About Visual Artist Ram Bali Prajapati

Awards & Honors    

• 2024 – Received Special Award from IIP, Kausani, Uttarakhand
• 2021 – Invited as Jury, National Level Painting Competition by NTPC, Delhi
• 2019 – Senior Fellowship Award by Culture Ministry, Govt. of India
• 2017 – Invited Special Guest, National Conference cum Workshop at Jain [PG] College, Muzaffar Nagar (U.P.)
• 2017 – Invited Special Guest, National Art Exhibition cum Workshop at Meerut College, Meerut
• 2017 – Invited Special Guest, Annual Art Exhibition at M.H. College, Moradabad
• 2017 – Invited Special Guest by Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan P.G. College, Bagpat (U.P.)
• 2017 – Honored by Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, at Ganga Art Mairathan, Rishikesh. Uttarakhand
• 2016 – Invited Special Guest By Visual Art Department, R.G. College, Meerut (U.P.)
• 2016 – Honored by Sanskar Bharti, Meerut (U.P.)
• 2015 – Invited Chief Guest, National Art Exhibition at Rama Jain Kanya Mahavidyalaya Naziabad (U.P.)
• 2014 – Received National Award (for sculpture) by N.D.M.C, Delhi
• 2014 – Received the “KALA SHIROMANI” Award from Lalit Kala Sansthan Ghaziabad (U.P.)
• 2013 – Honored by The Governor of Uttarakhand at Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
• 2013 – Received Award, Regional Art Exhibition, State Lalit Kala Akademi (U.P.)
• 2011 – Jury Member, Regional Art Exhibition, Kanpur Region, Kanpur, State Lalit Kala Akademi (U.P.)
• 2009 – Special Guest, Regional Art Competition, Prize Distribution Ceremony, Vaishali, Ghaziabad (U.P.)
• 2007 – Special Guest, Prize distribution Ceremony, organized by Kala Sahil, Ghaziabad (U.P.)
• 2006 – Special Guest, Annual Prize Distribution Ceremony, organized by Goonj, Vaishali, Ghaziabad
• 2002 – Honored by The Former President K.R. Narayanan for the decent portrait paintings.
• 1998 – Honored by GHCL Officer’s Club (Sutrapada, Gujarat) for best Ravana Statue.
• 1995 – Jury Member, Prize Distribution Ceremony, Shrikrishna Janmashtami Poojan Samaroh, Veraval, Gujarat

Solo shows-

• 2024 – Lalit Kala Akademi, Ravindra Bhawan, Mandi House, New Delhi
• 2017 – Lalit Kala Akademi, Ravindra Bhawan, Mandi House, New Delhi
• 2014 – Abstract painting Exhibition, Modern Art Plus Gallery, Vasundhara, Ghaziabad (U.P.)
• 2013 – Modern Art Plus Gallery, Vasundhara, Ghaziabad (U.P.)
• 2006 – Press Club Art Gallery, Press Club of India, Raisina Road, New Delhi.
• 2006 – Canvas Art Gallery, Nehru Place, New Delhi.
• 2002 – Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.
• 2002 – Lalit Kala Akademi, Ravindra Bhawan, Mandi House, New Delhi
• 1998 – Lalit Kala Akademi, Ravindra Bhawan, Mandi House, New Delhi.
• 1996 – Community Hall, Anurag Nagar, Sutrapada, Gujarat.
• 1996 – Hotel Park, Veraval, Gujarat.
• 1995 – Dalmia Public School, Sutrapada, Gujarat.
• 1993 – Exhibition Hall, Ghaz Bazar, Mau Nath Bhanjan (U.P.)
• 1990 – Soni Dhapa Girl’s Inter College, Mau Nath Bhanjan (U.P.)

Dr. Rambali Prajapati, a recipient of the National Award, the President's Award, and the Senior Fellowship Award from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, was born into a modest potter family in the Mau district of Uttar Pradesh. His childhood was dedicated to crafting idols and toys of family deities. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in painting from Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi, and subsequently obtained a PhD in "Art and Art Market" from Chaudhary Charan Singh University.

Dr. Prajapati has created a series of acclaimed paintings on themes such as Music, Human and Nature, and Udaan. He has also produced popular sculptures on topics like books, schools, and "Life of Stairs."

For the past two years, he has been actively creating sculptures using mineral stones while residing at Kaladham in Greater Noida (Delhi NCR).