Vishal Joshi
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
India
About the Artist
I am an abstract artist from Indore, working in different mediums like Paintings, Sculptures, Installations and Photography, currently working on the series “SPIRALS” for the last 7 years. In my views……
Spiral is not a form but a Journey of Developing my own Language.
Language of Communication……
Language of Worship…….
And of course
Language of Science and Logics.
Basically, spirals come from Sufism, “Raqs” do this type of worship which
has four different stages in which there is the movement of dance in spiral forms. When we speak about movement, the classification for this could be the generation of energy in our body, This all energies floats in nature in form of our five elements i.e.Earth, Water, Fire, Wind and Sky. Even great poet and writer like Khalil Gibran, Rumi, Bulleshah also mentioned this truth in their poetries and write-up. The colours of my paintings directly come from these five mighty elements, that’s why most of my paintings are in bright colours like Red, Yellow, Blue Green ……..The addition of metallic colours like Gold and Silver reflects the presence of THE ALMIGHTY energy which is always present in every one and everywhere.
Spirals also have scientific logic, which is very close to its mythological meanings.
Physicist, Paul Dirac bagged the Nobel award for “Theory of Spirals/Strings”. According to the theory, even the smallest particle electron is also made up of spirals, usually which look like a dot. It means there is a movement in each and everything in our surroundings and all these things are full of energy, and I am trying to restore this energy in my canvas in the form of “S P I R A L S”.
Selected Works
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibition:
2018 – CONTOURS Visual Arts Gallery, IHC, New Delhi
2016 – “The Worthy Opponents”, Shridharani Art Gallery, Triveni, Delhi
2012 – “Night-L I G H T S” Dimensions-The Fine art Studio, Mumbai.
2010 – “Birth of a Spiral” an exhibition of installation. Reflections Art Gallery, Indore
2010 – “Illuminations” Gallery Time and Space, Bangalore.
2009 – “Jai ho –no criminals in parliament” Polka Art Gallery, New Delhi.
2008 – Zinani Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan.
2007 – “Synchronicity” –Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
2006 – “Still I am alive” – Da Vinci Art Gallery, Indore.
2000 – “Moksh” – Devlalikar Kala Vithika, Indore.
Group Exhibition:
2021 – “Emergence”, Interstellar Art Gallery, New Delhi
2020 – “Launch”, Interstellar Art Gallery, New Delhi
2020 – India Art Festival (Lexicon Art Gallery) -2020,Mumbai
2019 – “BAPU” Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi
2019 – “Transcend” Lexicon Art Gallery, Delhi
2019 – “vriksha” Bharat Bhavan Bhopal
2019 – “vriksha” IIC ,New Delhi
2019 – “Fanqaar” The Gate Mall, Doha, Qatar
2019 – “Now & Then” Jehangir Art Gallery(Studio 3 Art gallery) , Mumbai
2019 – India Art Festival -2019 , Mumbai
2018 – India Art Festival -2018 , Delhi
2018 – “Manthan” Annual Show Lexicon Art Gallery, Visual Arts Gallery, Delhi.
2018 – India Art Festival, Mumbai. Lexican Art Gallery, Delhi & Studio 3, Mumbai.
2017 – India Art Festival, New Delhi. Studio 3, Mumbai & Lexicon Art Gallery, Delhi
2017 – A Fine Art Exhibition, Thanh Ha Terracotta Park, Hoi An, Vietnam.
2017 – Aura Art Show, Art Fair-2017 Ahmedabad
2017 – Aura Art Show, Faculty of Fine Arts, MS University, Vadodara.
2017 – “Symphony of Colours”, State art Gallery, Hyderabad
2017 – “Within Reach”, Gallery Navy, New Delhi
2017 – (Im)possibilities, Creativity Art Gallery, New Delhi.
2017 – Contemporary Chronicles, House of Aura, Raipur (Gallery Art Tree)
2017 – India Art Festival -2017
2016 – “The Order of Things”, Gallery Art Explore, Hauz Khas, New Delhi
2016 – Global Art Fair- 2016, Mumbai
2016 – Art Beyond Boundaries, Niv Art Centre, New Delhi.
2016 – Confluence Canarys Art Gallery, Indore
2016 – “similarity in DIVERSITY” Sachee Art Gallery, Nagpur
2016 – “Rang Ameer”, Pritamlal Dua Art Gallery, Indore
2016 – India Art Festival, Delhi.
2016 – “Blue-Beyond Dimensions”,Visual Art Gallery, Delhi
2015 – India Art Festival, Mumbai
2015 – Charvi Art Gallery ,Bangalore
2015 – “Kalidoscope” Chitnavis Centre, Nagpur
2015 – “Identical Notions” Gallery Space, Hyderabad.
2015 – Colour of Life, Viewing Room, Mumbai
2015 – “Point & Line to PlaneXII” Gallery Beyond, Mumbai
Press
Awards
2003 – Jury Award, Manav Sanket Academy, Ujjain.
Merit Certificate (Photography), Kalavarat Nyas, Ujjain
2002 – First Prize, (All India College Student Painting Competition),
Manav Sanket Academy, Ujjain
PUBLICATIONS
Times of India
Pukaar Magazine
Life & More
Galleries Splash
