Nationality India Name Neeraj Goswami | Known for Painting, Sculpture | |
Born 1964 (age 51–52) Patna, India Education Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts | ||
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Neeraj Goswami (Devanagari: नीरज गोस्वामी), born in Patna in 1964, is an Indian Artist. He is a prominent, Indian, contemporary painter and sculptor. Neeraj has made the medium of oils his own achieving a brilliance and vibrancy that is outstanding. Using tones of Celadon Porcelain and Onyx Styrations, Neeraj Goswami gives his canvases a gentle radiance. His paintings glow like precious stones with translucence rarely seen. Through this sheer haze his characters come alive almost as if they are ready to walk out of the canvas. The vitality and lifelike images of his paintings have made Neeraj Goswami one of the most sought after artists of his generation.
An artist remains aware though detached. The artist feels the throbbings of broader impulses around him more acutely. The joys, sorrows, compromises, excellence, pain, loneliness, all inspire the artist. Every experience catalyses creativity and experiences get sublimated. Faithful to these precepts, Neeraj Goswami has forged his own style that does not take into account the prevailing trends. He has earned a reputation of an artist whose works are thought provoking and filled with the conflicts, either those between men and women or those between human beings and their environment. An eye for detail and a keen sense of observation have served him well making his paintings true to life and unequalled for their portrayal of the various realities that he observes around him.
Since 2010, Neeraj Goswami, is being represented by Sanchit Art Gallery (New Delhi and Agra).
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Early life
Born in city of Patna, he spent his early years in surroundings that received little benefit from India’s modernisation process.
His family had shifted to Delhi when he was only eight years of age and he spent the remaining years in a city that was undergoing a near – exponential growth pattern that was not in tandem with the rate of progress in the rest of the country.
Patna was a city that was frequented by the British when they ruled India. Additionally, the city had its own and even more glorious past to fall back upon. The area had cradled Buddhist, Islamic and Hindu civilisations. In the field of visual art it had its own quota of traditional miniature painting whose early exponents had migrated to the city of Patna mainly from Mughal Courts in Delhi & Lucknow.
The part of Patna where Neeraj grew up, has retained its old world look even today. Its Muslim population for far outnumbered its Hindu fraternity and the locality had everything one may need, excepting cleanliness. The narrow and winding lane, its main thoroughfare, was muddy and uneven and often failed to separate the house – fronts that fought for space on either side of the lane. There was however a big break available close at hand that was serene and beautiful in sharp contrast to this perpetual confusion. A short walk away was the river Ganges. It served as the real escape for young Neeraj Goswami and the river played a stellar pole in his life afterwards, in more ways than one.
Life in Delhi, for young Neeraj was a lot better to start with. His father’s job in the city assured him of a better pay – packet and ability to provide reasonably decent accommodation and schooling for him. His school soon became aware of the artistic skill of the young prodigal and the art – teacher took upon himself the task of developing his talent even further. A copy of a self – portrait in oil by Rembrandt, done by Neeraj during his early years in this Delhi school became the showpiece for Neeraj’s artistic talent.
Education
Neeraj completed his education at the College of Art, Delhi. He earned both a bachelor's and master's degree and has been feted by the Government for his significant contribution to art. Neeraj received the Bharat Bhavan Award at the Second Biennial of Contemporary Indian Art in the year 1988. The Lalit Kala Research Grant Fellowship was also awarded to him in the same year. Besides these Goswami has been in great demand as a painter and a sculptor. Now many important camps and shows later Neeraj finds himself in the forefront of Indian contemporary art and his works grace many a collection both in India and abroad.
Selected solo exhibitions
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Collections
His works feature in prominent collections, which amongst others include:
Besides these Goswami has been in great demand as a painter and a sculptor. He executed some important murals and commissioned portraits, particularly the portrait of Honorable President Shri KR Narayanan, 1999 for the upper house of the Indian parliament (Rajya Sabha).