“A Floral Reverie” Solo Show of Paintings by eminent artist Neena Bidikar at Jehangir Art Gallery

Neena Bidikar’s solo exhibition, ‘A Floral Reverie,’ unfolds as an intimate encounter with the emotional and sensory life of flowers. 

Artist: Neena Bidikar’

 

Moving beyond the conventions of decorative floral painting, Neena transforms petals, folds, textures, and colour into immersive fields of feeling, where softness and intensity coexist in delicate balance. Her large-scale canvases magnify fleeting botanical events into spaces of contemplation, drawing viewers into a world where nature appears both fragile and powerfully alive.

 

Working in a contemporary realist idiom, Neena approaches the flower not as a static object of beauty, but as a living form in transition - blooming, unfurling, fading, and renewing itself in cycles that quietly mirror human emotion. Rich blues, luminous whites, velvety rouges, and layered violets move across the canvas with an almost tactile presence. Light slips across petals like memory itself, revealing subtle tensions between stillness and movement, intimacy and grandeur.

 

Her long engagement with textile design and visual aesthetics is evident in the fluid orchestration of colour, rhythm, and surface. Yet the works resist excess. Instead, they cultivate attentiveness. Each painting invites the viewer to slow down and inhabit a moment that contemporary life often rushes past, the silent unfolding of beauty in its most transient state.

 

There is a meditative quality to Neena’s practice. The flowers seem less arranged than encountered, as though emerging from a deeply personal dialogue with nature, time, and perception. Through these works, the artist creates not simply images of blooms, but emotional environments where quiet observation becomes transformative.

 

‘A Floral Reverie’ offers a rare visual pause, a space where colour breathes, form softens, and the ephemeral presence of nature is allowed to linger just a little longer.

From: 25^th to 31^st May 2026

“A Floral Reverie”        

Solo Show of Paintings by eminent artist

Neena Bidikar

 

VENUE:

Jehangir Art Gallery

Hirji Gallery

M.G. Road, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai 400001

Timing: 11am to 7pm

Contact: +91 9930929996

‘HABITAT – Echoes of Land and Life’ A Group Exhibition of Paintings by 4 renowned artists in Jehangir Art Gallery

‘HABITAT – Echoes of Land and Life’: A Convergent Exploration of Nature and Humanity

From 26 May to 01 June 2026, the historic Jehangir Art Gallery will host "HABITAT – Echoes of Land and Life," a significant group exhibition featuring four acclaimed artists: N. S. Manohar, S Jayaraj, Maruthi Paila, and R Dhiyaneshwaran. 

The exhibition serves as a profound visual dialogue between the elemental forces of earth and sea and the human lives shaped within their embrace. Through a diverse body of work, the artists navigate the terrains of landscape, memory, and abstraction, reflecting on the lived experiences of rural and coastal communities.

In this collection, the land and sea is portrayed as a rhythmic, transformative presence, while the land serves as a repository for stories of tradition and labour. The artists employ colour as a primary emotional language – moving between quiet, contemplative palettes and vibrant, immersive hues – to capture the "echoes" of places remembered and lives witnessed.

S Jayaraj and Maruthi Paila push the boundaries of form, utilizing textured abstractions to bridge the gap between observed reality and imagined space. N. S. Manohar and R Dhiyaneshwaran present evocative figurative narratives and intimate portrayals of everyday life, grounding the exhibition in the resilience of human tradition.

Collectively, these works resonate with a shared concern for environmental continuity and the fragile balance between human existence and the natural world. "HABITAT" does not seek to present a singular narrative; instead, it offers a constellation of impressions, inviting viewers to pause and reflect on their own connections to place.

 From 26 May to 01 June 2026,

‘HABITAT – Echoes of Land and Life’

a significant group exhibition featuring four acclaimed artists: N. S. Manohar, S Jayaraj, Maruthi Paila, and R Dhiyaneshwaran.

 

VENUE:

Jehangir Art Gallery

161-B, M. G. Road

Kala Ghoda, Mumbai 400001

Timing: 11am to 7pm

Contact: +91 9840265685

“Sumitaatman” Soulful Strokes Solo Show of Paintings by Eminent Artist Sumitra Ahlawat

 In an age increasingly drawn toward irony, spectacle, and fragmentation, Sumitra Ahlawat’s paintings return to the enduring language of beauty, devotion, ornamentation, and emotional sincerity. Her works celebrate the richness of Indian cultural memory through luminous portrayals of divine figures, women adorned in traditional attire, musicians, dancers, and moments of quiet spiritual reflection.

 

Artist: Sumitra Ahlawat

Shaped through her art education in Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra, Sumitra’s visual language carries subtle echoes of regional aesthetics, traditional attire, devotional atmospheres, and the warmth of lived Indian cultural experience. She completed a five year Diploma in Fine Arts, building a rigorous academic foundation that later expanded into diverse professional engagements across painting, illustration, broadcasting, and graphic design. 

 

Working across oil, acrylic, charcoal, watercolour, and mixed media, Sumitra creates compositions deeply rooted in feminine figurative traditions while retaining a contemporary softness and immediacy. Her paintings are marked by flowing drapery, elaborate jewellery, expressive gestures, and richly textured surfaces that evoke the visual atmosphere of women at temple rituals, folk celebrations, varied painting traditions, and classical Indian aesthetics.

 

Alongside her independent artistic practice, Sumitra has also worked professionally across several important institutional spaces. She created oil paintings for the Rajputana Rifles Regiment Centre, Delhi, worked as a graphic artist with Doordarshan, Delhi TV, and UDK, contributed book illustrations for NCERT, and worked on illustration projects for Nandan magazine of HT. These experiences expanded her engagement with both fine art and public visual culture, allowing her practice to move fluidly between institutional, literary, devotional, and popular visual language. 

 

Her devotional works depicting Krishna, Rama, Vitthala, Ganesha, and Radha are imbued with warmth rather than grandeur. These are not distant mythological icons, but intimate presences inhabiting the emotional world of everyday faith. Alongside these sacred images, her portraits of Indian women carry a similar dignity and grace, transforming adornment into a visual language of identity, memory, femininity, and cultural continuity.

Sumitra’s use of colour moves between earthy browns, deep vermilions, luminous golds, and muted monochromes, creating a balance between vibrancy and stillness. Her figures often emerge softly from the surface, as though suspended between dream, remembrance, and lived reality. There is a tenderness in the way the body is painted, not merely as form, but as a carrier of ritual, devotion, beauty, and inherited cultural memory.

 

Rather than pursuing conceptual excess or detached irony, Sumitra’s practice remains committed to emotional clarity and visual harmony. At a time when contemporary art often distances itself from decorative sensitivity, her paintings quietly reclaim these languages without apology. The decorative in her work becomes a vessel of continuity, intimacy, and cultural remembrance.

 Her paintings invite viewers into a contemplative world where devotion, femininity, grace, and figuration coexist not as nostalgia, but as living emotional inheritances that continue to shape the Indian imagination.

Sushma Sabnis

Art Curator & Writer

“Sumitaatman”

Soulful Strokes

Solo Show of Paintings

by Eminent Artist Sumitra Ahlawat

Date: 25 to 31 May 2026

VENUE:

Jehangir Art Gallery

Gallery No. 4

M.G. Road

Kala Ghoda, Mumbai 400001

Timing: 11am to 7pm.

Contact: +91 98682 60250

 

“Celebration of Life” Solo Show of Paintings by eminent artist Sadhna Sangar at Jehangir Art Gallery

Sadhna Sangar’s solo exhibition, ‘Celebration of Life,’ emerges from a deeply sustained relationship with nature, inner reflection, and emotional resilience. At a time when contemporary life is increasingly fractured by speed, anxiety, and visual excess, Sangar’s paintings offer something quietly radical: spaces of stillness, luminosity, and renewal. Her works do not attempt to dominate the viewer through drama; instead, they unfold gradually, like a remembered melody or the slow arrival of dawn after a long night.

Artist: Sadhna Sangar

Working through layered surfaces of colour, fluid gestures, and atmospheric abstraction, Sangar transforms natural forms into states of feeling. Mountains dissolve into light, rivers appear to breathe, trees become silent witnesses, and skies open into meditative expanses. Her canvases are not descriptions of physical landscapes alone; they are emotional terrains shaped by memory, devotion, solitude, and wonder. The recurring presence of flowing blues, radiant whites, burning oranges, and pulsating pinks creates a visual language that oscillates between serenity and intensity.

There is a spiritual undercurrent within Sangar’s practice, but it is never rigid or illustrative. Instead, spirituality appears here as sensitivity, a way of listening to the world rather than controlling it. Her paintings seem to emerge from moments of contemplation where nature is experienced not as backdrop, but as a living and conscious presence. Water becomes movement and cleansing; light becomes awakening; colour becomes vibration. 

What makes Sangar’s work particularly significant is its sincerity. In an art climate often shaped by irony, market-drive, or intellectual distancing, she remains committed to emotional openness and sensory immediacy. This commitment gives the exhibition its strength. The paintings do not ask the viewer to decode complicated systems of meaning; they ask instead for attentiveness, slowness, and emotional participation. They invite the viewer to pause long enough to encounter silence, fragility, and joy again.

Over the years, Sadhna Sangar has contributed extensively to the cultural landscape through her roles as artist, educator, mentor, and organiser. Yet ‘Celebration of Life’ truly transcends biography. It stands as a testament to an artist who continues to believe in the transformative possibilities of colour, rhythm, and human sensitivity. These paintings remind us that beauty is not escapism. In difficult times, beauty can become a form of endurance, community, and healing.

This show will be inaugurated on 19th May 2026 at 5.30pm by Honourable Chief Guest Ms. Nidhi Choudhari, IAS Director, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, Guest of Honour Mr. Rajendra Patil, Director – India Art Festival, President The Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, Special Guests Mrs. Harvinder Kaur Waraich – Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mumbai (Retd.), Dr. Shailesh Shrivastava – Former Officer (I.B.(P) S), Doordarshan , Mumbai Singer, Central Sangeet Natak Academy, Awardee.

 From: 19th to 25th May 2026

“Celebration of Life”

Solo Show of Paintings by eminent artist Sadhna Sangar

Jehangir Art Gallery,161-B, M.G. RoadKala Ghoda, Mumbai 400001

Timing: 11am to 7pm, Contact: +91 9815969862

"UTSRIJI" A Group Exhibition of Paintings by 10 contemporary renowned artists at Jehangir Art Gallery.

 Utsriji: An Ancient Way of Communication brings together ten artists from across eastern India in a compelling group exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery, presenting a vibrant confluence of contemporary expressions rooted in lived experience and cultural memory.

Organised under the aegis of Utsriji Satsang - a collective established in 1991, this exhibition features works by artists Paban Roy, Tapan Karmakar, Fulla Chandra Mistri, Shiladitya Basak, Malay Dutta, Indrajit Ghosh, Riti Sundar Roy, Ranajit Jana, Subhrajit Dutta, and Mrinal Saha. Each artist contributes a distinct visual language, yet together they form a cohesive narrative that reflects both individuality and shared sensibilities.

The exhibition unfolds as an eclectic rainbow spectrum, ranging from finely detailed figurative compositions and symbolic portraiture to textured abstractions and layered mixed-media works. Themes of devotion, memory, rural life, mythology, and contemporary aspiration surface repeatedly, often interwoven with a strong narrative impulse. Whether it is the quiet dignity of human figures, the symbolic presence of animals and nature, or the interplay of colour and surface, the works resonate with an immediacy that is both accessible and evocative.

What emerges is not merely a display of artworks, but a dialogue, between regions, generations, and modes of seeing. The exhibition underscores art as a timeless communicative force, one that transcends language while remaining deeply anchored in context.

Utsriji invites viewers to engage with this diverse showcase and experience the many ways in which art continues to connect, reflect, and endure.

Sushma Sabnis

Art Curator & Writer

Mumbai

From: 5th to 11th May 2026

UTSRIJI

An Ancient way of communication

A Group show of Paintings by Tapan Karmakar, Fulla Chandra Mistri, Indrajit Ghosh, Malay Datta, Mrinal Saha, Shiladitya Basak, Paban Roy, Subhrajit Dutta, Ranajit Jana, Riti Sundar Roy

VENUE:

Jehangir Art Gallery

AC Gallery No. II

161- B, M.G. Road

Kala Ghoda, Mumbai 400001

Timing: 11am to 7pm

Contact: +91 94313 97347, +91 98368 07282

“WHISPERS IN THE WILD” An Exhibition of Paintings by Vyoma Parikh at Jehangir Art Gallery

Vyoma Parikh’s paintings unfold as immersive, sensorial environments where landscape is not described but felt. Working with a refined interplay of oil and acrylic, she constructs surfaces that shimmer with layered detail, delicate constellations of colour, cascading vertical rhythms, and tonal shifts that evoke forests, water, and flowering terrains without ever settling into fixed geography. Her canvases hold a quiet dynamism, where density and translucency coexist, allowing light, texture, and form to move fluidly across the surface.

Artist: Vyoma Parikh

What distinguishes her work is this ability to balance intricacy with atmosphere. The repeated vertical elements suggestive of trees, rain, or veils, create a hypnotic structure, while the richly worked grounds, composed of countless minute marks, build a sense of depth that draws the viewer inward. Within these expansive fields, subtle figurative presences, animals, fleeting forms emerge gently, offering moments of pause and scale without interrupting the overall harmony.

There is an unmistakable lyricism to her palette. Whether in the warmth of gold-infused compositions or the softness of pastel-hued expanses, colour in Vyoma’s work is not merely descriptive but experiential, carrying emotional resonance and quiet intensity. The paintings invite deep looking, rewarding attention with shifting perceptions and layered discoveries.

Rooted in a strong foundation of training and informed by her wide-ranging cultural exposure, Vyoma has developed a visual language that is both accessible and contemplative. Her works extend an invitation into a world where reality softens, and perception becomes a more intuitive, reflective act; one that lingers well beyond the first encounter.

 From: 4^th to 10^th May 2026

“WHISPERS IN THE WILD”

An Exhibition of Stillness, reflection and quiet beauty

By

Contemporary artist Vyoma Parikh

 

VENUE:

Jehangir Art Gallery

M.G. Road, Kala Ghoda,

Mumbai 400001                                        

Contact: +91 98202 97461

Timing: 11am to 7pm.

 

 

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Mumbai 400001
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“EMBRANCE” A Solo Show of Paintings By Well-known artist Vikas Karve at Jehangir Art Gallery Inbox Art Circle Media

Embrance – In Pursuit of the colossal Being

Recent works by well-known artist Vikas Karve from Sangli will be showcased in a solo art exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery, M.G. Road, Mumbai 400001, from 27th April to 3rd May 2026, between 11 am and 7 pm. Open to all, the exhibition offers an immersive journey into Karve’s deeply personal artistic interpretations of nature—its vastness, quiet beauty, and ever-changing moods—along with evocative depictions of seascapes and life along shores and beaches. The presentation invites viewers to pause and reflect on the intimate relationship between human experience and the natural world.

Karve, who hails from Sangli, has built a strong artistic foundation through his formal training, completing G.D. Art and Dip. A.Ed. from Kalavishwa Mahavidyalaya, Sangli. His practice has been further enriched under the guidance of Satyajit Varekar, a respected contemporary artist known for his own distinct visual language. From an early age, Karve has been deeply drawn to the omnipresent beauty of nature, observing its transformations across seasons and internalizing its rhythms. This lifelong engagement has shaped a visual vocabulary that is both intuitive and reflective, grounded in keen observation and emotional sensitivity.

 Artist: Vikas Karve 

A significant aspect of Karve’s artistic inquiry lies in his enduring fascination with the sea. The vastness of the ocean, the fluidity of waves, and the subtle interplay between movement and stillness have inspired him to explore marine life and coastal environments in depth. For Karve, the sea is not merely a subject but a living presence—dynamic, contemplative, and symbolic of continuity and change. This perspective finds a compelling expression in the works presented in this exhibition.

The exhibition brings together a cohesive body of work that explores multiple dimensions of coastal life and natural phenomena. The dynamism of sea waves is captured through rhythmic lines and layered textures, suggesting both energy and flow. At the same time, Karve skillfully renders moments of stillness—when the sea appears calm, reflective, and almost meditative. This contrast between movement and quietude creates a balanced visual narrative that resonates with viewers on both sensory and emotional levels.

Recurring motifs such as boats, shifting sands, and organic, petal-like patterns emerge across the works, forming a symbolic vocabulary that reflects life along the shore. These elements are not depicted in a purely literal manner; rather, they are interpreted through abstraction and stylization, allowing the viewer to engage with the imagery on a deeper, more contemplative level. The presence of human life—suggested through subtle references to coastal activities and environments—adds another layer of meaning, grounding the works in lived experience.

Karve’s use of lines, forms, and colour tones demonstrates a refined understanding of his medium. His compositions are thoughtfully structured, balancing detail with openness, and intensity with restraint. The colour palette often shifts between soft, muted tones and more vibrant accents, echoing the changing moods of nature itself. Through this careful orchestration of visual elements, he creates works that are both aesthetically compelling and emotionally resonant.

Ultimately, this exhibition reflects Karve’s deep emotional affinity with nature and his ability to translate that connection into a powerful visual language. His clarity of vision and command over technique lend a distinctive coherence to the body of work, making it not only a celebration of natural beauty but also a contemplative exploration of the rhythms that shape our world.

 From: 27th April to 3rd May 2026

“EMBRANCE”

In pursuit of the colossal being

A Solo Show of Paintings

By 

Well-known artist Vikas Karve

VENUE:

Jehangir Art Gallery

Hirji Gallery

M.G. Road, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai 400001

Timing: 11am to 7pm

Contact: +91 9890325373

mand over the medium and clarity of vision lend a distinctive depth and coherence to the entire body of work.

"Timeless Kashi" Solo Show of Paintings by renowned artist Santosh Kumar Sandilya at Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery

Renowned Ganga Jal Artist Santosh Kumar Sandilya, internationally celebrated as “The Ganga Jal Artist,” will present his much-awaited solo exhibition “Timeless Kashi” at Bajaj Art Gallery, Mumbai from 27th April to 3rd May 2026.

The exhibition showcases a stunning new collection of original oil paintings that capture the eternal soul of Varanasi with its majestic ghats, sacred temples, bustling river life, and the divine presence of Lord Shiva. What makes these works truly unique is Sandilya’s signature technique: every painting is created using holy Ganga Jal (water from the sacred River Ganges) instead of regular water. This sacred medium infuses each canvas with spiritual energy, devotion, and the living essence of Kashi, turning every stroke into a meditative prayer.

“Ganga Jal is not just a medium for me but is a form of devotion,” says Santosh Kumar Sandilya. “Before I touch the brush, I purify the canvas with the holy waters of Ma Ganga. Each painting carries the timeless beauty, heritage, and divine energy of Banaras and Lord Shiva. Through ‘Timeless Kashi,’ I want viewers to feel the same peace, power, and spirituality that I experience every time I paint on the banks of the Ganges.”

The exhibition features large-scale landscapes and intricate scenes of Varanasi’s ghats, temples, boats, and evening aartis, all brought to life with vibrant colors and luminous light. Visitors will experience the mystical aura of Kashi, the world’s oldest living city, as never before, with the holy Ganga literally flowing through the artworks.

Opening Ceremony: 27th April 2026 at 5.30 PM

Santosh Kumar Sandilya, a distinguished alumnus of Banaras Hindu University’s Lalit Kala Department, has earned global acclaim for transforming painting into a sacred ritual. His works have been exhibited across India and abroad, and he is widely recognized for preserving and promoting the spiritual and cultural heritage of Varanasi through art.

This is a rare opportunity for art lovers, collectors, and devotees to own a piece of living heritage, paintings blessed by the holy waters of the Ganges.

From: 27^th April to 3^rd May 2026

"Timeless Kashi"

Solo Show of Paintings by renowned artist Santosh Kumar Sandilya

 

VENUE:

Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery

Ground Floor, Bajaj Bhavan,

226, Nariman Point, Mumbai -  400021

Timing: 11am to 7pm

Contact: +91 8756588588

“Beneath the Surface” An Exhibition of Paintings By renowned artist Manish Sharma at Jehangir Art Gallery

Since 1992, artist Manish Sharma has been devoted to the quiet yet profound language of dry media—charcoal and sepia powder—working on canvas with a sensitivity that transforms material into memory. His practice does not merely observe nature; it listens to it. At the heart of his work lies water—not as spectacle, but as a patient, invisible force—shaping, eroding, and silently composing the earth over time.

Manish  draws inspiration from the way rivers carve their paths through hills and mountains, leaving behind traces of time etched into stone. This slow, persistent act of transformation becomes the essence of his visual vocabulary. His drawings unfold through layered textures and disciplined gestures, where each mark carries the weight of erosion, sediment, and time itself.

At first glance, his works appear abstract—fields of texture, tonal depths, and shifting surfaces. Yet, as the eye lingers, they begin to reveal a terrain: weathered rock, distant ridges, and the quiet vastness of geological memory. Sharma does not depict landscapes; he evokes their presence. His surfaces breathe with depth and distance, allowing viewers to feel rather than see the expanse of nature.

Artist: Manish Sharma

For the artist, water is a silent architect—its gradual movement shaping not only the physical world but also the rhythm of his artistic process. In his hands, texture becomes a vessel of time, and abstraction resolves into a deeply felt reality.

A distinguished contemporary Indian Artist, Manish Sharma’s artistic journey spans over three decades. Recognized by the Lalit Kala Akademi, his works have been exhibited widely across India and internationally. His practice reflects a deep engagement with material, surface, and form, earning him multiple national accolades and inclusion in significant institutional collections.

In this exhibition, Manish  presents a compelling new body of work in sepia tones. Employing charcoal powder, sepia powder, and white chalk powder, he constructs a restrained yet evocative palette that becomes the central voice of the series. These works continue his exploration of water’s quiet force—where time, erosion, and transformation converge into textured visual landscapes.

His compositions move fluidly between abstraction and realism. Layer upon layer, surfaces begin to disclose mountains, eroded terrains, and deep geological formations—never fully revealed, yet unmistakably present. Each work invites the viewer into a contemplative space, where distance, depth, and dimension are experienced rather than defined.

Within the larger framework of “Beneath the Surface,” Sharma’s works offer a meditative pause—an introspective journey into nature’s unseen processes. Here, the earth is not static, but constantly becoming; and through his art, we are reminded of the enduring, quiet beauty of transformation.

The artworks of renowned artist Manish Sharma are on displayed at Jehangir Art Gallery, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai as part of the group exhibition Beneath the Surface. This exhibition can be viewed free for all art lovers from 21 April to 27 April 2026, between 11:00 AM and 7:00 PM.

 21st  to 27th April 2026

“Beneath the Surface”

An Exhibition of Paintings

By renowned artist Manish Sharma              

 

VENUE                                                             

Jehangir Art Gallery

Auditorium Hall, M.G. Road, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai

400001

Timing: 11am to 7pm