Pulkit Prajapati
Pulkit Prajapati (b.1986,Ahmedabad,India) lives and works in Ahmedabad. He holds a Diploma in Fine Arts from Seth C N College of Fine Arts,2008 and a Post Diploma in Painting at Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S.University,2010. In the same year he joined Kanoria Art Centre’s Residence program. Pulkit is a state Lalitkala Academy awardee for Graphic department and painting department in 2007 and 2010 respectively. He was selected in 1st Round for BP National Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery in London, U.K. in 2019. He is associated with several camps including, Bikaner Art Studio,Bikaner, Rajasthan in 2007; Lalitkala Regional Camp, Lucknow in 2013 (Painting); State Lalit kala Camp, Diu Gujarat, 2016 (Painting); M O G Art camp Goa, 2018 (painting).
He has been within many group shows including Kanoria Centre for Arts annual exhibition in 2011; group show at Darbar hall at kochi in 2013; the Portrait Project at Stenless Art Gallery in New Delhi 2014; Baroda March Show at Prince of Wales Museum,Mumbai in 2014; Jahangir art gallery at Mumbai in 2015); Sabarmati Revar Festival at Ahmedabad in 2016; Charity Auction at Art For Concern, Mumbai in 2019.
Pulkit has had a Solo exhibition at Jawahar kala Kendra in Jaipur, Rajasthan 2015. Apart from this, his work has been displayed at India Art Fair (New Delhi) in 2017,2022,2023,2024 respectively. Pulkit’s practice is in expression through thick layers, texture and viscous paint. He imbued this style from informed walls one sees around in public spaces. These walls are vandalized and painted upon and eventually succumbed to erosion. The over time layers upon layers of paint that are added are all part wall’s rich history. Through all his work he attempts to evoke a sense of nostalgia, a longing for a life that once was.