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2011 – 2012

  • Limca Books of Records- National Record-Manav Gupta Tree of Life – Spread of 5 ft and Towering over 60ft  5000 sq ft in view and over 10000 sq ft of total painted surface – 3500 Employees
  • February 2012 | Architecture+Design | Bringing colour to walls facades.
  • March 2012 | Exotica | Manav Gupta’s contribution to INDO-BHUTANESE Relations | Strokes of Harmony
  • October 31st 2011 | Tedx Lingaya University, India | Destiny and Desire – Manav Gupta

2010

  • Limca Books of Records-National Record-Manav Gupta Tree of Life – Spread of 5 ft and Towering over 60ft  5000 sq ft in view and over 10000 sq ft of total painted surface – 3500 Employees | ISBN 978-81-921144-4-6
  • August 2010 | Namaskaar | Tree of Life
  • January 2010 | Eyeview | Volume 5 | Paintings by Manav Gupta
  • August 2 2010 | Outlook | Mural Musings | Delhi Art
  • July 23 2010 | HT Live Noida | For the Love of Environment | Rajkumari Tankha
  • July 20 2010 | The Pioneer | Jugalbandi of Life | Divya Kapoor
  • July 13, 2010 | Delhi Times | Article by Suruchi Sharma | The big picture, 5000 square feet, 1000 people, 400 cans of paint-what’s artist Manav Gupta been upto?
  • September 8, 2010 | The Des Moines Register | Article by Michael Morain | Indian artist brings his ‘trilogy’ here, Internationally acclaimed Manav Gupta’s show at D.M.Social club to include collaborative art event.
  • 13 August, 2010 | People Magazine | Caught In The Act | ‘Sunil Bharti Mittal inaugurated a mega mural at the Airtel Centre, painted by artist Manav Gupta

2009

  • December 2009 | Indian Horizons | Volume 56 No 3-4 | Azad Bhavan Art Gallery
  • December 29, 2009 | Delhi Times | Delhi is Talking About – Manav’s Taken up the climate cause through art “When it’s about Climate, Make Yourself Heard!”
  • 2009 Catalogue | Indian Council for Cultural Relations present Manav Gupta | A curtain raiser
  • December 2009 | Indian Horizons | Volume 56 No 3-4 | Azad Bhavan Art Gallery
  • January 2009 | Eyeview | Volume 4 | Manav Gupta and his cadence of colours

2007 – 2008

  • October 2008 | Design & Interiors | Celebration of Inner Light
  • July 2008 | Eyeview | Volume 3, No. 2 | An Evening of Indian Poetry at Habitat by Manav Gupta
  • January 30 2008 | Femina | What lies beneath
  • August 2008 | The Noidan | Volume 1 | No. 9 | Noida Icon : Manav Gupta | Earthy Designs
  • October 20 2008 | Dainik Jagran | Furniture and Painting | 5598
  • July 17 2007 | TIMES OF OMAN | Manav Gupta with President Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam
  • August 7 2007 | TIMES OF OMAN | Manav Gupta joins ‘Unity-A Relief Effort’ initiative
  • August 7 2007 | TIMES OF OMAN | ‘Generation Next’ enthrals | Manav Gupta painting
  • August 8 2007 | OMAN DAILY | OSFA to host works of leading Indian artist,Oman Society for Fine Arts is hosting an exhibition by the Internationally acclaimed Indian artist Manav Gupta
  • August 12 2007 | TIMES OF OMAN | Bank Muscat presents The Premiere of an exhibition of paintings by manav gupta
  • August 12 2007 | TIMES LEISURE | Article by Palazhi Ashok Kumar | His art is his heartbeat | Manav’s paintings will not only touch your hearts but also simulate your feelings. Musical Brush,With a stroke of his brush, Manav Gupta paints a picture with the rythm from live music to enthrall the audience duing the fund raising events.
  • 12th-23rd August 2007 | Bank Muscat Press Release
  • August 13 2007 | OMAN DAILY | Article by Hasan Kamoonpuri | Catch young Indian artist live in action on 17th and 23rd,12 day Manav Gupta exhibition opens at OSFA
  • August 14 2007 | OMAN DAILY | Trying to merge art with poetry
  • August 15 2007 | TIMES OF OMAN | Manav Gupta portrays freedom on canvas
  • August 15 2007 | TIMES OF OMAN | Wishing INDIA a great future as it celebrates its INDEPENDENCE DAY, Painting by Manav Gupta
  • August 15 2007 | TIMES OF OMAN | A toast to India’s unity and integrity, Painting by Manav Gupta based on a poem by former Indian President Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam
  • August 16 2007 | OMAN DAILY | Manav Gupta’s live painting show
  • August 2007 | The Week | Performance Painter
  • August 2007 | Urbane | An artist par excellence
  • July 2007 Vol-1-Issue 2 | Delhi Expat Insider | A taste of visual poetry
  • October 28 2007 | The Sunday, Delhi Newsline ExpressIndia | An Arty Pact |Antoon Cox
  • December 15 2007 | Darpan | Poetry on Canvas | Art Mart | Mamta Upadhyaya | Issue: Dec 2006- Jan 2007
  • August 17 2007 | H! | Painting exhibition, Darwish bin Ismail bin Ali AL Baloushi, secretary-general at the Ministry of Finance,opened a 12 day painting exhibition by renowned Indian artist Manav Gupta at the Omani Society for Fine Arts.
  • August 17, 2007 | BEC Groupt Presents Heart 2 Heart featuring Manav Gupta
  • August 2007 | TIMES OF OMAN | Generation Next featuring Manav Gupta
  • August 20 2007 | TIMES OF OMAN | Manav’s latest painting attracts heavy bids
  • August 18 2007 | TIMES OF OMAN | Renowned painter and poet Manav Gupta with Anil Wadhwa, Indian ambassador to the Sultanate.
  • August 19 2007 | TIMES LEISURE | Taking a centrestage featuring Manav Gupta
  • August 22 2007 | TIMES OF OMAN | Anup Jalota Live featuring Manav Gupta
  • August 22 2007 | MIRROR | Brush that listens
  • London 2007 | Bonhams-Asia House, London 2007 | Art for Freedom | Tehelka | ISBN 81-87890-08-8
  • Nov 02, 2007 |Hindustan Times | Chetana Joshi Bambroo | Artvistic |
  • 2007 | Hindustan Times |Earth on Canvas |
  • March 16, 2007 | Hindustan Times | Adding Spice To Life
  • Persona Magnified | Karan Sondhi | Manav Gupta | ISBN 978-81-7010-362-2

2006

  • Nov 01, 2006 | Awarded Sanatan Sangeet Sanskriti’s Samman Samaroh 2006 | Presented by French Ambassador to India
  • November 10th 2006 | Christies – Lot48_bid | Umbilical Cords of Clay, Air and Water Watercolour on Paper 60 x 48 inches
  • October 2006 | Indian Designs & Interiors | The Ambient Canvas of Space | Pg 74-78
  • January 2006 | Samvada | There’s more to Manav than Art and Poetry – Hindustan Times
  • November 2 2006 | India Today | Arty Strings | Nishita Bhatnagar
  • June 14 2006 | Hindustan Times | Natures Call | Sujata Shakeel
  • December 15 2006 | Darpan | Poetry on Canvas
  • December 2006 | Indian Designs & Interiors | Live Art
  • Dec 2006 | IDI Magazine |Around Town

2005

  • October 17 2005 | Asian Age New Delhi | Poetry Unites artists and writers.
  • December 26 2005 | Delhi Times | Call of Creativity.
  • November 2005 | First City | From Beyond – Watercolors by Manav Gupta.
  • 18th Nov 2005 | The Poetry Society India Invitation |PRESENCES :A dislogue in painting and poetry : Manav Gupta.
  • 2005 Penguin | The Life Tree | Poems and Paintings | A P J Abdul Kalam.
  • October 1-15 2005 | Sun City News | Perfect Strokes | Debanjana Choudhuri.

2003 – 2004

  • January 2004 | Profile | Scaling New Heights | Kishore Singh | Business Standard
  • 2004 | Tell Me Ma ! | Poems by Shiela Gujral, Illustrations by Manav Gupta | Author- Shiela Gujral | ISBN 81-7764-507-2
  • July 2003 | Society | Page 21 | Events of the month | Manav Gupta’s Exhibition on World Environment Day
  • June 9th 2003 | HT City | Brushtalk on Rainforests: Elemental by Nature | Meenakshi Kumar
  • August 1st 2003 | Femina | “To mark the world environment day, painter Manav Gupta created a series of paintings, ‘Rainforests on my eyot’ at The Park, New Delhi. Seen here Chief Minister Sheila Dixit wielding the paintbrush (on Manav’s canvas)” | Events
  • Delhi Times Entertainment Plus (Special Edition ) | “Intimate Whispers on my Eyot, the recent exhibition of Manav Gupta is about love- the sensuality of the gaze- the timeless metaphors of dreams, the soft caress of awakening dawn and the receding dusk immersed in the romance of water colours.” Habiart Gallery Till September 4
  • April 15th 2003 | HT City | All for The Girl-Child: A Mix of Music and Art | Barsha Nag Bhowmick
  • April 16th 2003 | HT City | Mudgal’s Music, Gupta’s Art: A concert with a heart | Somashukla Sinha Walunjkar
  • April 26th 2003 | Delhi Times | Fashion With Passion | Gupta’s collaboration with Satya Paul | Delhi is Talking about.
  • June 2003 | Times Of India | Artist Manav Gupta has brought a series of paintings on nature.|
  • August 2003 | Hindustan Times | Vinita Faridi | Nothing Careless About The Whisper |
  • April 12, 2003 |Times of India  |Amitaha jugalbandi
  • Feb 08, 2003 |Times Of India | Picture Perfect |
  • Till September 4 | Times of india | Intimate Whispers, Habiart Gallery |
  • 2002/2003 |The Times Of India | Poetry In A Pub | Loveleen Kakkar

2002

  • Today | From Pen to Palatte | Gupta and Kalam | 2002
  • June 8 2002 | City Express Bangalore | Ram Jeth Malani and Shatrugan Sinha Inaugurate Manav Gupta’s Pururupa: Sense to Essence” | Leela Palace Bangalore | Lyrical Landscapes
  • June 2002 | The Bangalore Age | Ram Jeth Malani and Shatrugan Sinha Inaugurate Manav Gupta’s art exhibition.
  • June 10 2002 | City Express Bangalore | Painter Poet Philosopher
  • June 2002 | The Times of India | Magic and Art | MP Shatrugan Sinha and Former Law Minister Ram Jeth Malani Inaugurate Gupta’s show at the Leela Palace
  • June 9th 2002 | City Reporter | Many forms – Unmodified Nature
  • Nov26-Dec2, 2002 |Neighbourhood Flash Magazine | Romancing With Earth And Eyes |
  • 2002 | Paintings by Manav Gupta | Sparks | Shiela Gujral | ISBN 81-7764-351-7
  • November 2002 | Society | A brush with the President
  • April 2002 | First City | Umbilical Cords of Earth | April 2002 | First City | Manav Gupta | The artist is stubbornly watercolourist             
  • April 6 2002 | HT CITY, Hindustan Times | In Perfect Consonance with Nature’s figures | Meeta Mishra
  • April 23 2002 | Financial Times | There is Big Money in Art | Sanjay Kumar Singh
    2002 | Deccan Herald | Medium Matters 
  • June 8 2002 | City Express | Lyrical Landscapes
    Bangalore Times | Dancing to the Beat of Poetry | Nayare Ali
    Today – “The Capital’s Afternoon Newspaper” | Now, a Brush with Birla | Vanita Singh
  • June 2002  | Swagat | Calendar Of Events| Art exhibition of paintings by Manav Gupta comprising the series “Foliage, Figure, Intimate Whispers |

2001

  • February 26th 2001 | First City | Manav Gupta’s Exhibition at the Roosevelt house
  • February 24 2001 | Self Taught Painter of Many Colours
  • February 2001 | First City | Manav Gupta’s Exhibition at the Roosevelt house
  • February 2001 | Inside Outside | Colours That Speak
  • February 2001 | Around Town  | Art and the Artist
  • March 03, 2001 | Hindustan Times |Shelly Anand | Timeless Metaphors Of Dreams
  • March 1st 2001 | Delhi Times | The Countdown has begun
  • March 9, 2001 | The Statesman | Art for Gujarat

1999

  • June 04, 1999 |  The Statesman  | Soumik Mukhopadhyaya | Progressing On Promise. Abstraction or realism, earth tones dominate the works of Manav Gupta
  • 3rd June 1999 | Delhi Diary | Art Scene : Manav Gupta’s India Awaiting 
  • JUNE 1999 | MUST SEE MUST DO | Delhi Times | His exuberant and reflective paintings depict his acute sense of colouration
  • June 1999| Indian Express| Review, Art Critic Nirupama Dutt | Words date the visuals   
  • June 1999 | Hindustan Times HT Sunday Magazine | Poonam Goel |Painting It His Way
  • May 30th, 1999 | CATALOGUE- India Awaiting Timeless Metaphors of Dreams
  • June 04, 1999 |  The Statesman  | Soumik Mukhopadhyaya | Progressing On Promise. Abstraction or realism, earth tones dominate the works of Manav Gupta
  • 3rd June 1999 | Delhi Diary | Art Scene : Manav Gupta’s India Awaiting 
  • JUNE 1999 | MUST SEE MUST DO | Delhi Times | His exuberant and reflective paintings depict his acute sense of colouration
  • June 1999| Indian Express| Review, Art Critic Nirupama Dutt | Words date the visuals   
  • June 1999 | Hindustan Times HT Sunday Magazine | Poonam Goel |Painting It His Way
  • CATALOGUE- India Awaiting Timeless Metaphors of Dreams, May 30th, 1999

1997

  • 1997 Inside Outside Manav Gupta and his expressions of freedom.
  • 1997 Impressions Ajanta Mallick A poet and a painter, Manav Gupta’s exhibition of water colours and sculptures at the Taj Bengal.
  • April 15, 1997 | Femina | Touch Wood: A wood from the designer.
  • September 1997 The Economic Times
  • Dec 15, 1997 Femina | Emerging Forms Flowing Colours.

1996

  • 1996 | The Telegraph | Gargee Bhattacharjee | Different Strokes – Why Manav Gupta is an artist with a difference 
  • 1996 | The Statesman | Young Artist First Solo Birla Academy Of Art And Culture.

Early Life and Childhood

1. EXHIBITIONS

Dates | Institution & Venue | Exhibition details | Works

  • 27th Aug 1977 -2nd September ’77 | Academy of Fine Arts, Cathedral Road, Kolkata 71|16th Annual Exhibition – Children’s Studio | Annual Group Show | 4 exhibits Sr No. 128 -131 (Age 10 years)
  • 19th June ’87 – 25th June ’87 | Academy of Fine Arts, Cathedral Road, Kolkata 71|22nd Annual Exhibition ( Junior Group) | Annual Group Show |4 exhibits Sr No. 28 -31 (Age 20 years) Love Sublime, The Citadels, The Tree, Foliage
  • 31st July 1987 – 14th Aug ’87 | Academy of Fine Arts, Cathedral Road, Kolkata 72|23rd Annual Exhibition (Midsummer Exhibition of West Bengal Artists) | Annual Group Show |Exhibit No. 105 ( Echoes Unheard ) Rs 600/- Covered by Art Critic Sankar
  • 30-Mar-88 | ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE | WASHBRUSH | INTER COLLEGE PAINTING  EXHIBITION |
  • 5th Aug 1988 – 19th Aug’88 | Academy of Fine Arts, Cathedral Road, Kolkata 73|24th Annual Exhibition ( Midsummer Exhibition of West Bengal Artists) | Annual Group Show |Exhibit No. 100 ( Prabhat) Rs 550/- Covered by Art Critic S)
  • 24.09.1988 | First  commissioned artwork at the age of 21. For Mr. Ranjit Sen, Rabindra Bharti University | Company logo design | Commissioned Artwork  

2. MEDIA | CRITIQUES

Date | Name of Media | Author, Category Description | Heading

  • 25th June 1987 | The Statesman, Art Critique | Samir Dutta Art Critic | Young Painters
  • 2nd June 1988 | Sananda, Monthly Magazine on Art & Culture | News snippets announcement of 1st prize in Sketching won by Manav Gupta
  • 13/09/88 | Academy of Fine Arts, Cathedral Road, Kolkata 74 | Rathin Maitra letter | Promotion & Selection to next grade
  • 1988 | Eye Catchers at Xavier’s Show Manav Gupta ‘Echoes Unheard’. |Review Sankar Majumdar
  • 14th April 1991 | Calcutta Observer | Poems published | Creeper, Reminiscence.| Along with article on Bhutan King (Gupta would go on to meet him in 2011)
3. BOOKS | PERIODICALS

Date | Name of Book, Institution | Description | Poems

  • 2nd October 1986 | Navankur ’86 Anthology of poems in Hindi by young talent | Published as an award for Poetry Competition for young poets | Poetry
  • 28th – 30th March 1988| Anthology of poems English | International London Book Fair.
  • 28th – 30th March 1988 | Poem selected in Journal for London Book Fair entry from India | Poetry
  • 31st March 1991 | PUBLISHED ARTICLE : Calcutta Observer 1st article published as an artist writing on art | Exhibition Review as an artist writing on art.

4. AIR/TELIVISION PROGRAMMES

Date | Name of Media | Author, Category Description | Heading

  • 13-Mar-86 | All India Radio ,Calcutta | Feature | Rah Chalte
  • 21-May-87 | All India Radio ,Calcutta|Poetry Recitation|Swarachit Kavita Path
  • 26-May-88 | All India Radio ,Calcutta|Poetry Recitation|Rachnaen : Recitation Of Poems In Hindi
  • 28-Jun-90 | All India Radio ,Calcutta|Talk In Hindi|Rashtriya Chetana Ka Swar: Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
  • 02-Sep-90 | All India Radio ,Calcutta|Quiz Show|Quiz Time
  • 14-Oct-90 | All India Radio ,Calcutta|Interview|To Present Happenings ( An interview programme covering some events and people)
  • 22-Nov-90 | All India Radio ,Calcutta|Talk In Hindi|Adarsh Ke Pratik Guru Teg Bahadur
  • 30-Dec-90 | All India Radio ,Calcutta|Interview|Happenings : An interview programme covering some events and people
  • 25-Jan-91 | Door Darshan Kendra Calcutta|Self Composed Poetry Recital|Leherain : Self composed poetry recital : Participant as poet
  • 31-Jan-91 | All India Radio ,Calcutta|Interview|Inse Miliye : Interview In Hindi
  • 17-Feb-91 | All India Radio, Calcutta|Talk Show|Feature : The Joy Of Living In Calcutta
  • 17-Mar-91 | All India Radio ,Calcutta|Play|Play : The Miracle Merchant
  • 26-Apr-91 | Door Darshan Kendra Calcutta|Mono Acting |Leherain : To participate in mono-acting in own script
  • 29-Aug-91 | All India Radio ,Calcutta|Discussion|Janata Ko Shikshit Banane Me Yuvaon Ki Bhumika
  • 04-Jan-12 | All India Radio, Calcutta | Interview| Manav Gupta Se Bat cheet

5. AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES

Date | Name of Institution | Competition | Field

  • 1975 | National Library, Calcutta     Central Govt. Employees’ Welfare Co Ordination Committee, Calcutta | Sit And Draw Competition 1975  For The Children Of The Central Govt. Employees | Sit And Draw
  • 1977 | National Library, Calcutta     Central Govt. Employees’ Welfare Co Ordination Committee, Calcutta | Sit And Draw Competition 1977 For The Children Of The Central Govt. Employees | Sit And Draw, 2nd Prize
  • 1979 | National Library, Calcutta     Central Govt. Employees’ Welfare Co Ordination Committee, Calcutta | Sit And Draw Competition 1979  For The Children Of The Central Govt. Employees|1st Prize, Sit And Draw
  • 19-Oct-79 | Cultural Dept, USSR Consulate General in Kolkata, Gorky Sadan |Exhibition & Competition How I see the Future ” |Cultural Diplomacy
  • 12-Dec-80 | Julien Day School Calcutta | Special Distinction Art 1980|Class 8 SPECIAL DISTINCTION
  • 14-Apr-81 | Shishu Angan, Calcutta. Cultural Institute sponsored By Baitanik | Group B | Sit And Draw
  • 13-Dec-81 | Julien Day School Calcutta | Special Distinction Art 1981|Class 9 SPECIAL DISTINCTION
  • 12th Aug 1982 | British Council, Division of British High Commission, Calcutta |Annual Inter School Drama Contest | Acting | Certificate of Merit
  • 1982 | Camel Art Contest 1982 | City Level. East Region. Group D | Drawing
  • 22nd August 1983 | British Council, Division of British High Commission, Calcutta |Annual Inter School Drama Contest | Acting | Certificate of Merit
  • 04-Aug-84 | Calcutta Boys’ School | Inter School Meet ’84 First Prize Creative Writing | Creative Writing
  • 05-Jan-86 | Presidency College, Calcutta | Drighanchu  First Prize Collage Making Inter College |COLLAGE MAKING
  • 05-Jan-86 | Presidency College, Calcutta | Drighanchu Jointly 2nd|Eastern Group Song Event
  • 23-Aug-86 | Culcutta National Medical College, | Agon 86 2nd Prize Collage Making. Inter College | ART : Collage Making , All India Inter College Cultural Meet
  • 1987 | Epicurius Festivus ’87 Institute Of Hotel Management Catering Technology And Applied Nutrition, Calcutta | Epicurius Festivus ’87 3rd Prize |ART
  • 1987 | Epicurius Festivus ’87                 Institute Of Hotel Management Catering Technology And Applied Nutrition, Calcutta | Epicurius Festivus ’87 2nd Prize Inter college | Creative Writing
  • 30-Mar-88 | ST XAVIERS COLLEGE|WASHBRUSH INTER COLLEGE PAINTING COMPETITION & EXHIBITION |1ST PRIZE ART Competition &Exhibition
  • 31-Mar-88 | Fine Arts Society St. Xavier’s College Calcutta | Wash Brush: Inter College  Art Exhibition Cum Competition 1ST PRIZE | Sketching
  • 19/20/21 Feb 1988 | Presidency College, Calcutta | Milieu 88 2nd Prize Painting | Painting
  • 1988 | Amitie 88 Rani Birla Girls’ College | Cultural Fest, First Prize Sit & Draw Inter College Competition | Sit And Draw
  • 19/20/21 Feb 1988 | Presidency College, Calcutta | 2nd Prize Sketching | Hindi Antakshari
  • 19/20/21 Feb 1989|Presidency College, Calcutta | First Prize Sketching | Sketching
  • 1988|Presidency College, Calcutta Intra College Festival ’88 | First Prize Mono Acting Inter College | Mono Acting
  • 1989|Amitie 89 Rani Birla Girls’ College Cultural Fest, First Prize Sit &Draw Inter College Competition | Sit And Draw
  • 1989|Presidency College, Calcutta | Cultural Festival Impression |Inter College Festival
  • 12th October 1988 | Rotary club of Calcutta Midwest | Award with certificate of appreciation | Great potential and talent in art , culture and music