Kashmiri Khosa has been working as a professional painter since 1962. He has held more than twelve solo exhibitions of his paintings at Delhi, Kolkata, and Mumbai, mostly organized by galleries like Artoday, Arts Trust, and Gallery 7. Having used ink, pencil, oils, and acrylics, he has participated in major national and international shows in India and other countries, bringing him the "National Award" in 1981 and the President of India's silver plaque in 1974. His paintings have been auctioned by Osian's and Astaguru auction house in India from time to time and many other charity organizations like Concern India and Help Age India.
To trace his growth as an artist, his paintings can be found in the significant collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art, College of Art, International Airport Authority of India, and numerous private collections in India, America, Canada, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Europe.
His artistic enquiry has impelled him to collaborate with his contemporaries in poetry, literature, and theatre. Such concerns also brought him the Department of Culture's senior fellowship (1979-82) for integrating the visual language of art and content and coordinating it as a whole. His paintings, along with his concerns, have been extensively published throughout the country. Among the most prestigious is an extensive interview with paintings which were published by "Temenos 13", an international review journal devoted to the "Arts of the Imagination", edited then by Kathleen Raine and published from London.
He attended many art camps at the national and international levels. Represented at the sixth Babylon International Festival of Art in Iraq in 1994.
A slide presentation of three decades of his paintings was held at an International seminar of "The Indira Gandhi National Center of the Arts" arranged in collaboration with the Millennium Trust of Britain in 2004.
An important group of curators of Florence Contemporary Gallery of Italy has recently selected "55 artists to discover in 2024", with a catalog edition available on Amazon. Currently, Holy Art Galleries of London, New York, Paris, and Athens is exhibiting and presenting his works through mega projection on large screens along with other top artists from around the globe.
A 28-minute documentary on his life and work was released by the National Channel of Doordarshan and the Prasar Bharti Channels in 2003-2004.
Few interviews and films on his work can be seen on YouTube Channel.
Website: www.kashmirikhosa.com
Interview on Artist Closeup : CHECK HERE
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