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Fawad Tamkanat, a native of Hyderabad was born in 1962 in a poet’s family in India. He has a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from JNTU and Central University respectively. Fawad is a recipient of the university gold medals in B.F.A and M.F.A
Fawad is a versatile and prolific painter who works with a variety of subjects , forms and imageries. Most of his works are on the feminine form and this has been his favorite subject. Our personal favorite are his women portraits.These potray beautiful women bedecked with jewellery, tattoos and flowers and docile expressions. His latest works potray the street culture of Hyderabad.
He has held several solo shows and group shows in India and abroad.
Few of his solo shows are –
Kirsten Kjaers Museum, Denmark 2001; Gallery Paialeh, Copenhagen, Denmark 2001;Cobra Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark 1995; Vingsted Centre, Denmark 1996 and 1999; Tao Art Gallery, Bombay 2000;Shridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi 2000; Jahangir Art Gallery , Bombay 2001;Galley Espace New Delhi 1992; Lalit Kala Academy Madras & New Delhi 1997; Minaz Art Gallery, Hyderabad 1999; ABC Gallery, Banaras 1995.
Few of his group shows are -
"Four Indian Artists", New York 1994; “Women in Indian Art”, Singapore, Hongkong and New York 1995; International Graphic Show, Hyderabad 1997; "Four Indian Artists", Munich, Germany 1999; “Tradition to Modernity”, Fulda, Germany 2001; Gallery Espace, New Delhi 1992; "Edge of the Century", New Delhi 1999; "Harmony Show", Bombay 1998-99-2000; "Art Accessweek" , Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Bombay 1998-99-2000; "Bulls and Horses", Birla Academy, Bombay 2002; "Tribute to Picasso", Bombay 2002.
Fawad has worked with renowned European print makers in Denmark and has attended international workshops.
His works are in the collections of NGMA, New Delhi; Vingsted Centre, Denmark; Peter Mullers’s collection Germany, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi and many public and private collections in India and abroad.
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