*
Kyoto: Otani
University, 7-9-2004 to 27-9-2004, inaugurated by the
President, Otani University and H.E. the Ambassador of India.
*
Kyoto: Otani
University, International Cultural Centre, on permanent
display
from 2007.
*
Kyoto: Ryukoku University, on permanent display from
December
2004.
*
Matsushima: Zuiganji Temple, March 2005
*
Tokyo: Naritasan Temple, 1-4-2005 to 20-4-2005.
*
Tokyo: Komazawa University, May 2006
*
Bussho Gonenkai, Japan, 2005
*
Kyushu: Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, 2005
*
Koen-ji Temple: Gunma, Japan October 2005
*
Berlin: Embassy of India, 2-4-2008 to 14-4-2008.
*
Bangkok: Mahidol University, Thailand, May 24-31, 2007,
Conference of
South and
Southeast Asian Association for the Study of Culture and
Religion.
*
Bangkok: National Gallery of Thailand, September-October, 2004
*
Bangkok: Mahidol University, August to December 2006
*
Bangkok: The Festival of India, 1996
*
Colombo: National
Art Gallery, October 2003, inaugurated by the
honourable Minister for Human Resource Development, Education
and
Cultural
Affairs, Government of Sri Lanka and the honourable Minister
of
External
Affairs, Government of India.
*
Kandy, Sri Lanka, International Buddhist
Conference, March, 2011
*
Butala Sri Lanka, February, 2011
*
Colombo: India Cultural Centre, March 27- April 3, 2008
*
Colombo, Indian India Cultural Centre, on permanent
display
*
Kandy: April, 2009.
*
Kandy: 4-10 February 2010
*
Almaty: National Library of Kazakhstan, October 2006.
*
Mandalay: Mahamuni Pagoda, 23-1-2005 to 15-3-2005, inaugurated
by
H.E. the Ambassador of India.
*
Myanmar: World Buddhist Summit, December 2004.
*
Myanmar: Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, on permanent display
from
January 2005.
*
Myanmar: Mahamuni Pagoda, Mandalay, on permanent display
from
2008.
*
Shanghai: Jade Buddha Temple, on permanent display from
January
2006.
*
Dun Huang Research Academy: On permanent display from
31st May,
2006, inaugurated by Honourable Defence
Minister, Government of India.
*
Beijing: December 2004.
*
Beijing: 26-1-2005, Embassy of India, as part of the
celebrations of the
Republic Day of India.
*
Beijing: October, 2005, as part of the Festival of India in
China.
*
Mt. Wutai: China, on permanent display from January,
2007 onwards.
*
Yungang Grottoes: China, on permanent display from
January, 2007
onwards.
*
Ulaanbaatar: On permanent display from 2004.
*
Taiwan: Taipei Municipal Library, 10/01/2008 to 29/02/2008
*
Taiwan: India-Taipei Association, displayed in many
institutions in
Taiwan, 2007-2008
*
Taiwan, National Taiwan, University of Science and Technology
November, 2012
*
Taipei, Taiwan, National Central Library, August, 2010
*
The Government has also held this exhibition at Washington DC,
Paris,
and Phnom Penh.
*
Moscow: 27-1-2004 to 9-2-2004, Oriental Center of Russia,
State
Library.
*
Moscow, Indian Embassy, on permanent display from 2008.
*
St. Petersburg, August, 2005
*
Ulan Ude, Fine Arts Museum, 2006.
*
Belgrade, Yugoslavia: Hyatt Regency Hotel, 3rd – 16th
October, 2007.
*
Travelling exhibition in Yugoslavia, 2004
*
Cairo: Maulana Azad Centre for Culture, inaugurated by Dr.
Farouk
Hosni, Minister of Culture of Egypt, 10-17,
November, 2008
*
Taj Mahal, Agra: 19-11-2002 to 15-1-2003, held by the
Archaeological
Survey of India.
*
Spiti: Tabo Monastery, on permanent display from March,
2005.
*
New Delhi: Hotel Ashok, 31-1-2003 to 28-2-2003, inaugurated by
the
honourable Minister for Tourism & Culture,
Government of India.
*
The National Museum, New Delhi: February-March, 2004,
inaugurated
by the honourable Minister for Tourism &
Culture, Government of India.
*
Varanasi: Buddha Mahotsav, 2000
*
Kuala Lumpur: Buddhist Maha Vihara, 7-5-2005 to 22-5-2005,
inaugurated by
honourable Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports,
Government
of Malaysia.
*
Kuala Lumpur, for Wesak Celebrations, May, 2009
*
Indian Cultural Centre, on permanent display from 2010.
*
Vientiane: April 4-10, 2006, National Cultural Hall, Laos.
*
Mithila Museum, Niigata will be holding the exhibition in
every part of
Japan at over 100 locations from 2005-2006
onwards.
*
Seoul: SNU Museum and Jogeye Temple, October 2006. Is
scheduled
to
also be held in many parts of South Korea for a period of
one year,
up
to October 2007.
*
Nalanda, February 2010, International Buddhist Conclave
*
China, going as part of the FESTIVAL OF INDIA, 2010
VELHA
GOA, an exhibition of photographs of the churches of
Old Goa. This exhibition has been sent to numerous
countries around the world by the Ministry of External Affairs
(XP Division), Government of India. It has also been
held independently by institutions in India and other
countries.
*
Copenhagen: Asia House, 28-1-2005 to 2-2-2005, inaugurated by
the
Bishop of
Copenhagen.
*
Rome: Cineporto, “Roman Summer”, Festival of the City of Rome,
10-7-
2004 to 18-7-2004, inaugurated by H.E. the
Ambassador of India.
*
Arequipa: University of Arequipa,
Peru, December 2004
*
Agra: The Taj Mahal, 17-4-2003 to 16-5-2003, held by
Archaeological
Survey
of India, inaugurated by Bishop of Agra and Cultural
Counsellor,
Embassy
of Portugal
*
Delhi: Embassy of Portugal, November-December 2003,
inaugurated by
H.E. the Ambassador of Portugal.
*
Delhi, Azad Bhawan Gallery, ICCR, August 2010
*
Kolkata: West Bengal Cultural Centre, 26-8-2003 to 9-9-2003,
inaugurated by H.E. the Ambassador of Portugal.
*
Goa: Mariott Resort, June 2003, inaugurated by H.E. the
Ambassador of
Portugal.
*
Dublin: 11-4-2005 to 23-4-2005
*
Berlin: Potsdam,
April, 2005
*
Lima: March, 2005
*
Ica: March 2005
*
Paris: Chapelle, Missions Etrangeres de Paris, 11-03-2005 to
19-05-
2005.
*
Lisbon: June, 2005, inauguration by the honourable Foreign
Minister,
Government of Portugal.
*
Lisbon: Lusiada University of Lisbon, 16-05-2006 to
31-05-2006.
*
Carifuna, Ministry of Culture, the Guyana
National Museum and the Indian
High Commission, April 2010. Inaugurated by
Dr. Frank Anthony, Minister
of Culture, Youth and Sport, Government of
Guyana.
*
Sacramento: University of Sacramento, California, September
2005 till
May 2006.
*
Washington DC: Embassy of India, May 2008.
*
Salvodor: National Palace, Brazil, 5-10-2005 to 31-10-2005.
*
Panama, 2005
*
Panama, February 2006
*
Bogota, Colombia, 2005
*
Havana: Cuba, September, 2005
*
On
permanent display at the Basilica of Bom Jesus, Old
Goa, from
December, 2004.
*
Mexico, going as part of the FESTIVAL OF INDIA, 2010
* Sofia
University Bulgaria, 18th to 30th April, 2011, inaugurated by
HE.
Mr. Divyabh Manchanda, Ambassador of India.
LADAKH:
A CRADLE OF BUDDHIST CULTURE: An exhibition of photographs of
the monasteries of Ladakh, Photographed by Benoy K Behl.
* New Delhi: Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, 1997, along with a Seminar
on the Monasteries of Ladakh where the keynote paper and a
Proposed Action Plan for the Conservation of the Monasteries
of Ladakh were also presented.
* New Delhi: India Habitat Centre, 1998, inaugurated by the
honourable Minister for Defence, Government of India.
* New Delhi: India Habitat Centre, 1999,
sponsored by KPMG.
MURALS OF INDIA: An exhibition of photographs of the
scarcely-seen early wall
paintings of India.
* London: Nehru Centre,
permanent display of a selection of photographs
from January, 2005.
*
Rome: The National Museum of Oriental Art (G. Tucci), July 16-
October
11, 2009. Held by the Ministry of Heritage & Culture, Govt. of
Italy, National
Museum of Oriental Art and Indian Council for Cultural
Relations.
*
Port Louis, Mauritius Indira Gandhi Centre for Indian Culture,
High
Commission of India and the Mauritius Museums Council,
September 15-24,
2010. Inaugurated by Rt. Honourable Sir Anerood Jugnauth, GCSK,
KCMG,
QC, President of the Republic of Mauritius.
* Kolkata, Nandlal
Bose Gallery, ICCR, June 1-15, 2008
INDIA:
A CONFLUENCE OF CULTURE: An exhibition of photographs of
the multi-cultural heritage of India, photographed by Benoy K
Behl. To be held by the Ministry of Tourism, Government
of India at 11 cities, including the following:
*
London: 27-09-2005 onwards
*
Paris: 27-09-2005 onwards
*
Tokyo: 27-09-2005 onwards
*
New York: 27-09-2005 onwards
*
New Delhi: 27-09-2005 onwards
*
Mumbai: 27-09-2005 onwards
*
Chennai: 27-09-2005 onwards
* Kolkata: 27-09-2005 onwards
* Brussels:
The European
Parliament, 16th to 21st October,
2006.
* Frankfurt: Frankfurt Book
Fair, 2006.
* New Delhi: 26th September, 2006, Ashoka Hotel, World
Tourism Day
celebrations of the Government of India.
THE LEGACY OF AJANTA: The
classic murals of India and other countries of South Asia,
photographed by Benoy K Behl. An exhibition held by IGNCA
*
New Delhi: Indira Gandhi
National Centre for the Arts, 25-11-2005 to 10-12- 2005.
*
Rome, Embassy of India, 2009.
THE PATH TO NIRVANA:
Photographic exhibition to commemorate the 2550th
anniversary of the Mahaparinirvana of Lord Buddha, held by the
Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India. (Two-thirds of the exhibition is my photographs).
* New Delhi: Vigyan Bhawan,
13-05-2006, inaugurated by Dr. Manmohan Singh, Honourable
Prime Minister of India.
* New Delhi: National
Museum, May and June, 2006.
THE SANCHI STUPAS & THE BEGINNINGS OF BUDDHIST ART: On
permanent display at M.P. Tourism hotel at Sanchi, from
August, 2007.
*
New Delhi, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, April – May 2009.
INCREDIBLE
DIVERSITY: REDISCOVERING INDIA’S ANCIENT LEGACY OF
COMPASSION: Govt. of India celebrations of India @ 60 at
New York, 22nd – 28th September,
2007.
LEGACY
OF COMPASSION, on the monuments of many faiths in India :
*
London, Nehru Centre, 2009.
*
Berlin, Embassy of India, 2009
*
Madrid, Embassy of India, 2009
*
Valladolid, Spain, Casa de la India, 2009
THE
MONASTERIES OF RINCHEN ZANGPO, in India and Tibet: Held by
India International Centre, as part of IIC Festival of the
Arts, October 2007.
*
Miranda House College, Delhi University, November, 2008.
*
Qutub Minar, New Delhi, February and March, 2009 held by the
Archaeological
Survey of India, Delhi Circle.
*
Ulan Ude: as part of the Festival of India, July, 2009.
*
Moscow: as part of the Festival of India, August, 2009.
*
New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, 15th
September- 15th
October, 2009.
*
Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, September 24 –
October 22,
2009.
*
Delhi, Azad Bhawan, ICCR, 24th September to 20th October, 2009
KHAJURAHO:
THE GREATEST TEMPLE CITY.
*
New Delhi, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, January-February 2010.
ISLAMIC
ARCHITECTURE OF INDIA
*
New Delhi,
Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Azad Bhavan, April
2010.
*
Jakarta, on behalf of Indian Council for Cultural
Relations, May, 2010
* Kuala Lampur, Museum of Islamic Art, opened by Minister for
Information, Communications and Culture, Government of
Malaysia, held by the Museum, the Indian High Commission and
Reliance Investments, Malaysia. October and November, 2010
FILM-MAKING: Produced
and directed acclaimed documentary films on subjects of Indian
art and culture. These include:
"THE
PAINTINGS OF INDIA" a series of 26
documentaries made for DOORDARSHAN, on the tradition of
painting in India, from pre-historic times till the present
day. This series addresses the entire subject for the
first time and includes filming of ancient painted caves and
temples and in museums across the world.
Many sites of mural paintings have been photographed and
documented for the first time in this project, all over
India and also in other countries of Asia. Over 2,500
selected masterpieces of miniature paintings have also been
archived for the first time. The Limca
Book of Records has listed this shooting schedule
as the most extensive shooting which has ever been carried
out. The series is the first documentary series to be
telecast on Sunday morning primetime on the National Channel
of Doordarshan. The DOORDARSHAN: PRASAR BHARATI
(Broadcasting Corporation of India) calendar for 2003 was on
the theme of the series THE PAINTINGS OF INDIA.
These
films have been screened for educational purposes by
University of London; University of Hamburg; University of
Ireland; Otani University, Kyoto; Victoria and Albert Museum,
London; Asian Art Museum, San Francisco; Rubin Museum of Art,
New York; Boston College, Boston; Wellesley College, MA;
British Library, London; Chester Beatty Library, Dublin; Nehru
Centre, London; India Habitat Centre, New Delhi; National
Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai; St. Stephen’s
College, Delhi; Gargi College, Delhi; Delhi College of Art;
Spic Macay; Government Museum, Chennai and C.P.Ramaswami Aiyar
Foundation, Chennai.
"IMMORTAL VISIONS"
a
series of documentaries made for DOORDARSHAN, on the World Heritage Monuments
of India made for television, as part of the celebration of 50 years of
India’s Independence
PHOTOGRAPHY
& DOCUMENTATION:
List of subjects photographed
Pioneering
photography of the previously-unphotographed 10th century
Chola and 17th century Nayaka paintings in the narrow and dark
confines of the inner ambulatory of the BRHADISVARA temple at
Thanjavur, on behalf of the Indira Gandhi National Center for
the Arts. Also made archaeological discoveries of
numerous sculptural figures while carrying out this assignment.
Pioneering photography of remote but important sites of mural
painting in India, Sri
Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia and Myanmar.
Carried out first-ever photography of the mural paintings in
the early monasteries of Bhutan.
Comprehensive photo-documentation of KOODIYATTAM,
the ancient Sanskrit classical dance-drama and oldest
performing art of India, on behalf of PARISAR, Government of
India.
Detailed photo-documentation of the ancient CHAM
TEMPLES and sculptures all over VIETNAM, as well as
the small Cham community who still survive in that country,
for the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Government of
India. These monuments and culture are what is left of the
Champa kingdom that ruled most of Central and South Vietnam
from the 2nd to the 16th centuries.
Carried out documentation of the sites associated with the
LIFE OF THE BUDDHA and the development of Buddhism, in India and
other Asian countries. An exhibition of the photographs
entitled THE PATH OF COMPASSION has been held in many
cities around the world. .
Detailed documentation and study of the paintings
of the BUDDHIST
MONASTERIES OF LADAKH , SPITI AND KINNAUR in the Indian Himalayas.
These are a very important link between the previous Buddhist
art of India and the later art to follow in other Asian
countries. This work has been presented in illustrated
lectures held by the India International Centre, New Delhi;
The India Habitat Centre, New Delhi; The Japan Foundation, New
Delhi; The National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai;
The National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai; the Department of
Fine Arts of the University of Hong Kong; and the Mahidol
University, Thailand.
Images of selected masterpieces of Ajanta paintings have been
digitally restored. This has been carried out with extreme
care and intimate knowledge of the paintings. Graffiti has
been removed and faded color restored. The work has been done
in a minimal manner with due ethics and care.
Research and documentation of the ancient Buddhist monasteries
in the State of Arunachal Pradesh and drawn up a report for
their proposed conservation as an Advisor to the State
Government.
Special workshops in ADVANCED PHOTOGRAPHY on behalf of the
Government of India, for the students of premier educational
institutions, including the National Institute of Design, the
M.S. University Baroda, the School of Architecture and others.
CD-ROM
on BUDDHIST SITES & ART HERITAGE produced for the Ministry
of Tourism & Culture, Government of India.
Prepared reports for the Departments of the Government of
India on subjects related to HERITAGE CONSERVATION and presented
papers at International and National Conferences on Conservation
and on DIGITAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGY.
Made major breakthroughs in the photography
of
important and ancient paintings which are in the dark confines
of caves and temples in India and were previously not
photographed with accuracy. This has been done with the
development of a technique of photographing accurately in
conditions of extremely low light. In fact, it has been
noted by eminent experts world-wide that this technique has
captured the colours and details much more vividly that
conventional photography with the use of strong lights.
In
the words of the Director General of the Archaeological Survey
of India “I have a feeling of pride on your successful
achievement. You have really conquered the darkness.”
Dr.
Sadashiv V. Gorakshkar, Director, Prince of Wales Museum of
Western India,. Bombay says about these Ajanta photographs
that they “reveal a lot more than met the eye. There
is no doubt that his work will compel a re-evaluation of the
art and style of Ajanta paintings.”
Dr.
Milo C. Beach, Director, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery & Freer
Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA
states “You have provided the most thorough and the best
documentation of Ajanta that I have ever seen, and I hope it
will inspire new study of the wall-paintings at the site.”
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DATE
OF BIRTH : 10th September, 1956.
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ACADEMIC
QUALIFICATIONS : Indian School Certificate Examination,
1972. Mount St. Mary's School. Delhi Cantt.
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B.A.
(Honours in English), 1976, St. Stephen's College, Delhi
University.
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Diploma,
Integrated Course in Cinema, The Film & Television Institute
of India, Pune, 1981.
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Senior
Fellow of the Department of Culture, Government of India
(1994-97).
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Member
Advisory Board, National Academy of Art (Lalit Kala
Akademi, 1997-99).
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Member
of National Committee on Eco-Tourism and Mountains, Government
of India.
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Consultant
to Ministry of Tourism, Government of India for the
successful UNESCO World Heritage Listing of the Mahabodhi
Temple at Bodh Gaya.
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Member,
Heritage Committee, Government of Andhra Pradesh.
Press Writeups
- Benoy
Behl and the Ecstasy of Aesthetics - Hindustan Times,
August 10, 2001
- On
a mission for Indian art - Mumbai Midday, September
24, 2001
- Bridging
the Art Divide - India Today, March 18, 2002
- Travelling
Around to Preserve Cultural Heritage - The Times
of India, October 2, 2001
- Different
colours, different strokes - The Hindu, Delhi, May
3, 2001
- Camera
sheds light on dark inner sanctum - Hongkong Standard,
February 19, 1995
- Revolution
in night photography - Indian Express, New Delhi,
September 29, 1991
- PM's
pat for photo feat
- The Hindustan Times, March 6 1992
- History
in the times of war
- Divine
search for forgotten monasteries
Fuzzy
spelling: Binoy K Behl / Benoy K Bahl / Benoy Behl /
Binoy Behl
