Name: Dr. Douglas. M. John

Affiliation: Senior Faculty Member of Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, India

Email: douglasjohnindia@gmail.com

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Dr. Douglas. M. John is Senior Faculty Member of Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, India

Educational Qualifications:

• Awarded PhD from Banasthali University, Rajasthan. Topic: [IMPACT OF INDIAN REVIVAL ON BOMBAY SCHOOL AND - ITS REFLECTION ON PROCESSION PAINTINGS (20th Century)]
• M.F.A passed in First Class from Dr. B.A.M University, Aurangabad
• B.F.A (Drawing & Painting) passed In First Class from Sir J.J. School of Art. Exam Conducted by University Mumbai

Awards:

• First prize for landscape in monsoon picnic. Sir J.J. School of art, Mumbai
• Highly Commended Award, Annual exhibition Sir J.J. School of art, Mumbai
• First prize for best sketching. Sir J.J. School of art, Mumbai
• Kum. Ratan Wadke prize, best portrait. Sir J.J. School of art, Mumbai
• Second prize for landscape in monsoon picnic. Sir J.J. School of art, Mumbai
• The Art Society of India, Kaboor Travelling scholarship
• Late B.V.V Oak Tilak Smarak Mandir, Pune. Sponsored exhibition cash prize
• Nashik Kala Niketan annual exhibition. Prize for best portrait painting
• Awarded Rajya Puraskar (State Award) in painting Landscape, Maharashtra State Art exhibition
• First prize for painting, Late B.V.V. Oak Tilak Smarak Mandir, Pune
• Awarded Merit Certificate for outstanding sculpture The Bombay Art Society, Mumbai
• Won The National Achievement Award for Kala Ratna presented for Outstanding Individual Achievements and Distinguished Services to the Nation and Society
• Felicitated with Silver Medal by Shri Sharad Pawar (Union Agricultural Minister of India) doing Honorary Art Service at Y.B, Chavan Center Mumbai
• Won The National Academy Award in the 60th National Exhibition of Art for Painting from the series Divinity

Merit Scholarship:

• Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai
• Madhav G. Kanetkar, sponsored by Central Bank of India, Mumbai

Solo Exhibitions:

• Titled ‘Mumbai – Déjà vu’ it was a rendition of Mumbai’s Landscapes, Y.B. Chavan Centre, Mumbai
• Titled ‘Light ‘n’ Light’ the exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
• Titled “In Search of Light” the exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
• Titled “Inner Divinity” the exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

Group Exhibition:

• Group show, Bajaj Art Gallery
• Group show, Artist’s Centre Mumbai
• Group show, B.A.R.C Mumbai
• Citi Art Utsav Citi Bank
• Inaugural show by faculty members of Sir J.J. School of Art at ‘Art Walk’ sponsored by Oberoi Hotel Shopping Arcade
• Group show, “The Gallery” Chennai, a special exhibition of landscape painting titled “Destination
• Group show, “National Gallery of Modern Art” Celebrating “50 Years of Art in Mumbai” ‘1947-1997’ Art, Mumbai
• Group show “The Bombay Art Society”, Mumbai to raise fund for Bombay Art Society’s building complex
• Group show,”The Leela”, Art Gallery, Mumbai
• Group show,”Satya Art Gallery”, Mumbai
• Group show, “India Maritime Foundation”, Balgandharv, Pune
• Group show, “Tao Art Gallery”, Mumba
• The Watercolor show India Art Gallery, Pune
• Group show “Nitai Gaurai” Art Gallery, Thane
• Art Summit, Cymroza Art Gallery, Delhi
• Group show, Kaleidoscope, Tradition Art Gallery, Mumbai
• Group show, Colors 2008, Kumarswamy Hall, Museum, Mumbai
• Group show,’Point of View Art Gallery’, Mumbai
• Group show, Colours 2009, Artland Art Gallery, Mumbai
• Group show, Art Supports Life, Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
• Group show, Fusion
• Group show, Art Land Art Gallery, Mumbai, and Dubai
• Group show, Cymroza Art Gallery, Delhi
• Invited for India Art Fair, New Delhi
• Group Show “Visual Polyphony-2 “Shridharani Art Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
• Inaugural Group Show of Gallery Art Gate, Mumbai
• Invited for India Art Fair, New Delhi
• Group Show “Colours “at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
• Invited for painting Exhibition “COLORS” at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
• Painting Exhibition Colors Screen Art Show, Dubai
• Invited for painting Exhibition by Art Land India at Global Art Fair, Dubai
• Invited for painting Exhibition by Studio3 Art Gallery at India Art Festival, New Delhi
• Invited for Edelweiss Pallate Art Show 2016, charity fundraiser for the Edelweiss Foundation, Mumbai
• Invited for online painting Exhibition, Art Gallery London
• Invited for online painting Exhibition, Art Flute Gallery Banglore
• Invited for painting Exhibition by Art Land India at Global Art Fair, World Trade Center, Mumbai
• Invited by Dot Line Space for painting Exhibition “Retro Realism in a Postmodern World” at Nine Fish Art Gallery, Mumbai
• Invited for painting Exhibition by Jaipur Art Summit (Jaipur), curated by Dr. Rekha Rana
• Invited for painting Exhibition by The Prafulla Dahanukar Art Foundation at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
• Invited for painting Exhibition by “HUB10 Tale of Two Cities, “An Exhibition of Paintings & Sculptures Sone by The Artist from Vadodara & Mumbai
• Invited by Gallery 7 for painting Exhibition by India's leading contemporary artists “Does Size Really Matter” at Gallery 7 Mumbai
• Invited for painting Exhibition by Global Art Fair, World Trade Center, Mumbai
• Invited for painting Exhibition by Art Photo Fair.com, India
• The National Academy Award 60th National Exhibition of Art, NGMA Mumbai
• Invited for an online painting Exhibition “Ray of Hope” by Nippon Art Gallery, Mumbai. (Curated By Shardul Kadam)
• Invited by Car Street Studios, NSW for “Vishwam” virtual an online Art Exhibition Involving renowned artists from India
• “SAMARPAN” an Online Art Exhibition 2020 Organized by Folk Art Museum Lucknow Government Uttar Pradesh on occasion of Mahatma.K. Gandhi Jayanti
• Online Group Exhibition, Art Land Art Gallery, Mumbai
• Group show, Art Land Art Gallery, New Delhi
• Group show, Art Land Art Gallery, Dubai

Participation:

• Artist’s camp, organised by Artists Centre, Mumbai
• Monsoon show organised by Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
• Artist Camp organized by B.A.R.C Mumbai
• Artist Camp organized by Artist center, Mumbai
• Design Education Seminar for teachers held in Sir J.J. School of Applied Art, Mumbai
• Artists Landscape Camp organized by Sangit Kala Academy (B.M.C. Mumbai) Participated as a demonstrator
• Attended a workshop on protection of Art Objects by Indian Conservation Institute Sponsored by British Council, Mumbai
• Indian Contemporary artist camp (monsoon magic) Organized by the Leela Art Gallery, Mumbai, The Leela Palace, Goa
• Invited for workshop on Sea Scape with British Artist Robert King by Indian Maritime Foundation, Mumbai
• Invited for workshop on Seascape by Indian Maritime Foundation on Battleship, Mumbai
• Invited for a portrait workshop at Swaraj Bhavan, by Madhya Pradesh Government, Bhopal
• Participated in the workshop, ’Cultural Legacy and Heritage management,’’ organized Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune
• Invited to judge the All-India Level Camel Contest for student’s category
• Painted a portrait of Yashwantrao Chavan for the stamp Design Y.B Chavan Center, Mumbai
• Invited by the Department of Tourism Union Territory of Dadra and Nagarhaveli for monsoon Landscape Workshop
• Invited by Madhya Pradesh Government for Painting Workshop based on Gallant Stories of Braves for Valor Memorial in Bhopal for India’s First Memorial Museum
• Painting workshop based on Water colours at Banasthali Vidyapith, Jaipur
• Invited by Tribal art, Department of Culture, Government of Madhya Pradesh, for a National Artist Camp based on “Different Moods of Shiva” Simhasth Khumb Mela 2016 Permanent display at Ujjain Museum, Madhya Pradesh
• Paper presented on Revival of Indian Art as seen in the Bombay School at Raja Mansing Art University, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
• Paper presented on Historical Overview of Visual Art Education with Reference to Bombay School Art Revival at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Maratha Wada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra
• Invited by Lokshahir Vitthal Umap Cultural University as adviser
• Sculpture was designed and executed for Former Union Agricultural Minister Shree Sharad Pawar. When he was felicitated by Honorable President of India on occasion of his Seventy Fifth birthdays
• Invited by Cultural Department of Madhya Pradesh for Sinhasth Kumbh Mela for National Artist Camp for permanent display of painting at Treveni Museum, Ujjain
• Invited by Ayodhya Shodh Sansthan, Department of Culture and Government of Uttar Pradesh, National Artist Camp
• Invited by Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy, Department of Culture, Government of Rajasthan, National Artist Camp at Mount-Abu
• Invited by Dot Line Space, National Artist Camp at Wada, Palghar
• Invited by Camel Art foundation Artist Camp, Mumbai
• Invited by Nargis Dutta foundation Paintings Auction at Taj Lands’ End, Mumbai
• Invited to judge the All-India Level Paintings Contest and to purchase the paintings for Reserve Bank of India
• Invited for Hubg 9, 2017 Paintings Show, charity fundraiser for the Disha Charitable Trust In memory of late K.G.Subramanyam Foundation at Faculty of Fine Arts M.S.U, Baroda
• Written an article on senior artist and restorer Manohar Mhatre in KALA DIRGHA International Journal of Visual Art
• Written an article on History of Female Procession Artist from Sir J.J. School of Art in Naveen Shodh Sansar an International Multidisciplinary Referred Journal
• Written an article on Procession Paintings of Mumbai and the Innovation of Revival Art in Naveen Shodh Sansthan an International Multidisciplinary Referred Journal
• Written an article on Overview of Historical Collections of Bombay School in Divya Shodh Samiksha an International Multidisciplinary Referred Journal
• Written an article on Gladstone Solomon Pioneer of Indian Revival Art in Bombay School in Naveen Shodh Sansar an International Multidisciplinary Referred Journal
• Invited to judge the Logo competition for the Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari, Bihar
• Invited by Jaipur National University (JNU), National Visual Artist Camp at Jaipur
• Invited by Lalit Kala Akademi Regional Center, Chennai for “Ethnic Mindscape –IV” National Painting Camp at University College of Visual Arts, Davangere, Karnataka
• Invited by Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath an Artist and Art Historian’s Art Camp at Sri Rangapatna
• Invited by Odisha Mining Corporation and Lalit Kala Akademi Department of Odisha Language, Literature, Government of Odisha, Organization of National Artist Camp, theme of “Sports in General and Hockey in Particular in order to Encourage Fraternity, Friendship and Fitness” to celebrate World Cup Hockey, at Bhubaneswar, Odisha
• Invited by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi for Northeast Art Festival, National Artists Camp, Agartala, Tripura 2018
• Invited by “AURA”, an Art Workshop, organised by ABHIVYAKTI, The School of Fine Arts and Crafts Dehradun, collaboration with the Department of Culture, Uttarakhand, at Antara Senior Living, Sinola, Dehradun
• Invited for National Art Camp, organised by Swaraj Sansthan, Department of Culture Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Painting based on"150 years of celebrations of Mahatma” Visit of Mahatma Gandhi in Madhya Pradesh
• Invited for National Art Camp, organized by Art Heart at Chinmaya Vibhooti, Kolvan, Pune
• Invited for International Ramayana painting camp in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh organized by Ayodhya Research Institute, Department of Culture Government of Uttar Pradesh India
• Participated at the IDA Connect Workshop at DIDAC India 2019 for the session “The future of learning” organized by NITI Aayog & Ministry of Human Resource Development Government of India