This is an artist whose paintings are sort of a crucible - a throbbing site of transformation, a mystical place wherein objects, colors, lines, and forms undergo a subtle creative catharsis before being transmuted, leading to a tempest of both personal and social impulses.
Initially Suryakant Lokhande worked mostly in acrylic on canvas before turning to works in mixed media interspersed with photographic references and the computer-generated images. Entrusting himself to technology, he follows an open practice, often capable of mimicking the surrounding world, a constant search for complicity between pursuit of art and society. A ceaseless search for self, coupled with acute concern regarding the ultimate truth act as catalyst to his artistic sojourn. It is arduous at times to relate the mechanics of mind through images.
His vivacious and vibrant visual vistas emerge from the unbounded energy of myriad movements and gestures, the incessant vitality of typically Indian – rather dramatic everyday domestic décor. Born in 1969 in Mumbai, the young and talented practitioner did his B. F. A. from Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai.
Among his selected solos are ‘War Is Over’, Institute of Contemporary Indian Art, Mumbai (2007); ‘To Whomsoever It May Concern’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai (2005); 'Allegory', Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai (2002); 'Obstacles' Aditya Ruia Art Gallery, Mumbai (2002); 'We Cover You', Alliance France de, Mumbai (2001); 'Metal Meets Mettle', Jamaat Art Gallery, Mumbai (2001). Among the honors and awards won by him are the Maharashtra State Art Award (2001, 1998); Tilak Smarak Trust Award, Pune (2000, 1998); Art Society of India Award (1998); Camlin Western Region Art Competition Award (1998); Bombay Art Society Award (1998,1997); and Oak Smriti Award, Pune (1998).
His work has been featured in several group exhibitions, including 'The Evolution of the Species', ICIA, Mumbai (2010); 'Life is A Stage', ICIA (2009); 'The Young Indian Contemporaries', Suchitrra Arts, Mumbai (2008); 'Portrait of a Place', Rob Dean Art Gallery, London (2008); ‘Young Guns’, ICIA (2007); ‘Satyagraha’ courtesy Afrikhadi, South Africa (2006); ‘Bird on Wire’, an online art show courtesy Arts Trust (2005); and 'Ideas and Images' annual show at NGMA, Mumbai (2004).
Initially Suryakant Lokhande worked mostly in acrylic on canvas before turning to works in mixed media interspersed with photographic references and the computer-generated images. Entrusting himself to technology, he follows an open practice, often capable of mimicking the surrounding world, a constant search for complicity between pursuit of art and society. A ceaseless search for self, coupled with acute concern regarding the ultimate truth act as catalyst to his artistic sojourn. It is arduous at times to relate the mechanics of mind through images.
His vivacious and vibrant visual vistas emerge from the unbounded energy of myriad movements and gestures, the incessant vitality of typically Indian – rather dramatic everyday domestic décor. Born in 1969 in Mumbai, the young and talented practitioner did his B. F. A. from Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai.
Among his selected solos are ‘War Is Over’, Institute of Contemporary Indian Art, Mumbai (2007); ‘To Whomsoever It May Concern’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai (2005); 'Allegory', Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai (2002); 'Obstacles' Aditya Ruia Art Gallery, Mumbai (2002); 'We Cover You', Alliance France de, Mumbai (2001); 'Metal Meets Mettle', Jamaat Art Gallery, Mumbai (2001). Among the honors and awards won by him are the Maharashtra State Art Award (2001, 1998); Tilak Smarak Trust Award, Pune (2000, 1998); Art Society of India Award (1998); Camlin Western Region Art Competition Award (1998); Bombay Art Society Award (1998,1997); and Oak Smriti Award, Pune (1998).
His work has been featured in several group exhibitions, including 'The Evolution of the Species', ICIA, Mumbai (2010); 'Life is A Stage', ICIA (2009); 'The Young Indian Contemporaries', Suchitrra Arts, Mumbai (2008); 'Portrait of a Place', Rob Dean Art Gallery, London (2008); ‘Young Guns’, ICIA (2007); ‘Satyagraha’ courtesy Afrikhadi, South Africa (2006); ‘Bird on Wire’, an online art show courtesy Arts Trust (2005); and 'Ideas and Images' annual show at NGMA, Mumbai (2004).
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