International

International Exhibitions visiting India are sometimes sent to the Akademi for the benefit of artists and art lovers of the city. International Exhibitions organized so far have been :

States

Annual Art Exhibitions of State level are organised regularly every year by the Akademi. Cash Awards, Memento and Certificates are given to award winners.

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• Annual Art Exhibitions of UP State
• State Level (Regional) Art Exhibition
• A.I.F.A.C.S.- State Level Art Exhibition
• Applied Art Exhibition

Exhibition of Permanent Art Collection Art Collection

Outstanding works of art have been collected from various exhibitions, shows and camps, since the existence of the Akademi. Selecting from a vast reserve collection of almost 1800 works consisting of paintings, sculptures, drawings, and graphics, specialised exhibitions are organised in the Modern Art Gallery of the Akademi throughout the year. Specialised exhibitions have been organized in all the major cities of the State also such as Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Faizabad, Allahabd, Kanpur, Jhansi, Etawah, Agra, Mathura, Aligarh, Moradabad, Bareilly, Rampur, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Banda and Sitapur etc.

Retrospective Art Exhibition

Retrospective Art Exhibitions are organized to highlight the entire range of creative artistic expression of celebrated artists who have made important contribution in the field of art.
Renowned artists like Prof. R. S. Bisht, Prof K. S. Kulkarni, Shri Sanat Kumar Chatterjee and Shri Dilip Das Gupta have so far held their retrospective exhibitions in the Akademi..

• R.S. Bisht - 1984
• K.S. Kulkarni - 1985
• Sanat Kumar Chatterjee - 2001
• Dilip Das Gupta - 2003
• M. Salim - 2011

Invited Art Shows

Renowned artists are frequently invited to hold their individual shows at the Akademi. On this occasion a brief folder about their works is also published.

Invited Art Shows held by the Akademi:

Sr No.	Painting	Year
55	Santosh Varma	2018
54	Jai Shankar Mishra	2017
53	Krishna Trivedi	2017
52	Sunil Kumar Saxena	2016
51	Subir Ray	2016
50	D.P Mohanti	2015
49	Rajendra Prasad	2012
48	N.K Mishra	2012
47	Ashutosh Mishra	2008
46	S. Pranam Singh	2008
45	Dr. Ram Shabd Singh	2008
44	Sunderlal	2007
43	Baldev Gambhir	2007
42	Ram Kanvar	2007
41	Ram Viranjan	2005
40	Harish Srivastava	2005
39	Gopal Madhukar Chaturvedi	2002
38	Jiten Hazarika	2002
37	B.S. Thakur	2001
36	C. K. Paliwal	2000
35	Yashodhar Mathpal	1999
34	Sharad Pandey	1996
33	Vijay Singh	1994
32	Surendra Joshi	1994
31	Mohd Saleem	1987
30	Karn Man Singh	1985
29	Prakash Karmakar	1983
28	Madan Lal Nagar	1981
27	Satish Chandra	1980
26	Vasudev Smart	1979
25	Vishwanath Khanna	1978
24	Vishwanath Mukherjee	1975
23	Badri Nath Arya	1975
22	S. Ajmat Shah	1973
21	Yashodhar Mathpal	1973
20	Satish Dwivedi	1973
19	Dilip Das Gupta	1972
18	Sukhbir Singh Singhal	1972
17	Yogendra Nath Yogi	1972
16	D. P. Dhulia	1972
15	S. P. Chadha	1971
14	Prabha Pawar	1971
13	Ram Chandra Shukla	1971
12	Shri Ram Vaishya	1971
11	P. C. Little	1970
10	R. C. Sathi	1970
09	N. Khanna	1969
08	B. B. Chakravorti	1967
07	Pushpa Gupta	1966
06	Muni Singh	1966
05	B. S. Bhatnagar	1966
04	Satish Dwivedi	1966
03	Madan Lal Nagar	1965
02	Musleh Ahmad	1965
01	A. S. Pawar	1964

Sr No.	Graphic	Year
05	Kiran Singh Rathore	2018
04	Ashutosh Mishra	2008
03	M. K. Puri	1980
02	Manohar Lal Bhugra	1971
01	Jai Krishna Agrawal	1965

Sr No.	Sculpture	Year
07	Vimla Bisht	1985
06	N. N. Roy	1985
05	N. N. Roy	1984
04	M. V. Krishnan	1981
03	N. N. Roy	1977
02	Suleman Khan	1974
01	N. N. Roy	1966

Sr No.	Drawing	Year
08	Shiv Balak	2007
07	Major Ashok Kumar	2001
06	Vijay Singh	1994
05	R. P. Nigam	1990
04	A. P. Gajjar	1979
03	S. G. Shrikhande	1977
02	Jagdish Gupta	1973
01	Rathin Mitra	1969

Other Collaborative Exhibitions

Since 1998-99, the All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society, New Delhi has been organising State Exhibitions in collaboration with State Lalit Kala Akademies/State Art Organisations. Award - winning entries from State Exhibitions are collected from each State and National Level Exhibition is organised, in which awards in different categories are given at the national level.

Other Exhibitions have also been organised in collaboration with different institutions.

Artists' Camp

The concept of organising Artists' camps is to bring together different artists at one place and facilitate their interaction with each other as well as with art lovers. Generally artists work alone in their own studios. A genuine curiosity exists about how artists express their creativity and feelings in the various mediums. To create awareness about art techniques of artists, State level / national level artists' camps are organized inviting senior / young artists of the State and outside it. Akademi organizes these camps in scenic spots in order to create the right ambience. The Akademi provides for the visit, stay, food, material for art creation and other necessary arrangements. The artists are also given an honorarium and the works created in these camps are added to the permanent art collections of the Akademi.

Art Camps organised so far:

Lecture

To enrich art and artists through enlightened lectures of experts in the field and also to generate meaningful discussions, adding to further dissemination of knowledge, lectures have been organised from time to time in the Akademi. Some of the greatest names have been invited by the Akademi so far.

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Lecture Demonstration

To bring senior and popular artists face-to-face with upcoming artists, art lovers and artists of different streams, the Akademi organises Lecture-Demonstrations from time to time, where the invited artist demonstrates live before an audience his/her skills and also gives a theoretical explanation of his/her style and answers queries from the audience. From 1999 onwards, the Akademi has also begun the practice of honouring the artists invited for a lecture demonstration.

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Radhakamal Mukerjee Memorial Lecture Series

The contribution of the second Chairman of the Akademi Dr. Radhakamal Mukherjee is invaluable. Shri Mukerjee died on 24 August, 1968 while chairing the General Council meeting in the Akademi campus.
He has donated 271 works of art from his private collection to the Akademi which boasts of famous works of distinguished artists. Since 1979, lecture-series are being organised by the Akademi in his memory where renowned artists, art historians and art critics of the country are invited to speak on issues related to contemporary art. The following dignitaries have been invited so far :

Seminars

Diverse Dimensions of Art 29th & 30th March, 2019, Lucknow

Seminar on 'Creativity & the Contemporary Indian Art' in collaboration with Utkarsh Fankar Society, Aligarh, 28-30 March, 1986, Aligarh

Acharya Nandlal Bose Centennary Seminar, 27- 29Dec 1983, Lucknow

The Akademi organises seminars from time to time to generate intellectual discussions on different aspects of art, in which renowned artists, art critics and experts are invited to present their papers.

Seminar on 'New Dimensions in Art', 1-2 June 1978, Kanpur

Inter-State Exchanges

In order to project the artistic talents of artists outside the State of Uttar Pradesh, Inter-State Art Exhibitions are organised regularly in coordination with Akademies of other States. These exchange exhibitions not only create awareness about the level of art work amongst contemporary artists but also succeed in fostering the underlying principle of cultural unity. Sometimes artists also accompany the exhibitions and a healthy interaction takes place between the visiting artists and the artists of the hosting State in the form of art camps, lectures, talks, cultural programmes etc.

The following Inter-State Art Exhibitions have been organised by the Akademi :

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