b. 1959
Vijay Bagodi has a diploma in Painting and a Post Graduate
Diploma in Printmaking from the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S.
University of Baroda, supported by a scholarship from the Karnataka
State Lalit Kala Academy. His international exhibitions
include the Contemporary Printmaking Exhibition in Festival
of India, San Diego University, USA, the 10th International
Exhibition of Graphic Arts, Frechen, Germany, and the 22nd
International Exhibition of Graphic Arts, Slovenia. In India, he
has had both solo and group showings at Mumbai, Bangalore and
Baroda. He has received accolades from AIFACS , New Delhi,
Bombay Art Society’s All India Art Exhibition and the National
Award for Print in the 40th National Exhibition of Contemporary
Art, Bangalore. He taught in Chamarajendra Academy of
Visual Arts, Mysore from 1986 to 1991. Currently he is teaching
at Department of Graphic Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S.
University of Baroda, where he lives and works.