Manu Parekh

Born in Ahmedabad in 1939 in Gujarat. He honed his skills in painting and drawing under Mukund Shroff. After procuring his diploma in drawing and painting from Sir J.J School of Art, Bombay, in 1962, Manu started as a stage actor in Bombay and designed stage-sets in Ahmedabad. He joined the Weavers’ Service Centre, Bombay, in 1963 as Art Designer and then moved to the Handicraft and Handloom Export Corporation of India as a Design Consultant, New Delhi. Since then Manu has been working and living in New Delhi. After quitting the Export Corporation he has been working as a freelance artist. His paintings have always had a concern for man’s social being. Manu participated in the Third and Fourth Triennale-India (1975, 1978), and between 1975 and 1994 he attended eight artists’ camps in India and abroad. From 1967 to 1999 he has had several solo shows and 30 group shows, national and international. He won President of India’s Silver Plaque and cash award for best painting of the year from the All India Fine Arts.