Satish GuptaAbout: A versatile artist, Satish Gupta is a painter, sculptor, poet, writer, printmaker, skilled draftsman, muralist, designer, calligrapher and ceramicist all in one. Winning the Sanskriti award at an early stage in his career, his work, that comes in a fine blend of his skills in multi tasking and a deep engagement with mysticism and Zen spirit has been exhibited in more than 33 solo shows at important art galleries within the country and abroad.Born:1947, in New DelhiEducation:He has done his schooling from Modern School, trained as an artist at College of Arts, Delhi which is followed by a study in graphics on a scholarship in Paris.

Work and Notable Achievements: His 4 mt high Surya sculpture in copper adorns the new terminal at The Indira Gandhi airport at New Delhi while his monumental five piece metal sculpture ranging in height from 3.50 mts to 10.50 mts weighing over 10000 kgs, inspired by the five primal elements is an amazing work located in the atrium at the Jindal Centre in New Delhi.

His 2.75mts high sculpture of Buddha was a part of the The Sacred Space show held at the Jehangir Art Gallery in Mumbai in 2004.

He created the Utsav Murti of the Goddess Devi for Sadhgurus ISHA foundation in Coaimbetore which resides in the main temple and is taken out in a procession on full moon nights and venerated.

His sculptures, wall murals and paintings will soon be the signature works at The Leela Palace Hotel in New Delhi.

The Sanskriti Award was presented to him in 1981. Inspired by Zen, Satish Gupta wrote also book of haiku poems "The BrokenWave" published in1985. His poems have been translated and published in Catalan and in Spanish. In 1986 he published a portfolio of his charcoal drawings, 'Vibrations', based on hymns from the Rigveda. In 1990 he designed the stage for a concert by Pandit Ravi Shankar at Sin Fort auditorium, New Delhi, with nine suspended canvases of the moon and clouds. He calligraphed his poems on large scrolls at the International Poetry Festivals in Spain "La Costa Poetica" in Altea, 1995 at "Adentissima" in Murcia, 1996. In 1997, Satish Gupta exhibited his Zen sculptures ranging at Art Today in New Delhi.Solo Art Exhibitions: Galerie Espace Pont - Neuf in Paris,

The Wraxall Gallery in London,

The Ufundi Gallery in Ottawa,

The Viridian Gallery in NewYork, Bose - Pacia Modern in New York,

Atlantic Gallery in Washington D.C.,

The East &West Art Gallery in Melbourne & Galeria El Sol in Spain.More pictures available at www.satishgupta.com