THE WINNERS

COLLECTOR OF THE YEAR

Sanjiv Goenka

Won for collecting not just known names but also budding artists and helping their careers by displaying their works at the Victoria House headquarters of the RPSanjiv Goenka Group, Kolkata.

SOLO EXHIBITION OF THE YEAR

Jogen Chowdhury

A pillar in the world of modern Indian art, he won for his threemonthlong solo exhibition, Reverie and Reality, held at the Kolkata Centre for Creativity’s Emami Art Gallery, showcased 175 of the his works.

RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF THE YEAR

Arpita Singh

Won for Submergence:

In the Midst of

Here and There, a retrospective of her work spanning six decades, included her seminal paintings, drawings, sketches, watercolours and reverse glass paintings.

PERFORMANCE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Mithu Sen

Won for her performance piece ‘(Un) Mansplaining’, which satirises the oppressive gaze of the male art critic. It features recordings of male voices and comments on art, feminism and feminist art.

NEW MEDIA ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Martand Khosla

The architectartist won for his exhibition 1:2500 (One is to TwentyFive Hundred) in which he explored the idea of a city from different perspectives through drawings, sketches and installations.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN ART

A. Ramachandran Won for his contribution to art over five decades. A Padma Bhushan awardee and recipient of the Raja Ravi Verma Puraskar, his art draws from several aspects of Indian classical art.

EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Ayesha Singh Awarded for her exhibition, It Was Never Concrete, which takes a close look at how the social, political and historical context of a city manifests in its architecture.

BEST ARTISTIC COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR

Jiten Thukral

& Sumir Tagra’s ‘Bread, Circuses

& TBD’

The Delhibased artistdesigner duo wins for drawing attention to the plight of the Indian farmer through their installation.

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Atul

Dodiya

The highlyacclaimed artist won the award for his 36 remarkable photorealistic paintings that interpret the crucial seven minutes in Alfred Hitchcock’s film, Blackmail. This is not the first time Dodiya has drawn from cinema, and Hitchcock is a perennial favourite. The work is both a homage to the auteur as well as his interpretation of the master.

PUBLIC ART INITIATIVE

Indian Pavilion, Venice Biennale (a joint initiative of the ministry of culture, director of NGMA, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art & CII)

Won for putting together the show, Our Time for a Future Caring, showcasing artworks that commemorate Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary, focussing on critical thinking inspired by the Father of the Nation.