Neeraj Gupta
{{Short description|Indian sculptor (b. 1969)}}
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| alma_mater = School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi
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| organization = Delhi Art Society
| known_for = Sculpture art
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Neeraj Gupta (born 1969) is an Indian sculptor.{{cite news|title=Urban art sculpture adorns central Delhi|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/urban-art-sculpture-adorns-central-delhi/story-kpbnOBIOSa7j5I1CShDGLP.html|work=Hindustan Times|date=4 May 2013|language=en|access-date=14 December 2017|archive-date=13 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913183115/http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/urban-art-sculpture-adorns-central-delhi/story-kpbnOBIOSa7j5I1CShDGLP.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Neeraj Gupta: A Maestro in Sculpture Art, Exploring the Creative Universe |url=https://www.brutimes.com/news/artist/neeraj-gupta-a-maestro-in-sculpture-art-exploring-the-creative-universe |website=Bru Times News |language=en}}{{cite web|title=Enduring Stones, Deep Woods: Sculptures by Neeraj Gupta|url=https://www.aaa.org.hk/en/collection/search/library/enduring-stones-deep-woods-sculptures-by-neeraj-gupta|website=Asia Art Archive}} In 2017 Gupta became the first Indian artist to win Florence Biennale Award, taking second prize in the sculpture section.{{cite web |date=15 October 2017 |title=The names of the awarded artists 2017 - Florence Biennale |url=http://www.florencebiennale.org/en/the-names-of-the-awarded-artists-2017/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322163020/http://www.florencebiennale.org/en/the-names-of-the-awarded-artists-2017/ |archive-date=22 March 2018 |access-date=18 February 2024 |website=Florence Biennale}}{{cite web |title=Neeraj Gupta Becomes the first Indian Artist To Win Florence Biennale Award |url=https://www.dayafterindia.com/2017/10/25/neeraj-gupta-becomes-first-indian-artist-win-florence-biennale-award/ |website=The Dayafter |date=25 October 2017 |access-date=14 December 2017 |archive-date=12 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212084211/https://www.dayafterindia.com/2017/10/25/neeraj-gupta-becomes-first-indian-artist-win-florence-biennale-award/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite news |last=Ali Khan |first=Murtaza |date=2 July 2022 |title=I like to see City Scape as a journey of evolution: Neeraj Gupta |url=https://sundayguardianlive.com/culture/like-see-city-scape-journey-evolution-neeraj-gupta |access-date=19 February 2024 |work=The Sunday Guardian |archive-date=13 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813122122/https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/culture/like-see-city-scape-journey-evolution-neeraj-gupta |url-status=live }} In 2004 he won the Sahitya Kala Parishad award.{{cite news |last1=Ashok |first1=Sowmiya |date=7 May 2013 |title=Depicting Delhi's spiral of energy |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/depicting-delhis-spiral-of-energy/article4690642.ece |work=The Hindu |language=en |access-date=14 December 2017 |archive-date=8 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508171131/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/depicting-delhis-spiral-of-energy/article4690642.ece |url-status=live }}
He is founder and president of the Delhi Art Society.{{Cite news |last=Thiyyadi |first=Sreevalsan |date=26 February 2023 |title=Sculpting thoughts: Neeraj Gupta's public art |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/features/sculpting-thoughts-neeraj-guptas-public-art-483213 |access-date=18 February 2024 |archive-date=3 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403053218/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/features/sculpting-thoughts-neeraj-guptas-public-art-483213 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |date=5 April 2021 |title=Delhi's widest fountain to open near AIIMS next month |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/citys-widest-fountain-to-open-near-aiims-next-month-101617561611955.html |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |access-date=9 April 2021 |archive-date=4 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210404214231/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/citys-widest-fountain-to-open-near-aiims-next-month-101617561611955.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title='Public art holds cities together,' Delhi artist shares thoughts |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2019/aug/14/public-art-holds-cities-together-delhi-artist-shares-thoughts-2018811.html |work=The New Indian Express |access-date=16 February 2020 |archive-date=16 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216105308/https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2019/aug/14/public-art-holds-cities-together-delhi-artist-shares-thoughts-2018811.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=7 December 2018 |title=Delhi to soon get a policy and a master plan for public art - Neeraj Gupta |work=Hindustan Times |page=3 |agency=HT Media Ltd}} He is a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors, United Kingdom.{{cite web |title=Neeraj Gupta MRSS |url=https://sculptors.org.uk/artists/neeraj-gupta |website=sculptors.org.uk |language=en |access-date=28 September 2020 |archive-date=3 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203015523/https://sculptors.org.uk/artists/neeraj-gupta |url-status=dead }}
The Forces of Imagination
In Dec 2024, Neeraj Gupta organized an exhibition "The Forces of Imagination" at the India Habitat Centre, Delhi. In this exhibition Gupta showcased his marble sculpture along with other sculptures by 14 artists from across India.{{cite web |last1=Basu |first1=Soma |title=Soliloquy in stone and metals |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/soliloquy-in-stone-and-metals/article69003530.ece |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |date=20 December 2024}} After many years, a diverse assembly of sculptors has united in Delhi's art circuit, showcasing their transformational artworks that epitomize the evolution of sculpture in India.{{cite web |last1=Mallik |first1=Prattusa |title='The Forces of Imagination' to showcase almost 100 contemporary Indian sculptures in New Delhi |url=https://www.indulgexpress.com/culture/art/2024/Dec/21/the-forces-of-imagination-to-showcase-almost-100-contemporary-indian-sculptures-in-new-delhi |website=Indulgexpress |language=en |date=21 December 2024}}
Public exhibitions
- 2024 Sri Ram Vijay (Divine Victory) Wooden Sculpture art showcased at National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi{{cite web |title=Sri Ram Vijay: A Timeless Depiction of Ram and Sita by Neeraj Gupta |url=https://www.brutimes.com/news/art-culture/sri-ram-vijay-a-timeless-depiction-of-ram-and-sita-by-neeraj-gupta |website=Bru Times News |language=en |access-date=2 April 2024 |archive-date=2 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402103552/https://www.brutimes.com/news/art-culture/sri-ram-vijay-a-timeless-depiction-of-ram-and-sita-by-neeraj-gupta |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Neeraj Gupta's 'Divine Victory': A timeless sculpture of Ram and Sita |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/delhi/neeraj-guptas-divine-victory-a-timeless-sculpture-of-ram-and-sita/articleshow/108918254.cms |website=The Times of India |date=31 March 2024 |access-date=2 April 2024 |archive-date=2 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402103653/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/delhi/neeraj-guptas-divine-victory-a-timeless-sculpture-of-ram-and-sita/articleshow/108918254.cms |url-status=live }}
- 2021, Geumgang Nature Art Biennale{{cite web |title=금강자연미술비엔날레 |url=http://www.natureartbiennale.org/home/bbs/board.php?bo_table=exhibition&wr_id=1310&sca=2021&page=6 |website=금강자연미술비엔날레 |language=ko |access-date=21 November 2023 |archive-date=21 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121105953/http://www.natureartbiennale.org/home/bbs/board.php?bo_table=exhibition&wr_id=1310&sca=2021&page=6 |url-status=live }}
- 2020, Sculpt for Delhi III at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi{{cite news |last1=MP |first1=Team |title=An initiative to make art accessible for public |url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/features/an-initiative-to-make-art-accessible-for-public-399720 |work=millenniumpost.in |date=9 February 2020 |language=en |access-date=16 February 2020 |archive-date=16 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216104601/http://www.millenniumpost.in/features/an-initiative-to-make-art-accessible-for-public-399720 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Out in the Open |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/art-exhibition-delhi-farhat-jamshed-6266954/ |website=The Indian Express |date=14 February 2020 |access-date=16 February 2020 |archive-date=16 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216032203/https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/art-exhibition-delhi-farhat-jamshed-6266954/ |url-status=live }}
- 2020, Oak Bay Arts, Arts Alive Sculpture Walk, Public Art Program at Vancouver, Canada{{cite web |title=Voting now ready for Arts Alive 2020 sculptures |url=https://www.oakbaynews.com/entertainment/voting-now-ready-for-arts-alive-2020-sculptures/ |website=Oak Bay News |date=25 September 2020 |access-date=28 September 2020 |archive-date=30 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030161622/https://www.oakbaynews.com/entertainment/voting-now-ready-for-arts-alive-2020-sculptures/ |url-status=live }}
- 2019 Jerusalem Biennale{{cite web |title=Experiments with Truth |url=https://jerusalembiennale.org/experiments-with-truth |website=The Jerusalem Biennale |language=he |access-date=28 September 2020 |archive-date=21 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121105646/https://jerusalembiennale.org/experiments-with-truth |url-status=live }}
- 2019, Delhi for Sculpt II inaugurated by Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and Bulgarian ambassador Eleonora Dimitrova{{cite news |title=A sculpture exhibition to promote public art - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/a-sculpture-exhibition-to-promote-public-art/articleshow/68285115.cms |work=The Times of India |access-date=12 March 2019 |archive-date=22 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022215645/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/a-sculpture-exhibition-to-promote-public-art/articleshow/68285115.cms |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=5 March 2019 |title=Sculpture exhibition featuring diverse artworks inaugurated |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/sculpture-exhibition-featuring-diverse-artworks-inaugurated-119030501106_1.html |work=Business Standard |access-date=12 March 2019 |archive-date=5 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305213312/https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/sculpture-exhibition-featuring-diverse-artworks-inaugurated-119030501106_1.html |url-status=live }}
- 2018, Sculpt for Delhi in India International Centre{{cite news |date=26 March 2018 |title='Sculpt for Delhi' to showcase magnanimity of aesthetic art, culture {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/delhi/report-sculpt-for-delhi-to-showcase-magnanimity-of-aesthetic-art-culture-2597654 |work=dna |access-date=30 March 2018 |archive-date=30 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330144940/http://www.dnaindia.com/delhi/report-sculpt-for-delhi-to-showcase-magnanimity-of-aesthetic-art-culture-2597654 |url-status=live }}
- 2016, Santorini Biennale, Greece{{cite web |title=Participating artists of the 3rd Santorini Biennale – 2016 {{!}} Santorini Art Biennial 2016 – Official Website |url=http://santorinibiennale.gr/2016/participating-artists-of-the-3rd-santorini-biennale-2016.html |website=santorinibiennale.gr |access-date=14 December 2017 |archive-date=13 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913183612/http://santorinibiennale.gr/2016/participating-artists-of-the-3rd-santorini-biennale-2016.html |url-status=dead }}
- 2016, Isculpt, India International Centre{{cite news |last1=Ningthoujam |first1=Sainico |date=23 December 2016 |title=Mythology in a new context |url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/art/Mythology-in-a-new-context/article16933117.ece |work=The Hindu |language=en |access-date=14 December 2017 |archive-date=24 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224185138/http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/art/Mythology-in-a-new-context/article16933117.ece |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Delhi Arts Society |url=http://delhiartsociety.com/mr-neeraj-gupta |website=delhiartsociety.com |access-date=14 December 2017 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201154433/http://delhiartsociety.com/mr-neeraj-gupta |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=IIC India International Centre – Home |url=http://www.iicdelhi.nic.in/User_Panel/SiteSearch.aspx?Value=neeraj+gupta |website=iicdelhi.nic.in |language=en}}
- 2015 Folk Strangers at Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre{{Cn|date=March 2024}}
- 2015, Breath Better Together in India International Centre{{cite web |title=Exhibition "Environment...let us breathe better together" group shows of sculptures & paintings, photographs and collages at Art Gallery, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 2nd to 7th December 2015 |url=http://www.delhievents.com/2015/11/exhibition-environmentlet-us-breathe.html |website=Delhi Events |access-date=14 December 2017 |archive-date=12 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212193200/http://www.delhievents.com/2015/11/exhibition-environmentlet-us-breathe.html |url-status=live }}
- 2013, NDMC Convention Centre{{cite news|last1=Ashok|first1=Sowmiya|title=Depicting Delhi's spiral of energy|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/depicting-delhis-spiral-of-energy/article4688270.ece|work=The Hindu|date=6 May 2013|language=en|access-date=14 December 2017|archive-date=17 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117203251/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/depicting-delhis-spiral-of-energy/article4688270.ece|url-status=live}}
- 2013, South Block, Central Atrium of DRDO Headquarters Nehru Park New Delhi{{cite news|title=Urban art sculpture adorns central Delhi|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/urban-art-sculpture-adorns-central-delhi/story-kpbnOBIOSa7j5I1CShDGLP.html|work=Hindustan Times|date=4 May 2013|language=en|access-date=14 December 2017|archive-date=13 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913183115/http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/urban-art-sculpture-adorns-central-delhi/story-kpbnOBIOSa7j5I1CShDGLP.html|url-status=live}}
- 2013, Kaya Kalap at India Habitat Centre, Visual Arts Gallery in January{{cite web |title=Kaya Kalpsculpture exhibition |url=http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/events/delhi/kaya-kalp-sculpture-exhibition/articleshow/18203534.cms |website=The Times of India |access-date=14 December 2017 |archive-date=12 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212085728/http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/events/delhi/kaya-kalp-sculpture-exhibition/articleshow/18203534.cms |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title="Kaya Kalap" A solo exhibition of sculptures by Neeraj Gupta at Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road> 24th January-3rd February 2013 |url=http://www.delhievents.com/2013/01/kalap-solo-exhibition-of-sculptures-by.html |website=Delhi Events |access-date=14 December 2017 |archive-date=13 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913183454/http://www.delhievents.com/2013/01/kalap-solo-exhibition-of-sculptures-by.html |url-status=live }}
- 2003, Kalyug, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi{{cite web |date=10 January 2017 |title=Lighting tips for art |url=https://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/plumage/lighting-tips-for-art/ |website=Times of India Blog |access-date=14 December 2017 |archive-date=12 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212031741/https://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/plumage/lighting-tips-for-art/ |url-status=live }}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=scefAAAAMAAJ&q=neeraj+gupta+sculpture |title=Visual Arts: TheIndia Habitat Centre's Journal |date=2003 |publisher=The Centre |language=en |access-date=16 August 2019 |archive-date=21 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121105646/https://books.google.com/books?id=scefAAAAMAAJ&q=neeraj+gupta+sculpture |url-status=live }}
Awards
- Wildlife Artist of the Year 2021 by David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation{{cite web |title=Wildlife Artist of the Year 2021 Archives |url=https://davidshepherd.org/wildlife-art/gallery/wildlife-artist-of-the-year-2021/ |website=David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation |date=26 May 2021 |access-date=25 May 2021 |archive-date=25 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525102048/https://davidshepherd.org/wildlife-art/gallery/wildlife-artist-of-the-year-2021/ |url-status=live }}
- 2019 Eminent Artist of India in the 60th National Exhibition of Art by Lalit Kala Academy (National Academy of Art){{cite news |date=8 March 2019 |title=Lalit Kala Akademi's annual exhibit to take place in Mumbai |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/lalit-kala-akademi-s-annual-exhibit-to-take-place-in-mumbai-119030800326_1.html |work=Business Standard |access-date=28 September 2020 |archive-date=28 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128064126/https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/lalit-kala-akademi-s-annual-exhibit-to-take-place-in-mumbai-119030800326_1.html |url-status=live }}
- Finalist for Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize 2018 out of 666 entries 2018.{{cite web |date=2 August 2018 |title=Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize announces 2018 finalists |url=https://sculptureprize.woollahra.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/191210/WSSP_Media_Release_August_2018.pdf |website=sculptureprize.woollahra.nsw.gov.au |publisher=woollahra.nsw.gov.au |access-date=17 August 2018 |archive-date=17 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817161321/https://sculptureprize.woollahra.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/191210/WSSP_Media_Release_August_2018.pdf |url-status=live }}
- 2017 Silver Medal in Florence Biennale Award{{cite web|title=Neeraj Gupta Becomes First Indian Artist To Win Florence Biennale Award|url=https://www.dayafterindia.com/2017/10/25/neeraj-gupta-becomes-first-indian-artist-win-florence-biennale-award/|website=The Dayafter|date=25 October 2017|access-date=14 December 2017|archive-date=12 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212084211/https://www.dayafterindia.com/2017/10/25/neeraj-gupta-becomes-first-indian-artist-win-florence-biennale-award/|url-status=dead}}
- Best Sculptor Award at 77th Annual Art Exhibition of All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society
- Sahitya Kala Parishad Award, 28th Annual Art Exhibition, 2004
Documentary bibliography
- 20 Solutions, Artist Response to Climate Change, released on the eve of Climate Summit in PARIS by Environment Minister, Govt. of India 2015{{cite news|title=Sculptor Neeraj Gupta|url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/world/interiors/sculptor-neeraj-gupta-1017471.html|work=Moneycontrol|access-date=8 April 2020|archive-date=4 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204171055/http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/world/interiors/sculptor-neeraj-gupta-1017471.html|url-status=live}}
- Documentary on Singasth Kumbh 20{{cite web|title=Rough Edit Kumbh Mela 2016|website=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pUspdguoPg|date=24 November 2016|access-date=3 June 2020|archive-date=7 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707141742/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pUspdguoPg|url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.neerajguptaartist.com/}}
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