MANAV GUPTA

2026

• • Non Limiting Horizons , Umbilical Cords of Earth, Rainforests & the Timeless Metaphors of Dreams’ 20 ft height x 10 ft width canvases. Permanent Collection, Worldmark, T3 International Airport Area, Aerocity, New Delhi, India

     

2025

• • ‘Bringing Home’ – Time Machine- Hourglass, The Beehive Garden.
    
  • Travelling Museum Lab Discourse, India – USA

     

2023 – 2024

• • Contemporary Ceramics Museum Lab Project Discourse
    
  • New Delhi, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York London
  • Sculpture Conference 2023, ISC, Art House, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
  • Rainforests & the lyrics of light Private Vernissage
    Manhattan, New York , Fulham London, United Kingdom

     

2022

• • Manav Gupta: Contemporary Miniatures & Rainforests
    Private Vernissage Jumeirah Golf Estate, Dubai, UAE

     

2020

• • Umbilical Cords of Air, Clay & Fire; Timeless Metaphors of Dreams
    T3 International Airport Area, Aerocity, New Delhi, India

     

• • A River connects them all
    Contemporary Ceramics Installation, Public Art Project
    DLF Cyber Hub, NCR, India
    Hosted by Outlook & Incredible India, Ministry of Tourism, Govt of India

     

2019

• • Manav Gupta Public Notice : ‘WATER THE NEW GOLD’ | CITY IN A CITY
    First of its kind Public Art Museum on Water and Sustainable Development with Construction Scrap. About 3/4th acre. Permanent Public art project on Water, Climate Change & Sustainability. Commissioned by SJEPL for NHAI, Government of India, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
  • Manav Gupta : ‘The WATER PLEDGE’ Namami Gange, Public Outreach Project
    Engagement with School students, Performance Art Concerts, Lectures, Talks New Delhi, India. Commissioned by GIZ, Germany & Ministry of Water Resource, Namami. Gange, Ganga Mission

     

2018

• • Manav Gupta: ‘arth – art for earth’
    First of its kind Travelling Lab of Excavated Museum of Clay
    Public Art for Project for Climate Change & Sustainable Development.
    A Suite of six seminal Installations transforming Ceramics Pottery into environmental art, in the artist’s take-over of 27 Acres. Hosted by IGNCA Ministry of Culture, Govt of India (Extended on Public Demand)

     

2017 – 2018

• • Manav Gupta Public Notice : ‘PROSAIC CAN BE LUXURY’
    Ceramic Sculpture Garden on ecology & environment. Inequalities & Luxury.
    Half an Acre . A Private Studio Prototype of the Permanent Museum
    Amrita Shergill Marg, New Delhi, India

     

2017

• • Manav Gupta : Excavated Museum In A Mall – the Yamuna Project
    Hailed As A ‘Solo Biennale’. Transforming ceramics to large Installations on Climate Change Punctuating across 14 Acres
    Dialogues at the Waterfront and Public outreach programmes.
    Hosted by DLF Mall of India, NCR, India (Extended on Public Demand)

     

2015 – 2016

• • Manav Gupta : Ganga to Mississippi, Special Project
    Travelling Museum Lab Discourse
    Minneapolis College of Art & Design & Public Art Forecast, MN, USA, Indian Embassy New York, Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn, Des Moines Art Centre, Des Moines, Ocean Drive, Hollywood, Miami
    

• • Private Vernissage, Paintings Manhattan, New York, USA

     

2015

• • Manav Gupta : Rain, the Ganga Waterfront along Time Machine
    60’ x 45’ x35 ‘Solo Public Art Project transforming ceramics. Multiple thought experiments. A structural shift in Indian contemporary art.
    Hosted by India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
    (Extended on Public Demand)

     

• • Manav Gupta : River & the Fort 15’X15’X20’ transforming ceramics.
    Old Fort Dance FestivaI commissioned by Delhi Government.
    Engagement with Dance and Architecture.

     

2014

• • Manav Gupta : Time Machine – the Hourglass Transforming Ceramics
    Permanent Collection,  Aerocity

     

• • Manav Gupta : Message in a Bottle
    Permanent Collection,  Aerocity
    
    
  • Umbilical Cords of Earth
    Twenty ft height x 10ft width Canvases
    Permanent Collection, Aerocity
    T3 IGI Airport Area, New Delhi, India

     

2013

• • Museum Exhibition: Unsung Hymns of Clay, Rainforests & the Circle of life
    Ganga | The Shrinking river on the Museum Floor
    Earth – Umbra & Penumbra
    Hosted by the Ditsong Museum of Natural History, Incredible India & the Indian High Commission of Pretoria, (Extended on Public Demand)

     

• • The Shrinking River & Earth, Lovell Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa & Grahamstown
  • Special Commissioned Project : Pratham Charity Auction, Performance Art Concert( Jugalbandi), Live collaboration with musician Wajahat Khan. Pratham NGO, UK Kensington Palace, London, United Kingdom

     

2011 – 2012

• • Excavations in Hymns of Clay – Invention Laboratory – Artist’s studio & offsite
    A Suite of 6 Installations prototypes transforming ceramics into large scale contemporary environmental art

     

2010 – 2013

• • Indo Bhutan Friendship Mega Mural| A suite of six 18 ft and 12 ft high canvasses.
    Commissioned by the Ministry Of External Affairs, Govt Of India.
    BIFA Museum, Phuentsholing, Bhutan.

     

2010

• • Manav Gupta : Tree of Life
    Quasi-Public Art Project involving thousands of employees to paint with the artist
    11500 Sq. Ft. Three-Dimensional Indoor Staircase Mural. A World Record. Bharti Airtel Centre, Delhi NCR, India

     

• • ‘On my eyot, rainforests and the umbilical cords
    Travelling Trilogy II, USA, UK, ASIA

     

    • • • • • ‘Ode to Turner, Tribute to Tagore’,
              Nehru Centre, London, United Kingdom

               

            • ‘Rainforests’
              Gallery A3, Amherst Massachusetts, USA
            • ‘Plant a sapling on my canvas’
              Special Commissioned Project Workshop
              Bank of India, New York USA

               

            • “on my eyot – rainforests and the umbilical cords”
              Exhibition & Interdisciplinary Performance, Des Moines Social Club, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
              ‘Art Sustainability & Innovation’ Talk  – San Jose State University,
              San Jose | Exhibition San Jose, California, USA

               

            • ‘Lyrics of Light’ 
              San Francisco, California, USA
            • On my eyot – rainforests and the timeless metaphors of dreams
              Embassy of India, Tiergartenstraße, Berlin, Germany

               

2009

• • ‘On my eyot, rainforests and the umbilical cords
    Curtain Raiser Exhibition for Travelling Trilogy II’ to USA, Europe & UK
    ICCR, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt of India, New Delhi, India

     

• • Special Commissioned Project: Copenhagen Wall of Hope
    Copenhagen Wall of Hope, CNN IBN, New Delhi, India

     

2007

• • Umbilical cords of earth, in the lyrics of light
    Omani Fine Arts Society, Muscat, Oman
    Travelling Trilogy I – London, UK, Muscat, Oman, New Delhi, India

     

  • Bonhams Charity Auction
    Asia House, London, United Kingdom

     

  • Art & Hitachi
    Special Commissioned Project: Hitachi Singapore,
    Limited Edition TVs Launch, Singapore, New Delhi
  • Philip De Pury Charity Auction, Kensington Palace, London

     

2006

• • Christies Charity Auction, British High Commission, New Delhi, India
  • One minute environmental films
    Film screenings & Public telecast on National TV Doordarshan etc

     

2005

• • Shoonya ( Nothingness) – from Beyond
    National Academy of Art (Lalit Kala Academy), New Delhi, India

     

• • The Life Tree, Collaborative Book of Poems & Paintings Project (2002-2005)
    Poems by Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Paintings by Manav Gupta | Book Launch.

     

  • Public Art Project: Environmental Films as Public Service Messages
    Commissioned by Ministry of Forests & Environment, Govt of India

     

2004

• • On my eyot Lyrics of Light
    Victoria Jones Gallery, London, United Kingdom

     

• • Umbilical Cords of Earth & Shoonya (from beyond)
    Exhibition of Paintings at Rashtrapati Bhawan, ‘Art as Learning Classroom’ Education Project for students on Climate Change | Rashtrapati Bhavan, Official Residence of the President of India, New Delhi, India

     

2003

• • Rainforests – On my eyot | World Environment Day
    ‘Plant a Sapling on my Canvas’ – Exhibition & Public Art Project by artist –  inviting people and children from all walks of life to paint with the artist and take a pledge for trees ‘Art as Learning Classroom’ Education Project for students on Climate Change. The Park Hotel, New Delhi

     

  • Special Residency – First Artist in Residence to stay and paint in the Family Wing at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Invited by Hon’ble President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Rashtrapati Bhavan, Official Residence of the President of India, New Delhi, India

     

2002

• • Sense Essence, Non Limiting horizons & Lyrics of Light on my eyot
    Leela Palace, & Renaissance Gallery Bangalore, India
  • ‘Sparks’ Exhibition & Book Release
    Collaboration with Poet Smt Shiela Gujral, Interpretation of Poems.
    India International Centre, New Delhi

     

  • Special Commissioned Project: Business Leadership Awards as the artist’s paintings – To Kumar Mangalam Birla & K V Kamath ( Awardees) , Times of India & Amity Foundation, Mumbai, India
  • Special Commissioned Project: Collaborative Book, Poems by Shiela Gujral, Paintings by Manav Gupta – India International Centre, New Delhi, India

2001

• • Aqueous Dreams – Circle of Life
    The Roosevelt House, U.S. Ambassador’s residence, New Delhi, India
    February 26 – February 27, 2000

     

  • Rainforests & Lyrics of Light
    HRD Ministry, Ministry of Culture, Govt of India, New Delhi, India

     

1999

• • India Awaiting – Timeless Metaphors of Dreams
    Taj Palace, New Delhi, India.

     

  • Rainforests & Five Elements VHAI Gallery

    VHAI Gallery, New Delhi, India

  • Intimate Whispers| Aqueous Dreams

     

  • CRY – Child Relief and You
    CRY Foundation, New Delhi, India

     

1997

• • ‘Earth Series. Freedom of Expression | Seeing the Unseen
    Contemporary Miniatures &, Haiku Sculptures
    arth – art for earth, Ep. 1
    Taj Bengal, Kolkata, India

     

1996

• • The Foliage Garden – First Solo
    Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata, India