Artist Vijay M Dhore found a new perspective when he travelled to Hampi, the huge stone boulder one on top of other, alongside the mystic beauty of Vijayanagar Empire. The huge stone carvings, temples, pillars and structure gave him an entirely new architectural experience. His travel then took him to Rajasthan where he witnessed the monumental compositions of medieval Mughal and Bundi architecture. He got inspired by the structural elements, arches, decorative patterns, forms as if it was chimerical.

Artist D Tiroumale, greatly inspired by Dali’s surrealism captured on his canvas a montage of scenes that he witnessed on his daily commute to work. His series of work is inspired by a spark of thought that he had on his daily commute. “What would an auto look like if it was for 100 passengers? That’s when the artist started drawing this series.

Witness this tribute to the beauty of form that exists and manifests itself in all concrete matter and binds itself to form a visual bond with the expression of these structures.

Born on January 6, 1971, Vijay M Dhore originally hails from Hyderabad. He started his journey with figurative paintings, then tried exploring different styles including abstract. He loves travelling and has been to different places in India to understand the architecture and its impact on culture. He likes to experiment with diverse landscapes and you can observe a lot of inspiration from architectural excellence reminiscent of Hampi, Rajasthan and the Mughals.

He has pursued Ph.D in 2002 from Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar University, Agra. Master of Fine Arts in 1999, from Govt. Hamidia Arts & Commerce College, Bhopal University and Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1997 from Nagpur University. For his excellence in the field of art, he has received a number of awards and honours including the Prafulla Dahanukar Art Foundation Award in 2016, Dr.Omkarnath Sharma, (Excellent Award) in 2010 and was the Euro tour Winner in 2015.

He has put up a number of solo exhibitions of his work at a number of venues including Central Institute of Hindi, Gandhi Bhawan, Agra in 2005, Rajya Lalit Kala Academy, Lucknow in 2004, Lalit Kala Academy, Ravindra Bhawan, New Delhi in 2003, Jahangir Art Gallery, Mumbai in 2000 and Slow Art Gallery, New York in 1999. Additionally, he has been a part of many group exhibitions at a number of places including All India Fine Arts & Craft Society, New Delhi in 2012, Hyderabad Art Society in 2018, Khajuraho Art Mart in 2016 and Bharat-Japan, Sanskritik Adan-Pradan, Art Exhibition in 2002.

He commands an excellent 19 years professional experience and has participated in a number of workshops sponsored by a number of nationally recognised institutions/organizations such as All India Artist Camp in a number of cities all over the nation, All India Fine Arts & Craft Society, New Delhi, All India Young Artist Camp (Madhya Pradesh Kala Parishad & Uttar Madhya Sanskritik Kendra, Allahabad) and National workshop of painting.

Apart from that, his knowledge and expertise in the field has led him to be a jury member for many prestigious foundations and institutions such as Lok Manya Tilak Foundation, Pune, Himachal State Museum, Shimla, Karnataka State Academy, Bangalore and Prafulla Donekar and Art Foundation. Additionally, he has shared his views and expert knowledge through a number of research papers and articles published in a range of publications.

At Present he is working in Central Institute of Hindi, Hyderabad, in Ministry of H.R.D.(Higher Education), Govt. of India since 19 years as a Senior Artist. You can get a concrete view of his work, displayed all over of India as well as abroad in numerous public and corporate collections.

He has worked in Chennai for about 14 years in the field of animation and graphics. In this process, his everyday commute to work with public transport one day made him wonder, what would an auto look like if it was for 100 passengers? The thought evoked an imagery spark and as a result his ‘Auto rickshaw series’ came in to existence. Comprising of the stretched, zig zag surrealism type of drawings, this series reminds of ruined structures of the auto rickshaws where people travel on a daily basis and gives it a raw emotional expression.

For his artistic excellence he has received a number of awards and honours including the Kalam Fine Art Award in Pondicherry in 2005 and 2013. He received the first prize at Inter College Cultural Meet at Pondicherry University in 1995 and was honoured by the Siol Quiz club in 1993 and Junior Chamber Club in 1996 in Pondicherry.

He has had a number of solo exhibitions under his belt. In May 2019, he held the ‘FANTASY REDEFINED’ at Dakshina Chitra in Chennai, ‘THE POWER’ at Le Pondicherry, ‘PURAVI’ at Maison perumal, ‘DREAMY’ at Auroville and ‘THE FORCE’ and ‘SURREAL’ in Pondicherry. He has also been a part of a number of group shows. In 2019, he was a part of “20+20=40+ Indian artist’s drawings” at Dhakshina Art gallery in Chennai, “Three men show” at Vanna Aruvi Art gallery in Pondicherry. In 2017, he participated in “Multiverse” at CKP in Bengaluru and was a part of “Light & Shade - 2016” at Palmyra in Auroville.

Apart from that he has been a part of a number of exhibitions and workshops including the “AIFACS” (Painting) and “International Kalamela” in New Delhi. He was also a part of “Inspiring Kalam” at Sega Art Gallery in Pondicherry and Regional Art Exhibition at LKA in Chennai in 2014 amongst others.

Currently he works for Kendriya Vidyalaya in Pondicherry. To get a glimpse of his exquisite craftsmanship you can check out his Private and Public Collections in India as well as abroad.