Mahaveer Swami Born in 1959 in Bikaner, Rajasthan, received his initial training at home and later earned a Diploma in Painting and sculpture at the Rajasthan School of Art in Jaipur. Meanwhile he mastered in traditional style of painting under guidance of his mentor late Shri Vedpal Sharma “Bannu”.
He has exhibited in over 60 galleries in India from 1986 to 2021 in the cities of New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Jaipur, Hyderabad, and Pune, and internationally in Paris, Brussels, Jerusalem, Washington DC, Pittsburgh, Wave Hill, New York and Denver in the U.S.A., Japan, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Spain and Australia.
Swami’s work is in the collections of over 17 museums and galleries in India and internationally in Jerusalem, Berlin, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA), Camden, Maine (USA), New York, Paris, Belgium and Algeria. His artwork appears in several books, magazines and online blogs.
His work is in the permanent collection of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation at the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, the Museum Of Sacred Art in Durbuy, Belgium, the Cultural International Festival of Miniature & Illumination in Tlemcen, Algeria and in One Asia Project, Auroville, and Pondicherry.
Krishna Dancing on Kaliya
2024
Natural Pigments, Gold ink on Wasli
9.5 x 6 inch | 24.13 x 15.24 cm
Virat Ganesh
2024
Natural Pigments, Gold ink on Wasli
21.5 x 11.5 inch | 54.61 x 29.21 cm