Twenty Eight Years
1996 - 2024

a life dedicated to art

Thought Leadership
Disruptive Ideas ahead of time
Environment Consciousness

Game Changing Projects

Water the New Gold

20 ft Tubewell. Half an Acre of Construction Scrap. Survived the FENI Cyclone.

arth - art for earth

Twenty Seven Acres. Arth Festival. Art. Music. Poetry. Literature. Performances. Panel Discussions.

river and the matighar

Ode to Matighar. Engagement with Sustainable Architecture. Earth and Clay.

rainforest & the beehive garden

Half an Acre of Rain. Embracing Trees and Nature. Chipko Movement. Climate Change. Nature as a Laboratory.

the beehive garden project

Conceptualised in 2012, Launched in 2014, Gupta brings attention to United Nation's most important species.

Noah's Ark

The Fate of Climate Change. Taking Action. Responsibility. Movement. Faith. Belief in the spirit of living organisms.

time - the sound of Aum

the bed of Life

Dialogues at the Waterfront

Rain - World Premiere

Sculpture Garden Prototype

Prosaic can be Luxury

Time Machine: Sculpture Garden

my bed in the rainforest

Noah's Ark

The Yamuna Project

Time Machine, Prosaic can be luxury

A Solo Biennale

Excavated Museum in a Mall

Dialogues at the Waterfront

Meet me by the riverside, the bed of Love.

Ganga to Mississippi

Travelling Trilogy - United States

River and the Fort

Rainforests and the Timeless Metaphors of Dreams

River - A Game Changer

Aerocity - World Mark

The Ganga Waterfront - Bringing a River to the Heart of City

2015 | India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi | A Game Changing Solo Public Art Project in India

Umbilical Cords of Earth
Highlighting Sustainable Development in Corporate Spaces

2014 | 20 Feet Canvases: WorldMark, Aerocity, New Delhi

Message in a Bottle | Sculptural Installation on Highlighting the menace of plastics. Taking Climate Change to Corporate Spaces

2014 | IGI T3 Airport Area, Aerocity, New Delhi

Time Machine | the Hourglass Installation Sculpture | Repurposing the Earthen Cup | Innovation with Ceramics

2014 | IGI T3 Airport Area, Aerocity, New Delhi

River and Time.
Ganga to Thames.

2013 | London, United Kingdom | South Bank and Greenwich Site Specific Project Discussions.

Live Performance Jugalbandi for Underprivileged Children.
Exclusive Painting, 100 Years of Indian Cinema.

2013 | Pratham Gala, London, United Kingdom

Shrinking River and Zen with Films and Video Installations

2013 | Lovell Gallery | Cape Town, Grahams Town, South Africa

Rainforests and the Circle of Life,
on my eyot,
Contemporary Miniatures.

2013 | Ditsong Museum of Natural History, South Africa

Zen | Earth
We all belong to the cosmos. A tiny spec in the universe. Removing inequalities.

2013 | Ditsong Museum of Natural History, South Africa

Shrinking River on a Museum Floor, South Africa | Universalising the Earthen Lamp, Local to Global.

2013 | Ditsong Museum of Natural History, South Africa

Dual Channel Video Installations playing Short Films on Climate Change. Rainforests and the Circle of Life

2013 | Ditsong Museum of Natural History, South Africa

Reinventing Ceramics Transforming Pottery into Large Scale Installations.

2012

Bhutan - India Friendship Mural, Suite of 20 ft High Canvases

2010 - 2011 | Pheontshillong, Bhutan

Ode to Turner.
Tribute to Tagore
Rainforests on my eyot.
a series of Paintings and Poems.

2010 | London, U.K.

manav gupta. rainforests, within the ventricles of light. triple channel video installation

Triple Channel Video Installation on Immersive Rainforests

2010 | Amherst, M.A., New York, Des Moines, Iowa, San Francisco, C.A., Berlin, Germany and London, U.K.

Ganga to Thames
A river in Plastic

2010 | London, U.K.

Travelling Trilogy - USA, Europe

2010 | Amherst, M.A., New York, Des Moines, Iowa, San Francisco, C.A., Berlin, Germany and London, U.K.

Travelling Trilogy - USA, Europe

2010 | Amherst, M.A., New York, Des Moines, Iowa, San Francisco, C.A., Berlin, Germany and London, U.K.

Travelling Trilogy - USA, Europe, Asia

2010 | Amherst, M.A., New York, Des Moines, Iowa, San Francisco, C.A., Berlin, Germany and London, U.K.

Travelling Trilogy - USA, Europe, Asia

2010 | Amherst, M.A., New York, Des Moines, Iowa, San Francisco, C.A., Berlin, Germany and London, U.K.

Tree of Life - A World Record

2010 | Airtel Campus, Gurgaon

Performance Art for Maxim

2010 | One Style Mile, New Delhi

on my eyot - rainforests and the timeless metaphors of dreams

2009 | ICCR, Govt of India, New Delhi

Art and Technology Experiment with Animated text - 'light oh! light'

2009 | Delhi NCR

Haldron Experiment - Art and Science
New World Order - Nanotech Skull

2008 | India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

Copenhagen Wall of Hope Project

2008 | Commissioned by CNN IBN

'Stop a While'
Art and Technology Experiment.

2007 | Commissioned by Hitachi Singapore

Travelling Trilogy Edition One | 360 Degree Oeuvre of Paintings, Sculpture, Films Performance and Outreach Programmes

2007, Muscat, Oman

First of it's Kind One Minute Films on Environment, Climate Change, Sustainable Development, Biodiversity and Alternate Energy. Public Service Messages

2005-2006 | Commissioned by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt of India

Exhibition on Climate Change and Sustainable Development.
Kyoto Protocol - Shoonya, from Beyond

2005 | Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi

Interior Design Project with Organic Sustainable Materials and Furniture as functional Sculptures.

2004 | Delhi NCR

Umbilical Cords of Earth and Lyrics of Light

2003 - 2004 | Victoria Jones Gallery, London, United Kingdom

'Plant a Sapling on my Canvas' - Game Changing Project on Climate Change
Making all stakeholders of society a protagonist through art.

2003 | The Park Hotel, New Delhi, India

Engagement with the Written Word
First Artist in Residence, Hon'ble President Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.

2003 | Family Wing, Rashtrapati Bhawan

Translating 'The National Prayer' by Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam into a Painting.

2003 | Permanent Collection DRDO Museum,

Transforming Traditional Jugalbandi as Contemporary Performance Art | Disruptive Thought Experiment | Cultural Ambassador

2003 | Ashoka Hotel, New Delhi

Disruptive Innovation: Painting as Business Leadership Awards

2002 | Taj Lands End, Mumbai, India. Commissioned by Times of India and Amity Foundation.

Engagement with Poetry
Translating Haiku Poems to Earth Series | Non Limiting Horizons

2002 | Publication, Book Launch and Exhibition. India International Centre, New Delhi | Sparks by Shiela Gujral. Paintings by Manav Gupta.

First of a Kind - Interdisciplinary Experiment at Earth Series Project.
Poetry as Performance with Dance at Solo Exhibition

2002 | Leela Palace, Bangalore, India

on my eyot - The Calendar Project
Earth Series - Outreach Programme

2002 | Publication, New Delhi

India's Ambassador for Climate Change.
Earth Series hosted by US Ambassador to India.

2001 | Roosevelt House, United States Ambassador's Residence, New Delhi

Outreach Programmes on Environment
taking rainforests to unconventional spaces.

2000 | Ministry of Culture, Govt of India

India Awaiting - Timeless Metaphors of Dreams

1999 | Taj Palace New Delhi.

Nature as a Laboratory of Art
Seeing the Unseen

arth - art for earth

1996 - 1999 | Taj Bengal, Kolkata; Taj Palace New Delhi.

on my eyot - 108 Episodes of Rainforests
arth - art for earth

1997 | Taj Bengal, Kolkata

Taking Art Outside the Gallery Walls

1996 | First solo exhibition | Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata

From a Garden in Calcutta
Trees

1967 | National Library, Horticulture Gardens, Kolkata

Early Life - art, poetry, music, nature

1967 | Academy of Fine Arts, National Library, Horticulture Gardens, Kolkata