Shanti Panchal
Shanti Panchal (b. 1951)
Shanti Panchal was born in northern Gujarat in the mid-to-late 1950s (his exact date of birth is unknown) and attended the Sir JJ School of Art in Mumbai. He first came to London in 1978, the recipient of a British Council Scholarship and is now permanently based in London. In 1994, Panchal was artist-in-residence at the British Museum and then at the Harris Museum in Preston, and completed another residency in 2000 at the Wisor and Newton Art Factory, based in London. Panchal has been the recipient of numerous prizes and awards, including the 1991 BP Portrait Award, the 2000 Year of the Artists Award, London arts and the First Prize in 2001 for The Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times watercolour competition. His work is held in various public collections including the British Museum, the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and the Imperial War Museum, and has had significant retrospectives in Mumbai, London and elsewhere in the United Kingdom including the Chelmsford Museum 2006-07.
Panchal's large-scale, fresco-like watercolours of subtle vibrancy are at once movingly archaic and challengingly contemporary. His spaciously abstracted works are partly inspired by Indian minaturist painting and Buddhist and Jain frescoes, but also by the visionary figuration of El Greco, Marth Rothko's immense field of colour and the haunting backdrops of Francis Bacon.
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Shanti Panchal
Ragas of the Dawn 21 Oct 2016 - 5 Jan 2017Shanti Panchal: Ragas of the Dawn presents a collection of exquisite watercolours by Shanti Panchal, subtle yet evocative paintings chronicling the spectrum of human relations and emotions with restrained expressivity.Read more -
Peter Salter
Drawing Walmer Yard 29 Sep - 15 Oct 2016 Piano NobileExhibition of architectural drawings by Peter Salter for Walmer Yard at Piano Nobile. Drawings by Peter Salter for sale.Read more -
The Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize: The Winners
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester 31 Oct 2015 - 21 Feb 2016Highlights from the Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize 2015 at Piano Nobile Kings Place travel to Pallant House Gallery, ChichesterRead more -
British Self-Portraits: Highlights from the Ruth Borchard Collection
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester 18 Oct 2014 - 31 May 2015Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, in conjunction with Piano Nobile presents an exhibition of highlights from the Ruth Borchard Collection of self-portraits by British artists brought together by Ruth Borchard throughout...Read more -
ART14
Stand D2 28 Feb - 2 Mar 2014 Art FairPIANO NOBILE is pleased to be exhibiting at Art14. The second edition of London's global art fair, held in Olympia's Grand Hall, opens its doors on Friday 28 February and...Read more -
Shanti Panchal
Paintings of Exile and Home 15 May - 8 Jun 2013 Piano NobileShanti Panchal: Paintings of Exile and HomeRead more
Recent works by Shanti Panchal at Piano Nobile Gallery
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Ruth Borchard Collection: Artists' Self Portraits
The Lightbox, Woking March 25, 2017Until 25 June 2017, The Lightbox gallery and museum will present ‘Ruth Borchard Collection: Artists’ Self-Portraits’, an exhibition displaying one hundred self-portraits by significant modern...Read more -
Jackie Wullschlager reviews Shanti Panchal
The Financial Times November 10, 2016The Chief Visual Arts Critic of The Financial Times, Jackie Wullschlager, included the current Piano Nobile King's Place exhibition Shanti Panchal: Ragas of the Dawn...Read more -
John Evans reviews Shanti Panchal: Ragas of the Dawn
The Islington Tribune October 24, 2016Shanti Panchal: Ragas of the Dawn has been featured in The Islington Tribune newspaper, topping the bill of John Evans' arts section. Evans describes Panchal's...Read more -
Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize 2015 exhibition features in Financial Times' critics choice
Jackie Wullschlager August 1, 2015Jackie Wullschlager reviews the Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize 2015 in the Financial TimesRead more -
Ruth Borchard Prize Winner Shanti Panchal Featured In The Eastern Eye Newspaper
London July 31, 2015Ruth Borchard Prize Winner Shanti Panchal Featured In The Eastern Eye Newspaper. Panchal won the £10,000 prize with his piece 'Artist and the Lost Studio', created in 2014Read more