One of India’s most known mid-career abstract painters, Manish Pushkale has significantly contributed to contemporary art practices through his unique approach. With no formal training in art but a powerful and sensitive initiation into it at Bharat Bhavan in Bhopal, Manish has developed a language of abstraction that carries an imprint of his own. His work is rooted in Indian aesthetics.

A widely exhibited artist in India and abroad over the last 25 years, Manish represented the country at the Festival of India in France (2016), with an exhibition at Musée de Guéthary, with Akar Prakar and ICCR. He has also exhibited his work along with his guru S.H. Raza on multiple occasions, including the Venice Biennale (2010). He is the recipient of many awards and residencies, such as a fellowship at the Nantes Institute of Advanced Study (2014), and Grand Award, Bharat Bhavan Biennale, Bhopal (2018).

He is a trustee of The Raza Foundation, and has written books and columns on art. His works are part of private and museum collections in India and overseas.

The artist lives and works in New Delhi.

ESSAYS

The Art of Discovery

by Ashok Vajpeyi

First published in "Manish Pushkale: The Painter of Light", catalogue by Akar Prakar and Mapin in 2016, in conjunction with Musee de Guethary.

Somehow I must find a way of making things; not plastic written things but realities that arise from the craft itself. Somehow

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