Born Mesar (Gujarat), India

Studied Sir JJ School of Art, Bombay

Fellowship Sir JJ School of Art, Bombay

Taught Sophia College Polytechnic, Bombay

Studied Byam Shaw School of Art, London (British Council Scholarship)

Artist-in-residence, British Museum, London and Harris Museum, Preston

Artist in Residence, Winsor & Newton Art Factory, London
Invited to meet HRH Prince Charles at St James’s Palace as a shortlisted artist for the W & N Millennium Art Award

TV Interview with Richard Cork, a touring show opened at the Pitshanger Manor Gallery, London

Invited to contribute in BBC series of ‘Masterpieces of the East’ with British Museum

Curated a show ‘Paintings by Five’ at The MP Birla Millennium Art Gallery, London

Invited as an Honorary Member at the Royal Society of British Artist RBA, London

Invited as an Honorary Member at the Royal Watercolour Society RWS, Bankside Gallery, London
Shortlisted for the ‘Portrait Artist of the Year 2018’ by Sky Television

Shortlisted for the Jackson’s Open Painting Prize

BBC-1News, reviewed our Co-Curated Online Exhibition, Midnight’s Family:70 Years of Indian Artists in Britain at Ben Uri Gallery, London

Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

Arts 38 Gallery, London

October Gallery, London

St Botolph’s, Aldgate curated by the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London

Earthen Shades: Paintings by Shanti Panchal, Arts Council funded touring exhibition, curated by Cartwright Hall, Bradford and Castlefield Gallery, Manchester , touring to:

Square Gallery, London

Royal Festival Hall, The South Bank Centre, London

Museum of Modern Art, Oxford

Shanti Panchal: The Windows of the Soul, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham and

Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham

Chappel Galleries, Chappel, Essex
Shanti Panchal: Private Myths, Pitshanger Manor Gallery, London touring to

Cartwright Hall, Bradford, Blackburn Museum and Art Galleries, Blackburn and

Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry.

Berni Gallery, Jersey Art Centre, Jersey, Channel Islands.
Shanti Panchal: A Personal Journey, The British Council, touring to Jehangir Art Gallery and Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai, curated by Usha Mirchandani and Phiroza Godrej.

Shanti Panchal: In the Mind’s eye, Chelmsford Museum, Chelmsford, Essex.

Shanti Panchal: curated by Oliver and Ann Mannion, The Bossanyi Studio, (part of Hillingdon open studios). Pinner

Shanti Panchal: Paintings of Exile and Home, Piano Nobile Gallery, Holland Park, London
Recent paintings by Shanti Panchal, Hayletts Gallery, Maldon, Essex

Paintings by Shanti Panchal, The Gallery at HAC, Harrow, London

A Way of Watercolour by Shanti Panchal, Hayletts Gallery, Maldon, Essex

Shanti Panchal: Ragas of the Dawn, Kings Place/ Piano Nobile, London

Shanti Panchal: In Colour and Shades, Hayletts Gallery, Maldon, Essex

Shanti Panchal: A Personal Language of Painting 2007-2018, Online Exhibition at Ben Uri Gallery, London

Grand Prix International D’Art Contemporain, Monte Carlo, Monaco

Between Two Worlds, Barbican Gallery, London.
Gallerie Nina Dausset, Paris

Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London

Contemporary British Watercolours, Bankside Gallery, London

JP Portrait Award Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery, London

On a Plate, Serpentine Gallery, London

John Moores Painting Prize 15 and 16, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

Gujarati Indian Artists, Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester

The Contemporary Art Society, Smith Galleries, London

On Commission: The Artistic Records Committee 1972-89, Imperial War Museum, London
Figuratively Speaking, The Bankside Gallery, London

The Tree of Life: New images of an ancient symbol, Cornerhouse Manchester, curated by the South Bank Centre and tour

The South Bank Picture Show, Royal Festival Hall, London

BP Portrait Award Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery, London

Innocence and Experience: Images of children in British art from 1600 to the present, curated by Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester and tour
Discerning Eye, invited by the Judge Stephen Tumim, The Mall Galleries, London
Cadences of the Heart: Works from South Asia in British Collections, Mead Gallery, Coventry

Splash: Contemporary watercolour painting, curated by Walsall Museum and Art Gallery and tour

Talking Pictures, Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Nottingham
Under Anden Himmel: International Triennale, Copenhagen,

The Judge Hangs: a personal selection by Sir Stephen Tumim, Michael Parkin Gallery, London

Watercolour C21, Bankside Gallery, London
Chichester Open Art Exhibition, Edes House, Chichester

W & N World-wide millennium painting competition, London, Brussels, Stockholm and New York An Exemplary Life, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Suffolk
Cultural Ties, Jariwala/Westzone Gallery, London

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
The Singer & Friedlander / Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, London, Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham

Intimacy, The Lowry, Manchester.

Shantipath, Tao Art Gallery, Worli, Mumbai, India.

Anticipations, Fine Art Resource, Jehangir Art Gallery and The Museum Gallery, Mumbai, India.

Faith, Castle Museum, Nottingham
Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize first open exhibition, London.

Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London and Manchester
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
Indian Images, Art Pilgrim, London

Rigard and Ritual (two persons show) Ben Uri Gallery, The London Jewish Museum of Art, curated by Rachel Dickson & Julia Weiner, touring to
CCi Space (university Gallery launch) Portsmouth.

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
Ananya, an overview of contemporary art, Visual Arts Gallery and Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India

RWS/ Sunday Times watercolour competition, Bankside Gallery, London and touring
Anglo-Indian Express, a group show, Grosvenor Gallery, London

Portrait Prize Winners, A Gallery, Wimbledon, London, curated by Beatriz Hernandes

At the Edge, British Art 1950-2000, organised by and touring to Touchstone Rochdale, Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, Gallery Oldham and Bolton Museum & Art Gallery

Watercolour in Britain, curated by the Tate Britain, touring to Castle Museum Norwich, Millenium Gallery Sheffield, Laing Art Gallery Newcastle

Group Exhibition, KIAF, Korea International Art Fair, SumeriaLunn/Hanmi Gallery, Seoul

The New English Art Club, Open Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

Light, Passion & Darkness, presented by Touchstones Rochdale and touring to Gallery Oldham and Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery

The Sunday Times watercolour Competition, Mall Galleries, London

National Open Art Competition, Minerva Theatre, Chichester, West Sussex

Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London

Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Competition & Exhibition, Kings Place Gallery, London and touring to

University Gallery, Newcastle

RWS Open Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London

The Sunday Times watercolour competition, London and the Lightbox Gallery, Woking, Surrey.

The Threadneedle Prize exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London

Self and Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London

Catalyst: Contemporary Art and War, Imperial War Museum North, Manchester

Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Competition & Exhibition, Kings Place Gallery, London and touring to Pallant House Gallery, Chichester.

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London

Ruth Borchard Collection: The Next Generation, Self-Portraiture in the 21st Century, Piano Nobile/Kings Place, London

100 for 100: Ben Uri Past Present Future, Christies, London

Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
RBA member exhibition at The Russell Gallery, London
Autumn Collections, Chappel Galleries, Colchester, Essex

The Past is Now: Birmingham and the British Empire, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

John Moores Painting Prize 60, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

In the Studio and The Art of Travel Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
Selected RBA Members at Thomson’s Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
The John Ruskin Prize Exhibition, Holden Gallery, Mahchester

The Figurative Art Fair, Online Exhibition (during Lockdown) by Member artists from FBA,Mall Galleries, Midnight’s Family: 70 Years of Indian Artists in Britain, Co-Curated , Online Exhibition at Ben Uri Gallery, London

Royal Society of British Artists annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

New English Art Club, Mall Galleries, London

Out of the Blue, Gallery East, Woodbridge, Suffolk

Now and Then, RWS Bankside Gallery, London

Winter- Portrait and Figure in Art and Group Exhibition, Chapel Galleries, Colchester

Bombay Art Society, Bombay

Maharashtra State Art Exhibition, Bombay

Chris Beetles Award, RSW Bankside Gallery, London

First Prize, Royal Overseas League, London

John Moores Painting Prize 15, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

First Prize, London Paperworks, Square Gallery, London

South Bank Picture Show, Royal Festival Hall, London

BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
South Bank Picture Show, Royal Festival Hall, London

First Prize, Chichester Open Art Exhibition, Edes House, Chichester

The Year of the Artists Award, London Arts, London

First Prize, The Singer & Friedlander/ Sunday Times watercolour competition, London
Shortlisted artist for the Financial Times/ Arts & Business Awards, London

Nominated and shortlisted Artist for the Guild of British Asian Awards, London

Nominated artist for the Asian Achievers Awards, UK
The British Council Award (to exhibit work in India)

The Artist Prize, RWS Open Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London

Second Prize, The Sunday Times watercolour competition, London

Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize, Kings Place/Piano Nobile, London

Eastern Eye Award for Arts, RFH, Southbank Centre, London

John Moores Painting Prize 60, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

The John Ruskin Prize (Second), Holden Gallery, Manchester

Public Art (40 x 30 Ft. Mural) in Shadwell, Greater London Council, London.
National Garden Festival, City Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent.
Homerton Hospital, Whitechapel Art Gallery and Public Art Trust

Imperial War Museum, London.

Public Art (3 Tiled Murals 2.5 x 30 meters each) in City Centre, London Borough of Harrow

H. Goldie and Co Ltd for De Beers, London.
Co-op Society CWS, Manchester

Commissioned artist for two stained glass windows, London

B. Arunkumar / Rosyblue, Mumbai

Public Art (30 x 16 ft appx mural) at the Brixton Tube Station, commissioned by the Transport for London (TFL)

Max Wykes-Joyce, Shanti Panchal: Arts 38 Gallery, Arts Review, July 4

Richard Cork, Art on View: Indian diversity, Evening Standard, April 15

Mary Rose Beaumont, The Whitechapel Open Exhibition, Arts Review, April 1
Peterborough, London Day by Day: Mystery Prize, The Daily Telegraph, London July 15

William Packer, East End’s local brew, Financial Times, January 28

Stephen Games, Not just a pretty face: Bringing water to a dry ground: Shanti Panchal, The Independent, May 27

Jenni Lomax and Nima Smith, Earthen Shades: Paintings by Shanti Panchal, catalogue essays, Cartwright Hall, Bradford and Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
Susan Morris, Shanti Panchal, Arts Review, London, July 1

John Russell Taylor, The Show’s the thing, The Times, London, July 11
Marina Warner, The Tree of Life: New Images of an ancient Symbole, catalogue, South Bank Centre ISBN 1 85332 044 7
Frank Ruhrmund, Earthen Shades: Shanti Panchal, Arts Review, November
Sarah Kent, Back for Moores, Time Out 20/20 magazine Issue No. 8, November

Philip Vann, Portrait of the Artist: Shanti Panchal, The Artist’s and Illustrator’s Magazine (cover page) Issue 43, April,
Kaveri Ponnapa, Indian Images: the Paintings of Shanti Panchal, Swagat-IA Magazine, September
Angela Summerfield, Shared experience: Shanti Panchal, interview, overseas ROSL Quarterly Journal, Sept – Nov.

Kaveri Ponnapa, Bestriding two cultures: Shanti Panchal, The Times of India Saturday Review, Bombay, April 6
Tim Hilton, Choice: Shanti Panchal, The Guardian, London, November 23

Marina Warner, catalogue essay, Shanti Panchal, Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre, London.
Sarah Kent, Art Preview: Shanti Panchal, Time Out, July 29
Sara Holdsworth, catalogue, Innocence and Experience: images of children in British Art from 1600 to present, Manchester City Art Galleries ISBN 0 901673 00 5
Philip Vann, Seeing beyond the frame, RA Magazine, Preview No. 35, Summer, and Timeless Art: Shanti Panchal, Interview, Resurgence Magazine No. 153, July-August
John Russell Taylor, On an Indian painter who works in Britain, The Times, London, August 5
David Lee, Viewpoints: Shanti Panchal, Art Review, Vol XLIV August

Sister Wendy Beckett, The Gaze of Love: Mediations on Art, Marshall Pickering book ( page 72-73 ) Harper Collins Publication, London ISBN 0 551 02810 6
Nima Smith, catalogue, Candences of the Heart : works from South Asia in British Collections, Mead Gallery, Coventry
Mark W L Scott, Editor’s Choice: Discerning Eye, Shanti Panchal, Watercolours, Drawings and Prints Magazine Vol 8 No1

Sian Morgan, Shanti Panchal, Art & Craft Magazine, November

Sir Stephen Tumim, My Cultural Life, The Guardian, London, September 13

The Times Diary, People – Party on: The week ahead, Saturday Directory, The Times, London, March 29

Philip Vann, Previews: Shanti Panchal, Galleries, Vol XV No. 12, May 1998, ISBN 0265 7511
Balraj Khanna and Aziz Kurtha, art of Modern India, Thames and Hudson (page 101) London, ISBN 0-500-23755-7
Robin Dutt, Focus On: Shanti Panchal, Artists and Illustrators Magazine, Issue 141, June
Richard Cork, catalogue essay, Shanti Panchal: The Windows of the Soul, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham

Terry Grimley, Drawing on two Culture Scenes, Birmingham Post, January
John Russell Taylor, The Big Show: Windows of the Soul, The Times, Metro (page 42), London, Feb 13
Samira Seth, Interview: A Double Life, Art India, The Contemporary Art Magazine Vol. 4, Issue 2, Apr-Jun

Andrew Lambirth, catalogue essay, An Exemplary Life, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Suffolk
Norbert Lynton, catalogue essay, Shanti Panchal: Private Myths, Pitshanger Manor Gallery, London.
Kapil Jariwala, Introduction, Cultural Ties, Westzone Publishing Ltd (page 128-9) London ISBN 1 903391 08 3

Rich Jevons, Preview: Private Myths, The Leeds Guide, Leeds, January (page31)
Mick Rooney RA, Gallery VII, Royal Academy Illustrated, Summer Exhibition (page 104-114) London
Frank Whitford, Different strokes, The Sunday Times, Culture (page 6) London
Martin Gayford, Introductory Essay, BP Portrait Award 1990-2001, National Portrait Gallery (page19) London ISBN 1 85514 328 3
Tracey Murkett, Inside Shanti Panchal’s Studio, an interview, Artist & Illustrators magazine, issue 183, December

Sharmila Sagara, Profile: Shanti Panchal, the Times of India Ahmedabad, March 17.
Two Distanced Figures for Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, National Art Collections Fund, 2002 Review

Laura Gascoigne, Panchal’s latest exhibition, The Spectator, London, June and Sight Specific, Shanti Panchal/ M.P. Birla Art Gallery, What’s On in London magazine, June 25 – July 2
Priya Singh, Beyond the Conventional, a conversation with Shanti Panchal, The Asian Journey, Asian Voice, London
Heather Wells, The stillness of being, Faith and the Artist, Initiative, issue 9, Summer.
Deborah Swellow, Shanti Panchal: An Introduction and Kamala Kapoor, On Shanti Panchal, catalogue asseys, Shanti Panchal: A Personal Journey, The British Council, Jehangir Art Gallery and Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai. The Art of Shanti Panchal, Connecting magazine, British Council, Mumbai (cover page and page 11) October
Kanu Nayak, On Art of Shanti Panchal, Mumbai Samachar, Mumbai
Philip Vann, interview, Shanti Panchal: Timeless Art, Images of Earth & Spirit, published by Green Books Ltd. UK.
A Resurgence art anthology, edited by John Lane and Satish Kumar. ISBN 1 903998 29 8 (page 34)

Ranjit Hoskote, Introduction, Anticipations, Fine Art Resource, Jehangir Art Gallery and The Museum Gallery, Mumbai

Richard Davey, Catalogue Interview, Shanti Panchal, Faith, Castle Museum, Nottingham ISBN 0 905634 70 5

Dhruti Shah, Shanti Panchal at Christies Auction, Harrow Observer, London October 13

Sushma Bahl, catalogue, Indian Images, Art Pilgrim, London, November
Amit Roy, Eye on England: Riots of Colours The Telegraph, Calcutta and Panchal’s Paintings, Mid-Day news, Mumbai, Sunday 24 December

Philip Vann, Shanti Panchal, Galleries, volume XXIV No. 8, January 07 Issue 284 ISSN 0265-7511
Andrew Lambirth, Luminous Serenity, Shanti Panchal: In the Mind’s eye, Chelmsford Museum, The Spectator, 13 Jan.
Richard Davey, A Contemplative eye on everyday things, Shanti Panchal: In the Mind’s eye, Chelmsford Museum, CHURCHTIMES No 7507, London, 26 January
Nicholas Usherwood, catalogue essay, Rigard and Ritual, Ben Uri Gallery, The London Jewish Museum of Art, April. ISBN: 978-0-900157-05-9
Philip Vann, Subtle Vibrancy, Resurgence magazine, Sep/Oct 2007 No 244, ISSN 0034-5970 (page 40)

Sushma Bahl, catalogue, Ananya, an overview of contemporary art, Visual Arts Gallery and Habitat Centre, New Delhi,India.

Oliver Lange, Shanti Panchal in conversation, Watercolour with Impact, The Artist magazine, London, February ISSN 0004-3877 Vol.126 No.2 Issue 959 (pages 18-21)
500 Portraits, BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London, ISBN 978 -1 -85514 -448 -4 (page 70)
Philip Vann, An Amazing Depth, Profile/London, Art Journal, Mumbai, India, Volume 3, Issue I & II (page 73-74)

Hugh Pearman, Pleasures of a broad palette, The Sunday Times, Culture (page 12) London

Andrew Lambirth,, Shanti Panchal: Paintings of Exile and Home, The Spectator, 25 May, ISSN 0038-6952
Philip Vann, Shanti Panchal: Paintings of Exile and Home, Piano Nobile, Galleries, May, Issue 358 ISSN 0265-511
Rani Singh, Shanti Panchal: A Renowned Painter Tackling Serious Issues, Asian Voice 22 June, VOL 42, Issue 8

Ian Proctor, Award-winner’s ‘home’ exhibition, Harrow Observer, News, May 29 (page 24)

Amie Mulderrig, Dreaming in Watercolour, Asian Inspired Magazine, London (Page 47)

Amit Roy, Portrait of an Award Winner, Eastern Eye, 31 July
Jackie Wullschlager, Critics’ Choice, Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize 2015, FT Weekend, 1 August
Robin Blake, Gems, Financial Times, 27 August

John Evans, Panchal’s dawn chorus of colour, Islington Tribune
Jackie Wullschlager, Critics’ choise, Shanti Panchal: Ragas of the Dawn, FT Weekend, 22/23 October
Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations : BBC Radio 4, Penguin Random House UK, ISBN:978-0-241-20822-9 (Page 12)

Contemporary & Post War British Art Sale, Catalogue, Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury, 20 Oct

Amit Roy, Summer Joy of Art Made Now Eastern Eye, Issue 1460/15 June
John Moores Painting Prize Liverpool 60, Catalogue, July-November, ISBN:978-1-902700-60-1

Chris Sharrall, A-N News Story, John Ruskin Prize, July
Afterview, John Ruskin Prize
Panchal brings warm hues of India to Maldon, Essex Chronicle, 17 October (page 19)
Pape Gueye, Award-winning art coming to gallery, Maldon and Burnham Standard, 17 October (page 27)

John Evans, Homing in on émigré artists, Camden New Journal, 30 July
Florence Hallett, Best top picks today, Shanti Panchal, the-I, The Independent, 4 August