Born Mesar (Gujarat), India
Studied Sir JJ School of Art, Bombay
1976 Fellowship Sir JJ School of Art, Bombay
1976-78 Taught Sophia College Polytechnic, Bombay
1978-80 Studied Byam Shaw School of Art, London (British Council Scholarship)
1994 Artist-in-residence, British Museum, London and Harris Museum, Preston
2000 Artist in Residence, Winsor & Newton Art Factory, London
Invited to meet HRH Prince Charles at St James's Palace as a shortlisted artist for the W & N Millennium Art Award
2001 TV Interview with Richard Cork, a touring show opened at the Pitshanger Manor Gallery, London
2005 Invited to contribute in BBC series of 'Masterpieces of the East' with British Museum
2010 Curated a show 'Paintings by Five' at The MP Birla Millennium Art Gallery, London
2016 Invited as an Honorary Member at the Royal Society of British Artist RBA, London
2017 Invited as an Honorary Member at the Royal Watercolour Society RWS, Bankside Gallery, London, Shortlisted for the 'Portrait Artist of the Year 2018' by Sky Television
2019 Shortlisted for the Jackson's Open Painting Prize
2020 BBC-1News, reviewed our Co-Curated Online Exhibition, Midnight's Family: 70 Years of Indian Artists in Britain at Ben Uri Gallery, London
2021-22 Visiting Tutor to BA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London
2023 Invited to teach at the Royal Drawing School, London
Solo Exhibitions
1978 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1980 Arts 38 Gallery, London
1983 October Gallery, London
1984 St Botolph's, Aldgate curated by the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1988-90 Earthen Shades: Paintings by Shanti Panchal, Arts Council funded touring exhibition, curated by Cartwright Hall, Bradford and Castlefield Gallery, Manchester , touring to: Kirklees, Huddersfield, Cleveland Gallery, Middlesborough, Oriel Gallery Cardiff,Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth Newlyn Oriel Gallery, Penzance Third Eye, Glasgow, Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Nottingham
1991 Square Gallery, London
1992 Royal Festival Hall, The South Bank Centre, London
1993 Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
1998 Shanti Panchal: The Windows of the Soul, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham and
1999 Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham
2000 Chappel Galleries, Chappel, Essex Shanti Panchal: Private Myths, Pitshanger Manor Gallery, London touring to Cartwright Hall, Bradford, Blackburn Museum and Art Galleries, Blackburn and Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry, Berni Gallery, Jersey Art Centre, Jersey, Channel Islands.
2003 Shanti Panchal: A Personal Journey, The British Council, touring to Jehangir Art Gallery and Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai, curated by Usha Mirchandani and Phiroza Godrej.
2006-07 Shanti Panchal: In the Mind's eye, Chelmsford Museum, Chelmsford, Essex.
2011 Shanti Panchal: curated by Oliver and Ann Mannion, The Bossanyi Studio, (part of Hillingdon open studios). Pinner
2013 Shanti Panchal: Paintings of Exile and Home, Piano Nobile Gallery, Holland Park, LondoN, Recent paintings by Shanti Panchal, Hayletts Gallery, Maldon, Essex
2014 Paintings by Shanti Panchal, The Gallery at HAC, Harrow, London
2016 A Way of Watercolour by Shanti Panchal, Hayletts Gallery, Maldon, Essex
2016-17 Shanti Panchal: Ragas of the Dawn, Kings Place/ Piano Nobile, London
2019 Shanti Panchal: In Colour and Shades, Hayletts Gallery, Maldon, Essex
2020 Shanti Panchal: A Personal Language of Painting 2007-2018, Online Exhibition at Ben Uri Gallery, London
2023 Shanti Panchal: Drawing on MindScape at Katie Lindsay Gallery, Killyleagh, Belfast, Northen Ireland
2024 Endurance, Shanti Panchal¸ Grosvenor Gallery, London 10 May - 2 June 2024