https://www.jacksonsart.com/blog/2021/12/15/shanti-panchal-jacksons-painting-prize-2022-expert-judge/
Winter Exhibition 2021
http://www.chappelgalleries.co.uk/exhibitions-11/winter-2021/winter-2021.htm
online exhibition
You are invited to view my online exhibition at the Ben Uri gallery on this link.
– as a forthcoming traditional exhibition
https://benuri.org.uk/exhibitions/ (scroll down to find)
– as the ‘exhibition of the week’ for 3D exhibitions
https://benuri.org.uk/exhibitions/view-3d-exhibits/
Writers on Shanti Panchal
‘Shanti Panchal’s paintings are sculptures of light. They aren’t flat, still less shimmers across a screen.You need to see them in the flesh, in the same way you look at someone you love. Then you become aware of the thickness…
Portrait of an award winner by Amit Roy, Eastern Eye, July 31, 2016
Britain’s most prestigious prize for self portraiture has been won by a British-Indian artist, Shanti Panchal, whose painting was chosen near unanimously by the judges from more than 1,000 entries…….
Exhibitions Review by Andrew Lambirth, The Spectator, May 25, 2013
“Over in west London, at Piano Nobile, is a glowingly beautiful exhibition of figurative watercolours by Shanti Panchal…He paints people almost exclusively, though this exhibition (his first ever in a commercial gallery) includes two serene still-life paintings of a watering…
An Amazing Depth by Philip Vann, Mumbai Art Journal, 2011
“Though he is based in London, Shanti Panchal’s work reflects his strong Indian influences, including Jain miniatures and the village in which he group up…He is renowned for his large-scale watercolours of subtle vibrancy, at once movingly archaic and starkly…
In Conversation: Shanti Panchal, The Artist, February 2011
“There is a general perception that watercolour has particular limitations and that consequently the best approach, and certainly the safest, is to work within the traditional technique of painting from light to dark, using a succession of thin washes that…
Luminous Serenity by Andrew Lambirth, Art Review 49, May 1998
“Born in Gujarat, western India, in 1951, Shanti Panchal studied art in Bombay before coming to London on a British Council scholarship in 1978. He has made his home in this country ever since, with regular trips back to India,…