Sunil Padwal
Contemporary Artist
Sunil Padwal studied at the J. J.
School of Fine Art (1986) and the J. J. Institute of Applied Art (1989). He
worked in advertising before becoming an artist full time. He is primarily a
painter who has worked in varied mediums. His work comprises line drawings,
paintings, sculptures and installations. He has shown his work extensively in
India and his paintings have been exhibited in numerous solo and group
exhibitions internationally. He received the Communication Art Guild Award in
1990 and was felicitated showing promise as an emerging artist at the
Harmony show in the same year. He also received the Society, Young Achievers’
Award in 2004. His public art includes- Mural at Kala Ghoda, Fort, Mumbai,
Artwork at Mumbai International Airport, Sculpture at New Delhi Metro station
(Delhi Metro Airport Express Line station in New Delhi). Sunil is known for
his anguished protagonist. His line drawing series is a culmination of
memory, confused metropolis, changing cityscape, and various turpitudes of
modern day society. Padwal seeks inspiration from different aspects of
everyday life, including construction, pollution, a fast changing skyline,
traffic, and humans and animals coexisting in today's concrete jungle. Sunil
lives and works in Mumbai.
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