SHAIL CHOYAL
1991 ADOGI MiniPrint International award for printmaking, Barcelona, Spain.
1990 All India Exhibition, U.P State Lalit Kala award for painting.
1982 National Award by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
1981 Academy of Fine Arts, Amritsar award for painting.
1980 Awarded Ph.D. degree.
1980 Graphic—80, merit award, Chandigarh
1979 All India Mahakaushal Kala Parishad exhibition award for painting.
1979President of India Sh. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy award by AIFACS for painting.
1978 Bombay Art Society award for Printmaking.
1978 Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi award for
1976 Printmaking.
1976 Academy of Fine Art, Calcutta award for painting
Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi award for painting.
1974 British Council Fellowship.
1972 Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi for painting
1973 Bombay Art Society award for painting.
1972 Bombay Art Society award for painting.
1972 All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society award for painting.
1970 All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi award for painti*ng.
1970 All India Kalidas Exhibition, M.P award for painting.
1969 Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi award for Printmaking.
Fellowships:
2000-2002 Senior fellowship for painting by H.R.D. ministry of culture, Government of India
1980-82 Junior Fellowship on ‘Graphics and its Popularization’ by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India
1975-76 British Council Fellowship to study Print- making in Britain in the academic year
Honours and Offices Held:
Acted as the Jury at the…
Gujarat Academy of Art and Culture, Jammu & Kashmir Academy of Art and Languages;, Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi;
Andhra Pradesh Lalit Kala Akademi; Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi; Fine Arts Academy, Amritsar; Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akemi, Kalidas Akademi, Shankara Akademi, Guahati in their Annual exhibitions and ADOGI Mini print International exhibition, Cadaques, Barcelona, Spain
1992 Served as Vice Chairman, Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi, Jaipur; Member - Advisory Committee of Garhi Studios, New Delhi;
1987 Represented India at the Asian Festival, Bali (Indonesia);
1986 Acted as the creative Director for the West Zone Cultural Centre for ‘Apna Utsav’ held in Delhi.
Served as a member of the Governing body of West Zone Cultural Centre;
Served as member at the General Council of Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi;
Served as a member on the Governing Council, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, New Delhi;
Acted as Commissioner for India at the Twenty First International Festival of Painting, at Cagnes Sur Mer, France;
Entrusted the responsibility of compiling the Indian Section of 6th Triennale, India by L.K.A. ;
Served on General Council, Executive Board, Triennial Committee at the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi;
1981 and 1983 Served on General Council and Executive Board of Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi;
1980 Was elected on the general council as one among the nine eminent artists of India by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1978 Marlin Durrah, a filmmaker from Oregon, USA made a 20 minutes film on Shail’s Art.
1977 UNICEF acquired one of the works for their greeting card.
Academic and Creative Renderings:
Assisted Shri Bhanu Bharti, an eminent theater director of India in direction of a documentary film on ‘GAVARI’ a famous tribal dance-drama
Directed a 16 mm film ‘The Spirit is Alive’ on Nathdwara Painting for Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
Exhibition: (Participation in India)
2013 Art Fusion' Organised by Nehru Center
2013 Three Generations' - Jehangir Art Gallery,
2011 Portrait of an Artist' at Dhoomimal Art Centre(Part of India Art Summit-2011)
2009 Group Show – Choyals at Karnataka Chitra Ka;la Parishad, Bangalore.
2008 Triveda auction, New Delhi.
2008 Souls in Surfaces' by Dhoomimal City Gallery at EPI Center, Gurgaon, Haryana.
2008 Three Generation’ Group show at Bougainvillaea, Udaipur.
2008 Art today in Rajasthan’ - Dhoomimal Art Center, New Delhi.
2008 "Current Impressions; Prints by Contemporary Indian Printmakers"
at 'The Frank Museum of Art' Westerville, Ohio and at Otterbein college museum, USA.
2007 'Continuity and Change' - Dhoomimal Art Center,
2006 New Delhi
'Metamorphosis'- one man show at Dhoomimal Art Centre, Delhi
2002,04,05.8th 10th and 11th Harmony Show-Bombay
2004 Art for Vision’ - a charity exhibition curetted by Sushama Behl
2004 Swarn rekha’ exhibition of National & Triennale Awardees organized by Lalit Kala Akademi- New Delhi
2002 One man show at Dhoomimal Art Center – New Delhi
2002 Half a foot’ a miniature formats exhibition.Organized by Dhoomimal art center, New Delhi.
2001 Help age, Mumbai
2000 Ravi Memorial Trust, New Delhi
2000 Graphic expression' - Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai.
1999 Art & Cinema, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
1997 Major trends in Indian art, LKA, New Delhi.
1994
1993 Invited by Ambassade de France for participation in the Show SOUVVENIRS D’EN FRANCE.
1992 Invited to participate in the ‘Indian Contemporary Art’ an exhibition compiled by Birla Academy of Arts, Calcutta.
1991 Participated in International Seminar and presented a paper during VII Triennale.
1989 Self Portraits of Indian Artists by Village Gallery
1985 Traveling Exhibition organized by Lalit Kala Akademi
1985 Graphic workshop convened by Prof. Paul Lingren and organized by USIS.
1985 Graphic since 1900—an exhibition of prints compiled by LKA.
1985 Print-Making Today’, an exhibition compiled by Jehangir Art Gallery.
1980, 81, 82, 84 Graphic' by Chandigarh Museum & Art Gallery.
1979 Trade Fair Exhibition.
1974 III Triennale, India.
1971 25 years of Indian Art Exhibition
Contemporary Miniatures CIMA, Calcutta.
Exhibition: (Participation - Abroad)
2014 De Art Event', UAE.
2010 4th International Beijing Biennale, China.
2010 La Dance Des Couleurs’ La Roteonde des Arts 2010 Contemporarains, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Africa.
2001 Scapes 2001 contemporary Indian artists’ - Group Show at Hong Kong.
2000 Invited to Langkawi international art festival , Malaysia.
1994 Held one person show at Aunkan Gallery, Osaka.
1992 Held one person show of graphics at ADOGI Gallery, Cadaques, Spain.1991 Participated in ADOGI, Mini Print International, Spain.
1990 Participated in Group show at Kyoto organized by Shimin Gaiko, Japan.
1983 Ajia Bijutsu—16th Asian Modern Art Exhibition, Japan.
1990 Held one man show in Espace Blue Gallery, Paris.
1989 Held one man show in Riga, Latvia.
1989 Teressera Biennal De la Habana, the international Art Biennale At Cuba.
1989 21st International Painting Festival, Cagnes Sur-Mer, France.
1985 2nd Asian Art Exhibition, Fukuoka, Japan.
1985 Mostura De Cultura Indiana Lisbon.
1985 15th International Art Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan.
1986-87 I.C.C.R.’s traveling exhibition of prints to several European Countries.
1985 India festival at U.S.A.
1983 India Through Prints by Tropen Museum, Netherlands.
1997 Held one-man show at Frankfurt organized by G.T.D.
1997 Participated in Sydney Art Festival.
1997 One men show at Atelier Spiserhus Gallery, Rheinfelden, Switzerland.
1997 One man show at Frankfurt curetted by German Development corporation (GTZ)
1976 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London.
Camps and workshops: (India)
Invited to participate in several Artists Camps held at Delhi, Mumbai, Kasauli, Jammu & Kashmir, Shantiniketan, Bangalore, Bombay, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Ujjain, Anand, Noida, Gurugram, Gwalior, Bombay, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Agra, Nainital, Jaipur, Mollela and Udaipur.
Camps and workshops: (Abroad)
2011 Camlin foundation art tour to Hong Kong
2000 Lectured at LIFA, Malaysia and attended International Art Festival at Langkawi Malaysia
1997 Lectured at City hall Kobe and Shimin Gaiko, Kyoto 1993 Sydney Art Festival
1989 International Seminar & Painting Workshop at Cesis, Latvia, U.S.S.R.
1987 Asian Art Festival at Bali as an Indian Delegate Lectured at Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, for more than 50 times since 1976 and still continuing.
Artist Residency
2008 Regional Centre, Lalit Kala Kendra Lucknow.
Tours & Visits
Visited Art Galleries in Eastern & Western European Museums in London, Holland, Scotland, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Russia, Latvia Czechoslovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain, Japan, Hong Kong, Beijing, Thailand, Nepal, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia etc.
