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Having acquired a Masters in Fine art (Sculpture) Tushar Joag has been practicing as a freelance artist since 1990.He is the Founder Member Open Circle Artists Initiative (1998) an artists' initiative for the organization and development of interactive platforms for artists. He was the Convener, and coordinator, 'India Sabka Youth Festival' (2002), Co-curator of the film program at the Pabellion Cuba, Havana Bienale, in 2004 he was Co-Facilitator, Culture Committee, World Social Forum, Mumbai, India. In 2005 Curated 'Globalisation @ Hunger' an exhibition for World Social Forum at India House, Porto Alegre, Brazil and in 2007 Curated 'Memories in Transit' an artists' camp for World Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya. Joag Initiated and curated 'SEZ Who' a collaborative project about the impacts of the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Experimenter Kolkata and Khoj New Delhi(2009). He Convened and curated the event 'Right to Dissent, comprising an Exhibition of contemporary art, film screenings, a panel discussion, and performance, (2011)in collaboration with Clark House, Mohile Parikh Center, Committee for the Release of Dr. Binayak Sen. He has been visiting faculty at the Kamal Raheja Vidya Nidhi Institute of Architecture, Bombay as well as at the Faculty of Fine Art, M.S. University, Baroda.

Education
He has been part of numerous exhibitions national and international- only select exhibitions from the past five years listed below: