art]] in 1982, ''Hirschhom Muse'' exhibition at the [[Smithsonian Institution]], Washington DC the same year and the travelling exhibition, ''Seven Artists'' are some of the notable ones.<ref name="Archer Art Gallery profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.archerindia.com/manu-parekh | title=Archer Art Gallery profile | publisher=Archer Art Gallery | date=2015 | access-date=10 October 2015}}</ref> Apart from the solo shows at Bose Pacia Modern in New York and at ARKS Gallery in London, ''Small Drawings'' at Sophia Duchesne Art Gallery, Mumbai in 1991, ''Ritual Oblations'' at Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi in 1999, ''Portraits of Flower and Landscapes of River'' at Jehangir Art Gallery and Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai, in 2003, ''Banaras'' at Vadehra Art Gallery, in 2004 and ''Banaras – Eternity Watches Time'' at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, in 2007 were the notable among his exhibitions.<ref name="Saffronart profile" /> He has participated in two Triennales in India in 1975 and 1978 and [[HelpAge India]] has utilised his works for mobilising funds by presenting them at auctions at Sotheby's, Bombay in 1989 and Andasprey (U.K.) in 1991.<ref name="Professional Artists">{{cite web | url=http://www.indiaart.com/Artists/Manu-Parekh/Profile-of-Manu-Parekh.asp | title=Professional Artists | publisher=India Art | date=2015 | access-date=10 October 2015}}</ref><br />
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Parekh has served as the Exhibition Commissioner for ''[[Madhubani Painting]]'' show in Italy and Denmark and ''Contemporary Indian Painting'' at the Festival of India at Stockholm in 1987.<ref name="Professional Artists" /> After the Birla Academy of Art and Culture award of 1971, he received the [[All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society]] (AIFACS) award and the Silver Plaque of the President of India in 1972.<ref name="Indian Art Circle profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.indianartcircle.com/manuparekh/manu_profile.shtml | title=Indian Art Circle profile | publisher=Indian Art Circle | date=2015 | access-date=10 October 2015}}</ref> AIFACS award came his way once more in 1974 and in 1982, he received the National Art Award from the [[Lalit Kala Akademi]].<ref name="Contemporary Indian Art profile" /> Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta honoured him again in 1991<ref name="Indian Art Circle profile" /> and the Government of India included him in the [[Indian honours system|Republic Day Honours]] list, the same year, for the civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards" /><br />
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Parekh is married to well known contemporary artist [[Madhvi Parekh|Madhvi]]. The couple has been living in New Delhi ever since1974.<ref name="Contemporary Indian Art profile" /><br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art]]<br />
* [[All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQNdAo3gioM | title=Manu Parekh and Madhvi Parekh | publisher=Lalit Kala Akademi, Chandigarh | work=Audio Visual Presentation - [[YouTube]] video | date=3 April 2015 | access-date=10 October 2015}}<br />
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