Mahaveer Swami
Miniature Artist
Born : July 3,1959; Bikaner

Education
Rajasthan School of Arts , Jaipur(First Class Diploma,Arts)
Private study with father (Moda Ram Swami) and grandfather (Mool Das Swami),and with Vedpal Sharma ("Bannu") in Jaipur

Exhibitions
1988-89 Surajkund Crafts Mela, Surajkund,Haryana
1991 Galleries Lafayette, Paris
1993 Israel Arts Festival,Jerusalem
1993 Richard Kimball Art gallery,Denver,Colorado(one-man show)
1994 Dubai Art Festival,Dubai
1994-95 National History Paintings from Rajasthan Hunt Institute for Botanical documentation,Carnegic Mellon University,Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Wave Hill, New York
1994 Private exhibition and demonstration at the Sackler Gallery,Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C
1995 8th International Exhibition of Botanical Art and Illustration, Hunt Institute of Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1995 Exhibition organized by Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation, Bikaner.
1996-Present Various exhibitions at National Crafts Museum, New Delhi and group shows in various cities in India
Awards
1987 National Craftsman Award(Conferred by the President of India)
1992 Sanskirti Award(Conferred by the Vice-President of India)
1992 Honored by the City of Bikaner for achievement in reviving traditional painting

Publications
The Garden of the life, by Naveen Patnaik(Doubleday, New York, 1993).

Galleries
Represented in India by Gallery, Mansur, New Delhi.
Represented abroad through DAK Limited, Denver, Caloredo USA.