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{{short description|Indian artist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Surendra Pal Joshi
| image = Surendra_Pal_Joshi_in_2012.jpg
| caption = Surendra Pal Joshi in 2012
| birth_date = 23 July 1955
| birth_place = [[Dehradun]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]]
| death_date = 12 June 2018 (aged 62)
| death_place = [[Jaipur]], India
| known_for = {{Plainlist|
* [[painting]]
* [[sculpture]]
* [[mural]]
* [[installation art]]
}}
| education = [[Lucknow College of Arts and Crafts]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Sangeeta|1988}}
| children = 2
| awards = National Art Award, [[Lalit Kala Akademi]]
}}

'''Surendra pal Joshi''' was an Indian artist known for his use of experimental techniques in [[paintings]], [[sculptures]] and [[murals]].<ref name=":1">{{cite news |title=Renowned artist Surendra Pal dead {{!}} Jaipur News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/renowned-artist-surendra-pal-dead/articleshow/64580655.cms |work=The Times of India |date=14 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite news |last1=Khimani |first1=Yunus |title=ARTIST COMMUNITY: A spirit that soared, touched so many lives {{!}} Jaipur News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/a-spirit-that-soared-touched-so-many-lives/articleshow/64579661.cms |work=The Times of India |date=14 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{cite news |title=नहीं रहे प्रसिद्ध चित्र शिल्पी सुरेंद्रपाल जोशी, जानिए उनकी बुलंदियों का सफर |url=https://www-jagran-com.translate.goog/uttarakhand/dehradun-city-picture-artist-surendra-pal-joshi-no-more-18078972.html?_x_tr_sl=hi&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc |work=Dainik Jagran |date=14 June 2018 |language=hi}}</ref> His works are in the collection of [[Uttara Museum of Contemporary Art]] in [[Dehradun]], India.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5">{{cite news |title=नहीं रहे अंतरराष्ट्रीय चित्रकार सुरेंद्र पाल जोशी, जयपुर के अस्पताल में ली अंतिम सांस |url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=hi&u=https://www.amarujala.com/dehradun/international-painter-surendra-pal-joshi-passes-away&prev=search&pto=aue |work=Amar Ujala |publisher=Amar Ujala |date=13 June 2018 |language=hi}}</ref>

==Early life==
Surendra pal Joshi was born on 23 July 1955 in Dehradun, [[Uttarakhand]]. In 1980, he joined [[Lucknow College of Arts and Crafts]] in Uttar Pradesh and completed his bachelor’s degree in fine arts afterwards.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" />

==Career==
Surendra pal Joshi moved to Jaipur and later in 1988 started working as an assistant professor at the Rajasthan School of Art.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /> In 2008, he took voluntary retirement (VRS) from work and continued working on paintings.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /> Joshi had done 22 solo exhibitions in his time and created several murals.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /> His [[abstract paintings]] and [[Mural|murals]] have received many awards at national and international levels.<ref name=":1" /> Some of his designed murals are displayed at places like [[Indian Oil Corporation]] in New Delhi, [[Hindustan Unilever]] in Mumbai, and [[Shipping Corporation of India]] in [[Visakhapatnam]]. In 1997, Joshi received fellowship from Britain to design murals in [[Cardiff]], UK.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />

In 2015, Joshi started working at [[Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority]]
building complex in [[Dehradun]] to give shape to the state's first art museum, [[Uttara Museum of Contemporary Art]]. The museum was inaugurated by state’s Chief Minister in late 2017, a few months before Joshi’s demise.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />
The museum includes his sculptures, paintings, murals, installations, digital-print photographs, and videos constituting his reflections and responses to the devastation and rescue efforts he had witnessed during visits to the ravaged mountains in the aftermath of the [[2013 North India floods]].<ref name=":3">{{cite news |last1=Chakrabarty |first1=Arpita |title=Dehradun museum recalls the 2013 floods that wiped out chunks of Uttarakhand |url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/dehradun-museum-recalls-the-2013-floods-that-wiped-out-chunks-of-uttarakhand/article25577352.ece |work=The Hindu |date=24 November 2018 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

==Works==
===Installation Art===
[[File:The-Abode-at-Uttara-Museum-of-Contemporary-Art.jpg|thumb|right|''The Abode'', [[Uttara Museum of Contemporary Art]] (2017)]]
* ''Taana Baana''.<ref name=":6">{{cite news |last1=Sebastian |first1=Sunny |title=Criss-crossed |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/art/crisscrossed/article3900578.ece |work=The Hindu |date=15 September 2012 |language=en-IN}}</ref>
* ''The Abode''.<ref name=":3" />

===Sculpture===

* ''My Salute (helicopter)''.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5" />
* ''Music of our Time (helmet)''.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5" />
* ''Dhol-Damau''.<ref name=":5" />
* ''Paani''.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />
* ''Ghilda''.<ref name=":3" />

==Awards and honours==
*National Art Award, [[Lalit Kala Akademi]], New Delhi.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":7">{{cite news |title=प्रख्यात चित्रकार सुरेंद्र पाल जोशी का निधन |url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=hi&u=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttarakhand/dehradun/story-renowned-painter-surendra-pal-joshi-passes-away-2011535.html&prev=search&pto=aue |work=Hindustan |date=13 June 2018 |language=hindi}}</ref>
*Asian Cultural Centre for [[UNESCO]].<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />
* Gold Medal, UNESCO.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />
*All India Award, [[Rajasthan]] Lalit Kala Academy.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />
*Fellowship for Mural Design by the [[British Council]].<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />
*[[Rajiv Gandhi]] Excellence Award, [[New Delhi]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />
*All India Award, Tilak Smarak Trust, Pune<ref>{{Cite web |title=Imago Mundi Collection |url=https://imagomundicollection.org/artworks/surendra-pal-joshi-untitled |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=imagomundicollection.org}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Joshi was married to his wife Sangeeta. They have two children, son Parichay and daughter Tanya.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> Joshi died on 12 June 2018 while battling cancer at a private hospital in Jaipur. It came as a shock for several people in the artist community.<ref name=":1" />

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Surendra Pal Joshi}}
* [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/indias-first-disaster-museum-opens-in-dehradun/articleshow/60944976.cms India's first disaster museum opens in Dehradun, The Times of India, 2017]
* {{WorldCat|oclc=874248914|name=''Art Konsult presents a solo show by Surendra Pal Joshi'' (curated by Uma Nair)}}
* {{WorldCat|oclc=813568528|name=''Surendra Pal Joshi’s paintings & murals'' (Academy of Fine Arts & Literature, New Delhi and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai)}}
* {{WorldCat|oclc=688644748|name=''Memory Lines paintings by Surendra Pal Joshi'' (Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai)}}

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