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'''Om Prakash Sharma''' (born 14 December 1932) is an Indian [[painting|painter]], [[visual artist]], professor, writer and [[sitarist]] based in [[New Delhi, India]].<ref name="HIN">{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/art/lens-and-the-man/article5175522.ece|title=Lens and the Man|last=Tripathi |first=Shailaja |date=27 September 2013 |website=thehindu.com |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=23 August 2017 |quote=Shailaja Tripathi captures the journey of O.P. Sharma}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Om-Prakash-Sharma/FF133721FF71DAA6?test_related_artists=1|title=Om Prakash Sharma is an Indian visual artist who was born in 1932|last= |first= |date= |website=mutualart.com |publisher=[[MutualArt.com]] |access-date=23 August 2017 |quote=}}</ref> He was bestowed with [[Lalit Kala Akademi#National Art Award|National Award for Painting]] of [[Lalit Kala Akademi]] in 1969, by the [[President of India]]. Sharma has won [[All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society]]'s '' Annual Art Exhibitions'' thrice in 1966, 1967 and 1969, and has been awarded with multiple awards at various state exhibitions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://formsofdevotion.org/artist/om-prakash-sharma/ |title= His credit include the Lalit Kala Academy’s National Award for Painting, First Prize (thrice) for the Annual Art Exhibitions of AIFACS|last= |first= |date= |website=formsofdevotion.org |publisher= |access-date=23 August 2017 |quote=}}</ref><ref name="AI">{{cite web |url=http://www.artintaglio.in/ArtistProfile.jsp?ArtistId=218|title=Om Prakash Sharma, Artist Profile|last= |first= |date= |website=artintaglio.in |publisher=Art Intaglio |access-date=23 August 2017 |quote=}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Sharma was born in 1932, in [[Bawal]], [[Haryana]]. He attended [[Meerut College]] where he graduated in drawing and paintings in 1951. Sharma earned The National Diploma in Fine Arts in 1958 from [[Delhi Polytechnic]] with First Class and [[Latin honors|Distinction]]. From 1964 to 1966, Sharma attended [[Columbia University]] and [[Art Students League of New York]] as a [[Fulbright scholar]] where he completed his [[postgraduate]] studies in [[Fine Arts]] and [[Art History]].<ref name="AI"/><ref>[http://www.omprakash.in/biodata.html Om Prakash Sharma's Biography, Born on 14 December 1932, at Bawal, Haryana, India, in a conservative and poor family of railway employees] Retrieved 23 August 2017</ref><ref name="MCF"/><br />
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==Career==<br />
===Art educator===<br />
After completing his graduation in 1951, Sharma joined D.A.V. School, [[Paharganj]], [[New Delhi]], as an art teacher, where he worked for five years. In 1956, Sharma was appointed as senior art teacher at Government Model School, [[Ludlow Castle, Delhi]] where he worked till 1961. From 1961 to 1981, Sharma served as the head of the art department at [[School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi]]. In 1981, Sharma was appointed as the [[Dean (education)|Dean]] at [[College of Art, Delhi]] where he served till 1992.<ref name="AI"/><br />
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===Artist===<br />
Om Prakash Sharma's career as an artist spans over six decades.<ref name="S204">[http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41107/11/11_chapter%206.pdf An Insight into the Artists: Strategies of Being] Retrieved 23 August 2017</ref> His work as an artist has been centered around [[New Delhi]]. Sharma is known primarily as a practitioner of a uniquely Indian visual style.<ref name="HIN" /><ref>[http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41107/10/10_chapter%205.pdf Om Prakash’s interest in metaphysical thoughts of tantric philosophy led him to the style of abstract images] Retrieved 23 August 2017</ref> Sharma started his career as an artist in 1956 during annual exhibition at [[All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society]] in [[Delhi]].<ref name="S204"/> His paintings has been exhibited at over 100 solo and group exhibition. His art works has been part of permanent collections at various [[art galleries]] and [[museums]] including Berlin Museum, [[Imperial Academy of Arts|Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Moscow]] and Darat al Funun, [[Amman, Jordan]].<ref>[http://www.omprakash.in/solo.html Exhibition and Public Collection's of Om Prakash Sharma] Retrieved 23 August 2017</ref><ref name="CI">[http://cinesourcemagazine.com/index.php?/site/comments/berlin_and_beyond_transcends_borders/#.WZbzmtIjGM8 Berlin and Beyond, Transcends borders] Doniphan Blair Retrieved 23 August 2017</ref><ref>[http://daratalfunun.org/?event=exhibitions-1999 The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Darat Al Funun, Exhibition 1999] Retrieved 23 August 2017</ref><ref>[http://news.siliconindia.com/technology/Om-Prakash-Art-to-Evoke-Technology-nid-198459-cid-2.html Om Prakash: Art to Evoke Technology] Retrieved 23 August 2017</ref> He is regarded as the one of the founders of the Neo-Tantra art movement.<ref>[http://www.inquisitr.com/4193478/abstraction-and-architecture-interview-with-artist-justyn-zolli-exclusive/ Abstraction and Architecture. Om Prakash Sharma is one of the founders of Neo Tantra Art Movement] Retrieved 23 August 2017</ref><br />
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Sharma started playing [[sitar]] in 1956 when he came in contact with [[Pandit Ravi Shankar]], who helped him in identifying the traditional [[iconography]] of different [[ragas]] which inspired him to paint 25 ''Ragmala'' paintings in [[Watercolor painting|water color]]s. Influence of music has always inspired visual rhythms of Sharma's work.<ref name="HIN"/><ref name="CI"/><ref name="MCF">[https://www.marincf.org/resources/art-exhibitions-1/om-prakash-intuitive-nature-paintings-from-2004-2015 Om Prakash: Intuitive Nature | Paintings from 2004-2015] Retrieved 23 August 2017</ref><br />
Sharma has written about art in several art magazines and art columns. He has been an invited [[keynote speaker]] at various public talks organized by art societies, [[museums]] and institutions in India and abroad, on his paintings in context of [[contemporary art]] and the tradition of [[tantra]] art. He had also held positionof [[advisor]] to various art committees such Boards of education, [[Parliament House (India)|Parliament House Complex]], [[Housing and Urban Development Corporation|HUDCO]], Urban Arts Commission and several University Counsels. Sharma has also authored several books including ''Art in Art'' in 1994, ''Om Prakash - Forty Years 1958 - 1998'' in 1999 and ''Om Prakash- Sixty Years 1951 - 2012'' in 2013.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=yUHZm20c5uAC&dq Art in Art by Om Prakash Sharma 1994] Retrieved 23 August 2017</ref><ref name="GP">[http://gallerypioneer.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Catalogue.pdf Eclectic Metaphors, Om Prakash Sharma, Artist's introduction] Retrieved 23 August 2017</ref><br />
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Sharma has received several awards, including three first prizes in ''Annual Art Exhibitions'' of the [[AIFACS]], New Delhi.<ref>[http://artdealauction.com/auction/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Final-Spring-Auction.pdf Om Prakash Sharma has won a number of coveted awards, including the National Award of Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 1969] Retrieved 23 August 2017</ref> He was awarded the [[Lalit Kala Akademi#National Art Award|National Award for Painting]] of [[Lalit Kala Akademi]] in 1969. He was also awarded the Delhi State Award from the [[Chief Minister of Delhi]] in 2003.<ref name="GP"/> He holds Honorary membership of [[Russian Academy of Arts]], [[Moscow]].<ref>[http://rusembindia.com/embassy-news/6214-third-annual-all-india-conference-of-russian-compatriots-held-at-the-rcsc-in-new-delhi Third Annual All-India Conference of Russian Compatriots held at the RCSC in New Delhi] Retrieved 23 August 2017</ref> In 2008, Sharma received ''Life Time Achievement Award'' from ''ART MALL'', New Delhi.<ref name="GP"/><br />
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==Awards and accolades==<br />
* 1966- First prize at [[All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society]]'s '' Annual Art Exhibitions''<br />
* 1967- First prize at All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society's ''Annual Art Exhibitions''<br />
* 1969- First prize at All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society's ''Annual Art Exhibitions''<br />
* 1969 - [[Lalit Kala Akademi#National Art Award|National Award for Painting]] of [[Lalit Kala Akademi]].<br />
* 2003 - Delhi State Award from the [[Chief Minister of Delhi]].<br />
* Honorary membership of [[Russian Academy of Arts]], [[Moscow]].<br />
* Lifetime Achievement Award by ''ART MALL'', New Delhi in 2008<br />
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==Solo exhibitions==<br />
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* 1958 - Hotel Rex, Delhi<br />
* 1959 - [[AIFACS]], New Delhi<br />
* 1959 - AIFACS, New Delhi<br />
* 1961 - AIFACS, New Delhi<br />
* 1963 - AIFACS, New Delhi<br />
* 1963 - Ashoka Gallery, [[Calcutta]]<br />
* 1964 - Kumar Gallery, New Delhi<br />
* 1965 - Artistica Gallery, [[Long Island]], USA<br />
* 1965 - [[Duncan Gallery of Art|Duncan Gallery]], [[New York City]], USA<br />
* 1967 - Kumar Gallery, New Delhi<br />
* 1968 - Kumar Gallery, New Delhi<br />
* 1969 - Kumar Gallery, New Delhi<br />
* 1970 - Kumar Gallery, New Delhi<br />
* 1971 - Gallery Chanakya, New Delhi<br />
* 1972 - Gallery Chanakya, New Delhi<br />
* 1973 - Fair Field University Gallery, [[Connecticut]] USA<br />
* 1973 - St. John the Divine Gallery, New York, USA<br />
* 1974 - Gallery Chanakya, New Delhi<br />
* 1975 - Gallery Chanakya, New Delhi<br />
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* 1975 - Pundole Art Gallery, [[Mumbai]]<br />
* 1976 - Solar Gallery, New York, USA<br />
* 1977 - Kumar Gallery, New Delhi<br />
* 1978 - Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai<br />
* 1980 - Lalit Kala Gallery, New Delhi<br />
* 1981 - Ancient Currents Gallery, [[San Francisco]], USA<br />
* 1985 - Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi<br />
* 1986 - Gallery Chemould, Mumbai<br />
* 1988 - Gallery Aurobindo, New Delhi<br />
* 1988 - Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi<br />
* 1989 - Asia & Pacific Museum, [[Warsaw, Poland]]<br />
* 1989 - Sian Gallery, [[Pusan, South Korea]]<br />
* 1990 - Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi<br />
* 1990 - International Friendship House, [[Moscow]] and [[Riga]]<br />
* 1991 - Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi<br />
* 1991 - World Wide Gallery, New York, USA<br />
* 1991 - Gallery Roman Rolland, New Delhi<br />
* 1992 - Hotel Hyatt Regency, New Delhi<br />
* 1994 - LTG Gallery, New Delhi<br />
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* 1994 - World Wide Gallery, New York, USA<br />
* 1995 - Aurobindo Gallery, New Delhi<br />
* 1996 - LTG Gallery, New Delhi<br />
* 1998 - LTG Gallery, New Delhi<br />
* 1998 - Indian High Commission, [[Port Louis, Mauritius]]<br />
* 1999 - Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi<br />
* 1999 - Shoman Foundation, [[Amman, Jordan]]<br />
* 1999 - St. Raphael Gallery, [[London, England]]<br />
* 2000 - Honjo Gallery, [[Tokyo, Japan]]<br />
* 2001 - Gallery Zen, [[Bangalore]], India<br />
* 2002 - S. Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia<br />
* 2003 - The Grand Hotel, New Delhi<br />
* 2003 - Pioneer Gallery, New Delhi<br />
* 2005 - Visual Art Gallery, Indian Habitat Center, New Delhi<br />
* 2006 - Embassy of Slovak Republic, New Delhi<br />
* 2007 - Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi<br />
* 2012 - Alliance Francaise, New Delhi<br />
* 2013 - Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi<br />
* 2016-17 - Marin County Foundation, Novada, San Francisco, USA<br />
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==Group exhibitions==<br />
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* 1956 to 1969 - AIFACS, New Delhi, Annual Exhibitions.<br />
* 1961 - A.I.R, New Delhi, Exhibition on Theme of Music<br />
* 1963 - Three Painters Inaugural Show, Chemould Gallery, Mumbai<br />
* 1963 - Exhibition for National Defence Fund, L.K.A., New Delhi<br />
* 1963 to 1975 - Annual National Exhibitions, L.K.A., New Delhi<br />
* 1966 - Flowers and Flowering Trees, AIFACS, New Delhi<br />
* 1967 - Seven Artists, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi<br />
* 1968, 1969, 1992 - Sahitya Kala Parishad, Delhi<br />
* 1970 - Art Today by Kunika Chemould, New Delhi<br />
* 1972 - Avant-Garde Indian Paintings, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi<br />
* 1972 - Inaugural Group Show, Chanakya Gallery, Akbar Hotel, New Delhi<br />
* 1973 - Twenty Five Years of Indian Art, New Delhi<br />
* 1973 - International Playgroup's Annual Exhibition, IBM, New York, USA<br />
* 1977 - AIFACS, Golden Jubilee International Exhibition, New Delhi<br />
* 1980 - Miniature Format Paintings, L.K.A., New Delhi<br />
* 1983 - Second Asian Art Biennale, Bangladesh<br />
* 1983 - 84 - 'Tantra' Exhibition, India Festival West German Museums<br />
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* 1984 - 15th International Exhibition, Japan.<br />
* 1985 - 'Neo - Tantra' Art Exhibition, New South Wales, Australia<br />
* 1987 - Indian Art Exhibition for International Book Fair, Frankfurt, Germany<br />
* 1987 - Indian Festival, Moscow, USSR<br />
* 1988 - Exhibition of CRY, Metro Cities of India<br />
* 1989 - Art Teachers Exhibition, HABIART, New Delhi<br />
* 1990 - 50 Artists by Gallery Chanakya at L.K.A., New Delhi<br />
* 1990 - Ambassador's Choice at NGMA, New Delhi<br />
* 1991 - Changing Images, Jahangir Art Gallery, Mumbai<br />
* 1991 - Award Winner's National Exhibition of Art, L.K.A., New Delhi<br />
* 1991 - Connoisseur's Choice at Habiart, New Delhi<br />
* 1994 - Spiritual and Cultural Exchange Exhibition, AIFACS, New Delhi.<br />
* 1995 - A Homage to Gandhi, LTG Gallery, New Delhi<br />
* 1997 - Magnetic Forms at Art Konsult, New Delhi<br />
* 1998 - Symbolism and Geometry in Indian Art, NGMA, New Delhi<br />
* 2005 - Christies Auction, New York, U.S.A<br />
* 2006 - Triveda Auction, New Delhi<br />
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* 2006 - Harmony Show, Mumbai<br />
* 2006 - Pioneer Gallery, New Delhi<br />
* 2006 - Suruchi Art Gallery, New Delhi<br />
* 2006 - Colours - Artland, Mumbai<br />
* 2007- Bonhams Auction, London<br />
* 2007- Red Earth, Monsoon Show, New Delhi<br />
* 2007- Osians Auction, New Delhi<br />
* 2007- 60th Milestone, New Delhi<br />
* 2007- Rainbow In the Sun, L.K.A, New Delhi<br />
* 2007- Tales of Textures, Art Elements Gallery, New Delhi<br />
* 2007- Art for Prabhat, New Delhi<br />
* 2007 - Convergence, Trident Hilton, Gurgaon<br />
* 2007- D.M.G 70th Anniversary Show L.K.A, New Delhi<br />
* 2008- Art for Aged, Auction, Oberoi Hotel, New Delhi<br />
* 2010 - Haryana Art Academy, L.K.A. New Delhi<br />
* 2014 - India Art Fair, New Delhi<br />
* 2015 - Spiritual Art Exhibition of Museum of Sacred Art, Belgium at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi<br />
* 2016 - Spiritual Art by MOSA at Lalit Kala Academi, New Delhi<br />
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