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Artist Statement:
Mumbai Lifeline 786-Sites of
commuting: sights of
perception
The bar-waitress who is
Aishwarya Rai to herself, or a
trucker’s secret desire to be
a matinee idol.
An inner wall of a train
compartment that has long been
used as an ‘interactive’ site
of pasting and defacing
advertisement stickers. The
texts that assure a better,
affluent, trouble-free you.
The colonial edifices that
might be dwarfed only by your
aspirations. The cabby who
drives to the mall, leaving
past his days as a textile
worker. The Sai Babas, the
786s and the idols that bless
us all.
The exploration of spatiality
and temporality in Mumbai,
from the vantage-point of a
newcomer and a suburban
Mumbaikar, is a never-ending
novel. As dream-seekers turn
into day job-holders, more
space is divided, expanded and
commuted. I explores revisits
the formulations that are
basic to the perception of
space and time in Mumbai.I
chooses different vehicles for
the formulations, literally.
The present suite of his
paintings deals with the
centrality of public transport
vehicles to the everyday
aesthetics of the city.
Per se, there are only two
modes of Public Transport
available in Mumbai. The
‘Mumbai Local ...
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Collections:
• Harsh Goenka, RPG Group
Mumbai
• Akbar Padamsee (Eminent
Artist) Mumbai
• Simi Grewal (Film Actress)
Mumbai
• Lisa Ray (Model & Film
Actress) Mumbai
• Nisha Jamwal (Art Critics)
Mumbai
• Shobhaa and Dilip De Mumbai
• Vijay Mallya (U. B. Group)
Mumbai
• Amitabh Bachchan, Mumbai
• Gautam Radhakshya (
Photographer)
• Gulzar (Film Maker), Mumbai
• Sonu Nigam (Singer...
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RAJ MORE
Born 20th February, 1974, Akola – Maharashtra, India.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
• Graduate from Sir. J. J. School of Art, Mumbai (Mumbai University).
• Govt. Diploma in Art Education, Pune (Pune University).
AWARDS
• 1993 - Annual Exhibition of Sir. J. J. School of Applied Art.
• 1994 - Merit certification of Annual State Art Exhibition- Maharashtra
State.
• 1996 - Merit certification of Landscapes (water color) Bombay Art
Society, Mumbai.
• 1998 - First Prize for Trophy Design ASPE, Mumbai.
• 1999 - Best Photographer Project, Annual Exhibition of Sir. J. J. School
Of Applied Art, Mumbai.
FELLOWSHIP & SCHOLARSHIPS
• 2001 - Awards of Scholarship for the Young Artist of the year 2001,
Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Department of Culture, Govt. of India.
• 2003 - Young Artist of the year Full Bright Scholarship (British
Council, Mumbai).
• 2004 - Junior Fellowship for the Young Artist of the year 2002,
Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Department of Culture, Govt. of India.
LECTURES & DEMONSTRATIONS
• 2004 - Lectures on Fine Art and Applied Art, Portrait Demonstration at
& 2005 Bhavan’s College, Mumbai.
• 2006 - Lectures on Fine Art (on series work of “Drishti”) at Banglore
College of Art, Banglore.
AUCTIONS
• 2001 - “Save the Children” Presented by Art of Heart’s Sake (Auctions
conducted by Bowering London at New Delhi and Mumbai).
• 2004 - 40 Artist gives Christ an Indian hue at St. Francis Xavier in
Goa (Auctions conducted by German curator – Rudolf Sancharnet & Goan Art Gallery, Goa).
• 2007 - Auction conducted for PLAN USTSAV presented by Ramola
Bachchan and Surina Narula (Mumbai and New Delhi).
• 2007 - Auction conducted for Khushi presented by Nisha Jamwal
with all leading celebrities of India (Mumbai and New Delhi).
CAMPS ATTENDED
• 2003 - Invited for Painting Camp Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi.
• 2004 - Invited to the International Camp which is conducted by
CHRISTIES (London).
SOLO SHOWS
. 2008 - “Lifeline786”at Articullate art gallery,Mumbai
• 2006 - “Salaam Mumbai” at Jahangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
• 2005 - gallery-g, Art Gallery, Banglore.
• 2004 - Art British, Art Gallery, London.
• 2003 - 217 Art Gallery, Mumbai.
• 2002 - Jahangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
• 2001 - Lalit Kala Academy – Ravindra Bhavan, New Delhi.
• 2000 - Lalit Kala Academy – Ravindra Bhavan, New Delhi.
• 2000 - GALLERIE Leela, Leela Kempensky, Mumbai.
• 2000 - The Oberoi Group presents the solo show at Art Walk
Gallery, Mumbai.
• 1999 - ING Barings Bank presents the solo show at Y. B. Chawan Art
Gallery, Mumbai.
• 1998 - Shrishti Art Gallery, Aurangabad.
• 1998 - Jahangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
• 1994 - Sir J. J. School of Applied Art Gallery, Mumbai.
GROUP SHOW
• 2002 - “Art Heritage Art Gallery”, New Delhi.
• 2001 - “Indian Habited Center”, New Delhi.
• 1999 - “Art Walk” at Artist Center Gallery, sponsored by Lisa Ray
(Model & Actress) & Nisha Jamwal (Art Critics).
• 1998 - “Tasweer” at Indian Habitat Center, New Delhi.
PARTICIPATION - Invited Show
• All major exhibitions in state & national level since 1992
• National level 43 & 44 Lalit Kala Academy Art Exhibition 2000 & 2001.
• Bombay Art Society Mumbai.
• State Art Exhibition – Maharashtra State.
• V. V. Oak Memorial Art Exhibition, Pune.
• Art Society of India Mumbai.
• South Central Zone, Nagpur.
• Environmental Competition by Govt. of Rajasthan.
• Camlin Art Foundation – ( Western Region Art Exhibition, Mumbai)
• 3rd Biennial Bose Pacia Modern Prize for Contempory Art, New York, USA.
STUDIO
Raj More,
A-71, Akurli Om CHSL,
Lokhandwala Complex,
Kandivali (East),
Mumbai -101
PH : 022-28841977
Cell : 9820384713
Fax : 022-28840366
Email : moreraju@yahoo.com
rajmor@gmail.com
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