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Kalyan Joshi https://www.phadchitra.com/kalyan-joshi National Awardee in 2010 Born in 1969, Kalyan Joshi comes from a lineage of Phad painters from as early as the 13 th century. Kalyan Joshi started painting from the age of 8 with his father Shri Shri Lal Joshi. He has participated in a number of exhibitions in India and abroad.

He has won a National Award in 2006 and 2010.

Kalyan Joshi has experimented with new stories, contemporary style painting and line drawing. He is the founder of the Ankan Artist Group. He regularly conducts workshops across in schools across India with the hope to keep this style of painting alive.

The art of Phad painting was exclusively practiced by the Joshi community. However, in 1960, Kalyan’s father Shree Lal Joshi opened a school called 'Joshi Kala Kendra' for everyone to learn this art style. Presently, the school is called 'Chitrashala' Chitrashala (Phad Painting Training And Research Institute) Shahid Chowk, Sanganeri Gate, Bhimganj, Bhilwara, Rajasthan 311001 094141 15987 https://g.co/kgs/EfMTYm.

Kalyan Joshi's phad paintings are now adorning prime minister's Narendra Modi office walls.

Exhibitions, Workshops and Collection Crafts Museum, New Delhi Marudhara Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata National Institute of Design, Ahemdabad British Council, Chennai Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal Indian Institute of Craft Design, Jaipur Nation Folklore Support Center, Chennai National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi Indira Gandhi National Culture for Arts, New Delhi Fine Art College, MS university, Baroda Paramparik Karigar, Kumar Swami Hall, Mumbai School of Art & Design, Syrocuse University, New York Virasat Foundation, Jaipur Industrial Design Center, IIT, Mumbai Chitrakala Parishad (Kala Madhyam), Banglore Snice Institute, Indore (M.P.) Aurowil, Bharat Niwas, Poondichery International House, Philadalphia, USA Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai Coomaraswamy Hall, Mumbai Bikaner House, New Delhi Aerocity, New Delhi