Sanjay Punekar

SANJAY PUNEKAR

Contemporary Visual Artist | India

Website: www.sanjaypunekar.co.in
Instagram: @sanjaypunekar.art

ARTIST BIO

Sanjay Punekar is a contemporary Indian artist whose semi-abstract paintings explore nature, memory, emotion, and transformation through colour, movement, and layered forms. Working primarily in acrylic on canvas, he creates vibrant visual landscapes that exist between reality and imagination, inviting viewers into spaces of reflection and discovery.

For more than two decades, Punekar has actively exhibited in India and internationally through solo exhibitions, group exhibitions, art fairs, and cultural exchanges. His work has been exhibited in India, France, the Netherlands, Russia, and the United States, and is held in institutional, corporate, embassy, and private collections worldwide.

EDUCATION

• Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Karnataka State Open University, Mysuru, India
• Diploma in Art Education, Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalaya, Pune, India
• Government Diploma in Fine Art (5 year), Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalaya, Pune, India

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• Lalit Kala Academy, National Academy of Art, New Delhi, India (2023)
• Visual Art Gallery, New Delhi, India (2012)
• Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), New Delhi, India (2010, 2012, 2013, 2015)
• India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India (2009, 2012, 2013, 2015)
• Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi, India (2010)
• Leela Hotel, Mumbai, India (2010)
• Malaka Spice Art Gallery, Pune, India (2010)
• Solo Exhibition, Russia

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & ART FAIRS

• Huntenkunst International Art Fair, Netherlands (2026))
• Redtree Art Gallery, Cincinnati, USA (2012)
• Jahangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India (2011)
• India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
• Mystiq Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
• Renaissance Gallery, Bengaluru, India
• All India Art & Craft Society, New Delhi, India

SELECTED AWARDS

• Brown Ribbon Art Festival Award, Delhi NCR (2022)
• Global Fine Art Teacher Award, India (2018)
• Lalit Kala Academy Community Garhi Studio Recognition (2017–2018)
• Hindustan Times Art Award, New Delhi (2007)
• Alliance Française Art Recognition, Pune (2003)

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Royal Danish Embassy (New Delhi), Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), International Development Research Centre (Canada), Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), Embassy of El Salvador (New Delhi), Indian Oil (R&D), ONGC, Deutsche Postbank Home Finance Ltd., Concord Energy India Pvt. Ltd., and private collections in Germany, France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Canada, Singapore, South Africa, the United States, Japan, Indonesia, and India.