Akbar Padamsee (b. 1928)

Akbar Padamsee was born in Mumbai, and studied at the Sir J.J. School of Art, before going to Paris and then on to New York in 1965 on a Fellowship from the J.D. Rockefeller Foundation. He was invited to be an artist-in-residence at the Stout State University, Wisconsin, and held an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal. In 1969, he received the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship and participated in several of the International Triennales in India and the Biennales of Sao Paolo, Brazil, Tokyo and Venice. His works were recently exhibited at the Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai. Padamsee lives and works in Mumbai.