Amit Ambalal (b.1943) lives and works in Ahmedabad, India. He qualified in Arts, Commerce and Law before taking up painting full time in 1979. Amit's engagement with the arts extend to a wide ground of historical research, documentation and collection and his particular interest in the Nathdwara School of Painting which has also inspired him in his own work. He has authored a book“Krishna as Shrinathji” by Mapin Publications in 1987 (reprint in 1997).

Amit's first solo exhibition at the Hutheesing Visual Arts Centre in Ahmedabad (1980), was followed by more than35 solo exhibitions of paintings & sculptures in Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta, Amsterdam, Sydney, Singapore and London. The most recent being an exhibition of sculptures & drawings at Gallery Espace, Delhi (2014). Select group exhibitions include the Bharat Bhavan Biennale (1990); Sixth Trienniale, India (1986) and exhibitions in Amsterdam, Harvard and Perth.

Amit's works feature prominently in noteworthy public and private collections like the National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi, Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Museum, London, amongst others. He is the recipient of the Gujarat State Lalit Kala Akademi award (1968), AMC award (1974), the Civitela Reneieri Foundation Fellowship, Italy (2003), ‘Gaurav Puraskar’ by the Gujarat Lalit Kala Akademi 2008 and ‘Kalilas Lalitkala Award’, 2012.

WORK

Vaa Nar
by Amit Ambalal
Oil on canvas

Massage Parlour
by Amit Ambalal
Gouache on paper
2005

Every Dog has His Day
by Amit Ambalal
Gouache on paper
2004

ESSAYS

Leela-The Eternity in an Animated Duration

by Sadanand Menon

From the exhibition catalogue published by Bodhi Art (2005)

In the universe of Amit, forms are forever in flux. Here is an artist who is comfortable gazing wondrously at the ‘play’ of time.

Reed-legged kidis and titighodas (ants and grasshoppers), boneless tiger-heads and elephant

Amit Ambalal

Leela-The Eternity in an Animated Duration

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